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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Texas backed Trump and his hard-line border stance. But immigration car chases have killed dozens of people in the state
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/texas-operation-lone-star-trump-b2697948.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Chevron Announces Layoffs Affecting Up to 8,000 Workers: ‘Stronger Long-Term Competitiveness.’ The layoffs play into the oil producer’s goals to cut costs by up to $3 billion by the end of 2026. Chevron is reportedly offering employees a buyout from now through the Spring
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/why-oil-gas-giant-chevron-is-laying-off-up-to-8000-workers/487059

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
FCC Launches Investigation Into Comcast For Alleged Violation Of President Donald Trump’s Orders Regarding DEI Initiatives. The investigation, led by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), was initiated following a directive from the Trump administration
https://sustainabilitymag.com/articles/comcast-under-federal-investigation-for-dei-initiatives

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Lawsuit describes Musk’s DOGE teams overseeing the killing of hundreds of USAID programs abroad, colleagues abandoned in violence in Congo as DOGE ends assistance programs
https://www.thespec.com/news/world/united-states/usaid-staffers-describe-colleagues-abandoned-in-violence-in-congo-as-doge-ends-assistance-programs/article_2c4d7f36-76b0-5ed6-a60b-d9813688ced3.html

Treasury Officials Admit Musk’s Racist DOGE Minion Had Power to Alter Payments
https://www.yahoo.com/news/treasury-officials-admit-musk-racist-153723526.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump moves to slap tariffs on nearly every nation, boosting trade war
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/13/trump-tariffs-trade-war/78415322007/

Tariffs starting to impact inflation in the US, but could also ignite a global trade war and add to America’s rebounding inflation problem.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/economy/new-us-trump-tariffs/index.html

As More Trump Tariffs Loom, Americans Are Starting to Worry. The wide range and uneven application of import tariffs by President Donald Trump is causing unease among consumers and businesses.
https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2025-02-13/as-more-trump-tariffs-loom-americans-are-starting-to-worry

‘Highway robbery’: NYC comptroller accuses Musk of stealing $80m from city bank account. The Trump administration snatched back from the city’s bank account $80 million appropriated by Congress to help house migrants
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-new-york-fema-b2697262.html

Homeowners Shocked: Insurance and Taxes Now Bigger Than Mortgage Payments
https://www.realtor.com/advice/finance/insurance-and-taxes-now-cost-more-than-mortgages-for-many-homeowners/

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (13 February) that the US will levy significant import taxes on any country that imposes its own taxes on American goods, starting a process that experts say could lead to a global trade war. Trump frequently describes tariffs as if they are paid by foreign countries, they are taxes paid by American consumers
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-reciprocal-tariff-trade-war-b2697916.html

S&P Global warns of “unprecedented” U.S. World Bank withdrawal risk
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/sp-global-warns-of-unprecedented-us-world-bank-withdrawal-risk/articleshow/118216060.cms

Senate Republicans say they won’t support tax bill that doesn’t make Trump cuts permanent
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5143370-senate-republicans-trump-tax-cuts/

Treasury Secretary Suggests Musk Will Turn AI Loose at IRS: ‘We’ll See Where That Takes Us’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/treasury-secretary-suggests-musk-will-turn-ai-loose-at-irs-well-see-where-that-takes-us/

Trump administration has set up a “tip line” for companies to snitch on employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) who are doing their jobs despite a work stoppage order.
https://www.rawstory.com/russ-vought-cfpb/

U.S. House GOP releases budget that raises debt limit by $4 trillion, extends tax cuts
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-republicans-release-blueprint-for-tax-relief-spending-cuts-after-tense-talks-34ed4e82

# Education / Schools
‘Not quite certain’: Linda McMahon says schools teaching Black history might be defunded
https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-black-history/

Educators sound alarm on programs tangled up in Education Department shutdown. Educators are concerned about funding for disabled and low-income students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuVVLxXLJ5A

Trump Education nominee Linda McMahon says shutting down DOE would ‘require congressional action’
https://rollcall.com/2025/02/13/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Hundreds of thousands’ potentially affected by new round of Trump firings: Mass firing of federal workers began Thursday in a major escalation of President Donald Trump’s purge of government personnel
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-firing-2671154181/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Lifting the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ban Is Essential: President Trump rescinded the pause on liquified natural gas (LNG) exports within days of his inauguration. The pause had halted new permits to further investigate the environmental and economic effects of industry expansion in the United States.
https://dcjournal.com/lifting-the-lng-ban-is-essential/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden.  In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency said he will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration for climate and clean-energy projects.
https://apnews.com/article/green-bank-epa-zeldin-climate-clean-energy-191b394cda251ef772867369f61f07b7

Forest Service fires 3,400 people after ‘deferred resignation’ deadline passes
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/forest-services-fires-3400-employees-00204213

Trump wants states to clean up forests to stop wildfires. But his administration cut off funds
https://apnews.com/article/wildfire-firefighters-trump-federal-hiring-freeze-b9e12f2a439d9e40da099b3e6075f832

How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfires
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season

# Food General News
Cutting SNAP benefits: U.S. House Budget Committee asks to cut $230 billion of funding. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, currently helps to feed more than 40 million low-income Americans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/budget-committee-republicans-are-moving-to-take-away-food-and-health-care-from-americans/

USAID’s foreign aid comes from US farms. Now $450 million of food is left to rot.
https://www.newsweek.com/half-million-tons-food-risks-going-waste-usaid-shut-down-2027861

U.S. farmers face uncertainty from USAID foreign aid freeze
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/12/usaid-farmers-food-foreign-aid/

# General News
Actors Equity Condemns Trump-Run Kennedy Center for Canceling Children’s Musical ‘Finn’: ‘Beyond Appalling.’ “It is disturbing to see the new leadership of this institution move so swiftly to suppress viewpoints they do not agree with,” the guild writes
https://www.thewrap.com/actors-equity-kennedy-center-finn-tour-canceled/

VA secretary tapped to temporarily lead 2 federal oversight offices
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/02/12/va-secretary-tapped-to-temporarily-lead-2-federal-oversight-offices/

# Gov / Politics
‘Genuine threat’: Backlash hits Tulsi Gabbard as ‘Putin’s girlfriend’ confirmed to Cabinet. Tulsi Gabbard confirmed as intelligence head despite fears of pro-Russia stance. Senate approves nomination of former Democrat as Mitch McConnell is sole Republican to vote against Trump pick
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/tulsi-gabbard-confirmed

‘Playing with fire’: Trump warned new plan could spark crash that ‘rages out of control.’ Dayen talks to experts who believe that a mass selloff of government real estate at the moment is like “playing with fire” and could be a domino that sends the market for commercial real estate into a downward spiral.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3810031277379-playing-with-fire-trump-warned-new-plan-could-spark-crash-that-rages-out-of-control

Donald Trump ‘makes it legal’ for US firms to bribe foreign officials in business deals under new order. The US president issued an executive order on Monday directing the Department of Justice to cease enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars the bribery of foreign officials
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-makes-legal-firms-34668688

House committee supports resolution calling for federal purchase of Greenland
https://www.newsbreak.com/kfyr-1982231/3811100930843-house-committee-supports-resolution-calling-for-federal-purchase-of-greenland

The betrayal of Ukraine is also a betrayal of America’s friends and allies in Europe. The US has sold Ukraine down the river – and shown Britain what ‘America first’ means in practice
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/14/donald-trump-ukraine-uk-america-first-superpower-west

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin has waited for this moment for 3 years, as Zelensky is left in the cold
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/europe/analysis-trump-putin-ukraine-zelensky-intl-latam/index.html

‘The rules have changed’: America’s allies signal panic after latest ‘stunning shift’
https://www.rawstory.com/us-europe-security-conference/

Zelensky unsure of Russian participation in Munich talks with JD Vance. President Volodymyr Zelensky says he “doesn’t know” of any planned meetings with Russian officials while in Munich, despite US President Donald Trump pushing for peace talks between the warring nations.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/zelensky-ukraine-russia-munich-peace-talks-trump-b2698279.html

Russia claims Trump, Putin talk brought world from ‘brink of Apocalypse,’ EU warns of ‘dirty tricks’
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-02-13-1100/politics-russia-claims-trump-putin-talk-brought-world-brink-apocalypse-eu-warns

Russian state TV and Kremlin insiders laughing at Trump’s concessions to Putin over Ukraine: Insiders Say Trump Has Given Putin Greenlight to Expand the War
https://www.yahoo.com/news/laughing-kremlin-insiders-trump-given-122927902.html

Ukraine says it will not accept US-Russia peace deal reached without Kyiv
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg051z21zno

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Federal prosecutors resign after being told to drop charges in NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/13/nx-s1-5297120/eric-adams-federal-prosecutors-resignations

GOP drafts impeachment articles against federal judges blocking Trump orders. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., is threatening to file articles of impeachment against a federal judge who blocked President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/impeachment-threat-hits-judge-blocked-173942936.html

Republican senators introduce bill to protect U.S. Supreme Court justices
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_4d27e1fa-ea50-11ef-9f3c-6fb6806d98d7.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
House Republicans are putting cuts to Medicaid at the top of their list of budget cuts to help pay for their wide-ranging agenda that spans tax cuts, energy production and border security.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5144053-republicans-put-healthcare-cuts-front-and-center-to-advance-agenda/

As states mull Medicaid work requirements, two scale theirs back. Ohio is reapplying to the Trump Admin for permission to impose work, drug testing, and/or education requirements for adult Medicaid health coverage
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/02/14/as-states-mull-medicaid-work-requirements-two-scale-theirs-back/

Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block. As the feds consider cuts to Medicaid, some states are already moving to end or shrink their expanded Medicaid programs.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-health-millions-states-medicaid-expansion.html#google_vignette

Reducing federal dollars for Medicaid expansion could cut millions from the rolls. Maintaining coverage could cost states $626 billion over the next decade.
https://stateline.org/2025/02/13/reducing-federal-dollars-for-medicaid-expansion-could-cut-millions-from-the-rolls/

# Medical / Health News
Infant deaths continue to rise as more abortion bans are put in place, studies find
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/13/infant-continue-to-rise-as-more-abortion-bans-are-put-in-place-studies-find/

Medical researchers in limbo as Congress approves cuts to funding from National Institutes of Health
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-cuts-to-nih-research-funding-would-hurt-states/

# Military / DOD / General News
Trump’s Gitmo Prisoners Aren’t Who He Says They Are: U.S. Claims Immigrants Held at Guantanamo Are “Worst of the Worst.” Their Families Say They’re Being Unfairly Targeted.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay

Trump is back to criticizing US aircraft carrier engineering in what could be a warning sign for the US Navy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-back-criticizing-us-aircraft-001802553.html

Fact check: Musk, Trump deceive about a Trump-era Pentagon contract for ‘social deception’ defense. neither Musk nor Trump, who made a Thursday post amplifying Musk’s claim, noted that the contract began under Trump in 2018.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/musk-trump-reuters-pentagon-defense-contract-fact-check/index.html

Pete Hegseth Reportedly Invited Conspiracy Theorist Who Vowed to ‘Overthrow’ Democracy On First Overseas Trip
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/pete-hegseth-reportedly-invited-conspiracy-theorist-who-vowed-to-overthrow-democracy-on-first-overseas-trip/

Trump Proposes Cutting U.S. Defense Budget ‘In Half’ — And ‘De-Nuking’ Agreement With China, Russia
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-proposes-cutting-u-s-defense-budget-in-half-and-de-nuking-agreement-with-china-russia/

