Embedded Files
Next Meeting - 07/14/25, 7 PM, Ozark-Dale Library
Focus On the Second Trump Administration (Post 2024 Election Articles):
NBC News: DOJ memo on Jeffrey Epstein theories angers conservatives
Comment: "The two-page memo, which by the FBI and the Justice Department published after an 'exhaustive review' of materials related to Epstein, concluded that there is no evidence of an 'incriminating ‘client list’ ' or evidence that would lead to additional prosecution of third parties."
Comment: "The findings closely mirror what NBC News and many other outlets have reported and published for years — that while Epstein sexually abused underage girls, he did not keep a secret list of powerful pedophile clients he was blackmailing."
Comment: "In February, Bondi indicated to Fox News host John Roberts that files related to law enforcement’s investigations into Epstein — information that in reality was already largely public — included a list of Epstein clients."
" 'It’s sitting on my desk right now to review,' Bondi said, responding to a question about a potential client list, adding that she had 'not yet' seen any bombshells."
Comment: " 'Was she lying then or is she lying now? [emphasis added] We deserve answers,' Starbuck posted along side the video."
Trump bill's health effects won't be felt until after midterms
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/medicaid-impacts-tax-bill-delayed
Comment: "President Trump's tax and spending bill sets in motion nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and other health policy changes that could loom over the midterm elections."
Comment: " '"Republicans backloaded a lot of the Medicaid and ACA cuts,' said Larry Levitt, executive vice president at KFF. 'There will be few tangible effects in health care from this bill before the midterms.' "
Comment: Do you think Republicans know this bill will be terrible for the health care of average Americans and are trying to hide the impacts until after their next Congressional election?
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections
Comment: "Dozens of people who help coordinate travel for complex inspections of foreign drug-making factories have been let go, and though some have since been rehired, inspectors said the ongoing strain of policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries has exhausted staff and could compromise the safety of medications used by millions of people."
"For years, inspectors have uncovered dirty equipment, contaminated supplies and fraudulent testing records in some overseas factories — serious safety and quality breaches that can sicken or kill consumers. Last month, ProPublica reported that a generic immunosuppression drug for transplant patients could dissolve too quickly when ingested, increasing the risk of kidney failure. The drug was made at an Indian factory with a history of quality violations that was banned from the U.S. market. The company previously told ProPublica it believes the medication is safe."
Yahoo: Measles cases surge to record high since disease was declared eliminated in the US
https://www.yahoo.com/news/measles-cases-surge-record-high-144903936.html
Comment: "The MMR vaccine is safe and extremely effective – one dose is 93% effective against measles, and two doses are 97% effective – but measles is one of the most highly transmissible diseases in the world."
Comment: "In April, when there had been about 600 measles cases in the US, Kennedy made his strongest endorsement of vaccination yet – but it stood in stark contrast to years of work against measles vaccines. And last month, Kennedy dismissed an expert panel of vaccine advisers that has historically guided the federal government’s vaccine recommendations, a move that concerned public health officials across the country."
" '“With an ongoing measles outbreak and routine child vaccination rates declining, this move will further fuel the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses,' Dr. Bruce A. Scott, president of the American Medical Association, said in a statement at the time."
The Guardian: Nurse on new CDC vaccine panel said to have been ‘anti-vax longer than RFK’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/05/vicky-pebsworth-vaccine-experts-rfk-jr
Comment: "One of the new members of a critical federal vaccine advisory board has argued for decades that vaccines caused her son’s autism – a connection that years of large-scale studies and reviews refute."
Comment: "Kennedy fired all 17 of the committee’s previous members in June and stacked it with ideological allies. Pebsworth and Kennedy would have probably been known to each other, because their respective non-profits supported one another’s efforts."
Trump Gloats About Turbocharged ICE After Signing Megabill
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Comment: "President Donald Trump boasted about the newly turbocharged Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the 'Big Beautiful' bill funded his immigration crackdown to the tune of $170 billion."
" 'One of the most exciting parts of the ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ is that it includes ALL of the Funding and Resources that ICE needs to carry out the Largest Mass Deportation Operation in History,' Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday."
Comment: Do you think that Americans (every man, woman & child) will want to pay the approximate $500 per person cost to accomplish this mass deportation? ($170B/340M Americans comes out to be about $500 for every person in the United States.)
Trump Celebrates Fourth of July by Deporting Veterans and Their Families
https://share.newsbreak.com/dx1egrvy
Fact check: Trump falsely claims his highly unpopular big bill is the ‘single most popular bill ever signed’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/04/politics/fact-check-trump-bill-unpopular
Comment: "The bill is wildly unpopular, poll after poll has found. While polls can be off, this bill wouldn’t be popular – let alone the most popular US bill ever signed – even with a massive and widespread polling error."
Comment; Do you think Trump is lying to the public, or is he lying to himself, or is he lying to both the public and himself?
NPR: Adult education programs in limbo as Trump administration withholds grant funds
Time Magazine: Can Trump Deport U.S. Citizens Like Elon Musk and Zohran Mamdani?
Comment: "Legal experts have said that deporting U.S. citizens for any reason is unconstitutional, but the Trump Administration appears to be circumventing that restriction by pushing to strip citizenship from certain people, through a process known as denaturalization. While denaturalization can only apply to naturalized citizens, that group is estimated to number more than 25 million, or more than 7% of the U.S. population."
How Trump's tax cut and policy bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/g-s1-75609/big-beautiful-bill-ice-funding-immigration
Comment: "The massive package sets aside about $170 billion to support the Trump's administration's border and immigration goals, which includes detaining and deporting a record number of people from the U.S."
"Earlier this week, White House border czar Tom Homan told reporters that Congress needed to pass the bill in order for the federal government to buy more detention beds."
Comment: "The final bill allocates $45 billion for immigration detention centers, as well as about $30 billion to hire more ICE personnel, for transportation costs, and to maintain ICE facilities, among other spending. It comes as detention centers operate beyond their capacity."
"The American Immigration Council estimates that the new funding could expand detention capacity to 'at least 116,000 beds.' "
Comment: Since $170B works out to be about $500 for every man, woman, and child in this country ($170B/$340M), do you think this is the best use of our tax dollars?
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: RFK Jr., CDC panel have been casting doubt on the hepatitis B vaccine. Here's why it's safe
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-cdc-panel-casting-doubt-hepatitis-vaccine/story?id=123423585
Trump eyes simple tariff rates over complex talks, says letters going out Friday
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-chief-sees-100-190335448.html
Comment: "President Donald Trump said Washington will start sending letters to countries on Friday specifying what tariff rates they will face on imports to the United States, a clear shift from earlier pledges to strike scores of individual deals."
"Acknowledging the complexity of negotiating with over 170 nations, Trump told reporters before departing for Iowa on Thursday that the letters will be sent to 10 countries at a time, laying out tariff rates such as 20% to 30%."
Comment: "Top Trump aides said in April they would work on 90 deals in 90 days, an ambitious goal that was met with skepticism from trade experts familiar with arduous and time-consuming trade deals of the past."
Comment: What happened to Trump's supposed expertise as a deal maker? What happened to Congress's constitutional responsibility for levying tariffs, instead of surrendering this responsibility to the whims of Trump?
EPA suspends and investigates around 140 employees who signed a letter critical of the agency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-suspends-investigates-around-140-204046277.html
Comment: "Another EPA employee who says they were also placed on administrative leave after signing the letter of dissent said, 'we took an oath to support and defend the constitution. We promised to follow science and follow the law. They are trying to scare us and squash any type of resistance before it starts.' ”
Comment: " 'We see today that this is why he feels like he’s not getting any negative feedback within the agency, because as soon as he gets negative feedback, he considers you an enemy of the agency,' Hertzberg said. 'Science needs to come first, and regulations need to be upheld. The fact we’re saying that and the fact he finds that counter to the agency’s priorities is concerning.' ”
AL.com: Trump shocked to learn his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ cuts a program he warned Republicans not to touch
Comment: "As Donald Trump met with House Republicans on the fence over his 'One Big Beautiful Bill,' the president reportedly appeared to be unaware that the legislation would cut Medicaid."
Comment: Is Trump lying to himself, or just plain lying (lying to us)?
Time Magazine: The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Pour Billions Into ICE’s Budget
https://time.com/7299360/big-beautiful-bill-trump-ice-immigration/
Poll: Trump’s approval rating falls to new low amid mass deportation raids
Comment: "As mass deportation raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to spark protest and split public sentiment, President Trump’s approval rating has slipped to a new low in the latest Yahoo/YouGov poll."
Axios: Kristi Noem seeks advice on ousting DHS employees who "don't like us"
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/02/kristi-noem-fire-dhs-employees
Comment: How many of you think that federal employees should concentrate on serving the public, rather than concentrating on stroking the ego of Kristi Noem and the rest of the Trump administration?
Trump taps 30-year-old with little government experience and links to Holocaust denier to lead federal agency
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Comment: "President Donald Trump has nominated a 30-year-old with little government experience — as well as a connection to a well-known Holocaust denier — to lead the independent agency that protects whistleblowers."
Comment: Do you think this appointee might discourage whistleblowers from coming forward to point out any illegal or unethical activity in the Trump administration?
Politico: Trump Officials Rejected Shocking Allegations from a DOJ Whistleblower. Former Colleagues Believe Him.
Comment: "That’s what Emil Bove — Donald Trump’s criminal defense lawyer-turned-senior Justice Department official — is going for as he tries to secure a lifetime appointment as a federal judge. The scandal? A scathing whistleblower disclosure by a former Justice Department lawyer that alleges disturbing and unethical conduct on the part of Bove and other senior DOJ lawyers, including multiple efforts to defy the courts in service of Trump’s agenda."
Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-tries-kill-most-125048567.html
Comment: "The Trump administration’s proposed budget seeks to shut down the laboratory atop a peak in Hawaii where scientists have gathered the most conclusive evidence of human-caused climate change since the 1950s."
The White House took down the nation's top climate report. You can still find it here
npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453501/national-climate-assessment-nca5-archive-report https://share.google/oAnPHXpuFOyK1jMhb
Comment: "The National Climate Assessment is widely used by teachers, city planners, farmers, judges and regular citizens looking for answers to common questions such as how quickly sea levels are rising near American cities and how to deal with wildfire smoke exposure. The most recent edition had a searchable atlas that allowed anyone to learn about the current and future effects of global warming in their specific town or state."
"On Monday, the government website that hosts all of that information stopped working."
"The Trump administration had already halted work on the next edition of the report, and fired all the staff who worked on it."
Comment: Do you suppose they think if they suppress the report, that climate change will just go away?
CNN: Trump’s visit to a migrant camp called ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ will stir dark echoes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/politics/alligator-alcatraz-trump-florida
Comment: "The temporary camp, alongside an 11,000-foot runway at an airfield mainly used for training flights, will soon house 5,000 migrants in a tent city. The project is controversial: Immigration rights activists and environmentalists are up in arms. Florida’s indigenous community fears a threat to sacred lands."
"But Trump’s visit to 'Alligator Alcatraz' is the latest in a series of graphic photo ops and buzzy plans the administration has conjured to highlight hardline immigration and law and order policies that are a foundation of his MAGA creed. Some come close to glorifying violence and rough justice. At times, it seems like looking tough is even more important than being tough; the posturing may be compensating for a deportation rate that senior White House officials such as Stephen Miller have deemed disappointing."
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos: Trump says he'll 'look' at deporting Musk as feud reignites
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-hell-deporting-musk-feud-reignites/story?id=123372908
Trump-Musk Feud: Trump Says Musk Shouldn’t Play Back-And-Forth ‘Game’ With Him (Live Updates)
Reuters: Trump suggests slashing Tesla subsidies, Musk says 'cut it all'
Comment: "WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut off the billions of dollars in subsidies that Elon Musk's companies receive from the federal government, in an escalation of the war of words between the president and the world's richest man, one-time allies who have since fallen out."
"The feud reignited on Monday when Musk, who spent hundreds of millions on Trump's re-election, renewed his criticism of Trump's tax-cut and spending bill, which would eliminate subsidies for electric vehicle purchases that have benefited Tesla, the leading U.S. EV maker. That bill passed the Senate by a narrow margin midday Tuesday."
Politico: Education Department set to pause billions in grants to states amid ‘review’
Comment: Will this action impact grants to Dale Co. schools or other Alabama schools?
AFGE | Due to DOGE Cuts, 1 SSA Employee Is Expected to Serve 1,480 Beneficiaries
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Comment: "Due to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)’s reckless cuts, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has lost 7,000 employees since January. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), that’s the largest staffing cut in SSA’s history, which will translate into much delayed services to the beneficiaries. In fact, one staff member now serves 1,480 beneficiaries, which is over three times as many as in 1967."
Comment: Do you think customer service might be adversely impacted?
NPR: DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement
Comment: "The focus on denaturalization is just the latest step by the Trump administration to reshape the nation's immigration system across all levels of government, turning it into a major focus across multiple federal agencies. That has come with redefining who is let into the United States or has the right to be an American. Since his return to office, the president has sought to end birthright citizenship and scale back refugee programs."
Comment: "The DOJ memo says that the federal government will pursue denaturalization cases via civil litigation — an especially concerning move, said Cassandra Robertson, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University."
"In civil proceedings, any individual subject to denaturalization is not entitled to an attorney, Robertson said; there is also a lower burden of proof for the government to reach, and it is far easier and faster to reach a conclusion in these cases."
CNN: Trump aims to change the nation and further cement his power as deadline looms for ‘big, beautiful bill’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/politics/trump-tax-spending-bill-congress
Comment: "But the bill — which is deeply unpopular with the public — is also part of the wider story of Trump’s second term. Days after he bombed Iran; stopped it and Israel firing missiles at each other; and celebrated a Supreme Court ruling that will facilitate his aggressive claims of executive authority, passing the bill would exemplify the growing power of a president dominating and disrupting this era in the US and abroad."
The Daily Beast: Trump Celebrates Civil War Win by Threatening Entire GOP
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-celebrates-civil-war-win-with-brutal-message-to-gop/
Comment: "The president issued a brazen reminder to any who dare to defy him."
Comment: " 'Great News! 'Senator' Thom Tillis will not be seeking reelection,' Trump wrote on Truth Social after Tillis bowed out."
"In a follow-up post, Trump suggested that Republicans who oppose his legislative priorities could pay a political price."
" 'For all cost cutting Republicans, of which I am one, REMEMBER, you still have to get reelected,' he wrote."
Reuters: Iran-linked hackers threaten to release Trump aides' emails
ProPublica: Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics
Comment: "A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say."
NPR: The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/29/nx-s1-5409608/citizenship-trump-privacy-voting-database
The Guardian: Trump considers forcing journalists to reveal sources who leaked Iran report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/trump-iran-military-strike-report
Comment: While we don't condone leaking classified information, how does the public get important information when Trump makes premature pronouncements without basis and, therefore, lacks credibility?
The Guardian: Who is in charge at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/who-is-in-charge-at-the-cdc
Comment: "RFK Jr has direct control, but Senate testimony in May that someone else is running the agency has created confusion"
Comment: " 'The acting director was Susan Monarez, but she is now up for permanent director, so she’s been replaced by Matt Buzzelli,' Kennedy said, describing Buzzelli as 'a public health expert'."
"But there’s no indication that Buzzelli, a lawyer who is listed as chief of staff in the office of the CDC director, is acting director, nor is he qualified for the position."
Few thought airstrikes could ‘obliterate’ Iran's nuclear program. Then Trump said they did.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/few-thought-airstrikes-could-obliterate-090601561.html
Fact check: Trump makes big false claims about his big domestic policy bill
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/28/politics/fact-check-trump-big-beautiful-bill
NPR: Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/28/nx-s1-5446120/defense-department-cuts-hurricane-ice-weather-satellite
Video: 'A huge decision': Supreme Court limits ability of judges to stop Trump
https://youtu.be/QzZL7BCUnmw?feature=shared
CNN: Trump freed to pursue even more of his agenda after Supreme Court win on injunctions
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/politics/trump-executive-power-supreme-court-win
Supreme Court, in birthright citizenship case, limits judges' use of nationwide injunctions - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-universal-injunctions/
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-limits-nationwide-injunctions-141830512.html
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s ruling on power of judges and birthright citizenship | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/politics/takeaways-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-decision
Comment: "The Supreme Court delivered a major win to President Donald Trump on Friday in his ongoing war with the federal judiciary, limiting the power of courts to step in and block policies on a nationwide basis in the short term while judges review their legality."
"Though the case was intertwined with Trump’s executive order effectively ending birthright citizenship, the ruling does not settle the issue of whether the president can enforce that order. And there were signs that lower courts could move swiftly to block the policy."
ProPublica: States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up
https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies
Comment: "Upheaval at the nation’s top disaster agency is raising anxiety among state and local emergency managers — and leaving major questions about the whereabouts of billions of federal dollars it pays out to them."
The $5 million Trump Card faces legal challenges, limited market
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/26/trump-card-overseas-wealthy.html
Comment: "President Donald Trump is offering a $5 million path to citizenship for the wealthy with his Trump Card."
Comment: "President Donald Trump's $5 million Trump Card has attracted strong interest from the overseas wealthy, but it faces legal challenges and questions about the potential market size, according to immigration attorneys."
Comment: So no birthright citizenship, but you can buy citizenship for $5 million?
The Guardian: RFK Jr’s new vaccine panel votes against preservative in flu shots in shock move
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/rfk-flu-shot-vaccines-panel
Comment: "Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale"
Comment: "US pediatricians criticize RFK Jr's new vaccine panel: 'Truly an embarrassment' "
Cancer experts alarmed over ‘gut-wrenching’ Trump plan to cut research spending by billions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/26/cancer-research-trump-nci-cuts-plan
CNN: Why Trump needs the world to believe Iran’s nuclear program is ‘obliterated’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/26/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-program-damage
ProPublica: A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
https://www.propublica.org/article/stephen-miller-trump-dhs-fbi-doj-war-on-drugs
Comment: "The president’s homeland security adviser, Stephen Miller, has been the key architect of a plan that would give the White House more influence over investigations into transnational criminal organizations, officials said."
Government Executive: Withholding agency funds at the end of the year under consideration, White House says
Comment: "The head of the White House’s budget office confirmed the Trump administration is considering taking unilateral action to withhold funding for federal agencies at the end of the fiscal year, despite lawmakers in both parties saying the move would be unlawful."
CNN: Fact-checking Trump’s NATO news conference
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/25/politics/fact-check-trump-nato-conference
Comment: "President Donald Trump made false claims about the war in Ukraine, US inflation, and the past fight against the ISIS terror group during his Wednesday news conference at the NATO summit in the Netherlands."
Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence
https://share.newsbreak.com/dr33gbjq
Comment: "The attorney general, Pam Bondi, professed ignorance of reports of immigration officials hiding their faces with masks during roundups of undocumented people, despite widespread video evidence and reports that they are instilling pervasive fear and panic."
Comment: Given the numerous news reports showing ICE agents in masks, how can anyone believe Pam Bondi's statements? Can anyone actually be that ignorant, or is she just lying?
Politico: What this Trump nominee says about his potential SCOTUS picks
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/trump-judges-emil-bove-scotus-00424658
Comment: "Bove, 44, faced intense questioning from panel Democrats who pressed on his loyalty to the president as reflected not only in his private representation of Trump but his actions as principal associate deputy attorney general. Those include dismissing prosecutors tied to cases involving the Jan. 6 Capital riot, ending the corruption prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams and pursuing the administration’s deportation agenda."
“ 'Bove has led the effort to weaponize the Department of Justice against the president’s enemies,' said Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Judiciary Democrat. 'Having earned his stripes as a loyalist to this president, he’s been rewarded with a lifetime nomination.' "
NPR: Trump's appeals judge nominee says he's no one's 'henchman'
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/25/g-s1-74064/trump-emil-bove-judge-nomination
Comment: "As its top official responsible for daily operations, he was involved in sacking prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated Trump and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In a recent move, he walked away from the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams."
Comment: "Bove's nomination has prompted several critical letters from Democrats. And on Tuesday, a day before his confirmation hearing, a whistleblower filed a formal complaint alleging Bove planned to knowingly defy court orders and withhold information from judges about the administration's deportation agenda."
Video: "Did you suggest telling the courts 'f--- you?'": Schiff presses Trump judge pick in hearing
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6_wyU5_oIPQ
Comment: Do you think Bove should be confirmed as a federal appeals judge?
Pam Bondi Thinks Lying to a Federal Judge Makes You a Great Person
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Comment: "On Wednesday, Bondi was questioned by Senator Chris Van Hollen over recent disclosures from Justice Department whistleblower Erez Reuveni, who was fired by the Trump administration after admitting that the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an 'administrative error.' Now Reuveni claims that Bove, at a meeting ahead of the invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798, told attendees to tell the courts 'fuck you' and ignore any court orders that may stop a plane from taking off or a detainment from occuring."
Trump to limit sharing classified info with Congress after leak on Iran bombing damage
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/25/iran-bombing-intelligence-trump-congress
Comment: "The Trump administration plans to limit sharing classified information with Congress after someone leaked an internal assessment suggesting that Saturday's bombings of Iran's nuclear facilities weren't as successful as President Trump claimed, four sources tell Axios."
Comment: Do you think that the Trump administration might be primarily concerned that Trump's declaration of "obliteration" might be seen as premature and might be seen as not credible?
BBC: CIA says intelligence indicates Iran nuclear programme 'severely damaged' - live updates
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c20xel1e97gt
Reuters: Comparing US Iran strike to Hiroshima, Trump plays down intelligence report
Comment: "The Trump administration has not disputed that the DIA assessment exists, but Trump described it as preliminary."
Comment: While the DIA report is preliminary, it is at least as credible as Trump's immediate pronouncement that the underground facility was "obliterated." How can anyone, at this point, know for sure the true extent of the damage? Time and additional intelligence efforts will be necessary for a better assessment of damage.
Why America's giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target
Comment: " 'It depends enormously on the kind of rock,' says Raymond Jeanloz, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the original authors of the 2005 National Academies Study on earth penetrators."
Report: National Science Foundation headquarters to be taken over by HUD, displacing 1,800+ employees | ALXnow
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FBI Abandons Miller’s Migrant Round-Up in Humiliating Blow
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-abandons-miller-migrant-round-202550481.html
Comment: "Instead of going on immigration raids, sources told Fox News and NBC News that the majority of FBI agents on immigration duty are now returning to traditional roles to thwart possible threats from Iran and its proxies."
"The pivot back to counterterrorism will place FBI agents in a more traditional role. It comes a month after Miller mandated ICE make at least 3,000 migrant arrests a day in a heated meeting at its D.C. headquarters. NBC reported at the time that 2,000 agents from the FBI, DEA, and the Marshals Service were ordered to embed with ICE to boost arrest numbers. Many of those agents are now being pulled back to their day jobs."
Female Troops Played Key Roles in B-2, Submarine Strikes on Iran's Nuclear Facilities | Military.com
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Comment: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised the work of 'our boys in those bombers' during a press conference at the Pentagon on Sunday."
"But female troops also played key roles in the Iran strikes. 'Women were incorporated in all aspects of the mission,' a U.S. official told Military.com on Monday on condition of anonymity to discuss details of the operation."
At least one woman served as a B-2 bomber pilot during the mission, that official said. Another official confirmed women were on a guided missile submarine crew that launched more than two dozen cruise missiles at the Iranian nuclear sites."
AP News: Early US intelligence report suggests US strikes only set back Iran’s nuclear program by months
Comment: "The report issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency on Monday contradicts statements from Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the status of Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to the people, the report found that while the Sunday strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, the facilities were not totally destroyed. The people were not authorized to address the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity."
Comment: Do you think the difference might be that one is an intelligence report and that the other was a not so intelligent statement, based not on facts but instead based on wishful thinking and political and face saving considerations?
Video: Trump's poor choices for national security staffing have new relevance after Iran bombing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDyat4dOUvc
Comment: Please watch this Rachael Maddow video and determine if you feel great about Trump's national security staffing.
NPR: Breaking another presidential norm, Trump drops the f-bomb on camera
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/nx-s1-5443337/trump-expletive-israel-iran
Comment: Does anyone think that this is the only obscene thing he has done? Do you think it might impact his Bible sales?
NPR: Fired Justice Department lawyer accuses agency of planning to defy court orders
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/g-s1-74316/justice-department-immigration-whistleblower
Comment: "A longtime government lawyer told Congress that Justice Department leaders planned to knowingly defy court orders and withhold information from judges to advance the Trump administration's aggressive deportation goals, according to a newly published whistleblower complaint."
Comment: "News of the complaint, first reported by The New York Times, comes a day before senior Justice Department official Emil Bove is scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Bove is President Trump's nominee to serve as a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a post that carries a lifetime appointment."
