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10:35 AM ET, February 1, 2025

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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say  —  Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees …
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Wired:
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency  —  Elon Musk's former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources say.
Discussion: Transman Badass and New Republic
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Elon's Twitter Destruction Playbook Hits The US Government, And It's Even More Dangerous  —  from the twisting-the-chaos-knob-on-the-levers- of-power dept  —  Remember how Elon Musk destroyed Twitter by ripping apart its infrastructure without understanding it?  Now imagine that same playbook applied to the federal government.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Who Can Stop Elon's ‘Team’ Wilding Its Way Through the Federal Government?  —  Over the course of the last two weeks, I've tried to drive home the point that the Democrats in Congress mostly can't do anything to stop what the Trump administration is doing.  That's not a matter of weakness or bad strategy.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
Los Angeles Times:
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams  — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers abruptly increased the amount of water flowing from two California dams.  — The federal agency made the decision after President Trump signed an order calling for increased water deliveries.
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Lois Henry / SJV Water:
Trump's emergency water order responsible for water dump from Tulare County lakes  —  The sudden announcement Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that Kaweah and Success lakes would immediately begin dumping water was in response to President Trump's Jan. 24 executive order mandating …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
Trump says he opened California's water.  Local officials say he nearly flooded them.  —  The Army Corps of Engineers moved to release massive quantities of water in Central California, panicking local officials.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump declared victory on Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC and Mercury News
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NBC10 Philadelphia:
Live Updates: Medical jet carrying 6, including girl, crashes in Northeast Philly
Associated Press:
A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze
Joan Westenberg / The Index:
These Clowns are Economic Illiterates  —  Trump treats tariffs like a toddler treats a new word, repeating it endlessly without grasping its meaning in his stained, clutching hands.  —  Donald Trump has discovered tariffs again, and God help us all.  The President and souvenir coin salesman announced …
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Businesses, shoppers brace for higher prices if tariffs on Mexico and Canada imports start Saturday
Sophie Gardner / Politico:
Public health information pulled offline in response to Trump orders  —  Massive amounts of information about HIV, LGBTQ+ health were pulled from cdc.gov Friday night.  —  Large amounts of public information about HIV and the health of teens, transgender and LGBTQ+ people abruptly disappeared late Friday …
Discussion: CNN and Advocate, more at Mediagazer »
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Mattathias Schwartz / New York Times:
Federal Judge Orders White House to Keep Money Flowing to 22 States  —  A court in Rhode Island issued a temporary restraining order to block Trump's directive to defund programs he considers to be “woke.”  —  A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to keep taxpayer dollars flowing …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Brett Kavanaugh has very bad news for Donald Trump
Discussion: Missouri Independent and Axios
Shane Harris / The Atlantic:
FBI Agents Are Stunned by the Scale of the Expected Trump Purge  —  This afternoon, FBI personnel braced for a retaliatory purge of the nation's premiere law-enforcement agency, as President Donald Trump appeared ready to fire potentially hundreds of agents and officials who'd participated …
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NBC News:
Trump administration forces out multiple senior FBI officials
Washington Post:
D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes  —  Ed Martin has fired Jan. 6 prosecutors, launched investigations of Capitol riot prosecutions and threatened the nation's top elected Democrat with an inquiry.  —  Interim D.C. U.S. attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr. …
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Nandika Chatterjee / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs  —  REALLY?!  —  Federal employees were told they could use their paid time off to explore “dream destinations” before quitting.
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump's fierce attacks on DEI reflect a longtime GOP focus  —  The president's baseless claim that diversity programs are to blame for a deadly plane crash follows conservatives' growing criticism of such efforts.  —  Donald Trump knew exactly what his audience wanted to hear when he addressed …
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Washington Post:
House GOP nears plan for Trump's agenda — but may not have the votes
Eric Reinhart / New Republic:
The RFK Jr. Op-Ed the Los Angeles Times Didn't Want You to Read … RFK Jr's Wrecking Ball Won't Fix Public Health  —  Trump's health officials should pursue fundamental transformations of U.S. health systems, but destruction alone won't deliver what we need.  We should demand a genuinely populist solution.
New York Times:
New York Doctor Indicted in Louisiana for Sending Abortion Pills There  —  The case opens a new front in the battle between states that ban abortion and states that support providing abortion anywhere in the country.  —  A state grand jury in Louisiana has indicted a New York doctor …
Discussion: Law & Crime, WWNO and DNyuz
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Associated Press:
New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana
Declan Harty / Politico:
Trump Media gifts Patel, McMahon thousands of shares  —  Trump Media called the gifts in the filings “consideration for services provided” in 2024.  —  President Donald Trump's social media startup gifted more than $800,000 worth of stock each to Kash Patel, his nominee to run the FBI …
Discussion: CNN, CNBC and Raw Story
Benjamin Wittes / Default:
The Situation: Kash Patel's “Odor of Mendacity”  —  Any FBI agent who testified as the FBI Director nominee did would lose his job.  —  Meet The Authors … The Situation on Wednesday focused on the unique danger of Kash Patel among Donald Trump's nominees, in the context of the purge …
Discussion: Wired
Joey McFadden / The Daily Beast:
Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sexual Misconduct Rules  —  The new Title IX rules provide more protections for those accused of sexual misconduct and eliminate LGBT protections adopted under Biden.
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID.  Is the goal to shut it down?  —  The president's failure to name a USAID administrator and other steps seem to suggest that, at the very least, he'll fold USAID into the State Department.  —  President Donald Trump has hobbled the U.S. Agency …
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Steven Greenhouse / The Guardian:
Trump's disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Truth About Democrats, According to Amy Klobuchar
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Pentagon to swap traditional media with pro-Trump outlets under new rotational program for Defense Department workspace
Discussion: NBC News
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Approval Rating Looks Fragile at Start of Second Term
Discussion: RedState and DNyuz
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are
Wall Street Journal:
Vaccine Information, Transgender References Disappear From Federal Websites
Discussion: Axios
U.S. Department of Defense:
Identity Months Dead at DoD
 Earlier Items: 
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon plans to start migrant flights to Guantanamo this weekend
Discussion: New York Post
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
CBS News Set to Hand Over Transcript of ‘60 Minutes’ Interview to F.C.C.
Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
Trump administration directs 70% cut to internal OPM staffing, programs
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump administration seeking access to database of immigrant minors
 

 
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