# NATO
NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nato-disarray-us-announces-security-122656717.html

# NASA / Space
Acting NASA chief says DOGE to review space agency spending as hundreds take buyout: administrator Janet Petro said on Wednesday that Elon Musk’s government efficiency panel planned to examine the space agency’s spending, and noted hundreds of agency employees had accepted a government buyout proposal. “We are going to have DOGE come.
https://unusualwhales.com/news/elon-musks-doge-team-will-be-arriving-at-nasa-to-review-payments-at-the-us-space-agency#google_vignette

# Nuclear
Video: Chernobyl nuclear plant’s protective shield torn open by Russian drone. Zelensky confirmed that a fire caused by the strike has been extinguished, with radiation levels remaining stable and under constant monitoring.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant-zelensky-russia-b2698196.html?ap=1

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Massive online data breach sees 2.7 billion records leaked. The records were primarily comprised of WiFi and network device information
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/massive-online-data-breach-sees-2-7-billion-records-leaked-heres-what-we-know

Elon Musk sets May 10 deadline for $97.4 billion ‘all cash’ OpenAI bid, requests access to company records, letter of intent. Musk’s next move is all about bidding to the tune of nearly $97 billion to reclaim OpenAI, a company he once championed but is now suing.
https://www.techi.com/lon-musk-battle-to-buy-openai-legal-strategy/

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Affairs lays off over 1,000 employees
https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/va-terminates-more-than-1-000-employees

Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans. The president’s new executive order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-musk-military-veterans-war-doge-1235266086/

This Watchdog Agency Shielded Troops and Veterans from Fraud. Musk and Trump Just Gutted It. The dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will hurt military troops and families who count on the agency’s mission to rein in predatory lenders and prevent fraud, lawmakers and veterans advocates say.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/13/watchdog-agency-shielded-troops-and-veterans-fraud-musk-and-trump-just-gutted-it.html

The SHOCKING Reason Behind Donald Trump & Musk’s VA Cuts – And It’s Not About Savings! Trump and Musk’s Plan for Veterans? Less Help, More Chaos. Are They Making It Worse on Purpose?
https://www.inquisitr.com/the-shocking-reason-behind-donald-trump-musks-va-cuts-and-its-not-about-saving

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Voices, The Peoples News

February 13, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump’s Dark New Guantánamo Plan Is Confusing His Entire Staff. Staff members across government agencies are struggling to plan Trump’s detention camp for immigrants.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191490/trump-guantanamo-plan-immigrants-confusing-staff

Fact Check: DOJ memo targets undocumented immigrants with death penalty, but only for capital crimes. A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the U.S. for certain crimes.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pam-bondi-memo-death-penalty/

U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the Department of Justice has filed civil charges against the state of New York, citing the state’s failure to comply with federal law in enforcing immigration laws.
https://www.hpenews.com/news/national/bondi-files-charges-against-new-york-governor-attorney-general-citing-immigration/article_293134c2-14da-5d3d-adf0-b8f6d1c9638a.html

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online. ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/ice-immigration-social-media-surveillance/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE—tasked with trimming federal spending—has more than doubled its budget already, disclosures show
https://fortune.com/2025/02/12/elon-musk-doge-doubles-budget-government-spending-cuts/

Elon Musk, DOGE could access your personal info. Will this impact tax refunds and Social Security? A large volume of information on the private lives of millions of Americans will be available to Musk and his associates unless the courts thwart the billionaire businessman from gaining access to the Treasury Department’s payment and data systems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/13/elon-musk-doge-confidential-data-access-conflicts/78394553007/

Judge won’t halt Trump, Musk federal worker buyout program. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole had extended the time frame for federal employees to decide whether to take the unusual offer, which gives employees eight months of pay and benefits if they wish to depart government.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5141890-federal-judge-blocks-fork-in-the-road-program/

Elon Musk calls for US government to ‘delete entire agencies.’ ‘If you don’t remove the roots of the weed, then it’s easy for the weed to grow back’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/elon-musk-doge-delete-agencies

Besides Elon Musk, who else is running DOGE? DOGE has several young engineers with minimal work experience. Musk’s deputy is known for his shrewd cost cutting plans. Several tech titans are reportedly helping DOGE
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/elon-musk-who-else-is-running-doge/

Elon Musk’s DOGE has access to these federal agencies. Despite its name, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency group is not a formal part of the federal government — it’s an outside commission set up to advise President Trump on areas where money can be saved.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/agencies-elon-musk-doge-access-031438773.html

Elon Musk Threatens to Double Down and ‘Delete Entire Agencies’
https://www.wavy.com/news/politics/ap-elon-musk-calls-for-us-government-to-delete-entire-agencies/

‘Who the Hell Voted for… Big Balls?!’ CNN Panel Melts Down Over Musk Hires. Former Clinton adviser rages at Musk’s teenage DOGE hire. Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, criticized the teenage adviser working for Elon Musk known by a controversial nickname
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-edward-coristine-b2697352.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Treasury was ‘fully aware of the risks’ posed by DOGE access to payment systems, court filing says
https://therecord.media/treasury-fully-aware-of-risks-posed-by-doge-access-to-database

“DOGE” Access to Treasury Payment Systems Raises Serious Risks
https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-budget/doge-access-to-treasury-payment-systems-raises-serious-risks

House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling
https://apnews.com/article/house-republicans-budget-blueprint-trump-tax-cuts-ff2bddf31f4e7cb0928139072392a091

‘People are just flipping out’: Billions in federal funding remain frozen despite court orders to keep the taps open
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4297238/posts

Elon Musk Drops Bombshell on Social Security: ‘Magnitude of Fraud is Staggering’
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2025/02/12/elon-musk-drops-bombshell-on-social-security-magnitude-of-fraud-is-staggering/

Survey finds majority of Americans in favor of 2 groups getting a social security increase
https://www.newsweek.com/americans-want-increase-social-security-benefits-two-groups-2029134

Trump drew the line at Social Security cuts in proposed budget, Medicaid on the chopping block
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-drew-line-social-security-180804190.html

House Republicans have released their budget plan, and in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they are planning to slash funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-reveal-budget-plan-to-take-wrecking-ball-to-medicaid/ar-AA1yVzl2

# Education / Schools
Dept. of Education cancels scholarships for special education students
https://www.kare11.com/video/news/local/breaking-the-news/dept-of-education-cancels-scholarships-for-special-education-students/89-af7e91af-3b95-4f86-8b9f-215be7797129

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Federal Workers’ Unions Are Waging the Fight of Their Lives
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-workers-unions-waging-fight-110000858.html

NTEU files lawsuit to protect merit-based civil service. Under the order, agency leadership would be instructed to identify which jobs to place into a new category, in the process, make them easier to be fired arbitrarily.
https://www.nteu.org/schedulef

If Democrats Don’t Champion the Civil Service, Who Will? With the federal workforce facing an onslaught by Trump and Elon Musk, its employees—and the populace it so dutifully protects—desperately need defenders.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191422/democrats-defend-federal-workers-doge

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Earthquake island: How 10,000 tremors in two weeks left Santorini deserted by the majority of its residents
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/santorini-island-earthquakes-greece-deserted-b2696328.html

Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists
https://apnews.com/article/greece-earthquake-santorini-amorgos-emergency-2e1873887b706af3b1756f0c4fdf4feb

Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists. The emergency measure announced on the island of Amorgos follows a similar decision for nearby Santorini on Feb. 7 after thousands of unusual tremors were registered in an undersea area near the two islands, as well as the islands of Ios and Anafi
https://www.djournal.com/news/nation-world/emergency-declared-on-a-second-greek-island-as-a-string-of-earthquakes-persists/article_401765bd-90d3-5ab1-9156-3dc6515a30c8.html

The Point of No Return: Inside the Catastrophic Melting of Greenland’s Ice Sheet. The Greenland Ice Sheet is collapsing at a pace that cannot be ignored. A newly published study in The Cryosphere confirms that this process is no longer a distant concern but an unfolding event driven by conditions that have now been quantified
https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2025/02/12/the-point-of-no-return-inside-the-catastrophic-melting-of-greenlands-ice-sheet/

Yellowstone’s Northeast Magma Reservoir: A Growing Concern. Recent research published in Nature has revealed new details about Yellowstone’s magma reservoirs, raising important questions about its future activity. The findings indicate that the volcanic system is not static and that significant changes are occurring deep below the surface.
https://www.abovethenormnews.com/2025/01/02/yellowstones-northeast-magma-reservoir-a-growing-concern/

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is once again spewing lava into the air. Visitors have flocked to watch the molten spectacle since Kilauea increased volcanic activity starting in December
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-lava-eruption

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts for 9th time with 330-foot lava fountains. One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea has seen eruptions off-and-on for nearly two months since Dec. 23.
https://www.kcra.com/article/hawaii-volcano-eruption-kilauea/63775070#:~:text=Island%20of%20Hawaii.-,Kilauea%2C%20one%20of%20the%20world’s%20most%20active%20volcanoes%2C%20has%20been,have%20been%20threatened%20by%20lava

# Food General News
Coca-Cola’s CEO said the company might use more plastic packaging in the U.S. if tariffs imposed by the Trump administration make aluminum cans too expensive.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/12/coca-cola-says-trump-tariffs-could-force-it-to-increase-use-of-plastic-in-us

# Gov / Politics
The U.S. just hit its lowest score ever on an international corruption measure
https://fortune.com/2025/02/12/united-states-corruption-bribery-federal-government-transparency-international-ranking/

Presidents May Not Unilaterally Dismantle Government Agencies. The decision is up to Congress. Unilateral moves to dismantle USAID, to mothball the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , or, if Trump’s advisers have their way, to disassemble the Education Department are beyond the president’s constitutional authority.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0yssfAqW?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzk0NTE0NDk5NTk=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

‘This is just staggering’: CNN national security analyst alarmed by Trump’s Russia plans
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-2671144141/

Republicans release plans to advance Trump’s agenda. It includes $4.5 trillion to extend tax cuts. Senate is moving ahead with its own narrower plan focusing on border security
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/house-republicans-release-blueprint-for-tax-relief-spending-cuts-after-tense-talks-34ed4e82

Federal officials held a news conference after a jury convicted longtime former Illinois House Speaker of 10 corruption-related charges.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1bcafcd2-e98d-11ef-9c11-cba2f90a5dd9.html

Trump is waging war against his own government. One federal employee who spoke with NBC News said the government workforce feels like it’s being attacked regularly with “psychological warfare.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-waging-war-government-rcna190316

Hegseth’s Ukraine bombshell and Trump’s Putin call leave NATO reeling
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/nato-ukraine-hegseth-trump-putin

Trump vs. the Courts: Will He Drive Us Over the Constitutional Cliff? It’s about to be a constitutional crisis, if it’s not already. And we’re only three weeks in. Buckle up.
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/12/2025/a-clash-between-trump-and-the-courts-may-be-around-the-corner

Trump’s illegitimate power grab brings US closer to dictatorship. Experts warn president’s blatant violations of law could upend US government’s system of checks and balances
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/13/trump-vance-constitutional-crisis

Legal showdown looms as Trump tests limits of presidential power. The whirlwind of unilateral action on his campaign promises has pushed the limits of presidential power – and prompted legal challenges from Democrats, unions and legal groups.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70kd686k2do

Trump Is Bullying Jordan and Egypt to Help in Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza. It Isn’t Working. Even with Jordan and Egypt refusing to take in expelled Palestinians, Trump is charging on with his real estate development plan.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/trump-jordan-egypt-gaza-palestinians/

Trump’s Gaza Comments Aren’t Receiving a Warm Welcome in the Middle East. Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are on the forefront of the opposition.
https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/02/trump-gaza-plan-displacement-egypt-jordan-saudi-response?lang=en