Comment: "At that meeting, the whistleblower complaint said, Bove 'stressed to all in attendance that the planes need to take off no matter what.' Bove then said that the group may need to consider telling judges 'f*** you' and ignore possible court orders blocking immigrants from being removed from the U.S., according to the document. "
Massive NOAA cuts could put weather forecasts in peril, lives in danger
Comment: "The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the nation's atmospheric research programs could set U.S. forecasting back a generation or more, a cadre of retired federal hurricane, weather and ocean scientists warns."
CNN: Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/health/cdc-vaccine-adviser-thimerosal-presentation
Giuliani, Lewandowski among new members of Homeland Security advisory council
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/trump-appoints-members-dhs-advisory-council
Comment: "The list includes right-wing political commentator Mark Levin, as well as Giuliani, who helped lead efforts to try and overturn the 2020 election results and was later sued for defamation by two Georgia election workers; a lawsuit he lost before a jury in Washington, DC."
Lawmakers to Bondi: DOJ funding cuts threaten national security - Live Updates - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/bondi-doj-funding-00419209
Comment: "Attorney General Pam Bondi came under bipartisan pressure Monday from lawmakers who argued that proposed funding cuts to the Justice Department, including the FBI, are unwise as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran intensifies."
White House wary of Iran counterattack as Trump strikes triumphant tone - POLITICO
Comment: "The decision to send American B-2 bombers to attack Iran, the most significant military action of Trump’s presidency, threatens to inject the United States into another Middle East conflict, the kind that Trump and Vice President JD Vance have long promised to avoid. "
Trump administration briefed top Republicans before Iran strikes, but not some Democrats | CNN Politics
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/21/politics/republicans-democrats-iran-strikes-briefings
Comment: "Democrats on the 'Gang of Eight,' which includes the congressional leaders from each party and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, typically would be briefed before a significant US military engagement. A White House official said the administration made calls to some members of Congress before the strikes as a 'courtesy heads-up' but did not address the partisan breakdown of who was notified."
Trump says US 'obliterates' Iran nuclear sites, Tehran reserves 'all options' to defend itself | Reuters
https://share.google/j1yi3KJdOAbqBmh5V
The Guardian: ‘Authoritarian playbook’: DHS accuses critics of assaulting officers when videos say otherwise
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/21/dhs-violence-false-claims
Comment: "In several cases, DHS’s public accusations of assault were not followed by criminal charges. Civil rights advocates and scholars on policing say the government’s assault claims against well-known members of the opposing party, and the repetition of those accusations, nonetheless are troubling indicators of rising authoritarianism. They argued the US government is blatantly misrepresenting events captured on footage in an effort to intimidate powerful officials and ordinary citizens alike who seek to challenge the White House’s policies."
Trump administration makes sweeping changes to ObamaCare, ends ‘Dreamer’ coverage
https://share.newsbreak.com/do6gavq2
Politico: Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/richard-angle-nsa-cyber-command-00415619
Comment: "The decision not to move forward with the Defense Department’s recommendation to nominate Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle as director of the National Security Agency and head of U.S. Cyber Command will extend a leadership vacuum atop one of the most powerful U.S. spy agencies."
Politico: Trump throws Gabbard under the bus — again
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/20/trump-gabbard-dismiss-iran-assessment-00415805
Comment: "For the second time this week, President Donald Trump publicly undermined Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, disregarding her assessment of Iran’s nuclear capabilities."
Pam Bondi Ripped in Florida Bar Ethics Complaint
https://share.newsbreak.com/do5mc0ng
Comment: "The complaint is considered a call to arms from a diverse coalition of lawyers and legal scholars who argue that Bondi is undermining the very foundation of ethical conduct expected from legal professionals."
AP News: Trump calls for special prosecutor to investigate 2020 election, reviving longstanding grievance
Comment: "President Donald Trump on Friday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden, repeating his baseless claim [emphasis added] that the contest was marred by widespread fraud."
The Guardian: White House moves to keep costly, dirty, unneeded Michigan coal plants open
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/trump-michigan-coal-power-plants
Comment: "One plant produces more arsenic pollution than any other in US, and the other has been slated for closure since 2021"
Comment: "Opponents say the order has little support in Michigan, could cost ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars, and is ideologically driven. The state’s utilities have said they did not ask for the plants to stay online, and the Trump administration did not communicate with stakeholders before the order, a spokesperson for the Michigan public service commission (MPSC), which regulates utilities and manages the state’s grid, told the Guardian."
Trump’s megabill is already unpopular — just wait until Americans hear what’s in it
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-megabill-polls-immigration-project-47-rcna213505
National monument honoring Emmett Till at risk of removal due to Trump's anti-DEI initiatives, budget cuts - CBS News
NPR: Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Even Republicans have questions
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/19/nx-s1-5400980/va-loans-veterans-mortgage-relief-republicans
Video: Sen. Kelly grills Segseth about "Golden Dome" and cuts that may affect its success. - June 19. 2025
https://share.newsbreak.com/do6ee5wv
Senator Markey: Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ is Fool’s Gold
https://time.com/7295780/senator-markey-trumps-golden-dome/
Comment: "In truth, it will make us poorer, less secure, and more isolated. It’s a gold-plated boondoggle that will enrich defense contractors and ignite a new nuclear arms race. Let’s be clear: Golden Dome is a trillion-dollar mistake in the making."
The Daily Beast: DHS Says Lawmakers Must Give 72-Hour Notice Before Visiting ICE Facilities
Proposed sale of millions of acres of public land under GOP budget bill prompts backlash
Comment: "Over 2 million acres of public land would go up for sale across 11 states under the current version of the Republican budget bill – a proposal that has met criticism from conservationists, hunting groups, local politicians and even some conservatives."
Comment: "An analysis by The Wilderness Society found that more than 250 million acres currently under the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service are at risk of sale."
The Daily Beast: Trump Boasts ‘Nobody Knows What I’m Doing’ as MAGA Iran Civil War Rages
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-boasts-nobody-knows-what-im-doing-as-maga-iran-civil-war-rages/
Comment: "Speaking with reporters for the first time since meeting with his national security council on Tuesday, the president refused to say whether the U.S. is moving closer to helping Israel strike Iranian nuclear facilities."
Comment: Do you think Congress should have a role in this decision?
Pete Hegseth suggests he would disobey court ruling against deploying military in LA | US Senate | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/hegseth-senate-hearing-los-angeles-troop-deployment
Comment: "The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggested on Wednesday that he would not obey a federal court ruling against the deployments of national guard troops and US marines to Los Angeles, the latest example of the Trump administration's willingness to ignore judges it disagrees with."
Politico: Hegseth defers to general on Pentagon’s plans for Iran
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/17/hegseth-erik-kurilla-iran-pentagon-response-00411007
Comment: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has given an unusual level of authority to a single general in the latest Middle East crisis — an Iran hawk who is pushing for a strong military response against the country."
Politico: Inside the clashes between Trump and Gabbard
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/17/gabbard-trump-00411685
Comment: "The director of national intelligence has rankled Trump with her statements about nuclear war, and the president has suggested she’s off message."
‘I have never seen such open corruption’: Trump’s crypto deals and loosening of rules shock observers | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption
Trump's pardons cost the U.S. $1.3 billion, per House Dem report
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/trump-pardons-cost-democrats-report
Comment: "A new report from Democratic staff on the House Judiciary Committee estimates that President Trump's pardons have cost the American public more than $1.3 billion in fines and restitution."
Trump fires Democratic commissioner of Nuclear Regulatory Commission | AP News
Comment: "President Donald Trump has fired a Democratic commissioner for the federal agency that oversees nuclear safety as he continues to assert more control over independent regulatory agencies."
Comment: "New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, the top Democrat on the the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called Hanson’s firing illegal and another attempt by Trump to undermine independent agencies and consolidate power in the White House."
Experts warn FEC is a watchdog lacking ‘bark or bite’ with no quorum
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5349948-federal-election-commission-quorum-impact/
Comment: "Experts are sounding alarms over the status of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which has been largely paralyzed from performing much of its work."
"Former Commissioner Allen Dickerson's departure from the body at the conclusion of his term at the end of April gave the normally six-person FEC its third vacancy. A loss of quorum now prevents the FEC from carrying out many of its responsibilities, including holding meetings, conducting investigations and issuing penalties against potential violators."
Comment: Why do you think Trump has failed to appoint replacements to the FEC?
Trump’s lawyers anxiously await Supreme Court decision on judicial power | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/politics/trump-judicial-power-supreme-court
Comment: "Trump has issued more than 200 executive actions since returning to the White House — more than any other president — but judges have blocked dozens of them, including his policies on mass layoffs, deportations and funding priorities."
Comment: "While recent presidents of both parties have dealt with nationwide injunctions, Trump is facing a record number, which is why this issue has become a priority for him and his Republican allies in Congress."
Comment: "But supporters of the injunctions say preventing judges from blocking policies while litigation plays out means that actions of questionable legality or constitutionality could be in effect for years before the Supreme Court ever considers them."
Crypto, wallets, bibles: Trump's assets top $1.6 billion in latest disclosure
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/trump-mobile-crypto-merch-earnings-disclosure
Comment: "Trump continues to pursue wealth-building avenues tied to his political agenda as Democrats continue to allege massive conflicts of interest."
Comment: "Trump reported more than $600 million in income from his cryptocurrency venture and a broad range of merchandise, according to financial documents released on Friday, the first disclosure of his assets since he returned to the White House."
Trump family says it's launching a mobile phone company | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-mobile-phone-white-house-business-361455bb3c65593bade7d4edfe4da7e9
Comment: "Trump has already used the federal government to reward his allies and punish his enemies. The Federal Communications Commission, the primary regulatory body overseeing mobile phone companies, has already launched investigations of media outlets Trump dislikes and, in some cases, is personally suing."
Comment: Is this another opportunity for conflict of interest and corruption?
Trump’s mass deportation policy becomes a meandering moving target
ABC News: CDC vaccine advisers who were removed from committee by RFK Jr. speak out
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-vaccine-advisers-removed-committee-rfk-jr-speak/story?id=122900198
Comment: "The group, speaking collectively for the first time since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed them, said his actions 'have stripped the program of the institutional knowledge and continuity that have been essential to its success over decades' in an editorial published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association."
The Guardian: Trump coveted a military spectacle but his parade proved underwhelming: ‘Just kind of lame’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/trump-army-parade
Comment: "Trump’s army parade was neither the totalitarian North Korean spectacle that critics had grimly predicted, nor the triumph of Maga nationalism fans craved"
‘Stay below the radar’: corporate America goes quiet after Trump’s return | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/15/corporate-america-trump
Comment: "Some of the world’s most powerful firms have quietly toed the line set by the administration to avoid the president’s wrath"
US Expands Travel Ban to Twenty-Five African Countries Including Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Senegal, and Cameroon, New Update You Need to Know - Travel And Tour World
AP News: Justice Department's early moves on voting and elections signal a shift from its traditional role
Comment: "They represent a shift away from the division’s traditional role of protecting access to the ballot box. Instead, the actions address concerns that have been raised by a host of conservative activists following years of false claims surrounding elections in the U.S. Some voting rights and election experts also note that by targeting certain states — presidential battlegrounds or those controlled by Democrats — the moves could be foreshadowing an expanded role for the department in future elections."
Politico: Trump’s FAA pick has claimed ‘commercial’ pilot license he doesn’t have
Trump administration gutted program aimed at preventing targeted violence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-gutted-program-aimed-212130252.html
Comment: "The Trump administration gutted a program that aims to prevent targeted violence as part of its effort to downsize the federal government, a move that could come under fresh scrutiny after the deadly shooting of state lawmakers in Minnesota on Saturday."
More Details Emerge Around the Public Land Sale Bill — and It’s Worse Than You Think
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-details-emerge-around-public-134524988.html
Comment: "An attorney, Willms has parsed the bill’s language and concluded that, in both its wording and intention, it intends to remake the map of the Western United States by allowing the sale of public lands that could be used for nearly any purpose under an expansive 'associated community needs' definition. He says that could include AI data centers, ski areas, golf courses, or consolidation of large ranches."
Anger builds in Northern New Mexico, nationwide over threats to public lands | Local News | santafenewmexican.com
Comment: "Heinrich confirmed national monuments and other public lands are on the chopping block during this month’s congressional budget reconciliation process."
" 'We could lose millions of acres of public land around the West,' he said, urging the crowd to take action."
Yahoo Finance: Trump reports more than $600 million in income from crypto, golf, licensing fees
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-reports-tens-millions-income-000645247.html
Comment: "While Trump has said he has put his businesses into a trust managed by his children, the disclosures show how income from those sources still ultimately accrue to the president - something that has opened him to accusations of conflicts of interest."
RFK Jr. Plans to Pull Medical Schools' Funding if They Don't Teach Nutrition | MedPage Today
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicaleducation/116050
NPR: RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5431935/rfk-hhs-covid-vaccine-schedule-faq
Comment: "A document the Department of Health and Human Services sent to lawmakers to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to change U.S. policy on COVID vaccines cites scientific studies that are unpublished or under dispute and mischaracterizes others."
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
https://apnews.com/article/billy-long-confirmed-irs-commissioner-67cd8daaa53a53c4ebf1262de1ede5e6
Comment: "The Senate confirmed Long on a 53-44 vote despite Democrats’ concerns about the Republican’s past work for a firm that pitched a fraud-ridden coronavirus pandemic-era tax break and about campaign contributions he received after President Donald Trump nominated him to serve as IRS commissioner."
Comment: "Democrats called for a criminal investigation into Long’s connections to other alleged tax credit loopholes. The lawmakers allege that firms connected to Long duped investors into spending millions of dollars to purchase fake tax credits."
White House looks to freeze more agency funds — and expand executive power - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/12/white-house-agency-funds-executive-power-00395545
Comment: "The latest move targets more than $30 billion in spending at EPA, the National Science Foundation and other agencies."
Comment: "The strategy: order agencies to freeze the spending now — then ask Congress’ approval, using a maneuver that allows the cuts to become permanent if lawmakers fail to act."
Comment: "The architect of the freeze directive, OMB Director Russ Vought, has long lamented the limits placed on the president’s ability to direct federal spending. His latest gambit — first reported by E&E News — appears designed to test those boundaries."
MAGA warns Trump of "massive schism" over Israeli strikes on Iran
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/12/trump-iran-israel-strikes-nuclear-maga
Comment: "Non-interventionism is one of the core pillars of the 'America First' movement — arguably as important to the MAGA base as immigration and trade."
"But plenty of Trump allies in the Republican Party are fiercely pro-Israel, and believe the U.S. should support its closest Middle Eastern ally if it chooses to attack Iran."
Padilla was pushed to the ground and handcuffed. It highlights a growing trend in the Trump administration | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/politics/padilla-handcuffed-trump-trend-analysis
Includes Video: Democratic Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from DHS press conference in Los Angeles : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-5431731/padilla-removed-dhs-press-conference
Comment: "Democrat Adam Schiff, Padilla's fellow senator from California, vowed to hold the administration accountable."
" 'When a U.S. senator goes to demand answers about the lawfulness or lawlessness of these actions to see him tackled to the ground, brought to the ground, what is becoming of our democracy?' he asked on the Senate floor. 'Are there no limits to what this administration will do? Is there no line they will not cross?' "
Includes Additional Video: Padilla pushes back against Noem's claim he barged into news conference
Axios: Trump's dealmaker image hits a wall
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/12/trump-deals-trade-ukraine-gaza-iran
Comment: "President Trump's reputation as a consummate dealmaker is being challenged by his second-term record."
Most say Trump's military parade is not a good use of money: AP-NORC poll | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-parade-army-poll-birthday-dc2352f07b77df2f56ca8b8084a4b4d2
Bessent claims tariffs aren’t taxes
https://thehill.com/business/5346974-bessent-tariffs-not-taxes/
Comment: "Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Thursday that tariff are not taxes, defying the widely accepted economic and financial definition of President Trump’s top trade tool."
EPA proposes rolling back clean air rules for power plants: What to know
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/epa-proposes-rolling-back-clean-air-rules-power/story?id=122772357
Comment: "The changes would reverse two landmark power plant emission regulations."
Trump administration to end DHS program designed to thwart terror attacks
Comment: "The $18 million program aims to prevent lone-wolf attacks like the ones that recently occurred in Boulder, Washington, D.C., New Orleans and New York."
Comment: "The DHS budget submitted to Congress last month cancels the $18 million terrorism prevention grant program, saying it 'does not align with DHS priorities.' ”
The Hill: LAPD chief pushes back on Trump’s claim National Guard was necessary to quell LA protests
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5346247-lapd-chief-donald-trump-national-guard-la-protests/
Comment: "Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief Jim McDonnell pushed back on President Trump's characterization of his past statements about National Guard deployment, saying he would not have requested federal troops to aid in quelling the city's immigration protests 'at this stage.' ”
The Guardian: Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/los-angeles-national-guard-troops-marines-morale
Comment: "Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was unnecessary"
Hegseth won’t commit to following court rulings on troops in LA
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5346786-hegseth-refuses-commit-court-rulings/amp/
Hegseth says Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-greenland-signal-congress-295b03478d985678c4f2bf2eb5b513ba
Comment: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions at a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday about his use of Signal chats to discuss military operations."
The Bulwark: Department of Health and Human Crackpots
Comment: "The perfectly predictable catastrophe of RFK Jr.’s new anti-vax vaccine advisory committee."
Trump merchandise sold at Fort Bragg for president's speech now under review - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-merchandise-sold-army-base-presidents-speech-now/story?id=122764288
Comment: "Earlier this week, Trump spoke at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in celebration of the Army's 250th birthday. At the event, vendors were spotted selling Trump merchandise -- including 'Make America Great Again' hats and other 'America First' swag. The practice is likely at odds with long-standing Defense Department policy, which prohibits troops from wearing political garb such as hats or flags or expressing their political opinion while in uniform."
Trump speech prompts concerns about politicization of military
Comment: "Uniformed soldiers in the stands cheered and booed along with political statements, something traditionally frowned upon and potentially a violation of military regulations."
CBS News: Inside the Justice Dept. "rubber room," where veteran lawyers do jigsaw puzzles and stream shows to pass time
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-dept-rubber-room-lawyers-do-jigsaw-puzzles-stream-shows/
Comment: "When the Trump administration swept into the Department of Justice on Jan. 20, it moved swiftly to purge, demote, transfer and otherwise sideline career lawyers not perceived to be team players or sufficiently committed to the MAGA legal agenda."
The Guardian: Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/climate-website-shut-down-noaa
Dan Caine: Trump’s top general just undercut his ‘invasion’ claims | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/politics/dan-caine-trump-invasion-claim-analysis
Comment: "So the White House said Tren de Aragua was acting in concert with the Maduro regime to invade; Caine now says 'state-sponsored folks' aren’t invading."
Axios: Scoop: Gabbard tightens grip on intel assessments after Venezuela clash
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/tulsi-gabbard-intelligence-leaks-deep-state
Comment: "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has imposed a more intensive review process for inter-agency reports, slowing their publication and deepening internal fears about political influence on intelligence, two U.S. officials tell Axios."
Trump says he's restoring the original Confederate names of these Army bases — but with new namesakes - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-restoring-confederate-names-army-bases/
Comment: Who does Trump think he is fooling?
DOJ Memo Gives Trump A Green Light To Dismantle National Monuments
https://www.publicdomain.media/p/doj-memo-trump-rescind-national-monuments
Comment: "A legal official at the Department of Justice has concluded that President Donald Trump has the authority to not only shrink but completely abolish areas protected as national monuments. The memo provides the legal framework for a broad reduction of federal land protections that Trump officials have alluded to for months."
Trump's DOJ makes sweeping demand for Colorado election data : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5426097/trump-justice-department-voter-data-colorado
Comment: " 'What they're going to do with all this data, I don't know,' said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat. 'But I'm sure they will use it to push their ridiculous disinformation and lies to the American public.' "
Entire Fulbright board quits, citing Trump administration interference
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/trump-fulbright-board-quits
Comment: "All 12 members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board resigned on Tuesday, saying that the Trump administration 'has usurped the authority of the Board' and denied a 'substantial' number of its chosen recipients."
CNN: Research cuts pose ‘existential threat’ to academic medicine and put nation’s health at risk, new report says
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/11/health/health-care-research-cuts-report
Comment: "As of June, more than 1,100 NIH grants have been terminated since the beginning of the second Trump administration, according to the report. These include at least 160 clinical trials to study HIV/AIDS, cancer, mental health conditions, substance abuse and chronic disease."
RFK Jr. names some vaccine critics to key CDC committee after ousting entire panel
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/rfk-jr-malone-cdc-vaccine-committee.html
Video: BBC: How Trump's immigration raids sparked protests and unrest - June 11, 2025
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c626y7d1zlxo
Military.com: Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet
Bolton on Trump warning parade protesters will be ‘met with force’: ‘That’s mouth’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bolton-trump-warning-parade-protesters-131615399.html
Hegseth says troops in LA are lawful. He just can’t explain why. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/hegseth-hearing-stumble-los-angeles-00400436
NPR: What powers does Trump have to send troops to cities — even if they don't want them?
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5428071/los-angeles-protests-national-guard-presidential-powers
NPR: Rep. Adam Smith fears Trump will use military as his 'personal police force'
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5428581/adam-smith-trump-la-troop-deployment
Comment: "Top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee Adam Smith said he fears President Trump wants to use the U.S. military as his 'personal police force.' "
" 'President Trump wants this confrontation partially because he wants to emphasize the issue of immigration enforcement,' Smith told Morning Edition. 'But more, I fear, because he wants to politicize the U.S. military and legitimize using it as a law enforcement tool, which is incredibly dangerous.' "
Trump administration considers slashing federal education money for California
Comment: "The Trump administration is considering cutting federal education funds to California, according to people familiar with the administration’s thinking. The discussion comes as Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump feud over the president’s deployment of the National Guard to LA to stop immigration protests."
US Marines arrive in LA; California governor warns 'democracy under assault'
Politico: Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon official says
Politico: Trump energy adviser slams renewables, says focus is on fossil fuels
Comment: "President Donald Trump is a fan of fossil fuels who is determined to boost oil and gas and turn away from renewables — regardless of what some energy executives, fellow Republicans or even Elon Musk have to say on the matter, one of his top energy advisers said Tuesday."
Comment: Do you think that Trump's enthusiasm for fossil fuels was influenced by the hundreds of millions of dollars that his campaign received from the industry in the 2024 presidential race, despite the fact that the amount fell short of the billion that he asked for?
Time Magazine: Trump’s First Surgeon General: RFK Jr. Purging the CDC Advisory Committee Will Put Lives at Risk
https://time.com/7292898/rfk-jr-cdc-advisory-committee-purge-risk-jerome-adams-essay/
Politico: ‘A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy’: How the Clash in LA Could Explode
How Trump defanged the Justice Department’s political corruption watchdogs | Reuters
https://share.google/p33lnQzFtDuodnw6c
Comment: "Created after the Watergate scandal, the U.S. Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section has fought political corruption for nearly half a century."
"Five months into President Donald Trump’s second term, it has been stripped of power."
"The unit has lost its authority to file new cases. Its staff has been reduced from more than 30 attorneys to five. And its once-powerful gatekeeping role – reviewing potential cases against members of Congress and other public officials to prevent politically motivated prosecutions – has been suspended."
AP News: Under Patel, FBI heightens focus on violent crime, illegal immigration. Other threats abound, too
Comment: "Some former officials are concerned the stepped-up focus on violent crime and immigration — areas already core to the mission of agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — risks deflecting attention from some of the complicated criminal and national security threats for which the bureau has long borne primary if not exclusive responsibility for investigating."
The Guardian: Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/hegseth-wiretap-inquiry-justin-fulcher
Comment: "The extraordinary episode adds to the growing portrait of dysfunction inside Hegseth’s front office, which is involved in setting the direction of a department that has a budget of nearly $1tn and oversees more than 2 million troops around the world."
NBC News: White House struggles to find qualified people willing to work for Pete Hegseth
AP News: RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee
https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-cdc-acip-vaccines-3790c89f45b6314c5c7b686db0e3a8f9
CNBC: RFK Jr. removes all members of CDC panel advising U.S. on vaccines
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/rfk-jr-cdc-panel-vaccines.html
Comment: "It’s the latest move by Kennedy – a prominent vaccine skeptic – to change and potentially undermine vaccinations in the U.S. since he took the helm at HHS."
AP News: NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump’s deep cuts in public health research
The Guardian: Trump LA protest response risks turning US military into political force, veterans warn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/09/veterans-trump-national-guard-la-protests
Los Angeles protests live: California governor calls Trump ‘reckless and immoral’ after president deploys national guard
Comment: "Gavin Newsome says Donald Trump is putting lives at risk; US president calls for arresting people in face masks and says 'bring in the troops' in late night social media posts"
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Trump's intervention in LA is a political fight he is eager to have
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c628vwq9z9zo
AP News: Trump deploys California National Guard to LA to quell protests despite the governor's objections
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-raids-los-angeles-2d1d5e2f638da600c4b34fe8bf8cf3aa
Comments: "Newsom, a Democrat, said in a post on the social platform X that it was “purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.” He later said the federal government wants a spectacle and urged people not to give them one by becoming violent."
