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10:20 AM ET, February 7, 2025

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Katherine Long / Wall Street Journal:
Exclusive |  DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts  —  A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.
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ProPublica:
Elon Musk's Demolition Crew  —  On President Donald Trump's authority alone, Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies.  Employees from Musk's companies and those of his allies, as well as young staffers he's recruited, are wresting authority from career workers and commandeering computer systems.
The Atlantic:
The Government's Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified … Elon musk's unceasing attempts to access the data and information systems of the federal government range so widely, and are so unprecedented and unpredictable, that government computing experts believe the effort has spun out of control.
Ella Nilsen / CNN:   Trump energy secretary allowed 23-year-old DOGE rep to access IT systems over objections from general counsel
Ken Klippenstein:
Taking DOGE to Court Is a Doomed Strategy
Discussion: The Register and ABC News
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Reuters:
Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say
Shoon Naing / Reuters:   Burmese refugee dies after discharge from shut US-funded clinic, says family
NPR:
USAID unions sue Trump administration to halt ‘unconstitutional and illegal’ cuts
Discussion: The Japan Times and CBS News
Newsweek:
DOGE Emails Went Out to Federal Judges by Mistake  —  One of the people who received an email from allies of  —  was a federal judge overseeing a lawsuit aimed at blocking these messages.  —  “I, like probably every other judge in the country, also received the [Office of Personnel Management] …
Roy Canivel / The Daily Dot:
Conservative film critic who called child trafficking movie a ‘call to action’ arrested for child molestation  —  In 2023, Aaron Craig Gleason wrote a review for the conservative publication the Federalist about The Sound of Freedom, an indie hit and a favorite among right-wing circles.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Do Democrats Have a Plan?  —  Senator Brian Schatz on how the Party should be responding to Donald Trump's breakneck assault on the government.  —  Three weeks into office, President Trump has issued a slew of controversial executive orders, fired officials across government agencies …
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German Lopez / New York Times:
A Constitutional Crisis?  —  We're covering an imbalance of power in the government.
Discussion: Unfogged
Matthew Continetti / freebeacon.com:
Trump's Youth Revolution
Discussion: American Thinker
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Russell Vought as Office of Management and Budget Director  —  Mr. Vought, an architect of Project 2025 who served in the first Trump administration, will be at the center of President Trump's plans to upend the federal bureaucracy.  —  The Senate voted along party lines …
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
Senate confirms Project 2025 architect Russell Vought to lead powerful White House budget office
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Senate confirms Russell Vought to lead White House budget office
Discussion: Daily Kos
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget:
Trump Tax Priorities Total $5 to $11 Trillion  —  In a closed-door meeting with House Leadership today President Trump reportedly outlined his tax priorities.  According to press reports, they included extending the expiring pieces of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA); …
Discussion: Fortune, Econbrowser, Axios and Breitbart
Juan Carlos Lara / KQED:
FCC Investigates SF Radio Station for ICE Reporting, Sparking Press Freedom Fears  —  The Federal Communications Commission is investigating San Francisco-based KCBS for its coverage of immigration enforcement actions in San José last month, sparking concerns from press freedom advocates …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Trump's Power Grab Defies G.O.P. Orthodoxy on Local Control  —  New York City traffic.  California water rules.  Middle school sports.  Few local policies are outside the reach of Donald J. Trump's federal government.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump Pauses Online Tirade to Preach Unity
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Trump Fires Head of Federal Election Panel, But She Won't Leave  — Commissioner Ellen Weintraub says procedures weren't followed  — Weintraub, a frequent Trump antagonist, joined the FEC in 2002  —  The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission posted a letter from President Donald …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts … - The discovery, made through a U.S. government spending database that has long been publicly available, triggered erroneous theories on X about the Biden administration “funding” anti-Trump media.
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Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge  —  Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6.  He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.  —  A Houston man who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role …
Jessica Riedl:
Yes, My Name has Changed...  ...but my focus on center-right economic policy will continue  —  Hi everyone, well, this is awkward.  I have always been comfortable presenting my economic research in meetings, speeches, national TV interviews, and Congressional testimony.
Gordon Brown / The Guardian:
Be clear about what Trump and Musk's aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die  —  The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet.  It damages America: it will harm us all  —  An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or above could not have caused more carnage.
Discussion: Mercury News
New York Times:
C.D.C. Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Spread Between Cats and People  —  The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households.  Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.  —  Cats that became infected with bird flu might …
Public Notice:
The “cognitively irresponsible” presidency  —  “It's a giveaway that a leader is an authoritarian,” Jen Mercieca tells us.  —  ∙ Paid … 🗣️ 🎤 🤯  —  The volume of BS that Donald Trump blasts into the public sphere on a daily basis is flabbergasting.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Sotomayor hits presidential immunity decision in first public comments since new Trump admin  —  Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday doubled down on her opposition to the presidential immunity decision last summer and expressed concern about public confidence in the high court.
The White House:
Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  It is the policy of the United States, and the purpose of this order …
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Bondi ends FBI effort to combat foreign influence in U.S. politics  —  The order also curbs prosecutions of Americans who improperly lobby for foreign nations.  President Trump says Republicans were unfairly targeted in the past.  —  In a little noticed directive on her first day in office …
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
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Eric Berger / Ars Technica:
White House budget proposal could shatter the National Science Foundation
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Trump's Use of Guantanamo Bay Signals Hard Line Against Migrants
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NBC News:
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