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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision …
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Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
A team from SpaceX is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system — The visit comes after a union representing FAA workers says hundreds are being laid off. … A team from Elon Musk's SpaceX is visiting the Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia Monday …
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NBC News:
Hundreds of FAA employees let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue
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Pete Muntean / CNN:
Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says
Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says
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New Republic, New York Post, IJR, Metro.co.uk, Fox Business, MeidasTouch News, Daily Mail, TechCrunch, Mediaite and Forbes
New York Times:
4 Top Officials to Resign Over Adams's Cooperation With Trump — Four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are leaving “to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families,” they said in a statement. — Four top New York City officials said they would resign after the Justice Department moved …
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Politico:
Mass resignations from Eric Adams' administration spark chaos in NYC government
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New York Times:
N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign
N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign
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Politico and New York Post
Katie Honan / The City:
Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal
Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal
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Reuters, The Hill, New York Post and New York Daily News
Melissa Russo / NBC New York:
At least 3 NYC deputy mayors express intent to resign from Adams administration: Sources
At least 3 NYC deputy mayors express intent to resign from Adams administration: Sources
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New York Times, New York Daily News and NBC News
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk's purge is cutting more than costs, say experts — In slashing staff and disabling entire agencies the administration is lacerating the structures of US democracy — Donald Trump and Elon Musk's radical drive to slash billions of dollars in annual federal spending …
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Politico:
Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies
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Declan Harty / Politico:
Musk's DOGE expected to arrive at SEC in coming days
Musk's DOGE expected to arrive at SEC in coming days
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Washington Post, The Independent, The Hill and Fox Business
Washington Post:
Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk's DOGE over data — Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk's team for sensitive government information.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington — Some core supporters love his no-holds-barred approach, but several swing voters are taken aback at his early moves
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New Republic, Fox News and Raw Story
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Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Why Trump targets AP
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Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Vance's real warning to Europe — Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America — When JD Vance took the stage at the Munich Security Conference last week, he issued a stern warning. The US vice-president told the assembled politicians and diplomats …
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Raw Story and Asia Times
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Rubio spars with Brennan over Vance's Munich speech
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David Gilbert / Wired:
No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits — Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation. — Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
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PolitiFact, Washington Examiner and New York Post
New York Times:
Thousands Gather on Presidents' Day to Call Trump a Tyrant — Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump's agenda took to the streets across the country, including outside the U.S. Capitol. — Thousands of protesters opposing broad swaths of President Trump's agenda took …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
‘No Kings Day’: Protesters Denounce Trump and Musk
‘No Kings Day’: Protesters Denounce Trump and Musk
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The Hill, Scripps News, WMTW-TV, KFOR-TV, Twitchy, The Gateway Pundit, PoliticusUSA, Daily Mail, Daily Kos and New Republic
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work. — Musk's unparalleled online reach on X has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE. — Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette works at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on reducing bureaucratic waste.
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami — Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges — A Jewish man in Miami Beach is facing charges of attempted murder following accusations …
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Mondoweiss, New York Post, CBS News, Reuters and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'It's gone': Elon Musk suggests without evidence that gold was ‘stolen’ from Fort Knox — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Department of Government Efficiency Chair Elon Musk demanded access to the gold stored at Fort Knox. — Writing on Musk's social media platform X, Lee said he was repeatedly denied access …
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Tom Gerken / BBC:
Argentina president faces impeachment calls over crypto crash — Argentine President Javier Milei is facing impeachment calls - and legal action accusing him of fraud - over his promotion of cryptocurrency on social media. — Milei posted on X, formerly Twitter, about the $LIBRA coin on Friday …
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Euronews, Politico, JURIST, CityNews Toronto, Reuters, Raw Story, The Indian Express, Gizmodo, The Gateway Pundit and CoinDesk
Washington Post:
Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children — Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.
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Eschaton
Daniel Bice / Journal Sentinel:
Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel — Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel said just recently he was hoping conservative third-party groups would start buying up TV time in the state “very soon.” — Ask and you shall receive.
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WisPolitics
Financial Times:
Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers — Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering — The Trump administration has pressured Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions …
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New Republic, Raw Story, The Independent, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter and The Gateway Pundit
Popular Information:
In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email obtained by Popular Information.
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Raw Story
Sara Moniuszko / CBS News:
Measles outbreak in Texas rises to at least 48 cases — the state's worst in nearly 30 years — A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 48 confirmed cases, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years — and local health officials say additional cases are likely.
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Daily Kos, Raw Story, New York Post and USA Today
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
WSJ asks Kennedy to cast aside ‘antivax hooey’ amid Texas measles outbreak
WSJ asks Kennedy to cast aside ‘antivax hooey’ amid Texas measles outbreak
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Wall Street Journal
Matt Binder / disruptionist:
Elon Musk's X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service — Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE. — Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is currently banning links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the encrypted messaging service Signal.
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Sunjeev Bery / The Intercept:
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk — Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It's the path to pushing Musk out of politics. — WITH THE BACKING of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk has embarked on an unconstitutional rampage against the federal government.
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