"In a signal of the administration’s aggressive approach, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to deploy the U.S. military."
The Hill: Wall Street Journal slams Vance’s foreign student stance as ‘false choice’
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5338981-trump-visa-restrictions-foreign-students/
Comment: " 'This is a classic false choice. Of course the U.S. has talent and should invest in it. But welcoming foreign students doesn’t hinder Americans,' the editorial board said in their piece."
“ 'The cold, hard numbers show that too few Americans are pursuing STEM fields to meet the future needs of business and government. Of all U.S. bachelor’s degrees, biology and engineering fields make up about 13%,' they added."
From celebrating Juneteenth to the erasure of Black history: Charles M. Blow on America today - CBS News
The Daily Beast: Musk’s DOGE Goons Covertly Transmitted Reams of WH Data
Comment: "Elon Musk’s goons at the Department of Government Efficiency transmitted a large amount of data—all of it undetected—using a Starlink Wi-Fi terminal they installed on top of the White House, according to a new report."
Like Elon Musk, Russ Vought wants to break Washington. Unlike the billionaire, the budget guru might just succeed. - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/07/russ-vought-elon-musk-00392931
Axios: The great poaching: America's brain drain begins
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/07/us-science-brain-drain
The Guardian: Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/07/the-base-neo-nazi-group-paramilitary-training
Comment: "An international neo-Nazi terrorist organization is boldly continuing to build in the US and planning a new paramilitary training event without fear of local authorities or the FBI, which once dismantled it in a nationwide effort."
Trump's tariffs could pay for his tax cuts — but it likely wouldn't be much of a bargain | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-budget-deficit-taxes-447ab174f84d67fea5023bbe02dd60e0
DOGE just got a green light to access your Social Security data. Here’s what that means
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-just-got-green-light-221531889.html
Supreme Court grants Trump’s urgent bid for DOGE to have access to Social Security data
Comment: "The federal government had asked the justices to halt a judge’s order blocking DOGE from sensitive Social Security information."
Trump’s big bill includes an ‘unprecedented’ tax credit for a national school voucher program. Here’s how it would work | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/business/national-school-voucher-trump-tax-bill
Trump asks Supreme Court to let him gut Education Department
Official overseeing the National Hurricane Center testified to Congress it’s fully staffed—it’s not
https://www.yahoo.com/news/official-overseeing-national-hurricane-center-161123757.html
NPR: RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental illness and addiction
AP News: Transportation chief seeks to weaken fuel economy standards, calls Biden-era rule ‘illegal’
Military.com: White House Asked Joint Chiefs Chairman for Candidates to Lead NASA, Worrying Experts
Comment: "The revelation that Caine was asked for recommendations about the next head of NASA -- a civilian agency with a peaceful mission -- is unusual and, according to experts, an alarming signal that the Trump administration may be looking to blur the concept of scientific space exploration with the growing arms race and military interests in space."
AP News: Pentagon watchdog investigates if staffers were asked to delete Hegseth’s Signal messages
AP News: Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that
AP News: How AP calculated the costs and death toll of EPA rule rollbacks
Audio & Transcript: The future of government-funded research at universities : NPR - June 5, 2025
Pell Grant changes in “Big Beautiful Bill” could affect thousands of Alabama college students - Alabama Daily News
Trump’s budget would reduce Pell Grant awards and work-study programs – EdSource
NPR: From bromance to breakup: How Elon Musk and Donald Trump blew up
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/05/nx-s1-5424686/donald-trump-elon-musk-bromance-breakup
The Guardian: Trump v Musk: the two worst people in the world are finally having a big, beautiful breakup | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/05/trump-musk-fight-fallout
CNN: The ugliest things Trump and Musk just said about one another
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-ugliest-comments-analysis
Video: Trump sets new travel restrictions on 19 countries in echo of first term controversy - June 4, 2025
Trump overpowers Musk's attacks on mega tax bill with blizzard of orders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-overpowers-musks-attacks-mega-153732273.html
Comment: "Although not the stated goal, the president's blizzard of proclamations on the night of June 4 ‒ reviving a controversial travel plan, ordering an investigation into former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen and banning Harvard University from welcoming international students ‒ was classic Trump: when the going gets tough, change the subject."
CNN: Trump signs proclamation to ban travel from several countries
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/politics/trump-travel-ban-proclamation
Video: Trump's 'best people' are not doing very well; bad time to cut career public servants - June 04,2025
US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war - Ars Technica
Trump signs memo calling on attorney general to review presidential actions signed by Biden
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-memo-calling-attorney-001819708.html
Comment: Is this an attempt to distract the public's attention from more important matters?
ABC News: RFK Jr. to tell medical schools to teach nutrition or lose federal funding
The Guardian: Proposed Republican cuts could undo opioid epidemic progress in Appalachia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/opioids-appalachia-white-house-republicans
Firings, pardons and policy changes have gutted DOJ anti-corruption efforts, experts say
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna200571
Comment: "For decades, the FBI and the Justice Department have been the main enforcers of laws against political corruption and white-collar fraud in the United States. In four months, the Trump administration has dismantled key parts of that law enforcement infrastructure, creating what experts say is the ripest environment for corruption by public officials and business executives in a generation."
NPR: Trump asks Congress to wipe out funding for public broadcasting
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5418080/pbs-npr-trump-rescission-public-broadcasting
Comment: "President Trump took yet another step Tuesday to place NPR and PBS at the center of his broader clash with major cultural institutions, formally asking Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years."
Maddow Blog | Discredited claim from DHS’ Kristi Noem does fresh harm to her dwindling credibility
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-discredited-claim-dhs-183902949.html
AP News: Education Department says it will not garnish Social Security of student loan borrowers in default
Comment: Recent news articles had suggested that garnishments of Social Security payments, which had been used in pre-Covid pandemic years, would return.
NPR: COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families : Shots - Health News
CNN: DOD official urged Trump administration not to end grant for biological threat research, Harvard tells court
Reuters: FEMA staff baffled after head said he was unaware of US hurricane season, sources say
Acting head of FEMA said he wasn't aware U.S. has a hurricane season, sources say - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-head-wasnt-aware-hurricane-season/
RFK Jr’s team adds new errors to its ‘MAHA’ report, making the fiasco worse
RFK Jr. fires ‘opening salvo’ on vaccine status quo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-fires-opening-salvo-100000196.html
Trump just turned on the architect of his biggest first-term victories
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-judges-federalist-society-leonard-leo-rcna209993
Comment: "The president attacked the Federalist Society and its co-founder Leonard Leo, a key advisor to Trump on judicial nominations during his first term."
Axios: Budget head Vought floats impoundment to sidestep Congress on DOGE cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/01/vought-impoundment-doge-cuts-rescissions-congress
Video: Fareed's Take: In the face of geopolitical challenges, America is turning on itself - June 1, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-S6zmEQUXg
Gabbard Wants Fox Hosts to Feed Trump Top Secret Intel: ‘Doesn’t Read’
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tulsi-gabbard-wants-fox-hosts-to-feed-trump-intel-doesnt-read/
Comment: "Gabbard also reportedly consulted with current and former intelligence officials on bringing in a Fox News producer and host to reshape the PDBs—which are usually text and image-based for national security reasons—to deliver the intel in broadcast form. NBC News reported that the process could involve granting the Fox News team security clearance to access classified information."
'Trump time' becomes a liability for president's tariff agenda - POLITICO
Comment: "Yet with the central element of his economic agenda in jeopardy, Trump is digging in on his vow to impose steep tariffs by any means necessary — and stick it to those who question his strength and think he’s bound to 'chicken out.' "
RFK Jr.’s Own CDC Contradicts Him Days After Vaccine Quackery
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jrs-own-cdc-contradicts-him-days-after-vaccine-remarks/
Comment: "RFK Jr. and the CDC do not seem to be on the same page when it comes to COVID-19 vaxx protocols."
Public safety crisis: Budget cuts may cause US dams to fail
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5325924-dam-safety-crisis-flood-risk/
NBC News: Army estimates that Trump's military parade could cost $16 million in damage to Washington streets
Comment: "The repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade.
VIDEO: Trump vanity parade comes with hefty price tag; will displace Vietnam veterans event - May 31, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLQ36EiFbg&t=8s
USA Today: CDC still recommends childhood COVID vaccines, despite RFK announcement
Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants from 4 countries
Supreme Court allows Trump to suspend deportation protections for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/supreme-court-trump-deportations-parole
Labor Department suspends Job Corps centers operations, drawing bipartisan pushback
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5325826-labor-department-job-corps-centers/
Comment: "Job Corps, established as part of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, is a free residential education and job training program for low-income people between 16 and 24 years of age."
Trump appears to be building an unprecedented spy machine that could track Americans
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-palantir-surveillance-americans-rcna210017
Trump says he wasn't aware of Musk reportedly using drugs during the 2024 campaign
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc7r1t78
Elon Musk Has Been “Using Drugs Far More Intensely Than Previously Known”: Report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-using-drugs-far-132744534.html
Trump nominates former podcast host with history of inflammatory comments for top ethics job
Trump picks right-wing lawyer and podcaster who promoted 2020 election lies as watchdog agency head
Comment: "If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Paul Ingrassia would lead the Office of Special Counsel, an agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers that is also responsible for enforcing the Hatch Act, which restricts the partisan political activities of government workers."
Trump administration ending funding for HIV vaccine research
https://share.newsbreak.com/dc8nx0uz
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/hegseth-pentagon-office-gutted-golden-dome
The Guardian: We’re minimizing the horror of Trump’s military birthday parade | Judith Levine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/trump-military-parade-fascism
Comment: "The media has focused on the price tag and potholes. But history may mark 14 June as the ceremonial birth of US fascism"
Federal News Network: Governmentwide hiring plan calls on agencies to recruit ‘patriotic Americans’ into federal workforce
Comment: Who defines "patriotic Americans"? Will this involve a political litmus test?
DOJ cutting American Bar Association access to judicial nominees
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5324916-doj-american-bar-association-judicial-nominees/
Comment: " 'Unfortunately, the ABA no longer functions as a fair arbiter of nominees’ qualifications, and its ratings invariably and demonstrably favor nominees put forth by Democratic administrations,' Bondi wrote in the letter to ABA President William Bay."
Comment: Could it be that the ABA evaluates judicial candidates on their knowledge of the law, rather than their adherence to MAGA legal theory?
Politico: Trump goes after Leonard Leo and the Federalist Society in fury over court ruling
Comment: "Trump’s attack came after the U.S. Court of International Trade struck down his tariffs, a blow to the primary pillar of his economic agenda."
AP News: Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law
$14 billion in clean energy projects canceled in US, analysis says | AP News
Politico: Musk is gone. But DOGE staffers are still trying to cut through agencies.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/29/doge-staff-quiet-government-agency-cuts-00374613
White House acknowledges problems in RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' report : NPR
The Guardian: RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/rfk-jr-maha-health-report-studies
Comment: "The report exposes glaring scientific failures from a health secretary who earlier this week threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals."
They've tracked Americans' drug use for decades. Trump and RFK Jr. fired them
NPR: How safe is the food supply after federal cutbacks? Experts are worried : Shots - Health News
Reuters: US cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
US court blocks most Trump tariffs, says president exceeded his authority | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-court-blocks-trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-2025-05-28/
CNN: US court blocks Trump from imposing the bulk of his tariffs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/business/us-court-blocks-trumps-tariffs
Podcast & Transcript: Humiliated Trump’s Anger at Putin Grows as GOP Angst Rises | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/article/195767/transcript-humiliated-trump-anger-putin-grows-gop-angst-rises
White House cuts $400 million in aid for state unemployment systems
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/unemployment-states-fraud-labor
Video: Rogue pardon spree exposes Trump's political games and actual indifference to crimes - May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAqcA5FKhow
Trump pardons former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm amid clemency spree
Trump pardons ex-Staten Island and Brooklyn GOP Rep. Michael Grimm, commutes sentence of notorious gang leader Larry Hoover
https://nypost.com/2025/05/28/us-news/trump-pardons-ex-staten-island-rep-michael-grimm/
Trump pardons former GOP congressman Michael Grimm over tax fraud charges
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-former-rep-michael-grimm/
Video: Ari on the crucial secret to beating Trump’s second-term tactics - May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvtBTRbZ_Mo
CNN: Trump was just asked about the ‘TACO’ trade for the first time. He called it the ‘nastiest question’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/economy/trump-wall-street-taco-trade-nastiest-question
The New Republic: Trump Branded With Embarrassing Nickname Over Tariff Confusion
https://newrepublic.com/post/195780/donald-trump-nickname-tariffs-taco
Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem demand ICE agents increase arrests to 3,000 per day: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-kristi-noem-demand-131916023.html
USDA HQ employees told to work remotely so office building can house soldiers in upcoming military parade - Government Executive
Pentagon Diverts $1 Billion from Army Barracks to Fund Border Mission | Military.com
Comment: "The Pentagon is shifting $1 billion meant for maintaining and renovating Army barracks to instead fund its surge of troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that coincides with the service's gradual deprioritization of quality-of-life initiatives for soldiers."
DOL pulls guidance discouraging crypto in 401(k)s - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/dol-pulls-guidance-discouraging-crypto-in-401ks-00372223
Comment: "The Biden administration had required 'extreme care' before adding crypto to retirement plan options."
RFK Jr. Offers to Relocate Bird Flu-Infected Ostriches to the U.S.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-offers-relocate-bird-222700957.html
Comment: "Bird flu in the U.S. has slowly been spreading, forcing egg prices to skyrocket."
Sean Duffy asserts FAA allocation in GOP spending package 'won't be enough'
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5322082-sean-duffy-faa-gop-spending-package/
Tulsi Gabbard grows to become Donald Trump's most dangerous attack dog
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-grows-become-donald-100006958.html
Video: How Trump deregulation could affect you - May 28, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l5B51tAZTZ8
ABC News: Judge allows DOGE to access sensitive Treasury payment systems
CNN: DOGE can access sensitive Treasury payment systems, judge rules
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/27/politics/doge-access-sensitive-treasury-payment-systems
The GOP's 'Big Beautiful Bill' has an ugly way of protecting Trump
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna209184
Comment: "A short provision would further insulate the president from judicial accountability."
Video: Trump views National Security Council as 'worrisome source' that 'will get in his way': Leonnig - May 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0-dSBHIpBk
Trump is losing patience with Putin but unsure of his next move - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/trump-putin-sanctions-patience-00371571
Comment: "Lawmakers see an opening for more sanctions on Russia, but the president is undecided."
Video: RFK Jr. announces change to Covid vaccine recommendation - May 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LcpD7PY27os
Covid vaccines for pregnant women, healthy kids are no longer recommended by CDC, RFK Jr. says
Comment: "Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- a Covid vaccine critic -- made the announcement on X."
Politico: RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals
‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house
Trump Border Czar’s Cash-In With Key ICE Contractor Unmasked
https://share.newsbreak.com/da6ii3ng
Border Czar's Security Detail Costs Taxpayers $1 Million a Month: Report
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vvkse9
Trump Reportedly Moves To Cancel Remaining Federal Contracts With Harvard—Worth $100 Million
Trump says he is pardoning Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion
https://share.newsbreak.com/da66ifm3
GOP declares war on GAO
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vehz2e
Comment: "The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century. Now it’s under assault."
Here's what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9v27hoc
Comment: "A Texas oil executive from Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has been given sweeping powers to overhaul the federal department that manages vast tracts of resource-rich public lands, but he hasn’t divested his energy investments or filed an ethics commitment to break ties with companies that pose a conflict of interest, records show."
Video: 'Corruption on steroids': Wallace on new Trump-aligned private members club with $500K fee - May 27, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wvopa-_GV74
Trump EPA drafting a rule that would undo decades of progress on limiting pollution from power plants
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/climate/trump-epa-power-plant-rule
Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of federal bribery charges
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9uvcw0x
FBI deputy director says bureau will pour resources into cases including Supreme Court leak and cocaine at the White House
Comment: "Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino said Monday that his agency will revive or devote more resources into several investigations of unsolved cases from the Biden administration that have 'garnered public interest' and have long ignited claims of corruption by allies and supporters of President Donald Trump."
'God did that': Trump marks Memorial Day and trumpets his second-term successes
Comment: "President Trump's remarks at Arlington National Cemetery contrasted with his more-combative public comments from throughout the long holiday weekend
Trump visits Arlington National Cemetery after lashing out at political opponents in Memorial Day post | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/26/politics/trump-memorial-day-political-opponents
Comment: "President Donald Trump honored fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day hours after blasting his political opponents and perceived enemies as 'scum' in a social media post marking the solemn day."
Trump takes veiled swipe at Biden in Arlington Memorial Day remarks - ABC News
Comment: "President Donald Trump, marking Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, waded into politics during remarks to pay tribute to those who died in America's wars."
NPR: The CFPB wanted medical debt to be left off credit reports. That's changed under Trump
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/26/nx-s1-5406799/cfpbs-medical-debt-credit-report-lawsuit
Video: ‘Profoundly dangerous’: Fmr. CIA official reacts to NSC mass layoffs - May 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7zKuWGKr0A
Audio Podcast: What Trump's cuts to intelligence could mean for national security : Consider This from NPR : NPR
Video: Velshi fact-checks Vance's claims about the Court's role - May 26, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TdJp8xnYRHY
Trump says Putin has 'gone absolutely CRAZY', considering more sanctions on Russia | Reuters
The Hill: Trump says Putin has gone ‘absolutely crazy,’ warns of downfall of Russia
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5318407-trump-accuses-putin-russia/
Comment: Is Trump finally realizing who Vladimir Putin is?
MSNBC News: Trump's tax cuts will be cripplingly expensive for most Americans
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-tax-cuts-will-cost-americans-rcna208852
‘That’s the Way Militaries Work in Russia and China and North Korea’ - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/05/25/pete-hegseth-generals-purge-seth-moulton-00360166
The Times of Israel: US National Security Council staff fired en masse, including Mideast, Israel, Iran chiefs
Opinion: Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the separation of powers
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9v1p6sc
USA Today: How Trump's clash with the courts is brewing into an 'all-out war'
Video: Judge Luttig: Trump’s war the judiciary could see 'catastrophic end' - May 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFS68lyXT4
Trump’s Alarming Escalation in Rhetoric Against the Judiciary
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-alarming-escalation-rhetoric-against-175348803.html
How Trump's clash with the courts is brewing into an 'all-out war'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-clash-courts-brewing-war-090159143.html
Trump’s ICE Detains U.S. Citizen, Claiming His REAL ID Was Fake
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9v1687w
The Daily Beast: Trump Admin Says Due Process for Immigrants Is ‘Burdensome’
Politico: Trump’s contract-cutting blitz rattles a once-flourishing DC industry
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/25/trump-government-consulting-contracts-cuts-00362158
‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9v1fqdf
Video: International students being targeted at Harvard bring 'billions of dollars' to the US - May 25, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t8Pw2p5CFbc
Trump Brags to West Point Grads He Can Do Whatever He Wants Now
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9vlkynh
Trump slashing half of National Security Council staff
https://share.newsbreak.com/d9voep2i
Video: 'Fired for telling the truth': U.S. intelligence being twisted to serve Trump's narratives - May 24, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=antxxinKfHc
Military.com: The Fatal Cost of Twisting Intelligence
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/24/fatal-cost-of-twisting-intelligence.html
Pentagon Press Association calls Defense Secretary Hegseth’s access restrictions ‘a direct attack’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-press-association-calls-defense-165416016.html
NPR: Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
The Guardian: ‘Fiscally irresponsible’: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/trump-tax-bill-analysis
Comment: "Bill will make permanent huge tax cuts to the wealthy and cost the government $4.6tn over the next 10 years"
NPR: Trump's massive spending bill & the GOP's priorities
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/24/nx-s1-5407899/trumps-massive-spending-bill-the-gops-priorities
"Not with a bang, but a whimper": Experts say charging NJ Democrat will backfire on Trump DOJ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/not-bang-whimper-experts-charging-130005672.html
The White House rejects a watchdog finding that it's breaking the law over halted funds
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/23/nx-s1-5409080/trump-white-house-impoundment-gao
Trump says he’s ‘not looking for a deal’ with the EU after threatening a 50% tariff
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/economy/trump-eu-tariffs
Video: White House purges Trump transcripts - May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZXXcj-LUAkI
Video: Trump’s image of dead ‘white farmers’ came from Congo, not South Africa - May 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvqyunEhclo
Trump could be held liable on Civil RICO charges
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/5/22/2323775/-Trump-could-be-held-liable-on-Civil-RICO-charges
Comment: Wishful thinking by author, or real possibility?
Axios: Trump defies ethics warnings with private meme coin dinner
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/trump-meme-coin-dinner
Video: Mystery guests pay $1M+ for access to Trump at private dinner - May 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hRCQz4qYumI
Politico: Trump’s hands-off megabill strategy to face test in Senate
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/22/trump-hands-off-strategy-senate-00366597
AP News: Defense Secretary Hegseth, bedeviled by leaks, orders more restrictions on press at Pentagon
https://apnews.com/article/military-pentagon-hegseth-press-access-ff9ed0431848cae8816108a8b19c640f
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/single-server-holds-navy-pay-213304961.html
Guardian: The new Trump-led tax bill promises an American ‘golden age’ – that conveniently ends with his presidency
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/tax-cuts-republican-trump-bill
NBC News: Solar stocks plunge as Republican tax bill is worse than feared for clean energy
Forbes: More Than 7 Million Could Lose Medicaid After House Passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Estimate Says
Counterterrorism nominee Joe Kent under scrutiny as emails show he pushed for edits to intelligence assessment - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/counterterrorism-nominee-joe-kent-emails-edits-intelligence-assessment/
Comment: "President Trump's nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center is under fresh scrutiny as emails show he pressed senior intelligence analysts to amend an assessment of links between the Venezuelan government and the criminal gang, Tren de Aragua, known as TDA, to align the assessment more closely with Trump administration policies and to include references critical of Biden-era immigration programs."
ABC News: New head of Social Security, hired from Wall Street, tells staff he had to Google the job when he was offered it
https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-head-social-security-hired-wall-street-tells/story?id=122075152
The Intercept: U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/
Comment: "The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people."
Military.com: Here Are All the Big Cuts and Changes Coming to the Army
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/22/here-are-all-big-cuts-and-changes-coming-army.html
US Treasury confirms the end of the penny - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2j07858lno
Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling international students - ABC News
Busy hurricane season expected as forecasters fear Trump cuts. - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp855prygj1o
Video: Fallout after tense confrontation between Trump and South African president - May 22, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcA5xMygeiQ
In making his case against South Africa, Trump relied on ‘evidence’ that wasn’t real
The Hill: No one voted for more pollution — so why is the EPA trying to cut half its budget?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5309554-epa-funding-cuts-pollution/
FEMA senior officials exit en masse as Trump targets agency
https://www.aol.com/news/fema-senior-officials-exit-en-022055690.html
FEMA rescinds strategic plan less than 2 weeks before hurricane season - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-rescinds-strategic-plan-less-than-2-weeks-before-hurricane-season/
CNN: How the White House orchestrated Trump’s Oval Office ambush of South African president
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/trump-ramaphosa-oval-office-ambush
ABC News: Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office, pushes false claims of white genocide
NAP News: Kristi Noem says habeas corpus lets Trump ‘remove people from this country’
Comment: "Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the constitutional provision that allows people to legally challenge their detention by the government is actually a tool the Trump administration can use in its broader crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border. She called habeas corpus “a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country and suspend their rights.”
Comment: Noem's ignorance and incompetence in regard to basic constitutional rights, coupled with the power of her office, makes her a danger to all inhabitants of this country.
Pentagon says it has accepted Boeing jet from Qatar that will be used for Trump - CBS News
NPR: These 7 executive actions show how Trump wants to reshape American history
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5389638/trump-executive-actions-american-history-culture
ABC News: Army prepares tanks for DC military parade that could cost $45 million
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-begins-preparing-tanks-cross-country-trip-dc/story?id=122043939
Comment: "The parade marks the Army's 250th year and falls on Trump's birthday."
Tanks, heavy vehicles on their way to Washington as the Army prepares for its 250th anniversary celebration | Stars and Stripes
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-05-21/army-parade-washington-250th-birthday-17868320.html
Democrats sound alarm as Trump cuts flood prevention projects in blue states
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-sound-alarm-trump-cuts-120050756.html
NPR: Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn’t warning the public like it was months ago
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5387723/cdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health
Trump’s pick for IRS chief gives oddly evasive answers on presidential targeting
Comment: "Billy Long wouldn’t give a direct response when asked if the president can order the Internal Revenue Service to strip someone’s tax-exempt status."