# Gov / Politics / Global
Egypt reportedly releases details on plan to rebuild Gaza; there’s no mention of ‘cooperation’ with the US
https://thetruestory.news/en/world/story/eafa834e-e999-11ef-b5ca-a8a1590471b5

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Private Prison CEO on Trump Deportation Surge: “One of the Most Exciting Periods in My Career”: CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger could barely contain his excitement about the Laken Riley Act and Trump’s anti-immigration executive orders.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/11/corecivic-private-prison-trump-immigrant-detention/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Videos are immutable and represent the truth’: Jan. 6 footage disappears from public database, prompting lawsuit and order from judge to stop
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/videos-are-immutable-and-represent-the-truth-jan-6-footage-disappears-from-public-database-prompting-lawsuit-and-order-from-judge-to-stop/

“It isn’t an accident that we’re here now”: How the Supreme Court encouraged Trump to defy the law
https://www.yahoo.com/news/isn-t-accident-were-now-153006770.html

# Medical / Health News
Young researchers mobilize to protest Trump administration’s science policies. D.C. demonstration and a later ‘Stand Up for Science’ event take shape
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/13/resistance-organizing-to-trump-executive-orders-on-science/

12-Year Old Relative Of Vice President JD Vance Denied Heart Transplant Because She Hasn’t Received The COVID Vaccine
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/us-news-vice-president-vance-s-12-year-old-relative-denied-heart-transplant-for-not-being-covid-vaccinated-covid-flu-11739407796187.html

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed by Senate as U.S. health secretary
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/robert-kennedy-jr-confirmed-senate-trumps-health-secretary/story?id=118778553

# Military / DOD / General News
Factbox-Elon Musk’s US Department of Defense contracts: The contracts include:
https://www.aol.com/news/factbox-elon-musks-us-department-233959244.html

Military Effort to Scrub Diversity Programs Leads to Dead Websites and Confusion
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/24/military-effort-scrub-diversity-programs-leads-dead-websites-and-confusion.html

Airman Promotion Test to Tech Sergeant Delayed as Air Force Combs Documents for Subjects Banned by Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-purge-references-women-minorities-200605319.html

Pentagon Purge of References to Women, Minorities in Docs Delays Air Force Enlisted Promotions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-purge-references-women-minorities-200605319.html

# Military / General News / Global
Germany says its warships were sabotaged as concerns mount that Russia is waging a hybrid war. The Emden, a corvette-class warship designed for operations in the Baltic Sea, had its maiden voyage called off after employees at the shipyard discovered “dozens of kilos of metal shavings” in the ship’s gearbox.
https://www.newsweek.com/report-german-nato-warship-sabotage-attempt-2029876

# NATO
NATO allies insist Ukraine and Europe must be part of peace talks
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/02/13/nato-allies-insist-ukraine-and-europe-must-be-part-of-peace-talks/

# Science / Science Engineers
Are we in a biomedicine brain drain? Trump policies spark fears of brain drain, threatening to undermine U.S. dominance in biomedicine. Scientists express alarm and, in some cases, seek a way out
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/12/trump-cuts-medical-research-brain-drain-young-scientists-see-better-opportunity-abroad/

# Space
Elon Musk savaged as SpaceX gets new $40m defense contract amid his cutting of federal spending
https://www.aol.com/elon-musk-savaged-spacex-gets-004849838.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Trump plans to nominate GOP insider Sean Cairncross as national cyber director
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/trump-nominate-cairncross-cyber-director/739940/

DOGE Has Started Gutting a Key US Technology Agency. At least dozens of workers at the Technology Transformation Service were fired on Wednesday, a day after similar sudden cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:3A27E971

Former Palantir and Elon Musk Associates Are Taking Over Key Government IT Roles. The chief information officers of at least three major government agencies have been replaced by Silicon Valley executives, including from Palantir and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
https://osae.org/aws/OSAP/pt/sd/news_article/585053/_PARENT/layout_details/false

US investigates potential national security risks posed by internet routers
https://www.wdsu.com/article/tp-link-routers-us-national-security-risk/63237740

China’s Salt Typhoon Spies Are Still Hacking Telecoms—Now by Exploiting Cisco Routers.
https://www.wired.com/story/chinas-salt-typhoon-spies-are-still-hacking-telecoms-now-by-exploiting-cisco-routers/

Salt Typhoon, a Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage campaign, has targeted critical U.S. telecommunications infrastructure, exposing vulnerabilities and compromising sensitive data. This sophisticated operation underscores the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures and heightened awareness among security leaders to protect against evolving threats.
https://www.wwt.com/blog/understanding-salt-typhoon-why-security-leaders-should-take-notice

A team Microsoft calls BadPilot is acting as Sandworm’s “initial access operation,” the company says. Sandworm (aka Seashell Blizzard) has an initial access wing called “BadPilot” that uses standard intrusion tactics to spread Russia’s tendrils around the world.
https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/microsoft-russian-sandworm-apt-exploits-edge-bugs-globally

# Veterans / VA
VA secretary tapped to temporarily lead 2 federal oversight offices
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/02/12/va-secretary-tapped-to-temporarily-lead-2-federal-oversight-offices/

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# Indigenous
Lawmakers advance bill requiring SD schools to teach Native American history, culture
https://southdakotasearchlight.com/briefs/lawmakers-advance-bill-requiring-sd-schools-to-teach-native-american-history-culture/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Coast Guard intercepts ‘overloaded’ boat filled with migrants, ships them straight back home
https://www.aol.com/overloaded-boat-packed-132-haitian-192019547.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
# Children / Youth
House kills bill to participate in summer food program for kids. Wyoming elected officials have again declined an opportunity to participate in a federal program to assist income-qualified children with summer food needs.
https://www.wyomingnewsnow.tv/news/state/house-kills-bill-to-participate-in-summer-food-program-for-kids/article_44a7a06f-f5ae-5d1a-b6e3-12f8969af079.html

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
There is a DEI dilemma taking place across Corporate America
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/03/nx-s1-5281168/corporate-america-dei-trump-diversity-business-stakeholder-capitalism

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Tomi Lahren: The Swamp Is Freaking Out About DOGE Because They Know The Grift Is Over
https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/02/11/tomi-lahren-the-swamp-is-freaking-out-about-doge-because-they-know-the-grift-is-over/

Elon Musk Asked Four Times If There Are Any Conflicts of Interests Between His Businesses and DOGE. Companies owned by Musk currently have billions of dollars worth of contracts with the federal government. Critics of the world’s richest man exerting such influence over federal spending as an unelected official have argued that he has clear conflicts of interest, but the Trump administration has insisted it will be fine for Musk to police himself on these matters.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musk-asked-four-times-if-there-are-any-conflicts-of-interests-between-his-businesses-and-doge/

DOGE order triggers firings at Small Business Administration (SBA) of employees prematurely fired Friday. Federal workers who mistakenly got termination notices last week got real ones Tuesday just hours after the president’s executive order.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/sba-employees-fired-by-doge-twice-00203750

‘Most consequential data breach in U.S. history’: Musk-led DOGE takeover of Treasury systems presents ‘national security threats,’ lawsuit says
https://democracyforward.org/updates/doge-payment-system-data-challenge/

DOGE’s access to Treasury data risks US financial standing and raises security worries, experts warn. Experts in the financial and digital privacy worlds warn that the U.S. financial system is delicate and complicated and could be harmed by unilateral moves.
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-trump-doge-summers-yellen-ab340462d45dbcd601c2736926e49014

Elon Musk’s DOGE office budget more than doubles from $6.5 to $14.4 million
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/elon-musk-s-doge-office-budget-more-than-doubles-from-6-5-to-14-4-million/ar-AA1yQj7x?cvid=9CDB6EE8D5F24834893120486C9F5DCE&ocid=winp1taskbar&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

Musk cuts based more on political ideology than real cost savings so far
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-cuts-based-more-political-ideology-than-real-cost-savings-so-far-2025-02-12/

Musk recruited young DOGE army through online chat groups and Discord servers, report claims. The Department of Government Efficiency is seeking ‘hardcore engineers,’ one message in a chat group read
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-recruiting-discord-b2695586.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Consumer protection bureau closed. “At its core, it’s a law enforcement agency,” Rohit Chopra, the former director of the CFPB, told NPR. “It takes big financial institutions to court who cheat consumers, whether it’s a credit reporting agency or a large bank or a credit card giant.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292123/the-trump-administration-has-stopped-work-at-the-cfpb-heres-what-the-agency-does

Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz: Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
https://www.wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

The CFPB work freeze is putting Big Tech regulations ‘on ice’
https://www.thetechstreetnow.com/tech/the-cfpb-work-freeze-is-putting-big-tech-regulations-on-ice/5627811266702761624/5627811266702761624/

Consumers are boycotting major retailers. Here’s what they plan for ‘blackout’ on Feb. 28
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/12/consumer-boycott-feb-28-target-walmart-amazon/78385303007/

Musk Claims Billions Lost to Social Security Payment Fraud. Elon Musk has ignited controversy by alleging massive fraud within U.S. federal entitlement programs, including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/has-elon-musk-blown-the-whistle-on-biggest-fraud-in-us-history-claims-over-100-billion-lost-in-entitlement-scams/articleshow/118153075.cms?from=mdr

# Education / Schools
Musk’s ‘Doge’ guts nearly $1bn in US education department’s research office
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/doge-education-department-cuts-trump

Education Dept. will shield federal student aid data from Musk’s DOGE – for now
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/11/doge-student-loan-data-00203689

GOP could raise student loan bills to pay for Trump’s tax cuts. Among plans being floated by House Republicans are new taxes on college scholarships, a hike in taxes on university endowments and an end to student loan repayment plans.
https://san.com/cc/gop-could-raise-student-loan-bills-to-pay-for-trumps-tax-cuts/

Kentucky stands to lose nearly $2 billion dollars in funding if President Donald Trump abolishes the federal Department of Education. Kentucky receives a substantial funding to support academic interventions in school.
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article299695214.html

Senate Bill calls for removal of content in public libraries
https://www.newsbreak.com/kfyr-1982231/3804292079951-senate-bill-calls-for-removal-of-content-in-public-libraries

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Federal Workers Launch New Lawsuit to Fight DOGE’s Data Access. The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed the complaint on behalf of US federal workers, arguing that DOGE’s data access is illegal and should be cut off.
https://fedscoop.com/opm-email-server-lawsuit-amended-complaint-musk-doge/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
‘Arctic meltdown’ is accelerating global warming, already changing Earth in unimaginable ways
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-arctic-meltdown-global.html

# Food General News
Kansas delegation introduces bill to continue USAID food program under USDA
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republicans-try-to-save-usaid-food-program-86751fc4

Border Patrol agents at CVG intercept nine pounds of unsafe and illegal food additive tianeptine
https://nkytribune.com/2025/02/border-patrol-agents-at-cvg-intercept-nine-pounds-of-unsafe-and-illegal-food-additive-tianeptine/

Central Georgia farmers concerned over potential consequences from Chinese tariffs. As the trade war between the U.S. and China gains momentum, Georgia consumers are starting to feel the effects in all areas of the state’s economy. Whether it’s food, cars, clothes or electronics, prices are on the rise.
https://www.macon.com/news/business/article300069129.html#storylink=cpy

# Gov / Politics
Musk pressed on ‘hostile’ government takeover: ‘They’re going to get what they voted for’:  New Trump Order Entrenches Musk-Led ‘Shadow Government.’ President Donald Trump’s latest executive order “gives Elon Musk, an unelected, hyper-partisan billionaire, unfettered authority over this country’s civil service,” warned one advocacy group.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-musk-takeover

