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“In some ways that’s even more chilling than firing the four stars,” Rosa Brooks, a professor at Georgetown Law. “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the law: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.” By NYT Greg Jaffe www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors. By banding together, federal workers say they hope to catalyze a wider movement. Nicholas Nehamas/Ryan Mac/Nikole Hannah-Jones www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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Musk threatens to fire federal workers who don't respond to an email. Makes no legal sense. Like Trump, he seems to be doing it for shock and awe. Even if it makes no sense. How could the government even read and respond to all these?

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USDA launches review of Maine after Maine Governor's interaction with Trump...

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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations. nyti.ms/4i1ril4

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Her own frontline prosecutors defended their actions--and resigned after being asked to dismiss the Eric Adams case. But now the U.S. attorney general derides the merits of the Eric Adams case in New York. Trump sought loyality. He has it. At least at the top. nyti.ms/4b8McMZ

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This AM I have re-posted stories from WaPo, the NYT and NPR. The NYT story has multiple bylines and is a thorough factual debunking of an official government communication. You can argue about headlines and stay mad about past errors or you can realize institutional journalists are doing the work.

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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.

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Most viewed in the last 7 days from JAMA: US states that adopted abortion bans had higher than expected infant mortality after the bans took effect. https://ja.ma/3X711tB

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The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.

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President Trump fired the country’s senior military officer on Friday after weeks of turmoil at the Pentagon, injecting politics into selecting the nation’s top military leader. By Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Jonathan Swan www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau missed two deadlines and then dropped its case against an online lender over deceptive fees. 1st case to be dropped since Vought took over. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center say results of a Phase I trial of an mRNA vaccine aimed at preventing pancreatic cancer show promise. The vaccine PREVENTED the cancer from coming back in patients who had already received treatment for MORE THAN three years. 🧪🧵⬇️

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What a tremendous gift to the world. A great look through the SNL archives. I laughed a bunch of times just reading this and looking at the embedded clips. We need more humor at the moment. By NYT's Jennifer Schuessler Tala Safie, Sean Catangui, Jolie Ruben and Hollis Johnson nyti.ms/4bdJ2Y9

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The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to drop its lawsuit against the company, lifting a legal cloud over the global crypto industry and signaling a broader retreat by federal regulators www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/t...

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Germany’s economy shrank slightly in 2024, after adjusting for rising prices. Forecasts for this year don’t look much better, and other measures look even worse. Here’s our breakdown what it looks like when an economy rapidly loses its edge.

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Huge event in the crypto industry as the SEC formally discloses to Coinbase its intention pull back from its enforcement lawsuit. We're in the middle of a radical shift in regulatory policy in the US that's going to benefit major moneyed players with the impact on individual investors unclear.

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When we were working on this story, I spoke with a Justice Department lawyer who had been pushed out by Trump. I was told that this civil rights discrimination case DOJ had filed against SpaceX was likely going to be dismissed. Now that's happening.

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Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is securing real beneifits as he helps Trump disrupt the federal government. Just how? The NYT takes a deep look today at these benefits: federal investigations targeting Musk companies that have been disrupted or now may die. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

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Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo A transfer operation on Thursday repatriated 177 Venezuelans via a handoff in Honduras, while one migrant was brought back to U.S. soil. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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This week, President Trump falsely claimed that Ukraine started the war against Russia, ordered federal agencies created by Congress to answer directly to him and installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center. Watch or listen to our round table breaking down Trump’s latest week in office.

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Justice Dept. to Drop Discrimination Case Against Elon Musk’s SpaceX www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Is That Legal? A Guide to Trump’s Big Moves So Far. Examining the legality of 38 major actions the president has taken in his first month. w/ @upshot.nytimes.com 's Francesca Paris www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b... With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social

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WHITE HOUSE MEETING TODAY Saudi soverign wealth fund governor and Trump re the future of professional golf. Trump family is also a business partner of the Saudi league. www.nytimes.com/athletic/614...

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Senate confirms Patel to lead FBI www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02... Dems were no. Joined by two GOP: Senator Lisa Murkowski, a centrist Republican of Alaska, and Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine

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Is That Legal? 38 major actions the president has taken in his first month. ⚠️ Actions that appear to conflict with specific statutes or to violate the Constitution. 🚫 Actions that have been temporarily blocked by a judge, either partly or completely. Francesca Paris/Charlie Savage nyti.ms/3QulKno

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Wallace Shawn Emerges As Frontrunner To Replace Daniel Craig As James Bond

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NEW: Trump, frustrated by delays on new AF1s, has empowered Musk to consider drastic options to make Boeing move faster, including relaxing security standards for some working on the planes or buying a new jet to retrofit. With Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Eric Schmitt. nyti.ms/3X9UJt3

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It has been a very busy month since Trump arrived. Here are a few of the stories I have published with my colleagues... Norms recognized for decades in Washington by both parties no longer appear to apply to the Trump White House, ex-prosecutors & ethics lawyers say. (With Maggie) nyti.ms/4gQPXaS

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ProPublica: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared ProLife Movement? www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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The Oval Office meeting convened by President Trump sought to eliminate roadblocks to the planned merger of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf. His participation was a brazen conflict of interest, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say — one of a series in recent weeks. nyti.ms/4gQPXaS

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So many stories, in fact, I do not even remember writing some of them. But thanks to all the social media folks out there that curse at me every day, tell me I suck and that I should quit my job. I do mute people who curse at me.

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