The Hill: Patel and Bongino draw scrutiny from MAGA World
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5310342-fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-maga/
The Guardian: Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/kash-patel-fbi-surveillance-unit
Comment: "Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first term"
Ron Wyden says he has proof of favors 'promised' by Billy Long, Trump's IRS pick
https://thehill.com/business/5309889-long-expected-favors-irs-debate/
US launches unit to target DEI policies at colleges with civil fraud probes | Reuters
How Trump's Policies Are Already Upending Special Education
NPR: A stricter FDA policy for COVID vaccines could limit future access
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405013/fda-covid-vaccine-limits
Video: Kristi Noem defends Trump admin's deportations without due process - May 20, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wc3OqqZg8-U
DOJ sends warning to judges and lawmakers who stoke Trump’s wrath on immigration - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/20/justice-department-charges-lawmaker-judge-00361906
Politico: Alina Habba targeted Democrats when she became New Jersey’s top prosecutor. Now she’s following through.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/20/alina-habba-new-jersey-prosecutor-00360470
Comment: "Habba, who had no prosecutorial experience but represented President Donald Trump in three civil trials in recent years, found an opening this month to make her mark, when three Democratic House members and a progressive mayor running for governor showed up to inspect a migrant detention center in Newark."
AP News: Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
Gabbard signals shift in U.S. intelligence collection priorities - SpaceNews
https://spacenews.com/gabbard-signals-shift-in-u-s-intelligence-collection-priorities/
Comment: "Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced a reorientation of U.S. intelligence collection efforts toward border security and counternarcotics operations, describing it as 'the biggest shift in collection priorities in ODNI history.' "
CNN: Analysis: Trump’s FBI bosses are angering the MAGA media bubble they once stoked
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/media/dan-bongino-kash-patel-fbi-trump-maga-media-conspiracies
AP News: RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway
70% of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division lawyers are leaving because of Trump's reshaping : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/g-s1-66906/trump-civil-rights-justice-exodus
Politico: Outgoing Capitol Police chief blasts reported settlement in Jan. 6 shooting
CNN: Trump administration to settle Ashli Babbitt wrongful death suit for $5 million, source says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/ashli-babbitt-settlement-capitol-riot
Comment: "The Trump administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Donald Trump rioter who was shot and killed after breaching the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter."
Politico: A federal agency goes full Trumpist
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/19/brendan-carr-fcc-cbs-media-00299588
Comment: "Four months into his tenure as head of America’s top communications regulator, Brendan Carr appears to be running a Trumpian playbook to transform a long-independent agency."
NBC News: Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time
Opinion | Why Trump is making an unprecedented effort to scrub the historical record
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-why-trump-making-unprecedented-191457306.html
Comment: "Trump also gets to avoid accountability for future investigations, whether from Congress or elsewhere. Much as a mob boss detests a paper trail, Trump is averse to the idea of keeping records of everything he and his inner circle are considering, as he constantly pursues schemes that push up against or transgress the law."
Trump's tussles with the courts could lead the nation into uncharted waters | AP News
Comment: "Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings."
Comment: "But the fact that GOP lawmakers are including it shows how much those in power in the nation’s capital are thinking about the consequences of defying judges as the battle between the Trump administration and the courts escalates."
Medical and Scientific Research Makes America Great | TIME
https://time.com/7286127/medical-scientific-research-makes-america-great/
Comment: "We have witnessed a decline in trust for basic research in recent years. This has been accompanied by significant cuts in government financial support leading to sharp cuts in vital personnel in critical scientific and medical research programs at universities, laboratories, and highly regarded medical and scientific centers throughout the country."
Video: Psaki: Trump's takeover of the Library of Congress is about 'more than just books' - May 18, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XOnFbdwJ4_U
CBS News: Rubio says intelligence community is incorrect in assessment of Tren de Aragua: "They're wrong"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubio-intelligence-community-tren-de-aragua/
Comment: Why do we spend so much on the intelligence community, if Trump administrative officials are just going to ignore any assessments that conflict with the political narrative they are trying to convey to the public?
CNN: Social Security drops controversial anti-fraud review amid growing claims backlog
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/17/politics/social-security-anti-fraud-policy
Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-department-deal-ends-ban-130649955.html
NPR: How DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/17/nx-s1-5401392/doge-federal-agency-nonprofits-cpb-usip-vera-institute
DOGE said 40% of the Social Security Agency’s calls were ‘fraudulent.’ Data suggests it was actually less than 1%
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-said-40-social-security-171438243.html
CNN: Trump brings emergency appeal over mass firings to Supreme Court
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/politics/mass-firings-supreme-court-trump-appeal
USA Today: Donald Trump slams Supreme Court ruling blocking deportation without a court hearing
Politico: Army to place large metal plates on DC streets to protect them from tanks during June parade
In remarks to U.S. troops, Trump renews talk of a third term, despite the Constitution
The Hill: The actual cost of a US ‘Golden Dome’ could be staggering
Moody's lowers U.S. credit rating to 'Aa1'
Reuters: Moody's pushes U.S. out of elite 'AAA' club citing rising debt
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/moodys-downgrades-us-aa1-rating-2025-05-16/
Comment: "Trump is pushing lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Congress to pass a bill extending the 2017 tax cuts that were his signature first-term legislative achievement, a move that nonpartisan analysts say will add trillions to the federal government's debt."
NPR: Cuts to the federal government may impact nation's weather forecasts
Some Social Security recipients face 15% cut to benefits starting next month - al.com
Comment: "The Trump administration announced in May it would restart the Treasury Offset Program, a collections initiative for people who in currently in default on their student loan payments."
Department Of Education Reveals 96% Of Student Loan Repayment Applications Remain Unprocessed - Forbes
Video: Psaki: Being asked about your agency shouldn't come as a surprise - May 16, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/N7EVS97ITD0
The Guardian: Forget the DEI hires – meet Trump’s latest WTF hire | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/16/trump-casey-means-surgeon-general
Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-permits-sale-device-001010506.html
Reuters: US Justice Dept takes next steps to merge ATF and DEA, sources say
‘Open season for corruption’: FBI shuts down public corruption unit that investigated Trump
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5vq3_6HQk
CNN: Exclusive: FEMA is "not ready" for hurricane season, internal agency review shows
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/politics/fema-review-concerns-hurricane-season
Politico: US space chief warns of emerging threats from China and Russia
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/space-chief-saltzman-china-russia-threats-00351616
AP News: Homeland Security looks to buy a new $50M jet for secretary and Coast Guard officials
https://apnews.com/article/noem-homeland-security-jet-coast-guard-2ddb552a871a6409c8de11b776a0939c
Stephen Miller re-emerges as an ‘untouchable’ force in Trump’s White House
'The president's id:' How Stephen Miller is driving Trump's agenda: From the Politics Desk
The Guardian: Stephen Miller is wrong: the president can’t just suspend habeas corpus | Austin Sarat
Exclusive: DHS civil rights office opened investigation into Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest days before office was dissolved | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/politics/homeland-security-mahmoud-khalil-investigation
Comment: Coincidence?
AP News: Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans
https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-debt-social-security-67a3a50a90aee3e6dda1ae4428094f97
Forbes: Department Of Education Prepares To Seize 15% Of Student Loan Borrowers’ Pay
Axios: U.S. to spend $1 trillion on nuclear weapons over next decade
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/14/nuke-spending-cbo-report-criticism
Military.com: 2 Educational Programs for Troops Eliminated Amid Cost-Cutting Efforts at Pentagon
Mother Jones: We Still Don’t Know What Kash Patel Did as a Consultant for Qatar
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/kash-patel-qatar-fbi-trump/
Among the problems with Trump’s ‘free’ luxury jet from Qatar: It’s not actually free
AP News: Trump marvels at wealth of his Arab hosts while he eyes White House and Air Force One upgrades
NBC News: FBI field offices ordered to shift agents to immigration crackdown
Comment: "The shift will likely reduce federal law enforcement resources devoted to counterterrorism and counterintelligence. A separate effort will reduce white-collar crime probes."
Trump cabinet member’s links to El Salvador crypto firm under scrutiny
https://share.newsbreak.com/d3acb2vh
NPR: Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5387299/trump-white-house-antisemitism
Republican tax bill could slap ‘terrorism’ label on non-profits opposed to Trump
https://share.newsbreak.com/d3a48u82
Politico: GOP leaders draw the line at Trump’s Library of Congress takeover
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden-00349275
Comment: "A White House push to seize control of the Library of Congress over the past week has run temporarily aground due to quiet but firm resistance from Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the sensitive situation."
Trump’s new ‘librarian’ shows he’s running out of yes-men
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-library-of-congress-todd-blanche-rcna206506
DOGE promised to send Americans $5,000. What happened?
CNN: Social Security reminds workers about ‘resurrecting’ people wrongly declared dead
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/14/politics/social-security-death-resurrection
Comment: "Spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, the Social Security Administration is combing through its databases to check whether beneficiaries are alive or dead. .... The problem: Some people who have recently been declared dead are actually alive, forcing them to go to Social Security offices to be 'resurrected' and stop the financial havoc that such a mistake can have on their lives.
NPR: What to know about a federal proposal to help families pay for private school
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397945/private-school-vouchers-choice-reconciliation
AP News: What the EPA’s partial rollback of the ‘forever chemical’ drinking water rule means
EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-announces-rollback-biden-era-134020660.html
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
https://share.newsbreak.com/d3a58crl
The Guardian: US transportation secretary changed wife’s flight from Newark after ongoing issues at airport
Comment: "Airport has seen multiple serious failures in past weeks while Sean Duffy has assured the public it’s safe to fly from there"
NBC News: Birthright citizenship dispute at the Supreme Court has broad implications for Trump's agenda
Comment: "A long-simmering issue -- individual federal judges blocking policies nationwide -- is taking center stage Thursday in oral arguments.
Why Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship may be a legal loser but still give the president a major boost | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/politics/trump-birthright-citizenship-legal-boost
Comment: "On Thursday, the Supreme Court will be considering nationwide orders issued in multiple lawsuits challenging Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order – brought by Democratic-led states, immigrant advocacy groups and individuals who are pregnant with children who would be denied citizenship under the Trump proposal. Trump is asking the high court to limit the current injunctions to just the handful of individual plaintiffs – or at the very least, just in the roughly two-dozen Democratic states-led that challenged the policy in court."
Comment: Is The Trump Administration asking that birthright citizenship be denied to children born in Alabama to non-citizen parents, just because Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (and officers of other Republican led states) did not join the lawsuits as plaintiffs?
Breaking Defense: At nearly $142 billion, White House claims largest defense deal ‘in history’ with Saudi Arabia
Comment: "Details about purported deals are scarce, but one analysts told Breaking Defense, 'When the Trump factor is involved, we should not dismiss any possibilities.' "
AP News: Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration
The Hill: Gabbard fires top National Intelligence Council officials
NBC News: Turning Qatari 747 into Air Force One could cost $1 billion and take years, experts say
DOGE continues to publish misleading or inaccurate claims on its "Wall of Receipts" - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-misleading-inaccurate-claims/
DOJ 'weaponization' group will shame individuals it can't charge with crimes, new head says
Comment: Isn't the DOJ responsible for prosecuting crimes, not actions it subjectively labels "shameful?"" Why didn't Ed Martin find the actions of the January 6th rioters shameful? I thought the GOP blamed Democrats for "weaponizing" government.
The Hill: Trump’s executive orders are a direct attack on free speech
NPR: Trump is looking to use the IRS for his own political ends. Nixon tried it too
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/12/nx-s1-5379585/irs-harvard-trump-nixon
AP News: What is the Emoluments Clause? And how might it apply to Qatar giving Trump a plane?
https://apnews.com/article/emoluments-clause-trump-jet-qatar-56f995acb57eb741b0214aba5e7e8220
Pam Bondi's Qatar Links Under Scrutiny Over Trump's Luxury Plane Gift - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-qatar-links-under-scrutiny-over-trump-luxury-plane-gift-2070774
Defense News: Experts: Qatar-gifted Air Force One may be security, upgrade disaster
Axios: Backstory: How Trump got a free "palace in the sky"
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/trump-free-jet-qatar
The Hill: Trump wants to make natural disaster victims a state problem
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5292949-federal-disaster-assistance-future/
Axios: Trump naming his former defense attorney as acting Librarian of Congress
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/trump-former-attorney-acting-librarian-congress-blanche
Trump sacked Copyright Office director a day after she refused to rubber-stamp Musk’s plan to train AI models, top Dem says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sacked-copyright-office-director-142551502.html
The Hill: Energy Department proposes to cut 47 rules in ‘largest deregulatory effort in history’
The Hill: RFK Jr. goes swimming in DC’s Rock Creek despite NPS guidance on bacteria
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5295429-rfk-jr-rock-creek-swimming/
Comment: Not only was it very unhealthy for his grandchildren, wasn't it also against the law?
Trump admin's threat to suspend core U.S. legal right sparks outcry and alarm
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/legal-experts-habeas-corpus-stephen-miller-rcna206130
10% tariffs are here to stay, Lutnick says, insisting consumers don't pay
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/11/trump-trade-war-lutnick-tariffs
Comment: "Economists generally disagree, and sentiment surveys say consumers don't believe it, either."
NPR: Dr. Casey Means, Trump's pick for Surgeon General, faces criticism across the spectrum
Qatar calls reports of pending jet gift to Trump 'inaccurate' - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/11/qatar-calls-jet-gift-trump-inaccurate-00341084
Comment: "The president might end up with a luxury jumbo jet, but it won’t happen this week."
ABC News: Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
Comment: "The highly unusual -- unprecedented -- arrangement is sure to raise questions about whether it is legal for the Trump administration, and ultimately, the Trump presidential library foundation, to accept such a valuable gift from a foreign power."
Trump officials ‘created confrontation’ that led to arrest of Newark mayor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-officials-newark-mayor-arrest
Comment: Includes Video. You decide if the Newark mayor or Democratic members of Congress did anything to merit threatened arrests. By the way, the small gray haired women at the center of the video, who some are trying to protect, is 80 year old Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman.
Federal workplace safety workers say gutting their agency will lead to preventable deaths on the job
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-workplace-safety-workers-letter-to-congress-rcna206076
Donald Trump’s firing of FEMA leader plunges disaster agency into uncertainty
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5292914-fema-leader-fired-amid-agency-cuts/
The Daily Beast: Is Trump Out of Touch, Senile, Nuts, or Something Worse?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-trump-out-of-touch-senile-nuts-or-something-worse/
Trump DHS eyes arrests for House Democrats over New Jersey ICE incident
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/10/trump-ice-arrest-house-democrats-new-jersey
DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility
Trump's dismantling of Education Department gives states 'green light' to pursue voucher programs
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna205406
Comment: " ... an uptick critics fear will erode the public education system."
Judges have a warning about Trump’s rapid deportations: Americans could be next - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-due-process-00339319
AP News: Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic
https://apnews.com/article/autism-kennedy-rfk-science-e4a5795275042c29e4a5721b2b163970
Trump administration halts research to help babies with heart defects
Ars Technica: Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
Trump has sat for only 12 ‘daily’ intelligence briefings since taking office
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l86pjl
FedEx board member David Steiner to be next US postmaster general
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/09/politics/usps-postmaster-general-david-steiner
Comment: "Rep. Gerry Connolly, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, warned that Steiner’s appointment would be a 'blatant conflict of interest and an attempt by President Trump to install a handpicked loyalist.' ”
Thousands in West Region being booted out of military’s Tricare
It took 250 years to build what Trump is trying to undo
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/federal-agencies-trump-irs-usps-photo-essay-what-matters
Mother Jones: Trump’s Killing of Energy Star Program Will Cost Families a Bundle
Comment: "The federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives in modern history. Its signature blue label is now nearly as recognizable as the Nike swoosh or a Coca-Cola can, and appliances bearing it save American consumers some $40 billion annually in energy costs, or about $350 for every taxpayer dollar that goes in."
The WH says Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus. What would that mean?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wh-says-trump-considering-suspending-221407447.html
Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-says-white-house-223322813.html
White House considering suspending habeas corpus, Stephen Miller says
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/09/habeas-corpus-white-house
Opinion: Trump’s chaotic government is no accident — it’s strategic neglect
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0l5s2p5
AP News: ‘Don’t get in my way,’ the new acting head of federal disaster agency warns in call with staff
Comment: "The new head of the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country warned staff in a meeting Friday not to try to impede upcoming changes, saying that 'I will run right over you' while also suggesting policy changes that would push more responsibilities to the states."
Trump rips program to bring high-speed internet to rural areas as ‘racist’ and ‘totally unconstitutional’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-program-bring-high-181416432.html
Comment: Really? How so?
Politico: Lawmakers did not seek Hayden’s firing as Librarian of Congress
Comment: " 'The president acted on his own in this decision,' said one person, who like the others was granted anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter."
Comment: "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Friday that Hayden, the first Black person and first woman to lead the Library of Congress, 'did not fit the needs of the American people.' ”
Trump fires Librarian of Congress, continuing to shape cultural institutions : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5393737/carla-hayden-fired-library-of-congress-trump
Pentagon orders military to pull all library books on diversity
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-orders-military-pull-library-192211948.html
5 ways the Trump administration is implementing Project 2025 - Los Angeles Times
NPR: Trump tightens control of independent agency overseeing nuclear safety
Comment: "Going forward, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must send new rules regarding reactor safety to the White House, where they will be reviewed and possibly edited. That is a radical departure for the watchdog agency, which historically has been among the most independent in the government."
FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna204879
USDA, DOGE demand states hand over personal data about food stamp recipients
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration
Trump to sign order discouraging criminal enforcement of regulatory offenses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sign-order-discouraging-criminal-195931231.html
The Guardian: White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth’s hands
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/09/white-house-pentagon-hegseth-chief-of-staff
NBC News: Kash Patel's new way of leading the FBI: Fewer morning intel briefings, more pro sports events
Fears grow FBI head Kash Patel isn’t taking his job seriously as he skips morning briefings and frequently attends UFC fights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fears-grow-fbi-head-kash-160018357.html
The New Republic: RFK Jr. Caught Lying About New Surgeon General Nominee
https://newrepublic.com/post/195057/robert-f-kennedy-jr-lying-new-surgeon-general-nominee
The Hill: RFK Jr. on damage control over surgeon general nominee
NPR: Casey Means, Trump's new pick for surgeon general, faces pushback
Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-salacious-scandal-derailed-jeanine-220404980.html
Forbes: The National Science Foundation Is Being Dismantled. What The Economy Needs Is More Investment In Research, Not Less
The Guardian: US House approves ‘dumb’ legislation renaming Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/us-house-gulf-of-mexico
Yahoo: Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s plans for vaccine testing are highly unethical and a danger to your health. Here's why
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-rfk-jr-plans-vaccine-100000685.html
Trump appoints Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top prosecutor in DC - ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=121604820
Comment: "Following Trump's loss in the 2020 election, Pirro pushed false allegations of election fraud involving voting machines and was later among the Fox News employees named in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit for broadcasting false claims about the company. Fox News eventually settled for $787.5 million and admitted the statements were false."
Comment: "In 2019, Pirro was reportedly suspended by Fox News after she questioned the loyalty of Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to the U.S. Constitution, citing Omar's Muslim faith."
Trump: China tariffs slowing down ports is a "good thing"
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/08/trump-tariffs-china-ports-slowdown
Trump administration cut more than $1.8 billion in NIH grants
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-administration-cut-18-billion-nih-grants-rcna205568
Comment: "The Trump administration terminated $1.81 billion in National Institutes of Health grants in less than 40 days, including $544 million in as-yet-unspent funds."
NPR: Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/08/nx-s1-5383918/economists-trump-research-science-cuts-gdp-recession
NASA Spent Billions to Bring Rocks Back from Mars. Trump Wants to Leave Them There
Opinion: Trump’s legal strategy: If you can’t win in court, threaten the judge
https://share.newsbreak.com/d0kyq577
The Guardian: Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into New York attorney general
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/trump-fbi-investigation-letitia-james
Comment: Retribution for convicting Trump or is investigation actually justified?
The Daily Beast: FEMA Boss Fired Just One Day After He Stood Up to Trump
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-fires-fema-boss-just-one-day-after-he-stood-up-to-trump/
The IRS has lost almost one-third of its tax auditors after 2 months of DOGE cuts, report says - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-doge-cuts-layoffs-31-percent-auditors-tax-revenue-impact/
Comment: "Losing a large share of auditors could impact the federal government's ability to collect tax revenue, given that these agents typically handle cases involving wealthy taxpayers or corporations, experts say."
The Guardian: Ukraine war briefing: Hegseth’s sudden arms halt ‘cost US up to $2.2m’ – report
The Hill: Ed Martin’s conduct in office raises serious questions about his ethics
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5285979-federal-prosecutors-ethics-abuse/
The Guardian: Trump reportedly eyes $26m in funding cuts for US national parks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/trump-cuts-national-parks-grants
Trump plans to announce that the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-plans-announce-us-call-011252613.html
Trump’s Birthday Parade to Cost Eyewatering Amount—and Could Get Worse
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-birthday-parade-cost-eyewatering-184828821.html
NBC News: The best and brightest young scientists are looking beyond the U.S. as cuts hit home
Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-withdraws-nomination-fox-203159525.html
FDA Chief Downplays COVID Boosters After Suggesting No Updated Shots This Season
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-chief-downplays-covid-boosters-215425055.html
Trump administration abruptly removes the vice chair of the National Transportation Safety Board
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-abruptly-removes-vice-011139983.html
DOGE bro helped fire ethics lawyers who warned him over his $715,000 in banned company stocks: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-bro-helped-fire-ethics-213104061.html
DOGE Staffer Fired the Lawyers Trying to Help Him Avoid Corruption
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyers-warned-doge-staffer-shady-161820943.html
ProPublica: DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest
Voice of America planning partnership with OAN: Kari Lake
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5287219-voice-of-america-one-america-news-partnership/
Comment: "OAN is small conservative media outlet known primarily for promoting Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud after losing to former President Biden in 2020 — as well as other false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines."
Comment: "The network has in the years since been dropped by a number of leading cable providers and sued by voting system companies over its coverage of the 2020 election."
The Daily Beast: Trump Doubles Down on Wrong World War II End Date
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-doubles-down-on-wrong-world-war-ii-end-date/
Mother Jones: RFK Jr. May Have Inspired Acting US Attorney’s Harassment of Medical Journals
Daily Kos: Trump’s lunacy on full display in meeting with Canadian prime minister
Fact check: Trump claimed the US doesn’t do ‘much business with Canada.’ Canada is the world’s top buyer of US exports
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-claimed-us-195239917.html
Bessent says US has not engaged in trade talks with China, contradicting Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/06/trump-china-talks-bessent/83473027007/
Critics warn DOJ is being politicized despite vows to end its purported weaponization : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/g-s1-64305/weaponization-doj-trump-bondi-justice-department
ProPublica: Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-michigan-lab-toxic-algae-blooms-great-lakes-drinking-water
The Hill: Trump cuts to weather monitoring, climate research put millions at risk, expert warns
Time Magazine: The Historic Dangers of Slashing Medicaid Funding
https://time.com/7278035/the-dangers-of-slashing-medicaid/
Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee
FDA names oncologist Dr. Vinay Prasad, a Covid vaccine critic, as the new vaccine chief
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fda-names-oncologist-dr-vinay-214301563.html
Trump plans to end Energy Star home appliance program amid EPA reorganization
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-plans-end-energy-164634417.html
NPR: Trump expands military use at the southern border. Are there legal limits?
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/g-s1-63778/military-border-zone-posse-comitatus-explained
The Independent: White House caught off guard by Hegseth’s request to cancel weapons supply to Ukraine
Reuters: Order by Hegseth to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard
AP News: The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them
https://apnews.com/article/trump-alcatraz-prison-federal-government-97a0dfb07951c9f3295ebe3b88235d8d
A hard cell? Alcatraz tourists dismiss Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to revive it as a prison | California | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/alcatraz-tourists-trump-prison-reaction
NPR: Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/06/nx-s1-5387367/federal-science-opinion-use-poll
Comment: "The Trump administration has made deep budget and personnel cuts to federal agencies that collect weather data and do safety inspections at factories that make food and prescription drugs, among many science-related functions."
Yahoo Finance: US Treasury Ramps Up Borrowing Needs To $514 Billion, Marking A Surprising 320% Jump From Its Previous Forecast
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-ramps-borrowing-needs-191042866.html
NPR: Trump's spending cuts are hitting communities of his supporters
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/1249236665/trumps-spending-cuts-are-hitting-trump-voters
President Trump’s Proposed Budget Could Decimate At Least 350 National Park Sites · National Parks Conservation Association
Military Times: Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions
Politico: Hegseth orders Pentagon to slash top ranks of military
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/05/pentagon-officer-cuts-00329990
Messaging app seen in use by Mike Waltz suspends service after hackers claim breach
Comment: "Mike Waltz seemed to use the App at last week's Cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters."
CNN: Phone app Mike Waltz was photographed using is investigating a hack
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/politics/telemessage-hack-mike-waltz-signal
The Times of Israel: Trump says he is considering Stephen Miller as new national security adviser
Comment: Would Stephen Miller alienate any ally that we have left?
Stephen Miller’s Former Colleague Reveals Why He Is a ‘Horrible Human Being’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-former-colleague-reveals-025821772.html
ABC News: CPB fires back at Trump's executive order demanding it stop funding for NPR, PBS
Comment: "The public broadcasting group said only Congress controls its funding."