Chris Hayes: Trump Wants ‘to Rule Us, Not Represent Us,’ But Americans ‘Are Going to Have Something to Say About It’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chris-hayes-trump-wants-rule-040309395.html

Mike Johnson Caves to Trump and Trashes Separation of Powers. The House speaker doesn’t seem to care too much that there are supposed to be three equal branches of government.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-johnson-caves-trump-trashes-174931125.html

Trump Signs Order on DOGE as Elon Musk Stands Next to Him Watching. Donald Trump has signed an executive order giving DOGE even more power over the federal government.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-greenlighting-211158819.html

‘Senile insanity’: Ukrainians outraged at Trump’s Russia comment.  Ukrainians in Kyiv were left bewildered and frustrated on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump suggested their country “may be Russian someday”.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250211-senile-insanity-ukrainians-outraged-at-trump-s-russia-comment

As Musk tries to slash trillions from federal spending, Trump publicly states desire for more military money. ‘We want to raise defense spending. I think we have to have it,’ the president told Fox News in a recent interview
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-musk-doge-cuts-military-spending-b2696498.html

GOP Congressman calls for Trump to ignore court orders: ‘Take a page out of Andrew Jackson’s playbook’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-congressman-calls-for-trump-to-ignore-court-orders-take-a-page-out-of-andrew-jacksons-playbook/
Andrew Jackson’s Playbook: 15 Strategies for Success
https://ulpress.org/products/andrew-jacksons-playbook-15-strategies-for-success

‘Crystal Clear’ Polling Shows Voters Oppose Trump’s Tax Cuts for Rich. “Voters are clear about what they want: lower prices, better jobs, vital programs protected and expanded, and for the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tax-rich-people

Hackers are hijacking government software to access sensitive servers. Trimble warns Cityworks is being abused in RCE attacks. Trimble said it observed cybercriminals abusing a deserialization vulnerability in its Cityworks product to engage in Remote Code Execution (RCE) and deploy Cobalt Strike beacons on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) servers. The company released a patch to address the issue
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/hackers-are-hijacking-government-software-to-access-sensitive-servers

Mike Johnson to Courts: ‘Step Back’ From Trump’s Dismantling. The House speaker said he agreed with Vice President JD Vance that courts were infringing on the Trump administration’s authority.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-courts-step-back_n_67ab73e7e4b0c52db9aad16d

Murphy: Trump ‘attempting to seize control of power, and for corrupt purposes’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5135948-trump-murphy-democracy-crisis/

Supreme Court Justice Sounds Alarm Over Trump’s ‘Monarchy’ Power Grab
https://www.alternet.org/judge-2671142052/

# Gov / Politics / Global
King Charles at risk of getting dragged into Canada row as Trump literally comes for his crown: King Charles could be dragged into Trump-Canada row, says Andrew Marr. The monarch risks being exposed in the row due to his role as Canada’s head of state, raising questions about whether he should stay silent as its people come under fire from the US president
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-trump-canada-tariffs-starmer-b2695414.html

We’ll bring hygge to Hollywood’: Danes jokingly petition to buy California as Trump seeks Greenland
https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/ap-well-bring-hygge-to-hollywood-danes-petition-to-buy-california-as-trump-seeks-greenland/

King Abdullah rebuffs Trump’s push for Jordan to take in displaced Palestinians. Egypt also rejects idea, saying it planned to present vision of reconstruction in Gaza for Palestinians to remain on land
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/trump-jordan-egypt-palestinians

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Former Federal Prosecutor Warns How Trump Admin Just Made America Less Safe. Bad actors now have free rein to engage in white-collar crime, while political adversaries can openly exploit the U.S. system, he cautioned.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew-weissmann-donald-trump-actions_n_67ac68bae4b0bb79219f7b24

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Musk calls for annual firing of judges after blocked DOGE access at Treasury
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/musk-calls-impeach-judge-doge-access-blocked/

Jan. 6 video evidence has ‘disappeared’ from public access, media coalition says. Attorneys for a group of news organizations, including NPR, said in a legal filing on Tuesday that evidence used at the sentencing of a rioter charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol had “disappeared” from an online government platform.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/11/nx-s1-5293447/jan-6-evidence-captiol-riot-donald-trump

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Department of Education took another step Tuesday in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/11/department-education-asks-ncaa-high-schools-erase-/

NASA HQ verbally orders employees to purge workspaces of LGBTQI+ symbols
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasa-verbally-orders-employees-to-purge-workspaces-of-lgbtqi-symbols

# Media
STORE SHUTDOWN USPS to close all branches for 24 hours next week – but Amazon and FedEx parcels will still arrive. Branches will close for a single day in what will be the fourth temporary shutdown of the year so far
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13496366/us-postal-service-branches-close-presidents-day-2025/

MSNBC Cuts Airtime on Elon Musk’s Oval Office Address: ‘Irony Died While He Was Talking’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/msnbc-cuts-airtime-elon-musk-004715302.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP leaders downplay Medicaid cuts as they seek $2T in savings. Medicaid Is Safe, Johnson Assures, As House Whittles Budget Bill. As Republicans look to shave $2 trillion from a reconciliation bill, the House speaker noted savings are possible “if you eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse.”
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/medicaid-is-safe-johnson-assures-as-house-whittles-budget-bill/

Moving past repealing Obamacare, Republicans still plan major health care cuts
https://ktvz.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2025/02/10/moving-past-repealing-obamacare-republicans-still-plan-major-health-care-cuts/

# Medical / Health News
NIH cuts target Georgia’s biomedical sector, risking research, jobs, experts say
https://thecurrentga.org/2025/02/10/nih-cuts-target-georgias-biomedical-sector-risking-research-jobs-experts-say/

Health agencies to restore web pages. Judge orders HHS to reverse health web page, data blackout
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/regulatory/physician-group-sues-reverse-agencies-health-webpage-data-blackout

Judge orders HHS, CDC, FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-orders-hhs-cdc-fda-restore-deleted-webpages-health-information/

100-year-old heart drug made from foxglove may help ‘dissolve’ clumps of spreading cancer cells
https://newatlas.com/cancer/cardiac-drug-circulating-cancer-cells/

Critical health and science research is on the chopping block as Trump actions trigger shutdowns and confusion. These funding reductions threaten to slow or halt critical health and science research, including studies on cancer, vaccines, and HIV prevention. The potential decline in scientific progress could have long-term negative effects on public health and environmental policies, hindering efforts to address pressing global challenges
https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/critical-health-and-science-research-is-on-trumps-chopping-block-shutdowns-and-confusion-everywhere

The US states looking to ban abortion pills, punish women who seek termination
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/abortion-pills-mifepristone-donald-trump-roe-v-wade-b2696075.html

The criminalization of abortion and surveillance of women in a post-Dobbs world
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-criminalization-of-abortion-and-surveillance-of-women-in-a-post-dobbs-world/

# Military / General News
Donald Trump Fires Military Academy Board Members for All Military Branches
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-11/trump-fires-service-academy-boards-16795113.html

This Ad-Tech Company Is Powering Surveillance of US Military Personnel. In a letter to a US senator, a Florida based data broker says it obtained sensitive data on US military members in Germany from a Lithuanian firm, revealing the global nature of online ad surveillance.
https://www.wired.com/story/rtb-location-data-us-military/

Tankers Flood Airspace Off The California Coast For China-Focused Air Combat Exercise. The latest Bamboo Eagle exercise reflects plans for ever-larger air combat exercises as part of preparations for a high-end fight with China.
https://www.twz.com/air/tankers-flood-airspace-off-the-california-coast-for-china-focused-air-combat-exercise

# NOAA
NOAA imposes limits on scientists, sparking concerns over global forecasts. NOAA plays a critical role in weather forecasting, climate research and fisheries management. Limiting international collaboration could hinder efforts to track natural disasters, enforce environmental protections and maintain scientific integrity. Scientists fear the agency is being sidelined, echoing concerns from Trump’s first term.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/noaa-scientists-face-restrictions-on-foreign-collaboration-2671126410.html

# Planetary
Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen ‘radiation belt’ after last year’s supercharged solar.
https://sciencereader.com/earths-magnetic-field-spawns-unexpected-radiation-belts/

Alaska Volcano Observatory sees 50-50 chance of eruption near Anchorage soon. Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption
https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/02/07/alaska-volcano-observatory-sees-50-50-chance-of-eruption-near-anchorage-soon/

Scientists discover Earth’s inner core isn’t just slowing down — it’s also changing shape: The planet’s inner core was previously thought of as a hard, solid sphere. But a new study has found that its edges are softer than realized and actually changing shape as they press against the liquid iron and nickel in Earth’s outer core.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/earths-inner-core-isnt-just-slowing-down-it-may-be-changing-shape

# Security / Surveillance
Chinese cranes at U.S. ports raise national security concerns
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/17/chinese-cargo-cranes-secruity-risks

Investigation by Select Committee on the CCP, House Homeland Finds Potential Threats to U.S. Port Infrastructure Security from China
https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Joint%20Homeland-China%20Select%20Port%20Security%20Report-compressed.pdf

# Social
Elon Musk claims some recipients of Social Security checks are 150 years old. “Anyone who is 150 years old and still receiving Social Security should be in the Guinness Book of World Records, or either dead, in my opinion,” Elon Musk says in the video. Simply put, Musk says that it is nearly impossible to live beyond 150 and that anyone who did would be an anomaly.
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/elon-musk-reacts-to-claim-of-150-year-olds-receiving-social-security-us-they-should-be-in-guinness-or-probably-dead-11739323342784.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Amazon has more than 750,000 robots working in its fulfillment centers. Here are some of the things they can do,  transporting packages around busy workspaces, sorting and consolidating items into storage systems, and making fit-to-size packaging
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-amazon-uses-robots-sort-transport-packages-warehouses-2025-2#:~:text=Robots%20now%20perform%20a%20variety,fit%2Dto%2Dsize%20packaging

An Adviser to Elon Musk’s xAI Has a Way to Make AI More Like Donald Trump. A researcher affiliated with Elon Musk’s xAI startup is researching a method to alter the politics of Grok and better align the chatbot with conservatives.
https://cedirates.com/news/an-advisor-to-elon-musks-xai-has-a-way-to-make-ai-more-like-donald-trump/

MIT builds swarms of tiny robotic insect drones that can fly 100 times longer than previous designs
https://news.mit.edu/2025/fast-agile-robotic-insect-could-someday-aid-mechanical-pollination-0115

# Veterans / VA
House Republicans Pass Flagship Veterans’ Package with Overwhelming Bipartisan Support
https://veterans.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=6585

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
South Florida contractor reeling after ICE raid at job site
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/south-florida-contractor-reeling-after-ice-raid-at-job-site/

Military planes are being used for deportations to expedite the process quickly and efficiently, with little concern for costs, as part of Donald Trump’s national emergency on illegal immigration.
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/why-donald-trump-is-using-costly-military-planes-for-deportation-of-illegal-immigrants-11738788683228.html

Venezuela sends 2 planes to US to return migrants, signaling a potential improvement in relations
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-02-10/venezuela-sends-2-planes-to-us-to-return-migrants-signaling-a-potential-improvement-in-relations

Two flights carrying U.S. deportees heading to Venezuela, alleged gang members aboard
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/two-flights-carrying-us-deportees-heading-venezuela-venezuela-govt-says-2025-02-10/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
PBS Caves To Trump, Ousts Staffers: ‘We Have Closed Our DEI Office’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/pbs-caves-to-trump-ousts-staffers-we-have-closed-our-dei-office/

