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Politico:
Vought sounds layoff siren: ‘The RIFs have begun’ … It's unclear how many people were laid off and Vought provided no further details.  —  But an administration official granted anonymity to discuss the layoffs said they hit agencies including: Interior, Homeland Security, Treasury, EPA, Commerce, Education, Energy, HHS and HUD.
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Washington Post:
Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown  —  White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions-in-force were underway.  —  Just now  —  The Trump administration moved to begin laying off federal workers Friday while the government was shuttered …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Says Government Layoffs Have Begun  —  OMB chief Vought makes announcement as shutdown continues  —  WASHINGTON—A top White House official said Friday that mass layoffs of federal employees had started in response to the government shutdown, following through on weeks of threats meant to increase pressure on Democrats.
Associated Press:
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Cybersecurity agency that clashed with Trump one of the first hit with federal firings due to government shutdown
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Molly Roberts / Lawfare:
The Justice Department's Dangerously Weak Case Against Letitia James  —  Lindsey Halligan didn't have a strong case against Letitia James.  She indicted her anyway.  —  Meet The Authors … Earlier this week, the Justice Department seemed poised to pursue an indictment …
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CNN:
Lindsey Halligan didn't coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi's DOJ  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi was caught off guard Thursday when President Donald Trump's handpicked US attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured New York Attorney General Letitia James' indictment from a grand jury …
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces charges over threat to conservative activist
Discussion: New York Times
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
New York AG Letitia James' indictment sparks sharp partisan divide
Sally Kornbluth / orgchart.mit.edu:
Regarding the Compact  —  The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” along with a letter asking that MIT review the document.  —  From the messages I've received, I know this is on the minds …
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Vimal Patel / New York Times:
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment  —  The Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things.  M.I.T. was the first to refuse.  —  M.I.T. became the first university …
Marc Rowan / New York Times:
Trump's ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Badly Needed  —  Last week the Trump administration sent letters to a group of presidents of universities proposing a set of principles that has come to be known as the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump ICE Raids Worsen as Pritzker Drops Bombshell Warning  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  (After we recorded, a judge temporary blocked National Guard deployments in Illinois).
Discussion: Raw Story
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New Republic:
Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning
Discussion: twitchy.com
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:   Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
NobelPrize.org:
Announcement, Nobel Peace Prize 2025  —  The Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 goes to a brave and committed champion of peace - to a woman who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado.
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Associated Press:
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize  —  Add AP News to Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google.  Share  —  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday …
Faith Wardwell / Politico:
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’
Diana Nerozzi / Politico:
White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay … Trump also suggested he would pressure House Republicans to pass a stand-alone bill to fund the military paychecks, but White House officials have axed that idea for the time being.  —  “No bill at this time, unfortunately.
Discussion: ABC News, NBC News and USA Today
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Politico:
Timely troop pay is now in Trump's hands
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Democratic troop pay bill blocked in House amid shutdown
Washington Post:
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel's private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction  —  The Washington Post reviewed leaked audio from four off-the-record lectures the tech investor delivered in San Francisco over the last month that fused beliefs about religion and technology.
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The Guardian:   Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel's off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
Oregonian:
Trump's antifa roundtable made some wild claims about Portland.  Here's the truth about 7 of them  —  President Donald Trump held a roundtable on Wednesday, which featured prominent administration officials and independent journalists, billed as a “Roundtable on antifa.”
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and The Nation
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Justin Glawe / Public Notice:
The impossibly dumb reason for Trump's invasion of Portland
Discussion: CounterPunch
Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Hegseth announces Qatar will build air force facility at U.S. base in Idaho  —  Washington — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday announced a finalized agreement that will allow the Qatari Emiri Air Force to build a facility at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Why Trump wasn't awarded Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal  —  President Trump lost out on this year's Nobel Peace Prize despite brokering a historic cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas after more than two years of war.  —  But it wasn't a snub, more just a case of bad timing …
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Aaron Parnas / MeidasTouch News:
MAGA Fury Erupts After Trump Misses Nobel Peace Prize
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
DHS top lawyer says ‘no legal barrier’ to actions officers can take to defend federal property  —  In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein. … Staffers at a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) law enforcement agency received …
Discussion: NPR
The Tennessean:
Some killed in explosion at Hickman County plant felt miles away — everything we know  —  Kirsten Fiscus Vivian Jones Craig Shoup Angele Latham Liz Schubauer Austin Hornbostel Hadley HitsonNashville Tennessean  —  Hickman County emergency services are warning people to stay away …
Amee Vanderpool / SHERO:
“Less Than a Ham Sandwich”  —  SHERO is a reader-supported publication that makes most articles free and available to the public.  Please support independent journalism for everyone by becoming a paid subscriber today.  —  Federal prosecutors dismissed charges on Wednesday against three …
MSNBC:
Criminal charges against Bolton expected as early as next week  —  Federal prosecutors could charge Trump's former national security adviser as early as next week, sources told MSNBC exclusively.  —  The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Mediaite
Axios:
1 big thing: The 22 states close to (or in) recession … - Their problems are driven largely by a mix of slowing immigration, increasing tariffs and federal job cuts, Zandi argues.  — The analysis is based on Zandi's calculation of where things stood in the economy at the end of August …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Hill, masslive.com and Raw Story
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square  —  A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.  —  Debbie Brockman, who has worked …
Kayla Steinberg / NBC News:
UPS is ‘disposing of’ U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems  —  Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.  —  Thousands of U.S.-bound packages shipped by UPS are trapped …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Fox Business
Kimmy Yam / NBC News:
Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled ‘Opium’ for the narcotic  —  Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.  —  An Indian immigrant who was working …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump threatens ‘massive’ tariff hike on China over rare earths dispute … President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to slap a “massive increase of Tariffs” on Chinese products imported into the United States to “financially counter” new export controls that China imposed on rare earths from that country.
Mark Lee Greenblatt / New York Times:
The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade  —  The accusations are explosive: That in 2024, Tom Homan, now President Trump's border czar, met with some businessmen who handed him $50,000 stuffed into a bag from Cava, the fast-casual restaurant chain; in exchange …
Discussion: Raw Story
Marcia Brown / Politico:
USDA tells lawmakers WIC will be funded through October  —  USDA officials have given assurances on Capitol Hill that a critical food aid program will get a cash infusion that will help it stay afloat through October if the government shutdown continues.  The plan, detailed in a USDA briefing …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Grist
Samantha Hancox-Li / Liberal Currents:
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money  —  Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
 
 
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New York Times:
Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism
Terry Blackburn / BBC:
Transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Metro.co.uk
Faiza Patel / Brennan Center for Justice:
Trump's Orders Targeting Antifascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Discussion: Ken Klippenstein and JURIST
Norman Ornstein / The Contrarian:
Senate Shame  —  I first came to the Senate in early 1970—55 years ago!
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NPR:
White House claims “more than 1,000%” rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Is the Democratic Party dominated by progressives or by centrists?
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
Pete Hegseth wages war on his wrinkles with BOTOX injections after blasting ‘fat troops’ and unveiling new fitness standards
 

 
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