Europe unveils $567 million push to attract researchers as French president decries US ‘mistake’ over science policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/europe-unveils-567-million-push-134232614.html
NBC News: Europe drives to attract scientists after Trump freezes US funding
Comment: Brain drain from U.S. to Europe?
Critics blast Trump’s Alcatraz plan over cost: Everything you need to know about reopening the notorious prison
https://www.yahoo.com/news/critics-blast-trump-alcatraz-plan-151438765.html
CNN: Trump wants to reopen one of America’s most notorious prisons. Here’s how Alcatraz earned its reputation
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/us/trump-alcatraz-prison-history-hnk
BBC: Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze17n02gego
NBC News: Jon Voight met with Trump before president proposed tariffs on foreign film productions
The New Republic: Here’s Where Trump Got His Idiotic Idea to Tariff Foreign Movies
https://newrepublic.com/post/194830/where-trump-got-idea-tariff-foreign-movies
Time Magazine: Why Trump’s Foreign-Film Tariff Doesn’t Make Sense
AP News: Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-grant-f677055d7536ab1478ee9b836ca11bf7
Reuters: Trump says he's unsure whether people in the US are entitled to due process
PBS: Trump says he doesn’t know if he backs constitutional due process rights in new interview
Time Magazine: Trump on Desire to Annex Canada, Upholding the Constitution
https://time.com/7282450/trump-annex-canada-economy-recession-upholding-the-constitution/
Axios: Trump says he isn't defying the Supreme Court over Ábrego García case
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/trump-deportations-abrego-garcia-supreme-court
Politico: Trump when pressed on if he needs to uphold the Constitution: ‘I don’t know’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/04/i-dont-know-trump-constitution-00326040
Trump says he can't run again in 2028: 5 takeaways from 'Meet the Press' interview
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-cant-run-again-170557720.html
CNN: Trump posts AI image of himself as pope, leaving Catholics offended and unamused as conclave nears
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/04/world/trump-ai-image-pope-intl-hnk
The Guardian: Trump announces 100% tariffs on movies ‘produced in foreign lands’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/04/trump-tariffs-foreign-movies
Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defends-high-price-tag-130040944.html
ABC7 Los Angeles: White House backtracks on renaming Veterans Day
Military.com: Don't Dishonor Veterans with Broken Promises and Empty Gestures
Politico: Hegseth attorney’s dual roles trip conflict-of-interest alarms
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/03/parlatore-hegseth-navy-conflict-00323266
AlterNet: Medicare Advantage bribery scheme highlights 'bad behavior' Trump wants to reward
https://www.alternet.org/medicare-advantage-scam-2671886708/
CNN: Laura Loomer has Donald Trump’s ear. What she wants is a White House press credential
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/03/politics/laura-loomer-trump-white-house-briefing-room
NBC News: White House 'influencer briefings' bring conspiracy theorists, former Trump officials
AP News: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let DOGE access Social Security systems
NPR: Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs
Axios: Trump signs order to ax federal funding for NPR and PBS
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-npr-pbs-order-federal-funding
As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pbs-npr-media-funding-8b51113b8edd932aa850235318b73e53
Group Founded by Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts - Democracy Docket
Trump turns civil rights upside down in ‘biggest rollback’ since Reconstruction | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/politics/trump-civil-rights-rollback-what-matters
Kash Patel Spotted in Nightclubs More Than at Work, Former FBI Director Says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kash-patel-spotted-nightclubs-more-193801267.html
CNN: US weather forecasting is more crippled than previously known as hurricane season nears
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/weather/nws-forecasting-layoffs-trump
AP News: Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
U.S. Secretary of Commerce says the ‘new model’ is factory jobs for life—for you, your kids, and your grandkids
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-secretary-commerce-says-model-172111761.html
Comment: "With America’s increasingly dire need for manufacturing workers, Lutnick’s vision of technicians as an inter-generational career may be a pipe dream. After all, only 25% of Americans think they’d be better off working in a factory, according to a 2024 poll from the CATO Institute."
NPR: Scientists reel as turmoil roils National Science Foundation
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/02/nx-s1-5371720/national-science-foundation-budget-grant-cuts-turmoil
CNN: Trump says the government will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. The university’s president says that would be illegal
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/us/white-house-harvard-tax-status
ABC News: Trump says he's 'taking away' Harvard's tax exempt status
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-taking-harvards-tax-exempt-status/story?id=121391407
Trump: GOP should start thinking about expelling Democrats pushing impeachment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-gop-start-thinking-expelling-125800375.html
Axios: RFK Jr. calls for CDC plan for alternative measles treatments
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/kennedy-cdc-alternative-measles-treatments
The Bulwark: Mike Waltz Is Out. Pete Hegseth Is Probably Next.
Comment: "It’s time for a more responsible secretary of defense."
The Guardian: Photos reveal Trump cabinet member using less-secure Signal app knockoff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-cabinet-signal-chat-app
Comment: After the scandalous and unauthorized use of the Signal app to communicate sensitive military information, then national security advisor Mike Waltz is caught using an even less secure Signal knockoff clone app. Take a look at who is on his chat contact list.
I'm a corruption expert — and I’ve never seen a grift as blatant as Trump’s meme coin dinner
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-meme-coin-dinner-crypto-white-house-rcna204504
Comment: Includes Video.
President Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS
https://www.yahoo.com/news/president-trump-orders-corporation-public-052309976.html
AP News: Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Comment: "It’s the latest move by Trump and his administration to utilize federal powers to control or hamstring institutions whose actions or viewpoints he disagrees with."
Trump Removes Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser and Taps Him For UN Role
https://time.com/7281981/mike-waltz-trump-ambassador/
Trump ousts Mike Waltz, naming Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser after Signal chat mishap
Trump’s Corruption Hits Next Level With Shady $2 Billion Crypto Deal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-open-corruption-hits-next-194013720.html
Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged 'Nazi sympathizer'
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5380933/ed-martin-trump-hale-cusanelli-antisemitic
The Guardian: Trump’s attack on federal unions a ‘test case’ for broader assault, warn lawyers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/01/trump-federal-unions-labor-bargaining-rights
Interview: Musk says DOGE may be here to stay
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/01/elon-musk-doge-interview
NPR: Trump's VA strands thousands of veterans by ending a key mortgage program
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp
Breaking Defense: Hegseth orders 'comprehensive transformation' of US Army, merging offices and cutting units
Comment: "Other moves of note include orders to 'Reduce and restructure manned attack helicopter formations and augment with inexpensive drone swarms capable of overwhelming adversaries,' and 'Divest outdated formations, including select armor and aviation units across the Total Army (Active, Reserve, National Guard).'"
Comment: If manned helicopters are being deemphasized, will this, in the long term, adversely impact the degree of helicopter training conducted a Fort Novosel and result in an economic impact to Dale County and the Wiregrass?
The Guardian: If leaders stay silent, the US won’t survive Trump’s next 100 days | Robert Reich
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/30/trump-next-100-days
Politico: White House looking for other countries to accept deportees
Business Insider: Trump says voters unhappy about the economy and his China trade war should deal with it because 'they did sign up for it, actually'
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-voters-signed-up-for-tariffs-when-they-backed-him-2025-4
Comment: Did you really vote for Trump's trade war, or did you vote for Trump's false claim that prices would be reduced "on day 1?"
NPR: Local governments scramble to replace federal disaster funding
Axios: From subs to bases, "climate change crap" has consequences for U.S. military
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/30/hegseth-pentagon-navy-climate-change
Trump Goes Full Dictator With Grim Warning About Courts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-full-dictator-grim-133401630.html
Politico: Departure on FEC hobbles the election enforcement agency
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/30/fec-quorum-00318077
WIRED: RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
https://www.wired.com/story/hhs-niaid-irf-ebola-disease-research-stop/
NBC News: New research contradicts RFK Jr.'s claim that severe autism cases are rising
The Guardian: US charges migrants over entering military ‘buffer zone’ on Mexico border
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/migrants-charged-us-mexico-border
Comment: What's to keep Trump from declaring vast areas of America as military zones, where inhabitants can be subject to harsher military law rather laws passed by Congress, and where citizens can be denied due process in civilian courts and can be tried in military tribunals? Isn't this a dangerous precedent?
Axios: Exclusive: Most Americans see Trump as "dangerous dictator," poll says
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/prri-poll-most-americans-trump-dangerous-dictator
Trump administration withholding $436.87 billion in approved spending, top Democrats say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-withholding-436-87-090234423.html
Politico: The Most Consequential, Damaging, Head-Scratching Things Trump Did in His First 100 Days
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/29/trump-first-100-days-reporter-roundtable-00309408
NPR: Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats
Trump's new executive order says private law firms will do free work for accused cops
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-press-private-law-170134486.html
Trump Issues Executive Order Ramping Up American Police State
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-issues-executive-order-ramping-050521994.html
Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-dismisses-authors-major-151453036.html
ABC News: HHS firings, questioning safety of vaccines: How the Trump administration may be 'attacking' science
The Hill: RFK is causing irreparable damage to our public health system
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/5267717-education-secretary-linda-mcmahon/
Karoline Leavitt Boasts Trump Wouldn’t Hesitate to Arrest SCOTUS Justices
https://www.yahoo.com/news/karoline-leavitt-boasts-trump-wouldn-145846789.html
Trump: ‘I run the country and the world’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-run-country-world-152835216.html
Axios: Trump lashes out against "fake polls" as his approval ratings sink
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-approval-ratings-slams-polls-truth-social
NPR: The White House threatens sanctuary cities in another EO, but courts are skeptical
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5379614/white-house-threatens-sanctuary-cities-again
WBMA: Trump to sign Executive Order mandating truckers speak English
https://abc3340.com/news/nation-world/trump-to-sign-executive-order-mandating-truckers-speak-english
Politico: The poaching of American talent begins
The Bulwark: 100 Days of Trump: The Fears Were Justified
NPR: DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5378684/doge-energy-department-nuclear-secrets-access
Center for American Progress: DOGE Takes a Chainsaw to the Services that Small Businesses Need
NPR: What has DOGE done in Trump’s first 100 days?
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/28/nx-s1-5377445/doge-musk-trump-100-days
Politico: ‘Tale of 2 Petes’: Fired adviser describes Pentagon chief consumed by image
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/28/caroll-hegseth-pentagon-00312849
The Hill: Fired Pentagon official: Hegseth focused on ‘weird details’ after Signal scandal
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5271365-colin-carroll-pentagon-official-fired/
National Review: A Circular Firing Squad at the Pentagon
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/04/a-circular-firing-squad-at-the-pentagon/
Ars Technica: Seasonal COVID shots may no longer be possible under Trump admin
NBC News: FDA appears to be slow-walking vaccine approvals
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-appears-slow-walking-vaccine-approvals-rcna202596
Axios: RFK Jr. autism data project stokes alarm over motives
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/rfk-autism-data-nih-alarm
NPR: A Whistleblower Takes on DOGE
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1247657625
Comment: DOGE's break in to sensitive NLRB data system is discussed.
The Hill: Education is our greatest export — cancelling student visas is a grave mistake
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5267656-united-states-education-export/
Trump Boldly Claims Steep Tariffs Could Lead To Taxes Being ‘Completely Eliminated’ For Some Workers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-boldly-claims-steep-tariffs-171702430.html
Comment: This appears to be Trump's plan: Reduce income tax, a progressive tax that impacts the wealthy more, and replace them with tariffs, regressive taxes that shift more of the tax burden onto lower and middle class consumers.
AP News: Trump expresses doubts Putin is willing to end the Ukraine war, a day after saying a deal was close
The Guardian: Vicious interpersonal conflicts among Hegseth staff cloud leak investigation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/pete-hegseth-leak-investigation
The Guardian: How ‘revenge of the Covid contrarians’ unleashed by RFK Jr puts broader vaccine advances at risk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/26/rfk-jr-chronic-disease-covid
Trump Says He Wouldn’t ‘100 Percent’ Agree America Should Be Ruled by Laws, Not Men
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-wouldn-t-100-155335124.html
DOGE's $160 billion in savings have cost $135 billion, analysis finds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doges-160-billion-savings-cost-220739342.html
Term-limited Trump dines with donors at $1M-per-plate fundraiser
Breaking Defense: $150B defense boost in reconciliation bill to 'immediately' go towards Golden Dome, shipbuilding
Trump DOJ Ordered ICE to Invade Homes Without Search Warrant
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-ordered-ice-invade-183305239.html
NBC News: Medical journals complain of 'harassment' from Justice Department
Axios: Scoop: Pam Bondi rescinds Garland DOJ policy against subpoenaing journalists
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/bondi-doj-garland-subpoena-journalists
In reversal, US Justice Department says media records can be seized in leak probes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reversal-us-justice-department-says-004426068.html
Hegseth is who we thought he was: Incompetent but loyal. Trump can't fire him. | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-thought-incompetent-loyal-trump-083114344.html
Susan Rice knocks ‘dumb as a rock’ Hegseth
https://www.yahoo.com/news/susan-rice-knocks-dumb-rock-211320849.html
Reuters: Exclusive: White House wants to defund independent Social Security board, sources say
Elon Musk Has Reportedly Cut Off a Bunch of People From Their Rightful Social Security
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-reportedly-cut-off-125754232.html
The Independent: Trump calls for Rupert Murdoch to fire staff at Fox News and the Wall Street Journal
Comment: Fox News not MAGA enough?
Axios: Trump directs DOJ to investigate Democrats' donation platform ActBlue
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/trump-actblue-democrats-justice-department-investigation
Comment: "Trump has since taking office for a second time in January used his presidential powers to target people and groups he and his administration have deemed political enemies or unfair critics."
CBS News: Trump's surgeon general nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, faces scrutiny over credentials
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-surgeon-general-nominee-dr-janette-nesheiwat-credentials/
Comment: False or misleading resume?
Axios: Key FDA drug data goes missing amid DOGE cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/fda-data-missing-doge-cuts
Politico: Pentagon leadership vacuum overwhelms Hegseth’s office: ‘It’s a free-for-all’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-pentagon-leadership-vacuum-00308620
Politico: Controversial Hegseth chief of staff to leave Pentagon
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/hegseth-chief-of-staff-pentagon-leaving-00308721
A frustrated Trump privately concedes ending the Ukraine war has been harder than he thought
https://www.yahoo.com/news/frustrated-trump-privately-concedes-ending-224513578.html
I want a government where the Republicans we vote for care more about us than Trump | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/want-government-where-republicans-vote-080305166.html
The Guardian: Civil rights advocates say Trump order guts protections against discrimination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/civil-rights-trump-order
ProPublica: White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl
MarketWatch: Treasury chief Bessent’s briefing to private bank event draws scrutiny
Comment: Is Bessent providing inside information to a select group of investors, without notifying the public? Who traded before the news was leaked to the public?
NBC News: USDA is withdrawing a proposal that sought to reduce Salmonella in poultry
The Hill: Public media is a pillar of our communities — don’t defund it
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5263324-public-media-essential-role/
Video: Trump calls Harvard ‘a threat to Democracy’ amid executive orders targeting higher education
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-harvard-threat-democracy-204148457.html
Trump, Johnson squelch talk of tax hike for wealthiest Americans
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf6f0fy
Trump's 'attack' on the IRS could cost the government $1 trillion, former Treasury Secretary says
https://share.newsbreak.com/crezfzlw
Trump emergency move aims to cut approval times for energy projects to 28 days
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf7mhcp
Comment: Little or no time to evaluate environmental impact of project.
Video: Oops!: Trump's first 100 days marked by incompetent screw-ups and frantic walk backs - April 23, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFKxLJuJPZA
US cancels hundreds of grants for police, crime victims, Justice Dept documents show
https://share.newsbreak.com/crezzfhv
CNN: Trump goes after Federal Reserve’s Powell again
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/business/trump-jerome-powell/index.html
Fact check: Trump lies about the price of eggs, groceries and gas
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-lies-price-174116098.html
Trump Is Now Screwing Over Republicans in Need of Disaster Relief
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf0f8em
Tornado victims blocked from federal recovery aid after Trump denied request
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tornado-victims-blocked-federal-recovery-192915783.html
Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion
NPR: Former Pentagon official on Hegseth turmoil: 'It looks like they actually broke the law'
The Guardian: Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete Hegseth top espionage target
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/
Comment: Nothing says anti-woke and "warrior spirit" in the DoD like a makeup studio!!!!
Facing questions over leadership, Hegseth says DOD is ‘leaving wokeness and weakness behind’ | News From The States
CNN: Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/politics/role-of-pete-hegseth-wife-draws-scrutiny/index.html
ProPublica: Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences”
https://www.propublica.org/article/us-department-labor-leak-criminal-charges-threat
Comment: Journalism is how the public finds out about any incompetence or corruption.
Opinion: Trump’s retribution campaign is criminal, but the Supreme Court gave him immunity
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf2032i
Trump’s attempted Harvard ‘takeover’ mirrors Hitler, Orban, Erdoğan: Laurence Tribe
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf0y53r
Trump targeting college accreditation process in new executive order
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-targeting-college-accreditation-process-202843684.html
Trump to sign order restricting foreign gifts to colleges
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/23/trump-executive-order-college-foreign-funding-00306463
Politico: RFK Jr. could pull Covid vax for kids
Axios: Vaccine developers mobilize amid "great unraveling" of their work
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/vaccine-community-pushback-trump
Almost half of Americans are now exposed to unhealthy air pollution
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/air-quality-climate-change
AL.com: Trump’s approval rating plummets to new lows: New poll shows why he’s losing support and where
In Trump 2.0, the mistakes are multiplying
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-2-0-mistakes-multiplying-221908097.html
Trump Attacks the Supreme Court, Says America ‘Cannot Give Everyone a Trial’
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf88zrm
U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism, hundreds of scholars say : NPR
Trump has signed 124 orders in less than 100 days. Scholars warn this is a constitutional crisis
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf1hj53
The Guardian: Veterans affairs agency orders staff to report each other for ‘anti-Christian bias'
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/veterans-affairs-anti-christian-bias
Comment: "Critics were quick to condemn Trump’s announcement at the time as a thinly veiled attempt to privilege evangelical Christianity over other religious minorities."
Slate: America’s National Parks Are in Some Very Serious Trouble
https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/doug-burgum-interior-secretary-musk-doge-national-parks.html
3 federal prosecutors assigned to Eric Adams case resign, say they won't admit to 'wrongdoing'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-federal-prosecutors-assigned-eric-171300784.html
Comment: This reaction is the result of the politicization of the Justice Department. It is alleged that corruption charges against NYC mayor Eric Adams were dropped in exchange for his agreeing to take a more aggressive stand against illegal immigration. Apparently, the Justice Department is now trying to get the prosecutors who brought the original corruption charges to say they were wrong in doing so.
NPR: Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here’s what it would take
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g-s1-61658/trump-golden-dome-america-iron-military-defense
Comment: Does anyone have an idea where the money for this is going to come from?
Politico: Inside the vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/pentagon-infighting-hegseth-fired-officials-00302709
The Wiretap: Trump’s Cybersecurity Agency Avoided A Near Disaster
Here’s All the Health and Human Services Data DOGE Has Access To | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-data-access-hhs/
Hegseth Pulled Airstrike Info from Secure Military Channel for Signal Posts, NBC News Reports
Info Hegseth shared with wife and brother came from top general's secure messages
'Disruptor' Hegseth's unsettled Pentagon starts turning against him
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf52fxi
ABC News: Hegseth lashes out at alleged Pentagon leakers he claims want to 'sabotage' Trump's agenda
AL.com: Hegseth rails against ‘cocktail-sipping crowd’ in bizarre Fox News interview: ‘I don’t have time for leakers’
Mother Jones: HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts | Reuters
DOGE, USDA cuts $1 billion for school lunches, food banks fresh food
The Hill: US national security strategy is on life support
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5256421-national-security-strategy-flawed/
NPR: Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department
Turns Out It Wasn’t Such a Great Idea to Put Pete Hegseth in Charge of the Military
https://share.newsbreak.com/crf3k7db
Axios: Pentagon denies reports that Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in 2nd Signal chat
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/hegseth-second-signal-chat-yemen-strikes-houthis
Pete Hegseth shared details of Yemen strike in another Signal chat including his wife and brother, sources say - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-yemen-strike-2nd-signal-chat/
Patience runs thin as Trump’s battle with Supreme Court intensifies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/patience-runs-thin-trump-battle-162050743.html
CNN: How the deportation of a Salvadoran man has become a hinge point in US history
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/politics/abrego-garcia-deportation-trump-el-salvador-cecot/index.html
At the FBI, Kash Patel prioritizes the spotlight over credibility
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna202137
Mother Jones: HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hhs-budget-proposal-cut-protection-advocacy/
The Hill: Interior Department gives broad powers to DOGE-tied official
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5259589-interior-secretary-doug-burgum/
Report warns of dangerous consequences after major USDA staffing cuts: 'Wiping out an entire ... commodity'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-warns-dangerous-consequences-major-101526566.html
Trump Administration’s HHS Cuts: Creating Waste And Inefficiency, Not Eliminating Them | Health Affairs
CNN: NIH moving to ban grants to universities with DEI programs, Israeli boycotts
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/us/nih-bans-grants-universities-dei-programs/index.html
Comment: Since when does a boycott of an Israeli company constitute "anti-semitism?" Many Americans (and many Israelis) oppose the current Israeli Government headed by Netanyahu and his Likud political party. This does not necessarily mean they are anti-sematic.
Trump To Cut Another $1 Billion From Harvard Health Research Funding, Wall Street Journal Reports | News | The Harvard Crimson
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/21/harvard-1-billion-funding/
Comment: "$1 billion in federal grants and contracts for health research"
Hegseth shared detailed military plans in second Signal chat that included his wife and brother
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/20/politics/hegseth-second-signal-chat-military-plans
The Guardian: Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat – report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-yemen-attack
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/ullyot-pentagon-hegseth-chaos-00300695
Politico: Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594
Trump’s ex-chief of staff says fear among Republican politicians is the ‘consequence’ of disagreeing with him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ex-chief-staff-says-212240267.html
Comment: Apparently there is no room for dissenting opinions in the Trump White House. Only "yes men" allowed.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests compensating families of some people with autism
https://www.yahoo.com/news/robert-f-kennedy-jr-suggests-185453763.html
Comment: Please note that RFK Jr. in the past has personally profited from lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers.
People.com: RFK Jr. Says Autism Rates Have Bigger Impact Than COVID ‘Because COVID Killed Old People’
The Guardian: RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris
Trump faces bipartisan criticism over Abrego Garcia deportation : NPR
Experts have candid advice for national park visitors this summer
White House Proposes Eliminating Head Start Funding in Sweeping Budget Cuts
Axios: Trump ranted to aides about washing his hands of Russia-Ukraine
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/18/trump-russia-ukraine-rant-walking-away
CNN: Trump’s pick for acting IRS commissioner is ousted days after his appointment
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/18/politics/irs-commissioner-trump-gary-shapley/index.html
The Hill: Trump’s deals with Big Law are shakedowns in ‘pro bono’ clothing
Trump official urges criminal probe of New York attorney general, who calls request 'retaliation' | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/letitia-james-trump-investigation-df3dcb78a464d521edb444681e990d37
Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top Hegseth aide leaves post - POLITICO
Trump pick to head IRS raises red flags with sketchy ties, disappearing debt
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-head-irs-raises-042936072.html
Comment: This article refers to Trump's pick to permanently head the IRS, Billy Long, not the acting IRS commissioner who was just ousted.
Judge won’t take further steps to enforce his order in AP case against Trump administration | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-ap-access-white-house-12ef5a496d3da10d0461641b26dd9d47
Opinion: Trump 2.0 is a runaway dump truck only voters can stop
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7r0uvm
DOJ Responds After Judge Boasberg Issues Criminal Contempt Warning - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-responds-after-judge-boasberg-issues-criminal-contempt-warning-2061535
The Hill: Appeals court halts Boasberg’s contempt proceedings against Trump administration
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5256814-appeals-court-boasberg-trump-contempt/
Comment: Temporary halt.
‘We are all afraid’: Murkowski says fear of retaliation from Trump administration is ‘real’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/afraid-murkowski-says-fear-retaliation-154117390.html
Military families challenge Trump’s stricter federal voting rules
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pmah6
Trump’s pick to be DC’s top prosecutor failed to report nearly 200 appearances on far-right media outlets to Senate
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pick-dc-top-prosecutor-110036970.html
Trump’s pick to run the critical DC attorney’s office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7f6bci
Trump Adviser Says Opposing Deportations Is Basically Terrorism
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7pyaeu
The Trump administration defied the courts twice in one day, and experts say it could hurt America’s sterling reputation as an attractive place to invest
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-defied-courts-twice-100500469.html
Video: What happens if Trump administration is held in criminal contempt?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/happens-trump-administration-held-criminal-125150872.html
‘Breathtaking in its audacity’: Trump’s conflict with judges has escalated to new heights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/breathtaking-audacity-trump-conflict-judges-090036343.html
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts | Reuters
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deadly-e-coli-outbreak-hit-090040964.html
RFK Jr. attacked kids as he lied about autism. Republicans voted for this. | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-attacked-kids-lied-154740979.html
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in May : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/g-s1-58221/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship
CNN: Suggestion to house US citizens in offshore prisons has no legal basis, experts say
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/17/politics/us-citizens-offshore-illegal/index.html
Axios: Can Trump fire Fed chair Jerome Powell? Here's what to know.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-fire-jerome-powell-fed-humphreys-executor
US Treasury in talks with federal agencies to ease bank oversight, Bloomberg News says
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-talks-federal-agencies-170744377.html
Comment: Setting us up for 2008 all over again?