Trump’s War on DEI Is Decimating HUD’s Homelessness Response Infrastructure While Evicting Key Personnel from Their Positions. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides technical assistance to communities and agencies working to end homelessness across the nation – including Bucks County.
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/02/trumps-war-on-dei-is-decimating-huds-homelessness-response-infrastructure-while-evicting-key-personnel-from-their-positions/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
The Washington Post has identified more than 30 people working for or closely with it by examining the internal directories of multiple agencies and interviewing numerous federal workers, virtually all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/elon-musk-s-doge-has-swept-into-14-federal-agencies-here-s-what-to-know/ar-AA1yExBD?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

A tidal wave of resistance is coming for Elon Musk. Elon Musk is on a tear through the federal government, and by the time you read this, who knows what he could be up to. He could be sitting at the Resolute Desk with President Trump locked in a broom closet.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5134262-musk-government-power-grab/

Thune And Johnson Vow To Take DOGE Spending Cuts To The Next Level
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/11/elon-musk-doge-spending-cuts-johnson-thune

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
For every $1 the CFPB spends, it has returned $2.80 to American consumers. Over 14 years, the agency has spent $7.5 billion and returned $21 billion to Americans in the form of “monetary compensation, principal reductions, canceled debts, and other consumer relief.”
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/blog/twelve-years-of-protecting-consumers-and-honest-businesses/

# Education / Schools
President Trump Expands Education Freedom with Groundbreaking Executive Order. The new Executive Order has made this year’s National School Choice Week one for the ages. The Order contains many noteworthy provisions
https://alec.org/article/president-trump-expands-education-freedom-with-groundbreaking-executive-order/

Trump May Be Considering An Executive Order That Would Be ‘Giving Up On Our Future.’ President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to sign an executive order that could start the process of dismantling the Department of Education, a move that would have devastating long-term effects on millions of children.
https://www.aol.com/trump-may-considering-executive-order-175422264.html

# Food Recalls
Tuna cans sold at Trader Joe’s, Walmart and Costco recalled due to contamination risk, due to the cans posing a botulism risk.
https://www.eatingwell.com/costco-trader-joes-canned-tuna-recalled-8789604

# General News
Thousands of investors in Trump’s memecoin lost $2 billion in just weeks while the family and its partners racked up $100 million in trading fees
https://fortune.com/2025/02/11/trump-memecoin-traders-2-billion-dollar-loss-family-100-million-fees/

# Gov / Politics
Trump and Musk Only Know How to Do Two Things With Their Power. Trump and Musk can’t imagine a government that actually does positive things for citizens. So they either weaponize it or destroy it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191373/trump-musk-cfpb-destruction-doj-weaponization

Trump says Ukraine has ‘essentially agreed’ to allow the US access to $500B in rare earth minerals  for continued support
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-demands-500b-in-rare-earths-from-ukraine-for-continued-support/

With firings and lax enforcement, Trump moving to dismantle government’s public integrity guardrails
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/trump-firings-dismantle-federal-government-public-integrity-guardrails-20250211.html

Trump’s Rage at Canada Just Got Worse—and Putin Is Quietly Celebrating. As Trump’s threats toward Canada grow more worrisome, an expert in international relations explains why the Trump-Musk duo is doing exactly what Vladimir Putin has long hoped for—on multiple fronts.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191376/trumps-rage-canada-just-got-worseand-putin-quietly-celebrating

America’s Abandonment of the Poor. Five years since the pandemic began, the ravages it exposed persist.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189425/americas-abandonment-poor

Trump Makes Shocking Statement Ahead of Vance-Zelenskiy Meeting. Hours before JD Vance was set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Donald Trump revealed his true thoughts on Ukraine.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191381/trump-ukraine-russia-vance-zelenskiy-meeting

# Gov / Politics / Global
Thousands of Danes organizing to buy California from the U.S. Danes have launched a satirical petition to “buy California.” The comedic campaign comes after President Donald Trump’s remarks about the U.S. buying Greenland from Denmark.
https://san.com/cc/200000-people-sign-satirical-petition-for-denmark-to-buy-california-from-the-us/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Throws Tantrum as Massive New York Fraud Judgment Looms. Remember that fraud case against Donald Trump? It hasn’t magically disappeared yet. The president used to call New York his home, but in his post, he said it “is the most corrupt State in the Union.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/191383/trump-tantrum-new-york-fraud-judgment

DOJ Moves to Drop Eric Adams Charges
https://time.com/7216461/eric-adams-trump-justice-department-bribery-charges-dismissed/

# Media
Trump Insists He’s “Brilliant” in Interview That Goes Off the Rails. Trump also took the opportunity to throw Vice President JD Vance so far under the bus you could hear the bones crunch.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-insists-brilliant-interview-goes-144812310.html

# Medical / Health News
Indiana Doctors Sue to Protect Reports That Could ID Abortion Patients. “We are once again in court defending our patients and their right to privacy,” the two doctors said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/indiana-terminated-pregnancy-reports-lawsuit

# Military / General News
Secret Military Files Reveal Pentagon’s Terror Attacks on U.S. Soil: Dubbed Operation Northwoods, the Cold War-era plan hatched by the Joint Chiefs of Staff proposed sparking violent incidents and blaming Cuba, all to trigger war within the Caribbean nation and force out its leader.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/secret-military-files-reveal-pentagon-s-terror-attacks-on-u-s-soil/ar-AA1yM2gm?ocid=msedgdhp

Trump Purges Boards of West Point and Other Service Academies ‘Infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues’
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/10/trump-military-academy-visitors-boards-purge

What’s wrong with US shipbuilding? A top Trump advisor called it an ‘absolute mess’ as Musk’s DOGE eyes military waste
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whats-wrong-us-shipbuilding-top-224202106.html

Pete Hegseth Torched for “F**king Racist” Move on Recruitment. Military leaders warned that Hegseth’s decision could seriously hurt the Army.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191394/pete-hegseth-army-recruitment-racist

# Military / General News / Global
USAID packages found among Hezbollah weapons cache in Lebanon: Israeli soldier
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/new-york-post/20250211/281736980163484?srsltid=AfmBOoqDhXlpz23sHETt2cHS8WVeY_6aF_9FiIP3kEyYHkM8rXHG4jun

# NASA / Space
Trump Orders NASA to Purge All Mentions of Women in Leadership On Its Websites
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-orders-nasa-purge-mentions-120008493.html

Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders could jeopardize safety of Nasa crews. Cuts to federal workforce due to Trump’s orders are adding to pre-existing staffing concerns at agency, sources say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/trump-dei-nasa-executive-order

NASA employees asked to implement these massive changes in work communication after Trump’s executive order
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-nasa-employees-remove-pronouns-from-email-trump-dei-policies-nasa-employees-asked-to-implement-these-massive-changes-in-work-communication-after-trumps-executive-order/articleshow/118013613.cms?from=mdr

# Social Media / Internet
DeepSeek Pushes CCP Censorship, Propaganda on a Global Scale. Since the Chinese company’s chatbot surged in popularity, researchers have documented how its answers reflect China’s view of the world. Some of its responses amplify propaganda Beijing uses to discredit critics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/technology/deepseek-chinese-propaganda.html

# Sports
Trump plans to raise taxes on sports team owners — who have a whopping collective net worth of nearly $1T
https://nypost.com/2025/02/10/business/trump-plans-to-raise-taxes-on-sports-team-owners-worth-869-billion/

# Transportation / Travel
US Travel Industry Faces Billions In Losses As Canadians Cancel Trips. According to the U.S. Travel Association, which advocates for the American travel industry, a 10 per cent dip in inbound travel from Canada could translate to $2.1 billion US in lost spending and jeopardize 14,000 American jobs.
https://travelnoire.com/canadians-boycotting-us-travel

# Veterans / VA
Senate Dems Want VA to Keep Veteran Data Out of DOGE’s Hands: Sen. King joins group trying to protect veterans’ personal info from DOGE
https://www.meritalk.com/articles/senate-dems-want-va-to-keep-veteran-data-out-of-doges-hands/

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Plucky Willie Nelson, 91, ‘Sparks Doctors’ Fears His Relentless Touring Is
Going to Land Him in the Grave.’ The Red Headed Stranger singer has
announced a string of new concerts in April in Mississippi, Georgia,
Alabama and Texas – to follow his already slated gigs in Florida
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Mexican troops now inspecting vehicles before they enter U.S
https://www.newsbreak.com/kens-5-eyewitness-news-524530/3799700704996-mexican-troops-now-inspecting-vehicles-before-they-enter-u-s

ICE plans LA enforcement amid protests; city says 10% of residents undocumented
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_104017f8-e7f3-11ef-9bc6-fb0d77ef7612.html?a&seyid=50553

Memo warns border agents of escalating threats from Mexican cartels. Internal memos are reportedly warning U.S. Border Patrol agents that Mexican drug cartels have authorized the use of kamikaze drones and explosives to target agents. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection memos caution agents to remain vigilant and equipped for potential threats.
https://san.com/cc/internal-cbp-memo-warns-agents-of-new-threats-from-mexican-cartels-reports/

Homeland Security raids Liberty Mexican restaurant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmAt9Q5dcXU

Elon Musk says FEMA sent $59M last week to luxury NYC hotels to house illegal migrants: ‘Violated the law.’ The payments were suspended by acting FEMA Director Cameron Hamilton after Musk’s announcement
https://www.dailywire.com/news/musks-says-fema-spent-60m-housing-illegal-immigrants-in-luxury-hotels-last-week

# Children / Youth
‘Children are suffering’: Human traffickers reportedly benefiting from Trump’s cuts
https://democracyforward.org/work/uncovering-details-on-abrupt-cancellation-of-grants-to-help-human-trafficking-victims/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump and Secretary of Treasury to Block DOGE Access to Confidential Records, Sensitive Data and Critical Payment Systems. ‘The largest data breach in American history’: Attorney General Tong sues Musk, Trump over DOGE data overreach.
https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2025-press-releases/ag-tong-sues-to-block-doge-access-to-confidential-records

“Asking for feedback”- Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban questions the credibility of D.O.G.E
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/news-asking-feedback-shark-tank-s-mark-cuban-questions-credibility-d-o-g-e

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump Admin Takes Aim at Consumer Protection Agency. “Effective immediately, unless expressly approved by the Acting Director or required by law, all employees, contractors and other personnel of the bureau shall … cease all supervision and examination activity,” the email read
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292123/the-trump-administration-has-stopped-work-at-the-cfpb-heres-what-the-agency-does

A Battle Over Access to the Treasury Payment System. The Trump administration is pushing back vigorously against a court order Saturday blocking members of Elon Musk’s DOGE Services team from accessing the Treasury Department’s payments and data systems.
https://rollcall.com/2025/02/10/trump-administration-pans-judges-order-limiting-treasury-system-access/

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE access to critical Treasury payment system. The judge’s order, issued early Saturday, temporarily halts access to a sensitive payment system that distributes Americans’ tax returns, Social Security benefits, disability payments and federal employees’ salaries.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/politics/elon-musk-doge-treasury-payment-system/index.html

‘Grandma’s going to stop getting checks’: CNN panel predicts backlash is coming for Musk
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-doge-2671132218/

Democrats rally against Musk: ‘Hands off our Social Security’: “They have accessed highly sensitive personal information on Americans at the Department of Treasury, including Social Security numbers, bank accounts and other very sensitive information,” he also said, accusing Musk of “conducting illegal raids on federal agencies with his DOGE crew.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5136974-democrats-rally-against-musk-hands-off-our-social-security/

Maryland lawmakers rally at Social Security Administration over Musk claims
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/maryland-lawmakers-doge-social-security-medicare-medicaid/

China’s retaliatory tariffs take effect, how will they impact your wallet?
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292017/china-tariffs-us-retaliation-trump

