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DOGE's email telling federal workers to justify their jobs by submitting a list of accomplishments went to judicial branch employees, including some federal judges. Court administrators advised employees not to reply. New from @joshkovensky.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judicia...

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The federal court system told staff on Saturday evening to ignore DOGE’s latest message, per an email obtained by TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judicia...

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New: The federal court system told staff on Saturday evening to ignore DOGE’s latest message, per an email obtained by TPM. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judicia...

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The Trump DOJ and Eric Adams will now spend the next several weeks arguing against one of the country’s top GOP lawyers. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-h...

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It Hurts To Watch What’s Happening To DOJ->I don’t think it’s overdramatic to observe that the Justice Department has already been lost to the Trump II rampage. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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There has been such little engagement, among Senate Republicans, with questions surrounding the fact that Elon Musk’s rampage is stomping all over Congress’ authority to fund the federal gov't that the driest cough in the direction of disagreement with DOGE operations feels notable.

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Senate Republicans confirmed Kash Patel as FBI Director in a 51-49 vote, despite his obvious loyalty to Trump’s retribution agenda and amid lingering questions about whether he perjured himself during his confirmation hearing. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-r...

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Trump's DOJ tried to muscle its way to an end of the Eric Adams case in court on Wednesday. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-d...

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The effort by Acting D.C. U.S. attorney Ed Martin appears to be designed to smother freedom of speech and criticism of Musk and the Trump administration. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

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DOJ continues its steep decline, setting new precedents almost daily for supplication to the White House, corrupt and unethical conduct, and dubious representations to judges. Yesterday was its own special, to use the legal term of art, shitshow. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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While she has done little more than state facts, Collins is emerging as the only Republican willing to call out the fact that Musk’s lawless DOGE crusade is stripping GOPers in Congress of one of the main powers they possess as elected officials: to create agencies and fund the federal government.

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Trump says he offered right-wing mega-celebrity Mike Flynn 'about 10 jobs' in his admin. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/preside...

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President Trump Says He Offered Michael Flynn ‘About Ten Jobs’ In The New Administration talkingpointsmemo.com/news/preside...

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Trump in private Mar-a-Lago speech: "They say it was the best three weeks so far of any president ever. ... We wiped out a lot of crap, a lot of stuff, a lot of fake stuff ... We took care of woke. I think you’re not going to see too much wokeness.” talkingpointsmemo.com/news/preside...

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TPM reviewed portions of Trump’s remarks at a right wing gala in Mar-a-Lago. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/preside...

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The supposed evidence driving the Trump administration push for a DOJ investigation and potential asset freeze is a 5-minute video clip from the known misinformation purveyor Project Veritas. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/project...

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Trump II's opening blitzkrieg has wreaked all manner of damage and destruction, but the real power dynamic is in converting the vast array of govt goods and services into political currency that Trump can exchange for favors, leverage, control, and obedience. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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Less than one month into office, the Trump DOJ has rolled out sweeping new innovations in corruption. talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/5...

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Clark is reportedly back in government, in a top post at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It’s an agency that Trump, Elon Musk and other allies have taken steps to paralyze in recent weeks.

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The resignation is the latest of several similar and dismissals at the Justice Department in recent days and the most recent example of a DOJ career prosecutor resigning to resist improper political interference from the Trump administration. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/another...

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Sooner than we may think, the Supreme Court will have to decide whether it will continue to expand presidential powers beyond anything imagined in the Constitution, or if it will uphold the separation of powers it purportedly reveres. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-sup...

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I know I've said this a lot lately but WTAF

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A readout on DOGE day at the IRS: “They’re just trying to snap up data right now." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-ir...

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Two of the USAID officials strangling the agency have a long history of boosting Jan 6. The new person in charge of humanitarian assistance, for example, posted in 2023 that a rioter's sentence for pepper spraying Brian Sicknick was "unbelievably disgusting" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/two-jan...

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Many have observed that Trump+Musk's campaign to strangle the federal government is a continuation of Jan. 6 rioters blocking Congress. In the case of USAID, one Trump appointee allegedly was there; another posted in support online. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/two-jan...

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Some of the same people strangling USAID from within have long been Jan. 6 boosters. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/two-jan...

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A DOGE staffer left some bewildered and concerned after arriving at the IRS. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-ir...

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We're hiring a political reporter @tpm.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/careers

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