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Bill Plante Chair in Leadership and Media Integrity, Loyola University Chicago, Veteran journalist and newsroom leader, Author "Work Happy; What Great Bosses Know," and coach to leaders worldwide.
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"He belittled the work of his subordinates. He was unusually tough on law-enforcement agents. After one blow-up with a fellow prosecutor, he refused to speak with that person for years and declined to make eye contact even if the two were alone in an elevator." www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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"The move escalates a monthlong administration assault on the agency that has closed its headquarters in Washington and shut down thousands of U.S. aid and development programs worldwide following an effort to freeze foreign assistance." apnews.com/article/usai...

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You can download a template for Red Cards that you can make copies of here: www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...

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"While Republican lawmakers have contended voters wanted drastic change, new polling suggests the Trump administration may be taking their chainsaw-wielding executive reach too far for some." www.axios.com/2025/02/23/m...

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This is so clearly not how government works but I'm pretty sure he thinks it is.

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"Some blood tests showed “initial, mild, kidney failure,” but doctors said it was under control. The decreased platelet count, necessary for clotting, that was first detected Saturday was stable." apnews.com/article/vati...

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“Mr. Trump’s aides have long recognized his penchant for prevarication and either adjusted or eventually broke with him.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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Breaking — All Department of Justice office leaders just received an email saying they should be “prepared to follow the instructions” in the OPM/Musk bullet email, according to a copy shared with me. Full text:

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Oops

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Kennedy Center ticket sales dropped roughly 50 percent week-over-week after Trump announced his takeover www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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"The firings added to doubts about whether Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency’s acting head, supports lifesaving humanitarian assistance, as he has said he does." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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NBC News reporting: FBI director Kash Patel tells employees to pause responses to Musk email about accomplishments — says FBI will review the work of its own employees…

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Given that Elon was implying that how employees handled this email could be grounds for dismissal, it seems like he’s trying to do an end-run around individual’s Weingarten rights www.ueunion.org/stwd_wei.html

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This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support.

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(AP) — Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars. #OligarchEra 🇺🇸 apnews.com/article/musk...

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I teach leadership and management. This is NOT leadership. It IS bad management. It's intentional intimidation - dehumanizing and destructive. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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WaPo Page One: “If you’re going to just yell at me, that’s not going to be an effective town hall,” McCormick said .. “But we’re pissed!” a woman shouted. #GA07 www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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New findings from Trump’s longtime pollster Tony Fabrizio & Bob Ward Generic ballot —> D+5 Among swing voters: —66% say tax priority should be helping working class families; 1% say helping highest earners —Top-polling policy: extend expiring health care tax credits under ACA

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Wow! Congrats to Bluesky for passing the milestone of 32 MILLION users. Spread the word!! 💙🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

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If you read nothing else today, read these interviews by @birenbomb of two terminated NV federal workers. They show the human toll, the dedication of so many despite the “bureaucrat” caricature and provide an emblem of the capricious way DOGE is operating. thenevadaindependent.com/article/fede...

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Just got my Kickstarter copy of Indiginerds, a comics anthology by Indigenous creators, edited by @alinapete.bsky.social. I’ve already read through it twice, the stories and art are so damn good! Find it on Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/indi...

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Last week: Correspondent @stevanzetti.bsky.social identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media, and courtroom observation.

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I literally reported this Wednesday.

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New — 20 House Democrats write to Trump this morning on USPS: “We urge you to immediately withdraw all plans to dismantle one of our nation’s most cherished public institutions and uphold the Postal Service’s independent status as required by law.”

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SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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"More than 160,000 Americans across every state signed up to resettle newcomers through the Welcome Corps, a public-private effort launched two years ago." Now:

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"Emmet Fisher, who runs a small dairy farm in Hager City, said during the town hall that he was struggling with the freeze that’s been put on federal spending, which affected grants he was set to receive through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)." wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/21/r...

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“'The unknown was not as scary as being complicit and not speaking up,' Ms. Ortiz said in an interview with The Times. 'I can exist on cornflakes and community at the end of the day if it means that my soul is intact.'” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

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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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Critically important journalism: "ProPublica is recording the casualties of the purge, highlighting the scale of what is being lost as public health programs and seasoned experts are caught in the Trump administration’s blunt-force drive to shrink the federal government."

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"...marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes..." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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"Boos and shouts erupted around the room. When Grothman praised orders ending birthright citizenship and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the crowd only got louder." www.wpr.org/news/glenn-g...

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Unbelievable.

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President Trump has ousted Joint Chiefs Chairman CQ Brown and says he is replacing him with Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine. A retired four-star general expressed serious dismay over this move to me tonight, calling it "sadly political and tragic for our nation."

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Judge orders nationwide preliminary injunction of anti-DEI executive orders. "Plaintiffs’ irreparable harms include widespread chilling of unquestionably protected speech." www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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This is stunning. The short and long term consequences are incalculable. Read these human stories: www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...

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"Supervisors throughout the agency, the federal government’s largest, have spent days requesting to the new administration that certain employees should be spared because the work they do is vital to national defense."

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(AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda. apnews.com/article/supr...

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"Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts plans to leave the temporary order in place while she decides whether to issue a preliminary injunction that would block the Trump administration change from taking effect while the court cases move forward."

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NEW: The Supreme Court allows Hampton Dellinger to continue serving as Special Counsel, for now, but holds the case in abeyance until the restraining order expires on Feb. 26. A win for Dellinger and a loss for Trump. But this is not the end of the case. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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BREAKING: @pogo.org sued Trump and DOGE in federal court in D.C. today over the administration's efforts to treat DOGE records as presidential records not subject to FOIA for now. Complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Denver City Council deleted its X account, citing concerns about Elon Musk's conflicts of interest in the Trump administration and bias on the site. The Denver Police Department and Mayor Mike Johnston are still here. denverite.com/2025/02/21/w...

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"The historic Webster School building was actually sold at auction in December for $4 million under the Biden administration." www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-cl...

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