Will Trump’s tariffs amount to average tax increase of over $800 per US household in 2025? Check details
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china-steel-aluminum-25-percent-amount-to-average-tax-increase-of-over-800-per-us-household-in-2025-check-details/articleshow/118143217.cms?from=mdr

Trump’s move to kill federal consumer watchdog will protect Big Business but cost consumers billions
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09/

Trump’s Executive Orders Mean Real Damage to U.S. Economy, Communities, and Clean Energy Gains. Nobody voted for any of this—and it’s not what most of the country wants.
https://www.nrdc.org/media/trumps-executive-orders-mean-real-damage-us-economy-communities-and-clean-energy-gains

Donald Trump has found a new way to threaten the economy: The secret to Trump’s financial success and also his many financial failures, is Trump’s propensity not to make deals, but to break them. Sunday, Trump hinted that the United States might renege on some of the $36.22 trillion that it owes on the national debt
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-found-way-threaten-110000980.html

# Education / Schools
Bipartisan bill aims to fund free school lunches for all public and private students
https://www.newsbreak.com/kfyr-1982231/3801274206858-bipartisan-bill-aims-to-fund-free-school-lunches-for-all-public-and-private-students

Democratic lawmaker says kids will be in teacherless classrooms, won’t have lunch if DOGE, Trump get their way
https://www.newsquantified.com/stock-report-iframe/tesla-inc-democratic-lawmaker-says-kids-will-0di0o6?afmc=28

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/10/nx-s1-5292444/trump-musk-education-department-schools-students-research-cuts

# General News
As Musk cuts federal spending, his own firms have received billions in contracts. Elon Musk has been leading an unprecedented effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last several years, received an increasing amount of funding through government contracts, according to federal spending data.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/musk-works-slash-federal-spending-firms-received-billions/story?id=118589121#:~:text=Over%20the%20last%20decade%2C%20Musk’s,worth%20of%20contracts%20since%202015.

Elon Musk’s influence over the federal government is extraordinary, and extraordinarily lucrative.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html

Lawmakers push legislation to abolish USAID entirely
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f797f506-e7e1-11ef-8a4b-cfa2d94a2ba4.html

Nazi flag-waving white supremacists confronted by cops & members of historically black community. CNN reports there were about a dozen individuals dressed in all black with red face masks as they pinned swastika banners on the overpass for all driving by to see, as well as a flag that read ‘America for the White Man.’
https://www.newsbreak.com/cassius-525209/3800816697270-nazi-flag-waving-white-supremacists-confronted-by-cops-members-of-historically-black-community

# Gov / Politics
The Trump Administration Just Handed Foreign Agents a Big Gift. The administration is basically telling foreign agents to go nuts.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/trump-news-doj-foreign-agents-russia-china-iran.html

US officials bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine. President Trump’s national security adviser said that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week on how to end the war in Ukraine
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/02/10/us-officials-bound-for-europe-for-top-level-talks-on-ukraine/

‘All kinds of dumb outcomes’: Trump slammed for firing workers over training he ordered
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-is-firing-ed-dept-workers-he-once-required-to-study-diversity/

‘Most Americans recognize it is wrong’: Lawyers and judges condemn Trump administration
https://www.rawstory.com/american-bar-association/

‘This Is Code Red!’ Elizabeth Warren Goes Off About Elon Musk ‘Trying to Gut’ Government Agency
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-is-code-red-elizabeth-warren-goes-off-about-elon-musk-trying-to-gut-government-agency/

Another Republican senator goes against Trump’s ‘poorly conceived’ NIH funding cuts
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/top-gop-appropriator-opposes-trumps-move-to-cut-nih-funding

Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It. Looking back, it all makes sense. He wants the federal government hollowed out of nonpartisan employees so that he can refill it with political cronies and loyalists. Musk may be a happy hatchet man thinking he is reshaping the government. But for Trump he is a useful tool to help allow Trump to restaff it.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon-musk-hollows-government-so-trump-can-refill-it/

GOP Rep. Buddy Carter unveils bill empowering Trump to acquire Greenland — and rename it ‘Red, White, and Blueland’
https://nypost.com/2025/02/11/us-news/gop-rep-unveils-bill-empowering-trump-to-acquire-greenland-rename-it-red-white-and-blueland/

House Dem warns the guardrails to protect judicial rulings from Trump have to come from inside the GOP
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/house-dem-warns-the-guardrails-to-protect-judicial-rulings-from-trump-have-to-come-from-inside-the-gop/

Johnson: Courts should ‘allow the executive and the legislative branches to work’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5137001-johnson-courts-trump-administration-congress/

More Than 100 Groups Slam Trump Over Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza. “Palestine is not just an idea—it is a place. It is a homeland to the Palestinian people,” the coalition wrote.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-gaza

# Gov / Politics / Global
China expands influence near wealthy Florida enclave as migrants from communist country flood into US. China’s growing presence in America’s backyard could grant the communist country access to Florida’s coast, coinciding with a dramatic rise in Chinese national border encounters.
https://www.aol.com/china-expands-influence-near-wealthy-090037455.html

Canada will respond to ‘unacceptable’ US tariffs strongly and firmly if needed, Trudeau says
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/canada-justin-trudeau-tariffs/2025/02/11/id/1198612/

2023 Chinese spy balloon contained US tech: The balloon contained technology that allowed it to conduct surveys, take photographs, and to collect intelligence data, including a satellite communications module, sensors, and other technology from at least five different U.S.-based companies.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/china-balloon-newsweek/2025/02/10/id/1198554/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
FBI discovers slew of over 2,000 previously undisclosed JFK assassination records: The existence of the new documents was disclosed when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence submitted its plan to disclose the assassination records.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-discovers-slew-over-2000-previously-undisclosed-jfk-assassination

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge set to rule on Justice Department’s demands that Musk resume access to Treasury records
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/judge-set-to-rule-on-justice-dept-s-demand-for-musk-s-access-to-treasury-125021100096_1.html

American Bar Association Rips Trump And Musk In Scathing Statement For Acting ‘Contrary to the Rule of Law’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/american-bar-association-rips-trump-and-musk-for-acting-contrary-to-the-rule-of-law/

A federal judge said that the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking a White House freeze on federal grants and loans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-ordered-fully-comply-with-order-lifting-funding-freeze-2025-02-10/

Federal judge orders Trump administration to ‘immediately’ unfreeze funding after finding it disobeyed previous order
https://fortune.com/2025/02/11/federal-judge-trump-administration-unfreeze-funding-disobeyed-previous-order/

Federal prosecutors moved to drop their case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams Monday, which would clear him of all corruption charges as he seeks reelection in June
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/10/trumps-justice-department-moves-to-drop-charges-against-eric-adams-00203483

Elon Musk is about to get ‘checked’ by the very courts he wants to ignore: legal expert
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2671128027/

Federal judge blocks Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury records, prompting outrage by Tesla CEO
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/federal-judge-blocks-elon-musks-doge-from-accessing-treasury-records-after-democratic-ags-file-lawsuit

# Medical / Health News
Federal judge halts NIH payment cuts in 22 states. Halt on Trump administration’s cuts to NIH research payments expanded nationwide. The agency wants to impose a 15% cap on NIH support for indirect costs
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/11/judge-orders-nationwide-halt-trump-nih-research-indirect-costs/

Health insurance for millions could vanish as states put Medicaid expansion on chopping block
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/health-insurance-for-millions-could-vanish-as-states-put-medicaid-expansion-on-chopping-block-3

# Military / General News
Fort Bragg back on world’s largest military installation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_ac8254c6-e86d-11ef-9e26-e7bb85e4670b.html

US, South Korea test combat coordination, just 16 miles from the border with North Korea, drawing North’s ire
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/11/north-korea-warns-of-retaliation-after-us-nuclear-submarine-docks-in-busan

‘What a ripoff!’: Trump sparks backlash after cutting billions in overhead costs from NIH research grants
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-is-code-red-elizabeth-warren-goes-off-about-elon-musk-trying-to-gut-government-agency/

# Military / General News / Global
North Korea issues warning after U.S. sub docks in South Korea. Pyongyang warns of ‘acute military confrontation’ after USS Alexandria submarine docks in South Korean port.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/11/north-korea-warns-of-retaliation-after-us-nuclear-submarine-docks-in-busan

# Science / Science Engineers
Elon Musk built his wealth from taxpayer-funded research — now he’s trying to destroy future science
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-built-wealth-taxpayer-110006010.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
An OpenAI whistleblower was found dead in his apartment. Now his mother wants answers
https://fortune.com/2025/02/08/openai-whistleblower-suchir-balaji-death-police-investigation-san-francisco-family-questions/

Fact Check: Breaking down how much money Musk’s Starlink received from USAID: A senator from Vermont claimed Elon Musk’s Starlink received “millions” from the humanitarian aid agency.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/11/musk-usaid-starlink/

# Transportation / Travel
Elon Musk’s Cybertruck found to be more dangerous than infamous Ford Pinto: report
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/report-cybertruck-safety-ford-pinto/

# Water
‘Ridiculous blunder’: Trump wades into California’s water wars and strikes some of his strongest supporters. Billions of gallons of irrigation water wasted under Trump’s orders in what now appears to be a political stunt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/11/california-water-trump

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# Indigenous
Bill would create alert system for missing Indigenous people. Two state lawmakers are trying to create a “Turquoise Alert” system in New Mexico for sending out statewide alerts when Indigenous people go missing.
https://sourcenm.com/briefs/bill-would-create-alert-system-for-missing-indigenous-people/

# Indigenous / Global
‘We left pieces of our life behind’: Indigenous group flees drowning island: The Guna currently inhabit more than 40 other islands. Steve Paton, a scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, says it is “almost a certainty” that most, if not all, of the islands will be submerged before the end of the century.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0lg9pedz1o

# Archaeology
First words decoded from burnt scrolls that haven’t been read in nearly 2,000 years
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-digitally-unroll-ancient-scroll-185503835.html

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
More active duty troops will head to US-Mexico border, bringing the total to 3,600. The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Donald Trump’s expanding crackdown on immigration
https://www.abc15.com/news/national/more-active-duty-troops-will-head-to-us-mexico-border-bringing-the-total-to-3-600

Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo. A federal court on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba as part of the president’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/court-blocks-trump-guantanamo-immigrants-00203317

Feds preparing ‘large scale’ immigration raid in Los Angeles by end of month: The operation will involve assistance from the FBI, DEA and other federal agencies, although some local agencies, like the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, have stated they will not participate. Protests have developed in response to Trump’s mass deportation strategy, with incidents of violence occurring during demonstrations.
https://san.com/cc/large-scale-immigration-enforcement-coming-to-los-angeles-report/

Migrants arriving at Guantánamo Bay are entering a ‘legal black hole’, refugee groups warn. Immigration advocacy groups and lawyers are asking the government for greater transparency on the undocumented immigrants brought to the detention center at Guantánamo Bay
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/migrants-deportation-guantanamo-bay-refugee-legal-b2694971.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Exxon Is Quietly Planning New $8.6 Billion Plastics Plant for Texas’s Gulf Coast. Already dealing with pollution, residents of Point Comfort find the news alarming, environmentalists are already on edge.
https://www.chron.com/business/article/exxon-mobil-plastics-plant-texas-20154414.php

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Bill to ban nitrous oxide: Nitrous Oxide abuse bill signed into law. Nitrous oxide, sometimes referred to as “laughing gas,” can cause euphoria and mild hallucinations when inhaled. “Although this gas is used in some food preparation and medical services, people are also using the charging canisters for the sole purpose of getting high.”
https://www.senatorjosephbellino.com/bellinos-nitrous-oxide-abuse-bill-signed-into-law/
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrous_oxide