ABC News: DHS demands 'detailed records' of student visa holders at Harvard
Summers: ‘Any self-respecting Treasury secretary would resign’ over Trump Harvard IRS directive
White House plan would eliminate Head Start, make sweeping health cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-health-budget-cuts-hhs
FCC chief targets Comcast-owned outlets over ‘news distortion’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chief-targets-comcast-owned-135541690.html
AP asks judge to intervene after White House removes wires from press pool
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-asks-judge-intervene-white-142515451.html
Trump admin closes State Department office battling foreign disinformation
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-closes-state-department-213533841.html
Trump’s IRS Pick Had Some Interesting People Pay Off His Personal Debt
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7jsbwl
MAGA’s New Meltdown Shows How Little They Actually Know About the Law
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7i79h7
Opinion: You could be the next one unlawfully imprisoned in Trump’s Salvadoran gulag
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7smsns
J.D. Vance Thinks Due-Process Rights Are Optional
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7orlmy
Opinion - Trump is laughing at the Supreme Court and the Constitution
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-laughing-supreme-court-133000285.html
White House struggles to defend Trump’s orders targeting officials who defied him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-white-house-struggles-134354306.html
Axios: How Trump wants to assert control at Harvard and elite colleges
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/harvard-columbia-demands-trump-vision-universities-influence
Trump’s tariffs could make it harder to get certain generic drugs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/business/tariffs-impact-generic-drugs-access
NPR: In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5355131/hepatitis-cdc-lab-outbreak-ghost
Top NIH nutrition researcher studying ultraprocessed foods departs, citing censorship under Kennedy | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/health/nih-nutrition-researcher-departs/index.html
CNN: In first news conference as HHS secretary, Kennedy says autism is an epidemic in the US
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/health/rfk-autism-epidemic/index.html
Comment: RFK Jr. continues to peddle junk "science."
HHS funding slashed by 30 percent in budget proposal
The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the president | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/ap-trump-press-speech-white-house-access-97a6f5532edd5eec09bd292ba5c9dbdb
Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-issues-order-stop-230128744.html
Trump administration removes Democratic members of credit union watchdog
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-removes-democratic-members-192851436.html
Trump administration denies FEMA funds to Democratic-led states
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna201417
Watchdog group sues White House after government spending tracker removed
https://share.newsbreak.com/co7mo894
Judge temporarily blocks Trump's order targeting law firm: 'Shocking abuse of power'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-considering-blocking-trumps-order-193200625.html
NPR: How cutting Medicaid would affect long-term care and family caregivers
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/g-s1-59261/medicaid-cuts-long-term-care-caregivers
ProPublica: Congress Has Demanded Answers to ICE Detaining Americans. The Administration Has Responded With Silence.
White House bars AP from Oval Office event despite court order | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-press-freedom-court-gulf-caffd32aa8ec6b04a50b8c5277d7c9cb
AP News: Plans to celebrate America's 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts
Axios: Trump redefines fraud in quest to crush "Deep State"
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/13/trump-redefines-fraud-corruption
CNN: Judge relaxes ban on DOGE access to sensitive US Treasury information
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/13/us/doge-us-treasury-access-musk-hnk/index.html
The Hill: Citizenship and naturalization are under attack
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5245601-citizenship-and-naturalization-are-under-attack/
No, Donald Trump Does Not Know What The Hell He Is Doing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-donald-trump-does-not-120010807.html
The Hill: Stephen Miller: Trump ‘saving the West from complete economic domination’
Comment: Does anyone think that Stephen Miller has any credibility?
Analysis-Trump officials push immigrant gang message, but sometimes don't back it up in court
https://www.yahoo.com/news/analysis-trump-officials-push-immigrant-100336185.html
Trump sets sights on national African American history museum
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sets-sights-national-african-100336212.html
‘We are flying blind’: RFK Jr.’s cuts halt data collection on abortion, cancer, HIV and more - POLITICO
Former FDA Official on RFK’s Promise to Identify Autism Cause: ‘Giving False Hope Is Wrong’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-fda-official-rfk-promise-201025321.html
Trump administration dismantles office that sets federal poverty guidelines | Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/04/13/trump-medicaid-food-stamps-federal-poverty-guideline-hhs/
DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-grants-website-nih-b2732203.html
Los Angeles Times: IRS plan to give data to ICE could wallop California, where many immigrants pay taxes
Comments: Undocumented immigrants currently pay federal and applicable state taxes throughout the United States, but they may be reluctant to do so in the future for fear that filing information will be turned over to ICE.
Democrats rail against Apple after Trump unveils electronic tariff exemption
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democrats-rail-against-apple-trump-193942634.html
Comment: " 'Apple CEO Tim Cook donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration. Looks like he’s getting a big return on his investment,' Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote in a Saturday post after learning of the news."
The Guardian: Dealmaking genius or boy who cried wolf? Trump’s trade retreat sows doubts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-economy-tariffs-analysis
Axios: Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/12/big-law-pro-bono-legal-work-trump
Comment: Is this extortion and abuse of presidential power?
CNN: Dozens of DHS staffers, including top FEMA officials, given lie detector tests over alleged leaks
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/dhs-fema-lie-detector-tests-leaks/index.html
Comment: Leaks of classified information or leaks of embarrassing information that DHS wants to keep the public from knowing about?
CNN: Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters
NBC News: FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel's book placed on leave
Trump's healthcare agenda is getting clearer
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-healthcare-agenda-is-getting-clearer-214520230.html
Yahoo: RFK Jr. Surprised to Learn He'd Cut a Grant For Youth Diabetes Research
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-surprised-learn-hed-130032379.html
AP News: What we know about the Social Security Administration listing thousands of living immigrants as dead
NPR: How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5352470/doge-musk-social-security-voting
Politico: Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants
Trump authorizes military to take control of federal land along the border
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-authorizes-military-control-federal-011119618.html
US fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' Vance
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/creq99l218do.amp
US removes commander in Greenland following Vance’s controversial visit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-removes-commander-greenland-following-113012936.html
Politico: White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408
ProPublica: NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab
WIRED: The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-turning-a-blind-eye-to-crypto-crimes/
Trump HHS eliminates office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for at least 80 million people - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hhs-poverty-levels-medicaid-benefits/
FactCheck.org: No Sign of Texas Measles Outbreak Slowing, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Claims
Politico: RFK Jr. says Deep State ‘is real,’ called FDA employees ‘sock puppet’ of industry
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/rfk-jr-hhs-fda-deep-state-00286826
Comment: This is the man that Trump picked to run Health & Human Services (HHS)!
NBC News: Health Secretary RFK Jr. falsely claims that measles vaccine protection ‘wanes very quickly’
The Hill: The US can’t afford to dismantle DHS’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Office
Breaking Down 'Insider Trading' Accusations Leveled at Trump | TIME
https://time.com/7276515/explaining-insider-trading-accusations-leveled-at-trump-tariffs-pause/
Trump brags to NASCAR drivers that friend Charles Schwab made $2bn from stock market chaos
https://www.aol.com/trump-brags-nascar-drivers-friend-160319170.html
Billionaire Charles Schwab "Made $2.5 Billion Today" Trump Boasts at White House: "That's Not Bad"
Politico: Trump directs agencies to quietly repeal regulations — without public notice
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about China, Japan and the EU at Cabinet meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trump-makes-false-202955088.html
As Trump alienates allies with US tariffs, China is poised to exploit the gaps
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-alienates-allies-us-tariffs-222944463.html
The Hill: Generals owe their loyalty to the rule of law, not to Trump
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5238320-nsa-directors-fired-trump/
Trump administration has tightly restricted access to president’s daily intelligence brief
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-tightly-restricted-access-110035869.html
Medicare Rights Center: Troubling Signs from Administration’s Weak Medicare Advantage Oversight
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis
U.S. Department of the Interior (.gov): Interior will no longer pursue lengthy analysis for oil and gas leasing decisions in seven states
Comment: No environmental impact statement.
The Hill: Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management withdraws from consideration
AP News: Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university-trump-c60738368171289ae43177660def8d34
Treasury plans to cut up to 50% of IRS enforcement staff, 20% of other components
US Justice Dept bars its attorneys from participating in American Bar Association events
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcpvcwb
US intensifies crackdown on peaceful protest under Trump | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/anti-protest-bills-trump
Politico: RFK Jr. vowed to upend American health care. It’s happening faster than expected.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/rfk-revamp-health-hhs-00280101
The Hill: RFK Jr. says he’s ‘not familiar’ with $11b cuts to state and local health departments
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5240663-health-human-services-secretary-cuts-grants/
The Guardian: Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/health-layoff-future-science-disease
CNN: Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/health/nobel-laureate-research-funding-patapoutian/index.html
NPR: NOAA contracts are being reviewed one by one. It's throwing the agency into chaos
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356166/noaa-contracts-reviewed-one-by-one
USCIS (.gov): DHS to Begin Screening Aliens’ Social Media Activity for Antisemitism
Comment: The question becomes, what constitutes "antisemitism"? If one argues against the Government of Israel or for Palestinian rights, does DHS label this "antisemitism"? Unless there are clear guidelines for those making this determination, this screening seems ripe for abuse.
FBI Director Kash Patel replaced as acting ATF boss, Army Secretary steps in
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-director-kash-patel-replaced-180625512.html
The Guardian: FBI director Kash Patel removed as director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/kash-patel-director-atf-bureau-removal
Yahoo Finance: Millions Of Americans Panic After Receiving Erroneous Social Security Suspension Notices Due To System Glitch: Report
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-panic-receiving-erroneous-013037844.html
Axios: Exclusive: As Social Security services are cut back, millions of seniors face long drives
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/social-security-seniors-drive
CNN: Acting IRS commissioner resigning after agency reaches data-sharing deal with immigration authorities
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/politics/melanie-krause-acting-irs-commissioner-resigning/index.html
AP News: IRS acting commissioner is resigning after deal to share immigrants’ tax information with ICE
https://apnews.com/article/irs-ice-immigration-enforcement-trump-d2ac6f7ac0a1f60e907cd3b52d0db34d
Trump administration says it cut funding to some life-saving UN food programs by mistake | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-funding-cuts-state-department-534c378188562ebcd1295a9a0202a627
AP News: Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-texas-day-care-lubbock-3d90c3ea9050c12dbc74a8f8142a6355
CNN: Anti-vaccine sentiment may derail vaccines already awaiting FDA approval, experts fear
FDA guts division that trains staff and health-care professionals on key practices like opioid safety, avoiding drug errors
PBS: Employees say a plan to reorganize HHS will have health and safety consequences
The Guardian: ‘No guidance and no leadership’: chaos and confusion at CDC after mass firings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/hhs-mass-firings
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
The Hill: Bondi: Justice Department cut funding for Maine corrections department over transgender inmate
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5238890-maine-corrections-funding-justice-department/
Opinion: Trump’s disrespect for courts endangers our system of justice
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcij8ne
Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at US agencies
https://share.newsbreak.com/cjcd6y0u
Government Executive: Critics worry DOGE’s rush to sell excess federal buildings could hurt agency missions, squander revenue opportunities
Major steel project in JD Vance’s hometown on a list of Trump cuts to manufacturing industry | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/climate/steel-project-federal-cuts-middletown-ohio/index.html
Comment: As Trump claims that tariffs are designed to reinvigorate American manufacturing.
Axios: Oil prices falling into zone that discourages production growth
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/08/oil-prices-production-growth
Comment: What? No "Drill Baby Drill?"
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens
https://share.newsbreak.com/ciocf1ha
Yahoo Finance: US regulator OCC says its executives' emails were hacked
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-regulator-occ-notifies-congress-193927123.html
Justice Department scraps crypto unit as Trump further loosens oversight of digital assets
https://share.newsbreak.com/cio551hw
Politico: Top commander warns US troops should stay in Europe
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/08/troops-europe-withdraw-cavoli-republicans-00007176
Politico: ‘The opposite of what Americans voted for’: Market turmoil causes Trump backlash
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-politics-tariffs-backlash-republicans-00007065
Axios: Scoop: Trump issues veto threat on tariff bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/07/trump-veto-tariff-bill-grassley
Forbes: Does America Really Need A $1 Trillion Pentagon Budget?
Politico: Trump, Hegseth promise record $1 trillion Pentagon budget
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/hegseth-trump-1-trillion-defense-budget-00007147
Video: Firing of NSA chief raises concerns about Laura Loomer's influence
https://www.yahoo.com/news/firing-nsa-chief-raises-concerns-110002912.html
Fired Justice Department attorney accuses agency of 'ongoing corruption' | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-mel-gibson-congress-667a79b368b215bb0cd7b0333f372fc7
RFK Jr. Touts Bogus Measles Treatment Hours After Burying 8-Year-Old Child
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-touts-bogus-measles-033618970.html
Cognitive Decline? Trump Calls for Open Borders in Rant on Tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cognitive-decline-trump-calls-open-202617475.html
Politico: Trump fires a top US military official to NATO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-fires-a-top-u-s-military-official-to-nato-00007055
Federal grants to fight child labor worldwide are axed in DOGE cuts
https://apnews.com/article/child-forced-labor-trump-doge-cuts-42a5e1b65d1ef1473bbff0bfc8194d81
Politico: White House denies a military parade is scheduled for Trump’s birthday
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/white-house-denies-military-parade-trump-birthday-00277566
Social Security recipients got erroneous messages that payments stopped | Fortune
The Hill: Save the Smithsonian and America’s priceless cultural legacy
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5232926-smithsonian-institution-trump-attacks/
SEN DICK DURBIN: Closing federal offices punishes everyday Americans | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-dick-durbin-closing-federal-offices-punishes-everyday-americans
NWS no longer translating products for non-English speakers | AP News
Comment: "The National Weather Service is no longer providing language translations of its products, a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing potentially life-saving warnings about extreme weather."
DOGE slashes key housing inspection contract, putting some low-income families at risk - ABC News
Trump Administration Opens More than 50% of Protected U.S. Forest Land for Logging: What That Means
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-administration-opens-more-50-212541011.html
CBS News: Civil rights-era government agency in Justice Department to be purged
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-rights-era-government-agency-to-be-purged/
Reuters: Trump compares tariffs to 'medicine' as markets point to rough week ahead
Comment: Medicine? Like drinking bleach to cure Covid-19?
Trump Tariff Scheme A Great Opportunity For Even More Presidential Corruption
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariff-scheme-great-opportunity-120007809.html
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says | US social security | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/musk-doge-social-security
Axios: GOP Rep: Adversaries are "laughing at us" over NSA firings
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/nsc-nsa-firings-loomer
Axios: MAGA media tiptoes around Loomer-Trump meeting and NSC firings
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/maga-media-laura-loomer-trump-meeting
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
https://www.aol.com/huge-impact-worker-safety-protection-120035778.html
BBC: Second child dies of measles as western Texas outbreak worsens
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2xyyj9w5o
Axios: Key safety hotlines disrupted by HHS cuts
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/06/hhs-cuts-food-safety-services-disrupted
The Verge: DOGE plans now reportedly include an IRS ‘hackathon’
https://www.theverge.com/news/644327/musk-doge-irs-hackathon-taxpayer-data-transfer-cloud
Justice Department places attorney who struggled to explain Maryland man's deportation on leave
Comment: This looks like punishment for failure to lie and cover up for one's superiors.
statnews.com: CDC’s top laboratory on sexually transmitted diseases is shut by Trump administration
The Hill: NSA names acting director after top officials ousted
https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/5234107-national-security-agency-acting-director/
Axios: America the victim: Trump's tariffs reveal how he sees the world
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-victim-payback-foreign-countries
Politico: This Economic Paradox Nearly Took Down Three Presidents. Is Donald Trump Next?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/04/trump-stagflation-presidents-history-00270981
Obama says he is 'deeply concerned' with the Trump administration's targeting of students, journalists and law firms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-says-deeply-concerned-trump-193121196.html
The Guardian: I worked in Trump’s first administration. Here’s why his team is using Signal | Kevin Carroll
Yahoo: Ousted vaccine official says Kennedy sought data to justify anti-science stance, WSJ reports
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ousted-vaccine-official-says-kennedy-202701442.html
Just Security: Dropping U.S. Biodefenses: Why Cuts to Federal Health Agencies Make Americans Less Safe
https://www.justsecurity.org/109914/cuts-health-agencies-americans-less-safe/
NIH under orders to cancel $2.6 billion in contracts | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-under-orders-cancel-2-6-billion-contracts
Axios: Trump takes the ultimate risk with the global economy
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-global-trade-war
DOGE effort to rewrite Social Security code could have catastrophic consequences, experts warn
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-effort-rewrite-social-security-230400478.html
Axios: Tech jobs, robots are Lutnick's vision for America's "manufacturing renaissance"
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/tech-jobs-robots-lutnick-manufacturing-renaissance
How the Education Department helps enforce special education laws : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5338953/trump-layoffs-education-department-special-education
A city responding to a lead crisis in schools reached out to the CDC for help. The agency’s lead experts were just fired
https://www.yahoo.com/news/city-responding-lead-crisis-local-193655058.html
Justice Department lawyers struggle to defend a mountain of Trump executive orders : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5338915/defending-trumps-executive-actions
NPR: It's been a wild rollout of Trump's tariffs. Here's how we got here
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5345926/trump-tariffs-timeline
Social Security Website Crashes as DOGE-Linked Disruption at the Agency Continues
Hundreds of federal buildings, some of them historic, are on the auction block as part of DOGE’s effort to privatize everything
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-federal-buildings-them-historic-110100707.html
NPR: States say Trump's continued freeze on much-needed FEMA aid violates a judge's order
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/02/nx-s1-5345777/trump-states-fema-funds
Forbes: A Second Trump Shock To Programs For Seniors And People With Disabilities
Politico: HHS purge fuels health industry fears
CNN: ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/health/staff-cuts-at-federal-health-agencies-have-begun/index.html
CNN: Trump doesn’t seem to understand how car prices work
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/car-prices-tariffs-supply-demand/index.html
MSNBC News: Opinion | DOGE’s new plan to overhaul the Social Security Administration is doomed to fail
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-social-security-plan-fail-code-rcna198866
Yahoo: FCC chair threatens ABC’s broadcast license over Disney DEI practices
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fcc-chair-threatens-abc-broadcast-053538428.html
Federal funding cuts hit food banks, farmers across country
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/31/funding-cuts-food-banks-farmers/82705776007/
RFK Jr. ‘already vindicating his critics’: Wall Street Journal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-already-vindicating-critics-211758313.html
CNN: ‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/health/vaccine-grants-cancelled-pediatricians/index.html
Politico: New FDA commissioner agreed to oust top vaccine regulator after private swearing-in
Trump administration fires 50 attorneys and deputies in Justice Department | AP News
Government Executive: ‘Gangster state’: Justice Department’s reorganization proposal slammed by Democrats
CNN: IRS sidelines dozens of top IT officials seen as possible ‘blockers’ to immigration enforcement data-sharing
Trump administration to shut down CMS, HHS minority health offices amid restructuring | Healthcare Dive
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hhs-kennedy-cuts-cms-minority-health-offices/743966/
IRS upheaval cracks agency resistance to data sharing with immigration officials - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/irs-leadership-turmoil-immigration-crackdown-00254811
The Associated Press: Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president
Yahoo Finance: Sen. Angus King On Social Security: 'What's Going On Is The Destruction Of The Agency From The Inside Out, And It's Accelerating'
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sen-angus-king-social-security-153019060.html
The Guardian US: Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/30/trump-crackdown-free-speech
The Hill: Former Trump intel official says ‘risk of loss’ from Signal could have been ‘profound’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5222555-signal-chat-trump-officials-sue-gordon/
The Guardian US: Biotech group warns exit of top FDA vaccine official will ‘erode scientific standards’
South China Morning Post: Trump cuts risk US science brain drain as Europe and China wait with open arms
NPR: Countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding
The Guardian US: Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/health-department-private-sector-takeover
Forbes: RFK Jr. Expected To Lay Off Entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy
Hegseth brought his wife to high-level foreign meetings where sensitive information was shared: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hegseth-brought-wife-high-level-170744343.html
Trump’s southern border military mission cost over $300 million in first 6 weeks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-southern-border-military-mission-110036364.html
CNN: Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if auto prices rise because of tariffs
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/business/trump-auto-prices-tariffs/index.html
The Associated Press: Critics see Trump attacks on the 'Black Smithsonian' as an effort to sanitize racism in US history
https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-history-smithsonian-dei-687fd306dc9c6d7611300d74fe49b8aa
Trump Executive Order Says States Must Use Voting Machines That Don’t Actually Exist
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-says-states-130000708.html
Trump Order Includes Provision That Could Punish States For Not Ceding Authority Over Election Admin To DOJ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-order-includes-provision-could-165240028.html
POLITICO: Here’s who members of Houthi PC Small Group are blaming
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/28/signalgate-blame-game-trump-00254263
ProPublica: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
NPR: The top FDA vaccine official is forced out, cites RFK Jr.'s 'misinformation and lies'
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5344010/fda-peter-marks-rfk-jr
POLITICO: If Trump Defies the Courts, It Will Backfire Badly
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/28/trump-defy-courts-risk-00254813
Appeals court rules Trump can fire independent agency board members : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343963/trump-firings-board-members-appeals-court
McConnell warns of ‘embarrassing naivete’ in Trump admin’s dealings with Putin while sharply criticizing Ukraine policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mcconnell-warns-embarrassing-naivete-trump-162852514.html
NPR: NPR speaks to a former Education Secretary about dismantling the department, arrests
NPR: Trump team revokes $11 billion in funding for addiction, mental health care
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342368/addiction-trump-mental-health-funding
Trump administration axes COVID funding for state, community health departments | CIDRAP
POLITICO: RFK Jr.’s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling
'There will be slowdowns': How RFK's health department cuts will affect you
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/27/rfk-jr-hhs-cuts-food-safety-cdc-fda/82688365007/
Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring
More Americans say Trump’s second term has been worse than expected, according to a new poll
Comment: Starting to wake up?
