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3:40 PM ET, February 1, 2025

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John Paul Tasker / CBC News:
Trump launches trade war against Canada with with 25 per cent tariff on most goods  —  U.S. president slaps 25% tariff on most Canadian goods  —  Canada braces for threatened U.S. tariffs  —  President Donald Trump launched a trade war against Canada on Saturday by imposing a 25 per cent tariff …
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Thomas Seal / Bloomberg:
Canada Poised to Retaliate Against Trump Tariffs, Rethink US Reliance  — Freeland, a candidate for PM, calls for tariffs on Tesla cars  — Levies will first hit goods easy to substitute, minister says  —  Canada is set to introduce escalating retaliatory counter-tariffs to try …
Wall Street Journal:
The Dumbest Trade War in History
Jason Lalljee / Axios:
Trump tariffs will cost U.S. households $830 a year, study says
Discussion: WTOP News and Washington Examiner
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Ken Martin wins election as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee  —  The DNC's chair election marks a first step for a party looking to fill a void of leadership after the 2024 election.  —  Ken Martin, the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota …
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:
Who Is Ken Martin, the New Leader of the D.N.C.?
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:   Democrats Wonder Where Their Leaders Are
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Alex Galbraith / Salon:
Defense Dept. evicts NBC, NPR, NYT from Pentagon offices to make way for Breitbart, OANN
Discussion: NPR and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Axios:   Behind the Curtain: Purges, punishments, payback
Eric Reinhart / New Republic:
The RFK Jr. Op-Ed the Los Angeles Times Didn't Want You to Read  —  Editors note: As The New Republic reported on Friday, the Los Angeles Times—currently in a race to the bottom with The Washington Post to determine which of the two venerable institutions can sell out to Donald Trump the hardest …
Michelle Cottle / New York Times:
The Truth About Democrats, According to Amy Klobuchar  —  Let's skip the happy talk: Democrats are in a dark place.  It's not merely that Donald Trump has rolled back into Washington with an everything-everywhere-all-at- once approach to grabbing power.  The new president is buoyed by eager …
Discussion: Salon
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  President Donald Trump has fired the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, in the latest purge of a Biden administration holdover.  Chopra was one of the more important regulators …
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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 …
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government  —  Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now  —  I've long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country …
Discussion: Washington Post
Kos / Daily Kos:
Red states love Trump—and mooching off the federal funds he wants to cut  —  West Virginia is one the nation's most reliably Republican states, as is Louisiana.  Voters there overwhelmingly pulled the lever for Donald Trump in 2024, striking a decisive blow against former Vice President Kamala Harris …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
Pro-RFK Jr. letter to the Senate includes names of doctors whose licenses were revoked or suspended  —  A letter submitted to the U.S. Senate that states it was sent by physicians in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination as secretary of Health and Human Services includes the names …
CBS News:
Trump says he ordered precision military air strikes on ISIS leaders in Somalia  —  The U.S. military conducted coordinated airstrikes against ISIS operatives in Somalia, the first attacks in the African nation during President Trump's second term.  —  Mr. Trump said Saturday in a post …
Joseph Goldstein / New York Times:
N.Y. Hospital Stops Treating 2 Children After Trump's Trans Care Order  —  The hospital canceled their appointments the same week an executive order from President Trump threatened to punish doctors and hospitals for offering gender-affirming care.  —  A leading New York City hospital system …
Discussion: IJR
National Press Club:
National Press Club Statement On Pentagon's Decision to Remove Media Organizations from Workspaces  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — National Press Club President Mike Balsamo today issued the following statement in response to the Defense Department's decision to revoke dedicated workspace …
Rolling Stone:
Air Traffic Control Offices Are in Chaos in Trump's New Administration  —  Sources say air traffic control offices have been in a state of Trumpian despair since he took over — and that was before the plane crash near D.C.  —  Almost as soon as Donald Trump was sworn in late last month …
Discussion: DNyuz, Reason and The Post Millennial
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Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid  —  Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.  —  Lifesaving health initiatives and medical research projects have shut …
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Greene suggests throwing out foreign outlets: ‘American media first’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) suggested throwing out foreign news outlets of the White House briefing room as she appears to have taken an issue with a reporter's accent during a press briefing on Friday.
Discussion: Mediaite
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.
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
The tragic air collision revealed Trump's rancid, irredeemable character once again  —  Trump's pretense as king has quickly devolved into his strutting insult routine.  He will always exploit tragedy to display his self-regard  —  Outrages of Donald Trump's rancid character topple over each …
Discussion: Axios
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Few Thoughts on Messages and Morale  —  Over the last few days, as I've struggled with everyone else to stay on top of all this, I've tried to balance two things.  One of those is trying to keep people focused on what an opposition can actually do and what it can't.
 
 
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CNN:
Elon Musk spent more than $290 million on the 2024 election, year-end FEC filings show
Discussion: The Independent
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Ken Martin elected next DNC chair
The United States Senate Committee on Finance:
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Musk's DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI ‘Aligned With Our Faith’
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The high-stakes question Trump's nominees curiously won't answer
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