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Apple, Coca-Cola, IBM, Berkshire Hathaway: These companies are facing a DEI shareholder showdown in 2025
https://fortune.com/2025/02/10/dei-shareholder-proposals-2025-diveristy-inclusion-corporate-battle-apple-coca-cola-ibm-berkshire-hathaway/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
On Trump’s authority alone, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/

The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks. Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court

Billionaire Mark Cuban goes to war with Musk’s team. ‘They don’t want anyone questioning’: It started with a right-wing video creator called MAZE quoting Cuban from 2017: “Reduce the overall size of government by at least one third. Focus on making it more efficient,” Cuban said at the time.
https://www.rawstory.com/cuban-war-on-musk-doge/

Elon Musk’s gutting of US agencies is illegal, experts say. How do you muzzle Doge?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/elon-musk-doge-agency-illegal

Musk DOGE Staffer Caught Reposting White Supremacist Nick Fuentes [I tried to find other links for this item, but none of them will laod. Censorship maybe?]
https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-staffer-caught-reposting-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes/
Also tried this one:
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0yjBzguQ?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzkxOTA5NjAzMjc=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

Red states create their own DOGE efforts to cut state government
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/02/10/red-states-create-their-own-doge-efforts-to-cut-state-government/

The ‘More Sinister’ Reason Behind Musk’s Attack on Consumer Agency. Recent days have seen a full-frontal assault on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Trump’s favorite billionaire has much to gain personally if the agency no longer has the ability to operate effectively on behalf of the American people.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-cfpb-visa-payment-app

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
New Executive Orders May Contradict Federal Collective Bargaining Agreements. President Donald Trump issued several executive orders that may conflict with provisions embedded in federal union contracts and that have led to lawsuits challenging the actions.
https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/new-executive-orders-may-contradict-federal-collective-bargaining-agreements/

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected to Examine Another Treasury System Next Week. The new target, sources said, is a sensitive database that tracks the flow of money across the government.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-cars-treasury-examine

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s government efficiency group from accessing the U.S. Treasury’s payment system.
https://www.pymnts.com/politics/2025/judge-blocks-musks-doge-from-accessing-treasury-payments-data/

Trump says Musk’s DOGE ‘geniuses’ have found ‘very fraudulent stuff.’ President Trump told reporters this could tip the scales in America’s multi-trillion national debt headache, though Musk’s figure is only a fraction of interest payments alone.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/10/trump-musk-dode-national-debt-fraud/

Trump says 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum coming Monday
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-tariffs-aluminimum-steel/

President Donald Trump Wants to Change Social Security, but It Comes With a Potentially Big Cost to Retirees. Retired workers and survivor beneficiaries could see their Social Security checks slashed in just eight years.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/02/08/donald-trump-change-social-security-cost-retirees/

China’s tit-for-tat tariffs on US take effect
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tariffs-timeline-trump-xi-08b5d468e61ba15e760563ef0186b2bb

Confusion reigns and stocks sink as Trump announces more tariffs
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/confusion-reigns-stocks-sink-trump-202225346.html

# Education / Schools
‘Patriotic education’: Trump orders federal push to monitor K-12 curriculum. Former Education Department staff describe the move as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.
https://19thnews.org/2025/01/trump-transgender-education-curriculum/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
As Trump Attacks Federal Labor Protections, How Can States Protect Workers? From limits on heat exposure to overtime rules, states can fill in some gaps as Trump dismantles federal protections.
https://www.epi.org/blog/this-week-in-federal-policy-watch-trump-vance-administration-paralyzes-worker-protection-agencies-and-leaves-workers-without-ability-to-enforce-the-right-to-a-union/

States Must Act Now to Protect Workers’ Rights From Trump Courts
https://www.nelp.org/states-must-act-now-to-protect-workers-rights-from-trump-courts/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Labour’s clean energy plan will not only cut emissions but lift hundreds of thousands out of fuel poverty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/labours-clean-energy-plan-will-not-only-cut-emissions-but-lift-hundreds-of-thousands-out-of-fuel-poverty

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Earthquake hits Area 51 after giant tremor sparked tsunami warnings in Caribbean. The United States Geological Survey said there was a 2.8 magnitude shaking of the ground near the highly classified Area 51 base in Nevada on Friday
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/area-51-earthquake-ufo-nevada-34647973#:~:text=The%20tremor%20followed%20a%20massive,the%20center%20of%20alien%20experimentation.

Coast Guard investigates tar on South Florida beaches. The Coast Guard is investigating the source of dark, greasy balls of oil that have washed ashore on South Florida beaches. The substances were reported in the Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach areas
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/02/09/florida-tar-balls/78373372007/

# Food General News
Central Georgia farmers speak out on potential ICE raids prior to peach season. Many Georgia farmers say they rely on H-2A visa programs, which grants temporary legal status to vetted workers, who live out of the country.
https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/central-georgia-farmers-speak-on-potential-ice-raids-prior-to-peach-season/93-258c95a2-bfaa-45a9-86fd-eef65eb5305f

# Gov / Politics
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy warns of Trump’s ‘assault on the Constitution.’ Murphy said the country is in the midst of a “red-alert moment” and argued that Trump is ushering in “the billionaire takeover of government.”
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/democratic-sen-chris-murphy-warns-assault-constitution-118605827

The New Authoritarianism. This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either. Rather than fascism or single-party dictatorship, the United States is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-competitive-authoritarian/681609/

Trump Plan for Gaza “Worse Than Ethnic Cleansing,” Says UN Human Rights Expert. Unlawful deportation or transfer of a population constitutes both a war crime and a crime against humanity.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-plan-for-gaza-worse-than-ethnic-cleansing-says-un-human-rights-expert/

Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist? The president’s sweeping clemency for Capitol rioters and his administration’s ongoing removal of career national security specialists foretell a permissive new climate for extremist movements, say current and former officials and researchers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus

‘Congress has collapsed’: Ex-GOP insider says Republicans have no fix for next big problem
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-congress-has-collapsed/

Democratic senator says his party is ready to shut down government over Trump’s actions
https://thehill.com/homenews/5134820-andy-kim-democrats-government-shutdown-trump/

House Speaker Johnson admits to more delays on Trump’s ‘one big beautiful’ bill involving border, tax reform
https://www.aol.com/news/house-speaker-johnson-admits-more-181112268.html

JD Vance claims judges ‘aren’t allowed’ to overrule President Trump on executive orders, suggests POTUS has ‘legitimate power’ to defy judicial rulings
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-trump-can-ignore-judges-1235261430/

JD Vance Makes Absolutely Shocking Statement Challenging Judicial Rule in America — After Judge Blocks Elon Musk’s Access to Sensitive Data
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/vance-and-musk-attack-judicial-authority-as-trumps-agenda-gets-pushback-from-courts

Musk calls for judge impeachment; Republicans aim to hammer out Trump’s budget bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5135757-elon-musk-attacks-judges/

Moment Trump’s ‘head snaps round’ in fury as reporter makes Elon Musk ‘wisecrack’: A body language expert analyzed Donald Trump’s behavior when he was asked about Elon Musk’s new Time Magazine cover while with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/moment-trumps-head-snaps-round-34639460

Trump woke up the silent majority
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_473730f2-e591-11ef-bdcb-e76d96b001cf.html

Instead of taking aim at inflation, Trump has returned to his familiar culture war fights
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-instead-taking-aim-inflation-190000238.html

‘Full-Scale Authoritarian Takeover’: Vance and Musk Take Aim at Federal Judges. “We must push back hard against these next leaps down the pathway to tyranny,” said one Democratic in the House.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-vance-judges

# Gov / Politics / Global
“You Don’t Own Gaza, Donald Trump”: Palestinians Vow to Remain and Rebuild. Palestinians from Gaza responded with outrage to Trump’s proposal to expel them from their homes.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/08/trump-gaza-palestinians-displace/

Egypt announces emergency Arab summit after Trump’s Gaza plan infuriates key allies
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/international/2025/02/09/egypt-arab-summit-israel-gaza-trump

Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation. We can’t look away from Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians — or the movement for a free Palestine
https://truthout.org/articles/as-a-palestinian-with-family-in-gaza-i-dont-want-sympathy-i-want-solidarity/

North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-nuclear-trump-south-japan-2780dbee922bfcac8c415e9a5f5b2409

Justin Trudeau Says on Hot Mic That Canda Becoming 51st U.S. State is a ‘Real Worry.’ The Prime Minister added that Trump’s administration knows “how many critical minerals we have” and that could be why “they keep talking about absorbing us”
https://www.thewrap.com/justin-trudeau-hot-mic-canada-51st-state-real-worry/

Kim Jong Un Snubs Trump by Vowing to Bolster Nuclear Weapons Program
https://www.voanews.com/a/north-korea-slams-us-south-korea-japan-partnership-vows-to-boost-nuclear-program-/7968313.html

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘He’s Building a Concentration Camp’: Fears Grow as Images Emerge of Offshore Prison at Gitmo. “There’s no reason to build this in Guantánamo unless you want to do things you don’t think you could get away with on the U.S. mainland. It’s easy to put tents in Florida. But they’re putting them in Cuba. Ask yourself why.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gitmo-concentration-camp

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Here Are All The Major Lawsuits Against Trump And Musk—As Judge Cuts Off DOGE’s Treasury Access
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/trump-sued-by-democrat-states-over-musk-access-to-treasury-data

Trump DOJ Deleted January 6 Database in Latest Attempt to Make History Vanish. This push to whitewash recent history carries a disconcerting echo of countless autocratic regimes.
https://www.newsweek.com/jan6-capitol-riot-database-removed-doj-website-trump-2022775

“A corrupt judge protecting corruption”: Musk calls for judge who blocked DOGE to be impeached
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5134725-elon-musk-impeachment-demand/

As Trump steamrolls Washington, courts flex their power to slow him down: Numerous federal district judges around the country have blocked major portions of Trump’s early agenda — but Supreme Court showdowns loom.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/09/trump-courts-block-early-agenda-00203230

Fulton County judge rules railroad can seize land: A Fulton County Superior Court judge has upheld a ruling by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) granting Sandersville Railroad Co. the right to take land from several property owners for a planned rail spur.
https://thegeorgiasun.com/government/georgia-court-says-railroad-company-can-seize-land/

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email

Trump’s Executive Order for the Department of Education “Actively Puts LGBTQ+ Students In Harm’s Way.” “Compelling federally-funded schools to disrespect the identities of LGBTQ+ youth, particularly trans youth, not only opens them up to harassment, bullying, and abuse, but in fact encourages it.”
https://lambdalegal.org/newsroom/us_20250129_trump-executive-order-for-department-of-education-actively-puts-lgbtq-students-in-harms-way/

# Media
The Trump administration is throwing more Pentagon reporters out of their workspaces. The Trump administration on Friday doubled the number of news organizations it is evicting from their workspaces at the Pentagon in order to rotate in more friendly outlets.
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-reporters-ejected-press-room-trump-administration-359d22d77ee22cb0f256170f8f67178c

‘Unfair competition’: Trump now wants $20 billion from CBS over Kamala Harris ’60 Minutes’ interview as he amends lawsuit to add new claims and a co-plaintiff
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unfair-competition-trump-now-wants-20-billion-from-cbs-over-kamala-harris-60-minutes-interview-as-he-amends-lawsuit-to-add-new-claims-and-a-co-plaintiff/

# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP mulls ‘politically difficult’ plan to take massive ax to Medicaid: Republicans are considering several changes to roll back the Affordable Care Act and drastically cut federal funding.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-is-gearing-up-to-push-major-medicaid-cuts-leaked-document-reveals/

