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Top Trump aide and incoming Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: Trump's goal "is very simple -- to abolish -- his goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service"

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25-year-old Marko Elez has been reinstated in the Trump administration and given an EOP email address, per source, as Musk had said would happen Elez left Treasury after the WSJ reported that he had tweeted last year: "Just for the record, I was racist before it was cool"

submitted 4 days ago • 44 comments

Lmao a Nobel Prize winner finds the solution to the global fertility collapse is for men to do the dishes and laundry more often -- more or less the precise opposite of the trad prescription Fabulous @byheatherlong.bsky.social essay www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

The White House now doubling down on Musk's false claim that "tens of millions" of dead ppl receive Social Security benefits. Every credible report suggests the number is in the thousands. Mayyybe tens of thousands. "Tens of millions" is just false. The sky is not yellow and made of marshmallows.

submitted 4 days ago • 17 comments

The Social Security Administration’s records include all Social Security numbers, comprehensive medical records for disability benefits, bank information, earnings records and more, Altman said. “There is no way to overstate how serious a breach this is" www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

Follow @jacobbogage.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Trump admin moved to terminate the CDC’s epidemic intelligence service officers — then revised the termination list and left them off, @lenasun.bsky.social + me report But clear takeaway from Trump’s overall approach: U.S. is pulling back on infectious-disease efforts even as new threats loom

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Elon Musk’s team has started laying off federal workers all across the government, @emilydavies.bsky.social, @jeffstein.bsky.social, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, @lisarein.bsky.social and @tonyromm.bsky.social report

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

You dont need sourcing or reporting -- just to open X -- to see Musk, Vance etc clearly laying ground work now for defying judicial orders that halt their expansions of executive spending authority What happens if a court orders the reinstatement of a Congressional mandate, & Trump says no?

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

NEWS: Treasury warned in memo circulating internally that DOGE access to powerful payment network represents an "unprecedented insider threat risk," documents show Assessment was conducted by a threat intelligence center run by Booz Allen www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Here's what's happened, if you're just tuning in: 1. Musk ally Tom Krause told the Treasury career staff to cut off USAID payments 2. The career staffer resisted, saying doing so is illegal 3. The career staffer was ousted by Trump team 4. Krause has now been installed as head of the payments system

submitted 15 days ago • 81 comments

JUST IN via @washingtonpost.com's Jacqueline Alemany & @jeffstein.bsky.social: "#Treasury installs ally of #Musk's #DOGE as head of payment system" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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BREAKING: The Treasury Department has installed DOGE ally Tom Krause as fiscal assistant secretary, placing the Musk ally in a powerful position over the nation's +$5 trillion payment network Musk continues to demand unilateral cessation of payments www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

Former Tesla engineer now running government IT unit to staff: "This is a case of we’re in extreme bankruptcy mode as GSA and as a larger federal government. And so the pressure to make immediate changes is immense.”

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

NEW: Officials across the US government privately warn that Musk's DOGE blitz appears to be violating numerous laws Legal objections voiced at Treasury, Education, USAID, GSA, OPM, EEOC, OMB & elsewhere Messages, audio, interviews all reveal internal concerns www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 18 days ago • 91 comments

Musk aides gain access to sensitive Treasury Department payment system www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 21 days ago • 30 comments

Elon Musk’s Tesla is spearheading a fight against new tariffs on graphite imports from China. It’s a fight that pits Donald Trump’s richest backer against the president’s favorite economic tool. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 22 days ago • 10 comments

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SCOOP: The highest-ranking Treasury official is expected to depart soon after a clash w/ Elon Musk allies over their demands for access to a sensitive internal government payment system, sources say System controls disbursement of trillions of dollars per yr www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 118 comments

->Some details on Musk's work in government: -U.S. Doge Service interviews focused on engineering + workers' feelings on DOGE mission -Some interviewees were asked to stay behind, do coding exercises -More 1-on-1s w/ govt technologists this week, who are preparing to show their code wapo.st/42tm6BY

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

NEWS: Amid pressure from Senate Rs over funding freeze, Russ Vought held emergency meeting Tuesday w/ baffled/exasperated staff Vought said they needed to clarify the memo only applied to funds affected by Trump EO "Anybody who could read English" could see it didn't, one U.S. official told me

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Regardless of what the White House says about Medicaid not being affected in payment freeze, the chaos today has been very real. via @jeffstein.bsky.social + me from earlier

submitted 25 days ago • 20 comments

Trump admin through 1 week: - Pauses all federal grants & loans - Purges Justice Department career staff, halts civil rights cases - Purges at least 15 inspectors general - Suspends USAID staff while halting foreign aid - Threatens Colombia, Denmark, Mexico, Canada & many more w/ tariffs & sanctions

submitted 26 days ago • 42 comments

The brief text of the memo appears to apply extraordinarily broadly. In healthcare, it could be read to sweep in funding for Federally Qualified Health Centers, the Vaccines for Children Program, etc. It's less clear to me whether it includes Medicaid. /1 www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

The White House budget office has paused all federal grants and loans, according to a memo sent to agencies Monday www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 16 comments

You can also DM Jeff securely about Taco Bell crunch wraps, the New York Rangers and roller hockey.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Federal workers: I cover the White House, Treasury & other parts of the administration, particularly econ & budget policy As we gear up for the new administration, you can DM me securely on Signal: 917-887-2891. Feel free to reach out at anytime

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Democrats flip the script, eyeing debt limit to block Trump’s agenda @jacobbogage.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

I know Barron is going to NYU but it seems like a little much

submitted 27 days ago • 17 comments

Scoop: Wave of career staff leaves the WH budget office ahead of Russ Vought’s arrival, including in national security division Trump Team has promised to try to unilaterally cancel spend approved by Congress — deeply troubling to many in civil service www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

Trump administration just suspended all new foreign aid pending review, per State Department cable leaked to me (1/2)

submitted 29 days ago • 46 comments

Elon Musk’s may find newfound power in Trump’s White House through the "Department of Government Efficiency" -- trying to do TikToks now www.tiktok.com/@jstein_wapo...

submitted 30 days ago • 2 comments

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: If tariffs are a little inflationary, "so be it. Get over it."

submitted 31 days ago • 41 comments

WAPO: “.. Some Trump allies have even grown concerned about the extent of privileged government information that Musk could have access to under the new arrangement.” @jeffstein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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thank you lord piss!!!!

submitted 32 days ago • 2 comments

If I understood correctly, Trump is threatening China with tariffs of up to 100% if they don't approve the TikTok sale

submitted 33 days ago • 11 comments

Trump: Musk is getting an office of about 20 people in the White House

submitted 33 days ago • 9 comments