NPR: Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5341552/signal-leak-military-double-standard
Axios: Even Republicans say Trump's Signalgate scandal is serious: poll
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/trump-signal-group-chat-yemen-strike-poll
ABC News: Judge orders Trump administration to preserve Signal chat on Yemen strikes
https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-holds-hearing-administrations-signal-app/story?id=120229350
Mother Jones: "The opposite of efficiency": DOGE's credit card crackdown is making research slower, harder, and worse
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/doge-science-research-trump-card-cuts/
POLITICO: New Noem plan leaves FEMA on the chopping block
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/noem-fema-restructure-eliminate-grants-00250610
Trump administration revokes state and local health funding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-revokes-state-local-010246950.html
ABC News: These are the impacts some scientists fear most from EPA deregulation
https://abcnews.go.com/US/impacts-scientists-fear-epa-deregulation/story?id=119983525
Axios: Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/climate-change-missing-threat-assessment
Trump names ‘first buddy’ and DOGE leader Elon Musk to investigate Signal blunder
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appoints-first-buddy-doge-185639477.html
Axios: Houthi group chat: What top Trump officials claimed vs. what the texts show
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/houthi-group-chat-texts-leaked-war-plans
Axios: The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/atlantic-signal-trump-hegseth-war-plans-yemen
POLITICO: ‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/mike-waltz-atlantic-group-chat-trump-response-00250847
With ‘hoax’ claim, White House’s response to Signal scandal takes incoherent turn
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-hoax-claim-white-161815142.html
POLITICO: Gabbard says Signal comes ‘pre-installed’ on government devices
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/26/gabbard-signal-government-devices-cybersecurity-00250731
Axios: DOGE, Musk loom over Social Security hearing
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/26/musk-doge-social-security-hearing
NPR: DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
Forbes: We May Be Watching The Death Of The Federal Income Tax
Trump's executive order on elections is far-reaching. But will it actually stick?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-executive-order-elections-far-004451647.html
Trump Signs Executive Order To Overhaul Federal Elections And Voter Registration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-overhaul-222441771.html
Axios: IRS sharing immigrants' data with ICE threatens billions in tax revenue
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/ice-irs-undocumented-immigrants-taxes
USA TODAY: Trump aides invoke state secrets privilege, refuse to give judge info about Venezuelan deportations
NPR: A new study quantifies how a citizenship question would likely hurt census accuracy
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5338905/census-citizenship-question-trump
The Associated Press: Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting 'environmental justice'
Pete Marocco dismantled USAID -- and will set the agenda for future foreign aid : Goats and Soda : NPR
With the Dept. of Education on the chopping block, these are the states that rely most on federal school funding
NBC News: CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
MSNBC: Trump’s promise to preserve Social Security may not survive DOGE
Trump's promise of a quick end to Ukraine war gets a reality check after talks end with no deal
ABC News: Trump downplays Yemen war plans group chat fiasco: 'It can happen'
The Hill: Waltz questions how the Atlantic editor ‘somehow’ got ‘sucked into’ the Signal chat
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5214186-waltz-atlantic-editor-signal-chat/
The Hill: Trump defends Waltz after Signal breach
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5212347-trump-confident-waltz/
The Guardian US: Mike Waltz claims ‘full responsibility’ for Signal chat group leaked to journalist
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/25/mike-waltz-yemen-plans-breach-signal-group
John Bolton blasts Trump officials for using Signal to conduct government business
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98ksoz4
NPR: 'Heads are exploding': How security experts see the Signal war-plan breach
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339753/signal-war-plan-breach-security-experts
The Hill: Kremlin targeted app used for Yemen war plans chat
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5212402-kremlin-targeted-app-used-for-yemen-war-plans-chat/
NPR: Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability
Jeffries calls for investigation of top Trump officials after bombshell military breach
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98w9bvx
Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak
https://www.yahoo.com/news/waltz-future-doubt-following-accidental-232521257.html
Jeffrey Goldberg says Hegseth lied in dismissing intelligence leak
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98afu28
Trump intentionally hired amateurs for top jobs. This is their most dramatic blunder
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-intentionally-hired-amateurs-top-204646557.html
POLITICO: Hegseth disputes he texted war plans
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/hegseth-disputes-he-texted-war-plans-00246825
Trump will 'look into' use of Signal app as he defends security advisor Waltz
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt
POLITICO: Waltz’s future in doubt following accidental war plan leak
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/mike-waltz-signal-chat-resign-00246541
Military Times: Top Trump officials accidentally shared war plans with media
Chain with Yemen war plans inadvertently shared with reporter appears 'authentic': Official
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-accidentally-shared-yemen-180700560.html
CNBC: Tax revenue collected by the IRS set to plummet, report says
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/24/tax-revenue-collected-by-the-irs-set-to-plummet-report-says.html
Opinion: The Republican plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98awnwo
Opinion | Tear down institutions now, and chaos will haunt us forever
The Trump administration’s abrupt federal grant cuts have made their way to ‘Sesame Street’—and they risk ‘pulling the rug out from under children’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-abrupt-federal-grant-202842480.html
Republicans Are Moving to Cripple the Judiciary So Trump Can Do What He Wants
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98nxxgz
Trump is ‘declaring war’ on judicial system: Conservative former federal judge
https://share.newsbreak.com/c98tr2zw
Mother Jones: Ed Martin Is Trampling the Rule of Law. And He Won’t Shut Up About It.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/ed-martin-washingting-dc-us-attorney-january-6-trump/
The Associated Press: Tax season is a prime time for scams. IRS uncertainty could add to the issues this year
https://apnews.com/article/tax-scams-irs-doge-cuts-380a2a8329e88d0d793a41d4eadbaa6f
The Guardian US: US education department insiders warn student loan system at risk: ‘The gatekeepers are gone’
The Associated Press: Trump taps his former defense attorney, Alina Habba, to be New Jersey's top federal prosecutor
Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-sets-create-america-140644313.html
Axios: Trump moves closer to court crisis
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/23/trump-boasberg-courts-constitutional-crisis
The TRICK To Stopping Trump's CHAOS | How to Fix it with John Avlon
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35N_GKULs0E
IRS nearing agreement to use its data to help ICE locate undocumented migrants
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/23/politics/irs-ice-data-undocumented-immigrants/index.html
The Hill: House Democrat: Trump administration acting ‘with an unbelievable cocktail of incompetence and illegality’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5209815-house-democrat-jim-hines-trump-doge-migrants/
Video: Tracker says Trump has already implemented nearly half of Project 2025 policies
https://youtu.be/aas0lNR3mSU?feature=shared
Axios: Trump's 2025 seeks to reverse LBJ's 1965
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/22/trump-2025-reverse-lbj-1965-civil-rights-poverty
CNN: Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/pentagon-golden-dome-scramble/index.html
The Associated Press: Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches
CNN: ‘Principled and fair’: Judge Boasberg had nonpartisan record before facing Trump’s fury
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/politics/who-is-judge-james-boasberg/index.html
POLITICO: Trump demands Maine governor apologize — or the state will face consequences
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/22/donald-trump-trans-athletes-maine-00003871
The Hill: CNN analyst says ‘big problem’ if Trump didn’t sign deportation orders
Trump isn't just attacking judges. Now he's attacking lawyers, too.
https://www.msnbc.com/inside-with-jen-psaki/trump-paul-weiss-perkins-coie-rule-law-rcna197524
Comment: Includes Video.
The Trump administration keeps losing in court — it could fix that by not breaking the law
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-federal-judges-court-losses-rcna197535
BBC.com: Trump cancels executive order against law firm after $40m promise
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2d4kex0w2ro
Comment: This is nothing less than extortion by executive order.
Trump RECINDS Exec Order Targeting Paul, Weiss Law Firm, After They Agree To $40M Free Legal Work
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-recinds-exec-order-targeting-184600207.html
POLITICO: DOJ moves to boot federal judge from Perkins Coie case
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/doj-federal-judge-perkins-coie-case-00243928
Business Insider: Trump just ordered the attorney general to report 'frivolous' lawsuits against his administration so he can consider executive actions against firms. Read the memo.
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-attorney-general-memo-identify-target-law-firms-2025-3
NPR: Military’s DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333324/pentagon-military-dei-purge-recruiting
POLITICO: Cuts to federal workforce could create opening for foreign spies
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/federal-workforce-cuts-foreign-spies-00003590
The Hill: Eliminating the Pentagon’s think tank is a senseless mistake
ABC News: Threats to federal judges increasing, US Marshals Service warns
NPR: Military’s DEI purge seen putting its future — and its history — at risk
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5333324/pentagon-military-dei-purge-recruiting
POLITICO: Trump floats sending Americans to foreign prisons. Civil rights groups say that would be illegal.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/trump-foreign-prison-threats-civil-rights-groups-027162
ABC News: 'Incredibly troublesome': Judge grills DOJ over alleged gang member deportations
ABC News: Acting Social Security chief now says he won't shut down agency after DOGE ruling
The Daily Beast: Trump’s Social Security Head Doubles Down on Threat to Shutter Administration
The Associated Press: DOGE blocked in court from Social Security systems with Americans' personal information, for now
https://apnews.com/article/social-security-trump-administration-acfdd0d7a53b7e5a1b5105baa456c5d0
NPR: Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5335600/library-museum-funding-doge-sonderling
NPR: Law experts raise alarms over police action in DOGE Institute of Peace dispute
POLITICO: Judges, rankled by Trump’s impeachment calls, agree: ‘It’s not a great strategy’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/20/judges-impeachment-donald-trump-00003536
Axios: DOGE Social Security plan targets small fraud at possible high cost
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/doge-social-security-deposit-fraud
Video: Schiff Breaks Down Trump's Wildest Speech Yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lUTkIFxCeM
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks | AP News
Trump to order a plan to shut down the US Education Department
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-order-plan-shut-down-225004897.html
Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations
Axios: Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/universities-medical-research-cuts-nih-trump
The Guardian US: Trump’s EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘People will be hurt’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-epa-pollution-regulation-cuts
USA TODAY: Trump to host top US oil chief executives as trade wars loom
GOP chairs ‘very concerned’ over report of Trump changing military commands
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-chairs-very-concerned-over-223840613.html
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks | AP News
Video: Trump administration deportation case sparks constitutional crisis fears
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-deportation-case-sparks-223456570.html
The Guardian US: Conservative former federal judge says Trump has ‘declared war’ on US rule of law | Donald Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-court-order-immigration-constitutional-crisis
Chief Justice John Roberts could be a bulwark against Trump's power grabs
Measles outbreak could last a year, health official in Texas says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/health/measles-outbreak-texas-new-mexico-oklahoma/index.html
ABC News: Trump continues to call for judge's impeachment after chief justice's rebuke
Chief justice pushes back against calls to impeach judges who rule against Trump
Slate: Why Trump Decided to Engineer a Constitutional Crisis Now
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/03/john-roberts-trump-supreme-court-orders-deportation.html
I served in the FBI for 25 years. I’ve never heard anything as ominous as Trump’s DOJ speech.
Judge finds Elon Musk likely acted unconstitutionally in shuttering USAID
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-finds-elon-musk-likely-191135079.html
NPR: DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help
EPA could eliminate science research arm
Pew Research Center: What the data says about the U.S. Department of Education
The Guardian US: Trump calls for impeachment of judge weighing Alien Enemies deportation case – live
DOJ refuses to answer some questions from the judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge questions White House's failing to turn around deportation flights - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrdp9jdpyko
Trump spokesperson: ‘We played a little game of catch me if you can’ on deportations
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-spokesperson-played-little-game-142537582.html
ABC News: NOAA's Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts
Fortune: From $500 to $5000: Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket funder Donald Trump
DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers
The Guardian US: Doge breaks into US Institute of Peace building after White House guts board
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/us-institute-of-peace-doge
CNN: Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace talks looking at ‘dividing up certain assets’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/politics/trump-putin-meeting-ukraine-intl-hnk/index.html
New York Post says Musk is ‘way out of his lane’ in calling for impeachment of Judge Boasberg
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5199813-new-york-post-elon-musk-impeachment-judge-boasberg/
Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html
Deportations Put US ‘Beyond’ Constitutional Crisis: Expert | TIME
https://time.com/7268948/deportation-surgeon-constitutional-crisis/
Axios: Trump's historic test of immigrants' speech rights
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/trump-khalil-immigrants-speech-rights
NBC News: The Trump administration axed Voice of America, and China's state media are delighted
Axios: Court hearing on deportations moves ahead despite Justice Department objection
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/trump-deportation-flights-venezuelans-judge
Judge seeks sworn declaration from Justice Department in deportation case : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5331300/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-deportation
The Guardian US: White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-judge-venezuela-deportations-el-salvador
Axios: Trump's border czar: "I don't care what the judges think"
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/tom-homan-deportation-flights-trump-court-order
The Associated Press: The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
Justice Department, FBI launch task force to investigate Oct. 7 attack on Israel
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/justice-department-fbi-october-7-task-force-bondi-patel
Comment: Why are we involved with this? Isn't this Israel's responsibility?
Trump ‘disappointed,’ vows to ‘fix’ Kennedy Center after first tour
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5199242-trump-kennedy-center-tour/
US deports hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members despite court order
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-deports-hundreds-venezuelans-despite-140611527.html
Axios: Exclusive: How the White House ignored a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-white-house-defy-judge-deport-venezuelans
PBS NewsHour: What to know about the El Salvador mega-prison where Trump sent hundreds of immigrants
Just Security: Timeline of US Flight to El Salvador and Judge’s Order to Turn Around Planes
https://www.justsecurity.org/109173/timeline-flight-el-salvador-judge-order/
Trump invokes 1798 Alien Enemies Act, orders deportation of suspected Venezuelan gang members - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-invokes-1798-alien-enemies-act/
How DOGE cuts are jeopardizing our national parks, "America's best idea" - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-doge-cuts-are-jeopardizing-our-national-parks/
The Associated Press: Young scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal funding cuts
The Associated Press: Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities
Axios: Trump Administration guts government-funded media outlets
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/16/trump-guts-voice-america-rf-europe
POLITICO: Trump has long hated this media outlet. Now he’s ordering it dismantled.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/15/trump-media-voice-of-america-00003119
Trump’s next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/15/donald-trump-agency-cuts-00232119
President Trump plans to prevent relocation of FBI headquarters from D.C. to Maryland - CBS Baltimore
ABC News: Department of Education cuts expected to have 'huge impacts' on teachers
The Guardian US: Trump’s student loan changes leave borrowers facing soaring repayments
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/trump-student-loans-save
Dozens of schools face investigation by Trump administration, accused of 'racial preferences'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dozens-schools-face-investigation-trump-184646026.html
Trump says he was being a ‘bit sarcastic’ when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-ukraine-war-solved-f51b96e4e690341caee65358bcbab1fa
Government Executive: SSA weighs axing payments to 170,000 beneficiaries
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/03/ssa-weighs-axing-payments-170000-beneficiaries/403740/
Axios: DOGE wrecking ball could threaten Social Security for seniors
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/doge-social-security-musk
Trump asks Supreme Court to curb judges’ power to block policies nationwide
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/13/trump-supreme-court-nationwide-injunctions-00229431
ABC News: 'Highly unusual': White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
The Hill: Trump signs order to dismantle seven federal agencies focused on media, libraries, homelessness
BBC.com: Americans rely on NOAA weather data. Doge cuts may limit services
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj679kyj6geo
Axios: Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/13/doge-tariffs-layoffs-treasury-data
FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money | TechCrunch
The Hill: EPA to steer environmental cops away from energy companies
Federal News Network: USPS will let DOGE team tackle its ‘big problems,’ DeJoy tells lawmakers
The Guardian US: Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/pete-hegseth-pentagon-lawyers-rules-of-war
The Associated Press: Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department
DOJ weighs plan to slash public corruption unit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-weighs-plan-slash-public-213257984.html
Trump Officials Are ‘Pretending’ a Judge Didn’t Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-pretending-judge-didn-224028902.html
Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings | AP News
The Associated Press: A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate
NBC News: EPA administrator announces huge rollback of environmental regulations
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/epa-rollback-environmental-regulations-zeldin-rcna196112
Trump says anti-Tesla protesters will face 'hell'
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-vows-buy-tesla-stock-102430527.html
Forbes: Yes, Your Student Loans Will Be Impacted By The Mass Department Of Education Layoffs
Center For American Progress: Cuts to the Social Security Administration Threaten Millions of Americans’ Retirement and Disability Benefits
Fortune: More than 100 million Americans' health care is being turned over to a supplement salesman
https://fortune.com/well/article/dr-oz-trump-health-team-financial-ties-supplements/
NPR: Trump's policies are destabilizing mental health care for veterans, sources say
Researchers are learning the Trump administration axed their work to improve vaccination
https://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-learning-trump-administration-axed-215244682.html
POLITICO: Trump admin takes aim at Obamacare
POLITICO: EPA’s Zeldin terminates $20B in Biden climate grants
The US Sun: USPS customers warned of major 'disruptions' as mail carriers set to take on new task - and you'll face being questioned
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13753373/trump-privatization-usps-census-commerce/
Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-testifies-court-plan-abolish-224504230.html
The Guardian: The US Postal Service helped build the Black middle class. Trump could end that legacy
Tulsi Gabbard says she canceled security clearances for top Biden aides and officials who pursued cases against Trump - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-revokes-security-clearances/
Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-presidency-moves-phase-critical-040052480.html
Trump’s Firings Target 90-Year-Old Precedent Protecting Independent Agencies - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/trump-firings-supreme-court-humphreys-executor/
POLITICO: USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
Pentagon abruptly ends all funding for social science research | Science | AAAS
https://www.science.org/content/article/pentagon-abruptly-ends-all-funding-social-science-research
Trump officials use the census to justify a USPS takeover : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/10/nx-s1-5311969/usps-privatization-trump-commerce-lutnick
ProPublica: National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval
https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr
Trump is shredding the First Amendment in his executive order targeting Perkins Coie | Vox
https://www.vox.com/us-federal-courts/403208/trump-perkins-coie-lawyers-first-amendment-covington
Video: Watch "‘You think this is normal and ok’: Michael Steele on Trump’s executive order singling out a law firm" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/Y0qtGNJk7io?feature=shared
Trump and Musk's DOGE are now coming for federal buildings : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321323/trump-doge-gsa-federal-buildings
CNN: Trump’s week of whiplash rattles markets, allies and his own administration
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/politics/trump-whiplash-tariffs-ukraine-musk/index.html
CNN: ‘A disruptive effect’: How slashing staff at the Social Security Administration is sparking fears the system could collapse
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/08/politics/social-security-administration-staff-cuts/index.html
The Guardian US: US rise of cryptocurrency and fall of regulation pose ‘profound risks’ – report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/crypto-deregulation-trump
ABC News: MRNA vaccines now face attacks from some in the GOP
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/mrna-vaccines-now-face-attacks-gop/story?id=119553285
Cybersecurity agency's top recruits decimated by DOGE cuts - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cybersecurity-agencys-top-recruits-doge-cuts/
Trump administration plans new travel ban. Here's who could be affected.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-plans-travel-ban-200753576.html
Axios: Trump's rug-pull presidency
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/07/trump-policy-tariffs-flip-flop
Trump questions NATO allies' will for collective defense while casting doubt on U.S.' own treaty commitment - CBS News
NPR: Amid a growing measles outbreak, doctors worry RFK Jr. is sending the wrong message
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5320352/measles-rfk-west-texas-outbreak
Dismantling of Education Department puts future of trillions of dollars in student loans in question
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dismantling-education-department-puts-future-100052149.html
Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources - Los Angeles Times
Trump Breaks TSA Union Agreement—Brace Yourselves for Airport Chaos
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxlden1k
The Guardian US: CDC to study potential links between vaccines and autism despite research showing no connection
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/cdc-study-vaccines-autism
The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world-beginning-tire-trump-whiplash-050052521.html
Trump Still Doesn’t Understand How NATO Works Or That It Fought On America’s Behalf
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-still-doesn-t-understand-223743666.html
Trump Just Cost the U.S. Access to Key Intelligence
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkvvoxd
POLITICO Europe: Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents
Trump casts doubt on NATO commitments as world leaders reconsider sharing intel with U.S.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-casts-doubt-nato-commitments-214554968.html
Trump casts doubt on NATO security agreement: ‘If they don’t pay, I’m not going to defend them’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-casts-doubt-nato-security-232051649.html
Trump directs government to ask for bond in lawsuits challenging policies
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxl4y4u9
White House memo aims to chill emergency lawsuits by making plaintiffs pay | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/politics/white-house-memo-emergency-lawsuits-payment/index.html
‘Just do it’: Trump committed to dismantling Education Department as order looms - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/trump-education-department-closure-order-drama-00217161
ProPublica: Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
https://www.propublica.org/article/legislation-targets-epa-science-toxic-chemicals
Trump’s team promised governments would ‘eat’ its tariffs. Execs say they’re passing on at least 50% to consumers
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-team-promised-governments-eat-113833282.html
'Extremely Dishonest': CNN Fact-Checker Nails Trump On 13 'Flat False' Claims
https://share.newsbreak.com/bxkt8p34
The Guardian US: Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-congress-address-fact-check
San Francisco Chronicle: Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/insurrection-act-president-trump-20201819.php
Trump officials say US paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine but signal it may not last long after fiery meeting
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/us-pause-intelligence-support-ukraine/index.html
Trump administration pauses flow of intelligence to Ukraine that helps on battlefield
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-putin-trump-cia-zelenskyy-5eb2c8025f6bb4b616c86e1fe89bba0f
US stops sharing intelligence on Russia with Ukraine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/us-stops-sharing-intelligence-on-russia-with-ukraine
CNN: Trump’s cut to Ukrainian military aid could leave millions of civilians exposed to Russian ballistic missiles
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/world/trump-cut-ukrainian-aid-patriot-missiles-intl/index.html
POLITICO Europe: US military aid pause leaves Ukraine vulnerable to Russian air attack
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-military-aid-ukraine-russia-war-aid-us-drone-missiles/
Pentagon denies reports Hegseth ordered halt in cyber operations against Russia
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-denies-reports-hegseth-ordered-170414648.html
Video: Canada's Trudeau calls Trump tariffs "a very dumb thing to do"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHo8T4j5kqg
CDC firings undermine public health work far beyond Washington | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/health/cdc-cuts-local-public-health/index.html
Exclusive-Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-fired-us-government-workers-110955417.html
Axios: Trump threatens federal funds for schools that allow "illegal protests"
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/trump-college-protests-israel-gaza-funding
Trump Threatens Schools in Dark Attack on First Amendment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-schools-dark-attack-152821077.html
The Guardian US: US Department of Education workers decry ‘final mission’ email as power grab
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/linda-mcmahon-shut-down-department-education
Ukraine's shock over US military aid pause
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydq82e7r1o
Trump's pause on Ukraine aid is like the U.S. switching sides in WWII, expert says
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-ukraine-aid-russia-putin-zelenskyy-rcna194649
Trump pauses military aid to Ukraine after Oval Office argument with Zelensky, White House official says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/politics/trump-administration-ukraine-aid/index.html
The Hill: O’Malley: DOGE cuts could soon trigger Social Security system ‘collapse’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5173332-social-security-cuts-risk-collapse/
‘A gift to Putin’s regime’: Russian Media and the Kremlin celebrating Trump’s Oval Office ambush
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gift-putin-regime-russian-media-212244859.html
Trump turns toward Russia, breaking with decades of U.S. policy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-turns-toward-russia-breaking-213537390.html
The Guardian US: White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-sanctions-russia
Trump to pitch Congress on radical government overhaul
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-pitch-congress-radical-government-150413363.html
After mass firings, the IRS is poised to close audits of wealthy taxpayers, agents say - ICIJ
NPR: New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5308020/dan-bongino-trump-fbi-director-conspiracies-podcast
Trump To Tap Head Of Anti-Union Group To Run Labor Office
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tap-head-anti-union-204016694.html
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-orders-swathes-us-forests-200239116.html
Elon Musk’s $1 Spending Limit Is Paralyzing Federal Agencies | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-spending-cuts-federal-workers/
Russia gloats about shift in U.S. relations with Ukraine
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/02/trump-zelensky-showdown-russia-reaction
The Hill: Waltz: ‘We do not see Ukraine being a member of NATO’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5171542-mike-waltz-ukraine-nato/
Fact-checking Trump and Vance’s attacks on Ukrainian President Zelenskyy | PBS News
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia
Yahoo: US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-treasury-department-says-not-015049621.html
Elon Musk Supports US Withdrawal from NATO, UN - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-us-withdrawal-nato-un-2038354
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink
https://www.yahoo.com/news/faa-officials-ordered-staff-funding-133821434.html
Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dismantling-agencies-firing-workers-trump-080113089.html
The Guardian: US Postal Service faces murky future as Trump mulls dismantling institution
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/02/usps-trump-postal-service-cuts
Maine faces federal investigation after Gov. Janet Mills tells Trump, 'See you in court' : NPR
Trump administration accused of sidestepping court rulings amid spree of legal losses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-accused-sidestepping-court-140000676.html
Forbes: Education Department Blocks All Student Loan Forgiveness For 3 Months
Black Woman In Charge Of US Military Health Agency Forced To Resign: Report
Ex-U.S. Ambassador To Russia Names The 'Giant Winner' In Trump-Vance Clash With Zelenskyy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-u-ambassador-russia-names-075125070.html
Here's why China may benefit from Trump’s actions with Europe : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5309799/trump-china-europe-foreign-policy
What they said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance’s heated argument in the Oval Office
Comment: Please read the transcript if you want to see who is mostly to blame for this foreign policy disaster.
Russian state media briefly enters Oval Office during Zelenskyy meeting - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/tass-oval-office-trump-zelenskyy-00206739
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security
Podcast: Episode 1877 - "Who's that good for?" Rachael Maddow connects the dots on Donald Trump's behavior toward Russia.
https://www.fmradiofree.com/podcasts/the-rachel-maddow-show
Comment: Scroll down to episode 1877 then concentrate on podcast segment from 11 minutes in to 26 minutes, 30 secs. However, entire podcast is relavent.
A room with '5 men and a phone in it': Lawsuit filing details DOGE's plans to dismantle the CFPB
https://www.aol.com/room-five-men-phone-lawsuit-191413745.html
The Plot to Destroy the CFPB - The American Prospect
https://prospect.org/2025-02-28-vought-cfpb-destroy-illegal/
Trump’s Biggest Policy Reversals So Far | National News | U.S. News
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-27/trumps-biggest-policy-reversals-so-far
DOGE access to US intelligence secrets poses a national security threat, Democrats say
The Hill: Everyday Americans, not executives, will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5165297-trump-medicaid-cuts-health-care-crisis/
TIME: The Real Impact of Eliminating the Department of Education
https://time.com/7261667/eliminating-department-of-education-resegregate-schools/
US consumer watchdog drops case against Capital One over cheating customers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/us-consumer-watchdog-drops-case-capital-one
Comment: This is what happens to average Americans, as Trump dismantles the CPFB.
