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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
CNN to lay off hundreds of employees as post-inauguration transformation begins, sources say … Warner Bros. Discovery's CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, according to people familiar with the matter.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Donald Trump's war on DEI is not about “merit”  —  Executive orders attacking DEI are about promoting unqualified white men over diverse candidates  —  Donald Trump lies about everything, but the lies strewn throughout his executive order shutting down diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Trump falsely triples number of reported overdose deaths as he targets cartels
Discussion: Roll Call
Axios:
Immigrants rush to prepare for Trump deportation raids … - Trump's executive orders that began laying the groundwork for his mass deportations reversed several longstanding policies. … - The New Mexico-based immigrant rights advocacy group Somos Un Pueblo Unido said it's launching a …
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Nikki Marín Baena / Teen Vogue:
ICE Watch Programs Can Protect Immigrants in Your Neighborhood — Here's What to Know
Discussion: Daily Mail and DNyuz
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program  —  The program, which has functioned quietly for decades, is the latest target of Trump administration appointees who are eager to exert more control over who gets government jobs.  —  The Justice Department has abruptly rescinded job offers …
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Washington Post:
Trump threatens to withhold aid for California wildfires in first TV interview since inauguration  —  “I don't think we should give California anything until they let water flow down,” he told Sean Hannity  —  Trump slams Biden over prosecutions, pardons  —  President Donald Trump threatened …
Discussion: Exposing the role … and CBS News
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Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Playbook: Donny does Davos  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, four days in and already running dangerously low on supplies of Yorkshire Tea.  Messages of support to [email protected].  —  DRIVING THE DAY
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Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Gabbard's nomination on shaky ground
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
New York Times:
Trump Administration Temporarily Mutes Federal Health Officials  —  Scientific meetings were canceled, and research data on the bird flu outbreak was delayed, amid confusion over the directive.  —  The Trump administration, moving quickly to clamp down on health and science agencies …
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Science:
Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring  —  Researchers facing “a lot uncertainty, fear and panic”  —  Donald Trump's return to the White House is already having a big impact at the $47.4 billion U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Revokes Security Detail for Pompeo and Others Despite Threats From Iran  —  The officials had been part of an aggressive posture against Iran during President Trump's first term.  —  President Trump revoked security protection for his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo …
Wall Street Journal:
President Trump, Crypto Billionaire  —  His new family tokens, which have soared in value, are courting legal and political trouble.  —  Donald Trump doesn't always separate his personal interests from his public obligations, and a howling example is his sudden new status as a crypto billionaire.
Discussion: Raw Story, DNyuz and Axios
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The shitcoin presidency  —  $TRUMP is taking corruption to new levels.  —  Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail that he'd be a “crypto president” during his second term.  He said he'd make America “the crypto capital of the planet” and a “bitcoin superpower.”
Discussion: Vox, Wall Street Journal, Slate and Futurism
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Musk mocks Nazi salute accusations with puns  —  Elon Musk referenced Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders in a social media post filled with puns early Thursday taunting those who accused him of doing a Nazi salute at an event after President Trump's inauguration.  —  “Don't say Hess to Nazi accusations!
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Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
ChatGPT down: AI chat app not working as website goes offline  —  Your support helps us to tell the story  —  From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.  Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro …
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The Vibes They Are a-Shiftin'  —  But it's really not clear what they are shifting to  —  Donald Trump winning a presidential election is, obviously, nothing new.  It literally happened in 2016.  What I think is new, eight years later, is the “vibe shift” first named by Tyler Cowen in July of 2024 and confirmed by Trump's victory.
New York Times:
What Republicans Could Cut to Pay for Trump's Tax Cuts: Medicaid and More  —  President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill.  Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.  —  Top Republicans are passing around an extensive menu of ideas to cover …
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Trump's agenda rests in the hands of a 91-year-old  —  With the gerontocracy under a microscope, the Senate Judiciary chair holds the keys to Donald Trump's agenda.  —  The core of President Donald Trump's agenda runs through Chuck Grassley, who has been in the chamber longer than his vice president has been alive.
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
Three Disturbing Signs of Fourth Estate Failure  —  Corporate executives behaving obsequiously towards Donald Trump and his lackeys may be disturbing to witness, but it is squarely within their primary charge of increasing shareholder value.  Sucking up to a transactional president who uses power …
David French / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Running Riot  —  I have never been more concerned about the rule of law in the United States.  —  I was born in 1969 — five years after the Civil Rights Act was passed — and I have no memory of the legal system operated in the Jim Crow South, when there was one code …
Veronika Melkozerova / Politico:
Kyiv investigates another case of Russian soldiers executing Ukraine POWs  —  Prosecutor General's Office opens war crimes case after video emerges of executions in Donetsk.  —  KYIV — Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case against Russia for war crimes in Ukraine …
New York Times:
With Support Dwindling and Trump in Power, Zelensky Could Face Tough Re-election  —  The high popularity that the Ukrainian president had in the early days of the Russian invasion, with an approval rating of about 90 percent, has dipped badly.  —  Since Russia invaded his country three years ago …
Discussion: Twitchy and Raw Story
CNN:
Hegseth's ex-wife gives new statement to FBI amid scrutiny over his nomination  —  Pete Hegseth's ex-wife recently gave a new statement to the FBI about the defense nominee's alcohol use, according to two sources familiar with the matter, an issue that has become a source of controversy during his confirmation process.
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump Calls for MSNBC to Be Shut Down in Nighttime Rant  —  The president has already sued CBS for $10 billion over its “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aysha Bagchi / USA Today:
Trump pardons police officers convicted of murder, obstruction in man's death  —  President Donald Trump pardoned two Washington, D.C. police officers convicted in the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, who was riding a moped on a sidewalk without a helmet when he ignored instructions to stop.
Jennifer Granholm / New York Times:
China Will Be Thrilled if Trump Kills America's Green Economy  —  In its heyday in the mid-20th century, the steel mill in Weirton, W.Va., employed 13,000 people and offered workers a relatively stable blue-collar life.  In 2003, Weirton Steel filed for bankruptcy.
Washington Post:
Trump's anger toward World Health Organization may reshape global health, politics  —  Public health experts say the United States' departure could cripple the WHO's operations or leave an opening for China to assume greater control over the agency.  —  For five years, Donald Trump has blamed …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Federal employees are told to name colleagues who work in DEI roles or risk ‘adverse consequences’  —  Emails sent to government workers at numerous agencies gave employees 10 days to report if a colleague's job relates to diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump undercuts enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964  —  For decades, the political right has purported to broadly support the goals of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.  In recent years, Republicans sought to pare back perceived excesses benefiting minority groups and women …
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
To gain a court seat, Republicans seek to throw out thousands of votes
Andrew Kerr / freebeacon.com:
As the Los Angeles Fires Rage, the California National Guard's Top Wildfire Response Expert Says the Newsom Administration Fired Him Because He's Jewish
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Sen. Blackburn would be “clear frontrunner” for Tenn. governor, Trump pollster finds
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Lawmakers have their eyes on governors' mansions
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Discussion: CNN
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's Week 1 revenge tour rips through Washington
Derek Robertson / Politico:
Why Trump's AI plan made Elon Musk flip out
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says FEMA is “getting in the way”
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests it was a mistake Biden didn't pardon himself
Politico:
GOP leaders mull a big debt-and-funding deal with Democrats
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Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’