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Members of Congress exploded in anger after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen. "This is an outrageous national security breach and heads should roll."

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I roll my eyes just about every time someone posts this in connection with one of these types of stories Because it’s become a tired, cliched response However, I think this time it needs to be said: But her emails…

submitted 35 days ago • 5 comments

Every major new outlet should feature, every single day, someone who's lost their job due to arbitrary and evil DOGE cuts to talk about what they were doing to help America and the world and the consequences that will result from their firing. @susanbordson.bsky.social @froomkin.bsky.social

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‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge "Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships." www.wired.com/story/inside...

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"Just a big mess": Musk's team claims credit for saving $53.7 million for "canceling" a federal contract that in fact was just for $144,000 and was actually completed 20 years ago. @Fahrenthold.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social @jsvine.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/u...

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President Trump campaigned on a promise to bring down interest rates. He has fulfilled that pledge in one key way, with U.S. government bond yields falling sharply. But the reason for the drop is an unnerving one. "The market is pricing a growth scare" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/b... @nytimes.com

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Comments from Howard Lutnick, the secretary of Commerce, and Elon Musk have renewed concerns that the Trump administration could interfere with federal economic statistics. with @colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b...

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New from the New York Fed: Firms' inflation expectations have picked up libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2025/03/firm...

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Trump inherited an economy that was firing on all cylinders. Now, just weeks into his tenure, the outlook is far gloomier -- and the sudden deterioration is due almost entirely to his policies and the uncertainty they have created. @colbylsmith.bsky.social #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b...

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Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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NEW: How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA FAA employees are on edge. They were told that anyone who impeded progress of the new FAA-SpaceX partnership would be reported to Musk and risked losing their jobs. A ton of scoopy news in this new report. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 54 days ago • 86 comments

This level of blatant, open corruption is exactly what happens when there are absolutely no consequences for the open monetization of the presidency the first time around. As it turns out, people respond to incentives.

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Comments from Howard Lutnick, Sec of Commerce, and Elon Musk have renewed concerns the Trump admin could interfere with federal economic statistics "...the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output." www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/b...

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Trump’s Oval Office Clash With Zelenskiy Was a Win for Putin "By humiliating the Ukrainian president and betraying Ukraine, the US president played right into Russia’s hands." By Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US diplomacy & national security www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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"In Trump’s Washington, a Moscow-Like Chill Takes Hold A new administration’s efforts to pressure the news media, punish political opponents and tame the nation’s tycoons evoke the early days of President Vladimir V. Putin’s reign in Russia." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

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The WiFi in the White House complex used to require new login by guests every week, but now they can log in for a full year — because so many new users are on personal devices on the network

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Craig Strong recently installed a new, more efficient grain dryer on his farm; it was supposed to be funded, in part, by a federal program to reduce the need for fossil fuels in rural communities. Now, he and other farmers aren't sure they'll be paid back. (via @wskg.bsky.social)

submitted 63 days ago • 282 comments

Researchers say the Trump administration's plan to slash payments for indirect costs will hamper new medical science. One example? A lab studying respiratory viruses faces losing half its staff.

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The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

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U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger has asked the Merit Systems Protection Board to temporarily reinstate six federal employees fired from their jobs and is considering ways to seek relief for others.

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"A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal... ...move to set in motion a lucrative contract to a company controlled by a high-profile ally of Pres Trump seemed so bold it surprised even longtime observers of the norm-busting president." www.npr.org/2025/02/24/n...

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A collective of IRS commissioners who served under Republican and Democratic administrations rightly call the "cost-cutting" of DOGE bull crap. (News folks need to stop gifting terms of "efficiency" & "cost-cutting" to DOGE & Trump. Outcomes don't support those terms) t.co/PqLv8Ibb7z

submitted 63 days ago • 2 comments

Yes that is the accusation.

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"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Dept, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government. None of this has anything to do with effectiveness..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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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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so then it's not a cost-cutting team, is it

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DOGE staffer Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is the grandson of Valery Martynov - a “former” KGB spy. That’s right, one of Elon Musk’s young cyber criminals — related to a former KGB spy, and who seemingly did not have to undergo a background check — now has unprecedented access to…

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It's not just one instance of a billion being only a million: "DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes," a team of New York Times reporters found. The figures are "full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Interesting thing for the President to say about a person who, according the government’s lawyers, “has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself” and “only has the ability to advise the President, or communicate the President’s directives.”

submitted 65 days ago • 347 comments

What do voters think about Elon Musk and his rampage through the US Government? A banger episode of The Focus Group pod with @karaswisher.bsky.social ‬⁩ who blows my mind with a couple of insight about Elon’s endgame.

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Inside job

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This is a great episode.

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None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 65 days ago • 352 comments

Incredible public service. @propublica.org has catalogued the DOGE crew and their links to Elon. projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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📢 ProPublica is looking for 5 newsrooms to join our Local Reporting Network! These newsrooms will be part of our 50 State Initiative. Newsrooms in 40 states (in blue) are eligible to apply: https://propub.li/41270AQ Here's what this would mean for your newsroom 👇

submitted 66 days ago • 34 comments

Oh happy day! 😀 ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

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Inside the slash 'n burn actions of Trump, Musk and DOGE team. "Musk recruited loyalists..." No good faith accounting analysis regarding costs/benefits occurred first No consideration for ROI for the public's benefits All based in ideological views www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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THREAD: Let's walk through some of the serious/potentially unethical/signs of manipulation/conflict of interest that have already been identified by lawyers/crypto experts re $Trump-the memecoin the Trump family cyrpto created on Friday. First, here's our latest story www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/u...

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Bloomberg: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated. Workers responsible for designing and maintaining the nation’s cache of nuclear weapons www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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