RFK Jr. Takes a Sledgehammer to Two Major Vaccine Developments
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-takes-sledgehammer-two-142741731.html
Axios: Trump team weighs pulling funding for Moderna's bird flu shot despite outbreak
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/27/moderna-bird-flu-vaccine-funding-review
An uncertain future for agricultural students at Black colleges after Trump cuts: ‘a clear attack’ | Black farmers | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/27/national-scholars-hbcu-agriculture-trump-cuts
The American Prospect: Social Security Administration Could Cut Half Its Workforce
https://prospect.org/health/social-security-administration-could-cut-half-its-workforce/
Government Executive: Top Social Security deputies leave amid rumored staff cuts
POLITICO: Trump signals more firings of military leaders
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/26/trump-firings-military-leaders-00206240
ProPublica: DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence
NYT reporter says Trump handling press like Soviet Kremlin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nyt-reporter-says-trump-handling-192318322.html
White House takes control of press pool that covers Trump - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce30n52e6p1o
Trump no longer needs MAGA voters, so he's gutting Medicaid and laying off veterans | Opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-no-longer-needs-maga-214015909.html
POLITICO: ‘Roadblocks’ or supports? Military lawyers question Hegseth’s firings.
Just Security: How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military
The Associated Press: Hegseth says he fired the top military lawyers because they weren’t well suited for the jobs
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-hegseth-firing-chairman-lawyers-6bead3346b1210e45e77648e6cbc3599
Esquire: Hegseth Has Two Reasons for Firing the JAGs for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. I Don’t Like Either One.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a63904871/pete-hegseth-fire-judge-advocates-general/
Outcry as DC US attorney claims he and colleagues are ‘President Trump’s lawyers’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/us-attorney-trump-lawyers?CMP=share_btn_url
Alabama Political Reporter: Farmers in Alabama and across the U.S. hurt by USDA funding freeze
Forbes: Department Of Education Takes Down Key Student Loan Forgiveness And Repayment Applications
USA TODAY: Whiplash: Trump orders U-turn after 3 years of U.S. support for Ukraine in war with Russia
Mother Jones: LGBTQ Federal Workers Brace for a McCarthyist Purge
US Agency Reportedly Plans to Shut Down 8,000 EV Chargers, Offload EVs
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/general-services-administration-shuts-down-141711795.html
NPR: Who is Trump's pick for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine?
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g-s1-50348/dan-caine-new-chairman-joint-chiefs
POLITICO: Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trump-third-term-white-house-022002
Trump and Musk Keep Spouting Bogus Numbers to Hide Their Real Agenda
https://newrepublic.com/article/191667/trump-musk-numbers-statistics-debunked-real-agenda
SFGATE: Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/trump-fires-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-20180653.php
ABC News: Trump fires CQ Brown as Joint Chiefs Chairman
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-joint-chiefs-chairman/story?id=119045945
Military.com: Fired: Joint Chiefs Chairman, Top Navy Leader, Air Force Vice Chief, Service Judge Advocates General
The Guardian: Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/21/trump-scientific-research-climate
Newsweek: Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Win 'Almost 40%' Of Black Votes?
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-donald-trump-40-percent-black-votes-2034649
Hegseth tells military to find $50 billion for Trump programs
Trump executive order requires sweeping review of federal regulations - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/20/trump-order-review-federal-regulations-00205143
The Wall Street Journal: Funding Cuts at CFPB Seen Leading to ‘Regulatory Vacuum’ for Big Banks
Senate confirms Kash Patel to lead FBI
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5155565-senate-kash-patel-fbi/
The Hill: Haley admonishes Trump for Ukraine stance: ‘Exactly what Putin wants’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5154949-haley-trump-russia-ukraine-war/
Trump and Zelenskyy trade barbs as US-Ukraine relations sour over the war with Russia
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kellogg-zelenskyy-437f4c8fa4531059007dd3ab00c23458
Zelenskyy hits back against Trump's comments blaming Ukraine for the war with Russia
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5302023/ukraine-zelenskyy-trump-russia-war
The Washington Post: Opinion | A Trump outrage that stands apart
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/19/ukraine-zelensky-trump-peace-talks/
BBC.com: Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9814k2jlxko
Trump says Ukraine could have made a deal earlier
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0n5e1pdz9o
Cuts raise questions about science's future in U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/19/nasa-layoffs-nsf-science-future-fears
Video: Watch "This is a Coup" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qHrsrMnCrFM
Opinion - Who will stop Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling the US government?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-stop-trump-elon-musk-190000843.html
NIH Research Funding Drops $1B Under Trump Administration
Trump signs order to claim power over independent agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-order-claim-power-013920824.html
What we know about the 14 percent of federal awards in Trump’s crosshairs - POLITICO
NPR: Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over 'impoundment'
Musk's move to take on Social Security tests the 'third rail of American politics'
'We really don't have a plan B': Minnesotans detail impacts of USDA grant freeze - Bring Me The News
POLITICO: Head of DOJ’s criminal division in Washington abruptly resigns
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/18/denise-cheung-us-attorneys-office-washington-020363
Stephen Miller: DOGE Staff Will Access IRS Data on 'Programmatic Level' - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-miller-doge-staff-will-access-irs-data-programmatic-level-2032430
Top Social Security official steps down after disagreement with DOGE over sensitive data.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna192530
Trump nominates ally who defended Jan. 6 rioters, DOGE efforts as top DC federal prosecutor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-nominates-ally-defended-jan-170107675.html
The Hill: Trump is moving at light speed with no plan in sight
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5146280-trump-executive-orders-government-efficiency/
President Trump Suggests He's Above the Law in Social Media Post Invoking Napoleon
Forbes: 5 Big Department Of Education Updates, And What Student Loan Borrowers Should Know
Axios: Department of Education warns schools to cut DEI policies or lose funding
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/17/trump-federal-funding-race-diversity-schools-education
Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life
https://www.yahoo.com/news/education-department-letter-threatens-federal-231742421.html
Teamsters for a Democratic Union: New NLRB Acting General Counsel Reverses Pro-Union Policies
https://www.tdu.org/nlrb-general-counsel-reverses-pro-union-policies
The Associated Press: Elon Musk’s DOGE seeks access to taxpayer data at IRS: AP sources
https://apnews.com/article/doge-treasury-irs-taxpayer-data-musk-7d6b80e429106250afa6d02e55a981b1
Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musks-doge-asks-access-irs-taxpayer-data/story?id=118883475
Elon Musk’s DOGE wants access to the tax information of every American, and Trump plans to give it to him
https://fortune.com/2025/02/17/elon-musk-doge-access-tax-information-irs-every-american-trump/
Trump thinks he's above the law. Republicans will ignore it until it's too late. | Opinion
"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law": Trump denies his actions are unconstitutional
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saves-country-does-not-violate-192359019.html
Justice Department's independence is threatened as Trump's team asserts power over cases and staff
https://www.yahoo.com/news/justice-departments-independence-threatened-trumps-124038121.html
Federal workers with 'exceptional' reviews fired for 'performance' issues
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-workers-exceptional-reviews-fired-211718242.html
The Hill: NIH funding cuts could cost me my life, and that of millions of others
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5145665-nih-cancer-research-halted/
Mother Jones: America Will Pay Dearly for the NIH’s Mindless War on Wokeness and DEI
The Associated Press: Ex-Watergate prosecutor urges judge to reject request to drop charges against NYC mayor
https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-corruption-akerman-3de252fdf9be14a946dab28772a64e98
ABC News: Agency data shared by DOGE online sparks concern among intelligence community
Schools serving military service members’ kids are pulling books on civil rights history after Trump’s DEI threats
https://www.yahoo.com/news/schools-serving-military-members-kids-234038945.html
As Feds Slash Funds, Research Universities Start To Trim Their Budgets
Trump vowed to champion US workers - the reality has been a relentless assault
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/16/trump-anti-worker-actions-unions
Dismantling of federal efforts to monitor election interference creates opening for foreign meddling
The Hill: New York Democrat blasts DOJ’s dismissal of Eric Adams case as ‘outright extortion’
The Hill: Rep. Zinke defends DOJ order to drop Eric Adams charges: ‘Immigration’ is ‘priority’
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5147970-zinke-doj-eric-adams-immigration/
The Hill: Rep. Jamie Raskin: Eric Adams deal ‘saturated with corruption’
POLITICO: DOGE, Education Department threaten states’ funding if they don’t cut DEI programs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/15/doge-education-department-dei-cuts-019574
The Hill: The retaliatory firing of USAID’s inspector general is a travesty
Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can’t figure out how to reach them
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-wants-un-fire-192226884.html
DOGE Website Posts Classified Information, Worrying Intelligence Officials
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-website-posts-classified-information-215218305.html
Fortune: Dismissed nuclear bomb specialists recalled by Energy Department
Judge Halts CFPB Action After Alleged Plans to Delete Database
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sensitive-bank-data-set-deletion-195337364.html
Video: Watch "Why Musk and Trump Gutted the CFPB" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/u46V9GRzUtM?feature=shared
The Associated Press: Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-consumer-protection-cfpb-3690f473e8671fbf57a6cdca035e0d01
Axios: 12 years of CFPB data at risk of disappearing, former top official warns
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/14/cfpb-data-risk-deletion?ref=upstract.com
The Conversation: Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
ABC News: Father of special needs children worries about future of Department of Education
The Hill: Former prosecutor: Adams’s attorneys ‘repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo’
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5145537-adams-case-dropped-quid-pro-quo/
POLITICO: Justice Department in crisis over Eric Adams showdown
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/justice-department-crisis-resignations-adams-00204482
The Associated Press: Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-us-attorney-0395055315864924a3a5cc9a808f76fd
NASA Next on DOGE Chopping Block as Admin Claims No Conflicts of Interest
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nasa-next-doge-chopping-block-181102451.html
SFGATE: 'Honestly terrifying': Yosemite National Park is in chaos
https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-in-chaos-20163260.php
Trump wants the Department of Education to be closed 'immediately.' Here's what shutting it down would mean.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wants-department-education-closed-092702060.html
Video: Watch "We Can (And Must) Keep Up The Fight" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/FrdSyuUA7hU?feature=shared
Elon Musk calls for the US to 'delete entire agencies' from the federal government
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-calls-us-government-052516365.html
ProPublica: “We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations
EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epa-chief-says-seek-return-192418970.html
Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-musk-going-war-against-153000843.html
Trump's anti-media rhetoric turns to action
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-anti-media-rhetoric-turns-041752896.html
Fortune: A 25-year-old DOGE staffer was mistakenly given edit access to the Treasury Department’s payment system
Video: Watch "A Timely Warning From Abraham Lincoln" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/s2WcVQfRuK4?feature=shared
Fortune: The U.S. just hit its lowest score ever on an international corruption measure
'Criminal President': Ex-White House Ethics Lawyer Shares Blunt Thoughts On Trump, Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/criminal-president-ex-white-house-145241423.html
Video: Watch "Trump v. the Courts: Is America Headed Toward a Constitutional Crisis? | Amanpour and Company" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/ZWcqR2_N4Mc?feature=shared
NPR: What happens if Trump starts ignoring court rulings? We break it down
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293132/trump-vance-constitutional-crisis-court-rulings
Here’s what federal judges could do if they’re ignored by the Trump administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judges-could-ignored-trump-120047473.html
White House says it's the judges — not Trump — causing a 'constitutional crisis'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-says-judges-balking-183719967.html
POLITICO: There’s No Need to Guess. JD Vance Is Ready to Ignore the Courts.
NPR: Are we in a constitutional crisis?
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/1230674436/are-we-in-a-constitutional-crisis
Courts and Trump set for showdown over executive power
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70kd686k2do
Wildfire mitigation projects caught up in Trump’s spending freeze
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfire-mitigation-projects-caught-trump-223001377.html
NBC News: How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs
With the CFPB Being Dismantled, Who's Policing The Big Banks?
https://www.investopedia.com/with-the-cfpb-being-dismantled-who-s-policing-the-big-banks-9224056
Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-finds-trump-administration-hasn-180949677.html
DOGE Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance — ProPublica
POLITICO: Top CFPB officials resign, in latest upheaval at the agency
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/cfpb-officials-resign-00203543
With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government's public integrity guardrails
https://www.yahoo.com/news/firings-lax-enforcement-trump-moving-233526082.html
Here are all the agencies that Elon Musk and DOGE have been trying to dismantle so far
https://www.yahoo.com/news/know-elon-musks-government-dismantling-230613637.html
Daily Kos: Well, This Isn't Good
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/8/2302400/-Well-This-Isn-t-Good
AL.com: NIH cuts threaten UAB, Birmingham and beyond
https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/nih-cuts-threaten-uab-birmingham-and-beyond.html
AL.com: Katie Britt vows to work with RFK Jr. after NIH funding cuts cause concern in Alabama
Comment: NIH funding cuts are huge impact to UAB Hospital in Birmingham.
Forbes: What The NIH Cut To Indirect Cost Payments Could Cost Red States
NBC News: NIH announces it's slashing funding for indirect research costs
Trump says he has directed U.S. Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-treasury-stop-minting-penny-rcna191421
NBC News: Staff let go, map tool shut down in tumultuous week at EPA
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/epa-staff-let-go-tool-shut-tumultuous-week-rcna191218
Axios: Book bans could escalate after Department of Education dismisses censorship complaints
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/08/education-department-book-bans-censorship
SFGATE: U.S. senators issue dire warning for national parks
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/senators-warn-national-parks-could-close-20154149.php
POLITICO: Vought takes helm at CFPB after Musk incursion
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/vought-takes-helm-at-cfpb-after-musk-incursion-00203247
The Guardian US: Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-executive-actions-democracy
Donald Trump: Gaza will be given to US by Israel
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5133161-donald-trump-gaza-proposal-israel-takeover/
USAID signs stripped from HQ as judge puts 'limited' block on Trump
ABC News: All USAID humanitarian work has effectively stopped, current and former officials say
Judge declines to restrict DOGE's access to Labor Department systems - CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-labor-department/
The Associated Press: Musk team's access to student loan systems raises alarms over personal information for millions
https://apnews.com/article/education-department-trump-doge-8c5bba3883b3d924b28114a4f291bec4
USA TODAY: Trump holds back billions in funding despite court ruling, states tell judge
Whole Foods cites Trump's NLRB purge as grounds to reject union win
KQED: FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears
Can Trump Dismantle the Department of Education? | TIME
https://time.com/7213488/trump-dismantle-department-of-education/
TPM: Here’s What Treasury and DOJ Mean By ‘Read-Only’ Access - TPM
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/heres-what-treasury-and-doj-mean-by-read-only-access
DOGE officials home in on Medicare, Medicaid offices
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-officials-home-medicare-medicaid-223938310.html
Axios: Musk's team accesses Medicare, Medicaid records
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-health-data-cms
Military.com: Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems
NBC News: Trump administration agrees to restrict DOGE access to Treasury Department payment systems
Axios: Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/trump-federal-education-funding-map-schools
What to know about the Education Dept., from funding to loans : NPR
Elon Musk Issues Warning to Department of Education - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-warning-department-education-2025631
The Wiretap: Americans, Elon Musk Is Coming For Your Personal Data
Video: Watch "WATCH: 5 things to know about birthright citizenship" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32VA1axPaMs
Elon Musk Suggests Getting Rid Of All Regulations In Midnight Call
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-suggests-getting-rid-212557557.html
Congressional Democrats denied entry to USAID building
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/democrats-usaid-building-house-senate-protest
Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed USAID needs to be ‘shut down’
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-gsa-terminate-office-leases-f8faac5e2038722f705587c8dd21ab26
Trump says USAID run by "lunatics" as Democrats seek answers on DOGE visit
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/usaid-doge-trump-musk-democrats-rubio
DOGE head Elon Musk joins federal government amid pushback on role
DOJ Says Trump Administration Doesn’t Have to Follow Court Order Halting Funding Freeze - Democracy Docket
Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated the General Services Administration | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-lackeys-general-services-administration/
Musk’s Lackeys Seize Control of Social Security Check System
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-lackeys-seize-control-social-002907189.html
Video: Watch "Trump's Regime, Two Weeks In" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8bylsXRWKFA
Elon Musk’s 19- to 24-year-old aides have taken control of a $6 trillion government payment system | Fortune
Video: Welcome to the United States of Alabama
https://www.tiktok.com/@alabamafication/video/7467934597297311018
The Guardian US: Wrecking ball: Trump’s power-hungry orders wage war on US government
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/01/trump-executive-order-power-grab
Video: Watch "Trump's Funding Fiasco: A Win For Oligarchy" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/cWHI2JXeh14?feature=shared
Axios: Trump moves you might have missed this week
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/01/trump-moves-missed-plane-crash-dei
Senior Democrat wants to know who in the Trump White House got Top Secret clearance without a complete background check - Government Executive
Video: Watch "Trump's DEI Distraction" on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Wp6kj5RyFfE
Axios: After Trump's DEI remarks on DC crash, here are the facts about air traffic control hires
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/dc-plane-crash-trump-dei-air-traffic-control-data
Axios: Air traffic controllers union hits back at Trump DEI comments
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/31/air-traffic-control-union-dei-staffing-trump-plane-crash
Axios: Trump officials baselessly blame DEI in plane crash presse
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/30/trump-gop-american-airlines-crash-dei
Judge says Trump administration appears to still be blocking funding
Education Department employees placed on leave for attending diversity training
https://www.yahoo.com/news/education-department-employees-placed-leave-003854302.html
Reuters: Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding | AP News
Trump makes moves to expand his power, sparking chaos and a possible constitutional crisis
POLITICO: Trump still wants a spending fight with Congress, even after memo debacle
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/trump-spending-fight-congress-memo-00201665
POLITICO: Trump went for shock and awe. Now he’s mopping up
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/29/trump-rescind-funding-freeze-fallout-00201350
'Remarkably poor judgment': Wall Street Journal takes a critical eye to start of Trump's 2nd term
NPR: Trump orders Education, Labor and other departments to enhance school choice
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279572/trump-orders-enhanced-school-choice
POLITICO: Medicaid payment systems back online after outage
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/29/medicaid-payment-systems-online-00201244
A 'constitutional crisis?' Democrats, Republicans spar over Donald Trump's spending order
Trump’s funding freeze temporarily blocked by court – what we know so far
All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/27/politics/white-house-pauses-federal-grants-loan-disbursement
Project 2025 is already massively reshaping America
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/29/trump-federal-spending-freeze-project-2025-007378
Video: Watch "Trump's Impoundment Power Grab Explained" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/Hprs0435aoQ?feature=shared
Why Has Trump Paused Federal Grants and Who Could Be Impacted? - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-federal-grants-aid-pause-freeze-2021835
Trump funding freeze raises uncertainty for universities, states and nonprofits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-funding-freeze-raises-uncertainty-231029409.html
Trump orders a funding freeze as his administration reviews federal loans and grants | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce
‘It was leaked to us:’ Army in chaos over Trump orders
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/28/army-trump-executive-order-chaos-00201074
USA TODAY: Trump revives push to denaturalize US citizens
Trump's early actions on health agencies roil medical researchers
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/trump-health-communications-medical-researchers
Above the Law: Department Of Justice Makes *The* Most Embarrassing Typo
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/01/department-of-justice-makes-the-most-embarrassing-typo/
Jan. 6 prosecutor: Rioters freed by Trump ‘have never been more dangerous’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jan-6-prosecutor-rioters-freed-135029830.html
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of prison, appears at Trump Las Vegas rally
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-031756093.html
Axios: Judge removes travel restrictions for Oath Keepers with commuted sentences
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/oath-keepers-travel-restrictions-dropped-trump-pardons
Jan. 6 rioters convicted for role in Capitol attack speak out against Trump's pardons
https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rioters-speak-out-against-pardons/story?id=117981519
Trump, Vance vault FEMA overhaul high on agenda
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/trump-vance-fema-reform
Trump: FEMA "getting in the way," states can handle emergency response
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/23/trump-fema-states-sean-hannity-interview
‘Setting us up for catastrophe’: alarm at Trump attack on federal disaster agency | Donald Trump | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/trump-fema-natural-disasters
Trump: ‘Big discussion’ coming on FEMA’s future
Video: Watch "The Oligarchy Unleashed" on YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/8fxS98u9lEU?feature=shared
Donald Trump is not waiting for RFK Jr. — he has already started his war on public health
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-not-waiting-rfk-110006893.html
Trump Administration Orders a Temporary Freeze on Food and Health Agency Communications
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-orders-temporary-freeze-095900196.html
Donald Trump Orders Security Clearances to Be Given to Whomever He Wants - Newsweek
https://www.newsweek.com/trmp-executive-order-security-clearance-2018137
Trump grants temporary security clearances to officials who have not been fully vetted | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/politics/trump-temporary-security-clearances/index.html
CNN: Fact check: Trump litters Oval Office interview with false claims
Trump’s election interference judge says his Jan 6 pardons can’t ‘whitewash blood, feces, and terror’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-election-interference-judge-says-203853165.html
Axios: "No one should excuse violence": GOP Senate resistance hits Trump over Jan. 6 pardons
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/republican-senators-trump-jan-6-pardons
POLITICO: DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/24/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-capitol-006453
POLITICO: Your next congressperson just got pardoned
Trump signs the first executive orders of his new administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-prepares-slew-day-1-200835514.html
Trump’s blizzard of first-day actions leaves opponents scrambling to respond
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/21/donald-trump-executive-orders
Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-issues-sweeping-pardon-supporters-005715777.html
The Associated Press: Trump issues pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol
Video: Watch "The history and legacy of birthright citizenship in the U.S." on YouTube
https://youtu.be/yEVBlXP5LBY?feature=shared
Trump to make historic move toward revoking birthright citizenship
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/20/g-s1-43765/trump-inauguration-birthright-citizenship
Trump installs DOGE within White House, scrapping plan for an outsider task force
Trump withdraws US from World Health Organization, finishing what he started
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-withdraws-us-world-health-031703756.html
Trump’s second inaugural address shows a president in a hurry to wield great power
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/analysis-trump-inaugural-speech-great-power/index.html
CNN: Fact check: Trump makes false claims about elections, immigration and more in Inauguration Day speeches
https://www.cnn.com/politics/fact-check-trump-inauguration/index.html
Axios: Day 1: Trump to revoke security clearances of 51 former intelligence officials
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/20/trump-revoke-security-clearances-intelligence-officials
ABC News: After removing veteran officials, new DOJ leadership tries to calm rattled national security team
NPR: Trump's 2nd term represents hope for the right and fear of a dark era for others
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/nx-s1-5267074/donald-trump-inauguration-2025-analysis
The Guardian US: Joe Biden warns ‘oligarchy is taking shape in America’ in farewell address
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/joe-biden-farewell-address-trump-oligarchy-america
The Guardian US: Trump trying to rewrite history in battle to bury Smith report, legal experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/trump-rewrite-history-smith-report-january-6
POLITICO: ‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump
POLITICO: ‘There is going to be shock and awe with executive orders’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/12/shock-awe-trump-executive-orders-00197716
The Guardian US: Republicans try to exploit New Orleans attack to push through Trump agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/05/republicans-new-orleans-attack-trump
‘This is Sickening’: Trump Slammed for Jan. 6 Take at Secret Mar-a-Lago Bash
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sickening-trump-slammed-jan-6-160813065.html
The Guardian US: Former Proud Boys leader asks Trump for January 6 pardon
Democratic senator says Trump’s plan to ‘cripple our democracy’ underway
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plan-174033414.html
Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A ‘Very Dangerous World’
The Republicans’ plan to redefine US citizenship is Authoritarianism 101
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5032536-trump-birthright-citizenship-authoritarian-threat/
Al Jazeera English: US government agency targeting foreign disinformation shuts down
Trump Is About to Betray His Rural Supporters
Steve Bannon Is Already Claiming Trump Can Run Again in 2028
https://www.yahoo.com/news/steve-bannon-already-claiming-trump-104614131.html
BBC.com: Trump's growing crypto and media empire creates potential business conflicts
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzz5wdg41o
Trump transition team ethics pledge appears to exclude president-elect
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-transition-team-ethics-pledge-205055544.html
Trump signed the law to require presidential ethics pledges. Now he is exempting himself from it
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signed-law-require-presidential-205144877.html
The First Corruption Scandal of Trump’s Second Term Is Already Here
CNN: Trump transition signs agreement with Justice Department, paving the way for FBI background checks on Trump picks
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/politics/trump-transition-justice-department-agreement/index.html
Trump still hasn’t signed ethics agreement required for presidential transition
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/politics/trump-transition-ethics-pledge-timing
Abcarian: Will Congress give Trump the ability to kill organizations like Planned Parenthood and ACLU?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/abcarian-congress-trump-ability-kill-110049326.html
GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty says access to the U.S. economy is a 'privilege' amid Trump tariff threats
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-bill-hagerty-says-171625630.html
POLITICO: Trump transition figure warns DOJ lawyers: Get on board or get out
Pentagon officials discussing how to respond if Trump issues controversial orders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-officials-discussing-respond-trump-201200648.html
After Donald Trump’s Victory, Liz Cheney Calls For Citizens To “Do Everything We Can To Support And Defend Our Constitution”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-victory-liz-cheney-131546802.html
MSNBC: David Souter’s prescient remarks ring true, 12 years later
9 states poised to end coverage for millions if Trump cuts Medicaid funding
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-medicaid-coverage-cuts-federal-funding-trump/
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