Hospitals could be Congress’ next target as GOP looks to extend Trump’s tax cuts. Policy changes, Medicaid cuts, and reduced ACA subsidies would all weigh on health systems
https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/trump-tax-cuts-congress-medicaid-hospitals-aca-subsidies/

Republican Health Coverage Proposals Would Increase Number of Uninsured, Raise People’s Costs. An Overview of the Project 2025, Republican Study Committee, and House Budget Committee Plans
https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/republican-health-coverage-proposals-would-increase-number-of-uninsured-raise

# Medical News
Marco Rubio’s USAID “Humanitarian Waiver” isn’t helping restart lifesaving programs. After plunging USAID and network of contractors into chaos, communication breakdowns and bureaucratic snafus leave projects stalled.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/06/marco-rubio-usaid-humanitarian-waiver/

The Senate Finance Committee voted to ADVANCE dangerous conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5123633-kennedy-nomination-advances/

NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers. The NIH says the new policy, which marks a major change in how the agency funds research, is more in line what private foundations pay.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/08/g-s1-47383/nih-announces-new-funding-policy-that-rattles-medical-researchers

# Military / General News
The Rise of the Drone Boats: Swarms of weaponized unmanned surface vessels have proven formidable weapons in the Black and Red Seas. Can the US military learn the right lessons from it?
https://themerge.co/p/drone-boats

# NOAA
DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data. Elon Musk’s minions reportedly sought access to IT systems at an agency Project 2025 called “harmful to US prosperity.” Right-wing climate denialists accuse the National Weather Service of promoting alarmism over the climate crisis.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-noaa-it-systems-national-weather-service-privatization-cuts-climate-science-project-2025/
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration-noaa/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
In battle for AI dominance, Chinese corporate espionage creates an uneven playing field. A Sputnik moment or not, Chinese economic espionage could undermine U.S. competitive advantage.
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/battle-ai-dominance-chinese-corporate-espionage-fuels-uneven-playing-field

‘Replacing human workforce’: Federal insider spills about Elon Musk’s ‘end goal.’ Elon Musk hopes to eventually replace the entire human workforce within the federal government, instead implementing machines and AI
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/replacing-human-workforce-federal-insider-spills-about-elon-musk-s-end-goal/ar-AA1yFMM2?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

“Roll back to Windows 10 immediately”: Microsoft issues stark warning to wily Windows 11 users. The Backstory: Moving Beyond the Upgrade Hype
https://windowsforum.com/threads/microsofts-warning-roll-back-from-unsupported-windows-11-installations.351629/

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta To Begin Mass Layoffs Next Week, Speeds Up Hiring Of Machine Learning Engineers:  Reports suggest that the technology giant is firing 3,600 employees
https://www.benzinga.com/general/social-media/25/02/43577521/mark-zuckerbergs-meta-to-begin-mass-layoffs-next-week-speeds-up-hiring-of-machine-learning-engineers-report

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
A father of five was detained by ICE on his way to work. Now his family is losing their home
https://www.aol.com/father-five-detained-ice-way-200140967.html

Civil rights attorney sounds alarm after video shows ICE agents covering cameras during immigration raids. Residents said agents went door-to-door asking if neighbors were undocumented
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-raid-migrants-civil-rights-video-b2694712.html

The Trump administration is moving forward with restarting the detention of migrant families, including those with young children, which could mean an increase in arrests of children and teens, according to three sources familiar with the planning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-preparing-restart-immigrant-003616718.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Billionaire Elon Musk outlined a list of “super obvious” changes that his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plans to make at the U.S. Treasury Department this weekend.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/elon-musk-outlines-super-obvious-changes-doge-and-treasury-have-agreed-to-make/ar-AA1yGYIv

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continuing to receive legal pushback
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/nation-world/doge-elon-musk-federal-agency-lawsuit-buyout-offer-legal-usaid-administrative-leave-wasteful-spending-education-trump-administration

Do Elon Musk and DOGE have power to close US government agencies? Legal experts doubt that DOGE has power to cut spending already approved by Congress.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/2/8/do-elon-musk-and-doge-have-power-to-close-us-government-agencies

House Dem Says Elon Musk, DOGE Have Access To Much More Than Government Data: ‘They Know When You Have a Colonoscopy!’ A hearing is set for Feb. 14 to determine the legality of Musk’s access to such information.
https://www.newsbreak.com/mediaite-520570/3797455439283-house-dem-says-elon-musk-doge-have-access-to-much-more-than-government-data-they-know-when-you-have-a-colonoscopy

Musk says Treasury, DOGE instituting reporting changes to all government payments. The payments will include a new categorization code and a “rationale” for the money spent
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/elon-musk-doge-government-payments-014920

Musk’s DOGE gains access to Medicare, eyes FAA. The billionaire said his Department of Government Efficiency will make ‘rapid safety upgrades’ to our air traffic control systems
https://theweek.com/politics/musk-doge-medicare-faa

US judges block some of Musk’s efforts to shrink federal agencies
https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idRW984208022025RP1/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Real Secret Behind Trump’s Insane Tariff Obsession. The president won’t clarify what his price for ending his idiotic trade war is. Maybe that’s because it’s something he dare not say out loud.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191044/trump-trade-war-income-tax

Trump tariffs will only lead to inflation, retaliation and loss of trust
https://thehill.com/opinion/5130452-trump-tariffs-economic-consequences/

A new report just revealed a plan to GUT programs for low-income seniors, children and veterans
https://www.cbpp.org/research/income-security/2025-budget-stakes-vulnerable-people-could-be-targeted-for-painful-cuts

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) X Account Goes Dark As Russell Vought Takes Over, Elon Musk Posts ‘CFPB RIP’: A dismal sign for the bureau that has been targeted by Trump and tech billionaires including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, with Musk advocating for “deleting” the agency in his efforts to cut government spending.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/02/09/cfpbs-funding-gets-cut-off-after-russell-vought-takes-over-consumer-protection-agency/

Consumer financial watchdog is ordered by acting director to stop fighting financial abuse
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/business/cfpb-vought-stop-activity/index.html

Hong Kong to file complaint with WTO over US tariffs
https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/news/nation/hong-kong-to-file-complaint-with-wto-over-us-tariffs/article_81d2cbb1-b40c-5398-9fbf-428c820ed370.html

Musk’s team takes control of key systems at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/g-s1-47322/musks-team-takes-control-of-key-systems-at-consumer-financial-protection-bureau

Why Trump blinked before imposing his ‘beautiful’ tariffs on Canada and Mexico. Trump has teased two of the US’s biggest trading partners with levies but has moved the goalpost at least three times in two weeks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/09/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Inside the Trump administration hiring process where hundreds of applicants are rejected for lack of loyalty. Trump’s Loyalty Test Presses Jobseekers on Ties to Disfavored Republicans. Vetting team has rejected hundreds of applicants deemed to hold dissenting views
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-loyalty-test-administration-applications-ba3674b1

Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push
https://apnews.com/article/trump-interior-burgum-national-monuments-review-feec95054f630916a8b4d76bbc4839b7

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump administration reopens hundreds of millions of acres for oil drilling
https://san.com/cc/trump-administration-reopens-hundreds-of-millions-of-acres-for-oil-drilling/

Trump vows to tap America’s ‘liquid gold’ oil reserves and ‘drill baby, drill,’ the problem is, it’s not up to him
https://fortune.com/2025/02/09/trump-vows-to-tap-americas-liquid-gold-oil-reserves-and-drill-baby-drill-the-only-problem-is-its-not-up-to-him/

GOP Rep Wants To Gut Biden’s Green Energy Law In Next Budget. House Republicans could be leaving hundreds of billions of dollars in potential savings on the table.
https://thetowernews.com/congressman-wants-to-gut-bidens-green-energy-law-in-budget/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data: Right-wing climate denialists accuse the National Weather Service of promoting alarmism over the climate crisis.
https://truthout.org/articles/doge-ransacks-noaa-raising-fears-about-privatization-of-climate-data/

# General News
‘‘Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act’’: Dems float legislation to make Musk liable for DOGE’s actions. New Mexico Rep. Melanie Stansbury wants the world’s richest man to be “on the hook” for DOGE’s legal damages
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/08/nobody-elected-elon-musk-act-dems-float-legislation-to-make-musk-liable-for-doges-actions/

Elon Musk finally ‘takes it too far’ even for his own followers with latest decision. Elon Musk’s latest policy decision has seemingly not gone down too well with his own followers, as he faces questioning and scrutiny from those who normally support him
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/elon-musk-cfpb-decision-backlash-34640302

The US State Department says humanitarian assistance can continue. Foreign aid workers say that’s not happening
https://www.aol.com/us-state-department-says-humanitarian-191906746.html

# Gov / Politics
Government shutdown could be coming March 14. The government runs out of funding on March 14, and lawmakers are having a hard time making a deal. DOGE’s actions are contributing to that.
https://www.businessinsider.com/doge-usaid-funding-government-shutdown-2025-2

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are throwing the country into TOTAL disarray — they’re defunding critical services and shutting down federal agencies. Trump and Musk’s dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-congress-4e0c025629e8a0c758d13dc916ab4f43

‘Gasps of disbelief’: GOP lawmakers reportedly surprised by Trump — and fearing ‘revenge’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-surprised-republicans-disbelief/

‘This is a grenade’: MAGA melts down as judge ‘forbids’ Musk from accessing Treasury data. The case, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges the Trump administration allowed Musk’s team access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system in violation of federal law.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/federal-judge-blocks-musks-doge-from-accessing-sensitive-treasury-material

‘We are in disbelief’: Report reveals catastrophe threatened by Trump’s first acts. Two weeks ago, there were tens of thousands of U.S. Agency for International Development workers in Africa. Soon, there will be only 12
https://www.rawstory.com/usaid-trump-musk/

Vengeful and reckless, Donald Trump must not go unchallenged. By his destructive, vindictive, illegal and irrational actions, the US president sets himself beyond the pale
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/the-observer-view-vengeful-and-reckless-donald-trump-must-not-go-unchallenged

Trump fires National Archives chief. Trump fires head of National Archives, a North Huntingdon native
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/trump-fires-national-archivist-a-north-huntingdon-native/

Trump orders ban foreign aid, rescind federal funds guidance for abortion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-orders-ban-foreign-aid-092058004.html

Trump removes Antony Blinken, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg’s security clearances among others
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-antony-blinken-security-clearances-b2694787.html

Benjamin Netanyahu gives Donald Trump a golden pager. The gift was an allusion to a deadly September operation carried out by Israel in Lebanon, which targeted pagers used by members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/06/middleeast/netanyahu-trump-golden-pager-intl/index.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Panama accuses US of peddling ‘intolerable falsehood’ about canal. President José Raúl Mulino denies making a deal that US ships can transit the canal free of charge
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/panama-canal-trump-marco-rubio

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
FBI director nominee Kash Patel paid by Russian filmmaker close to Kremlin: Report. Patel took part in a documentary portraying the FBI director nominee and other former Trump officials as victims of a conspiracy
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kash-patel-russia-kremlin-fbi-b2694479.html

Kash Patel had a roster of foreign clients. Their interests could clash with FBI he hopes to lead. The scope of Patel’s business dealings with foreign entities is hard to fully discern because he in some instances disclosed only minimal information about the nature of his work.
https://apnews.com/article/kash-patel-shein-vance-trump-fbi-aa1e678c283017fb3a9dd3b9de613939

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Former State Senator  Dean A. Tran was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for scheming to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-massachusetts-state-senator-sentenced-18-months-prison-covid-and-tax-fraud

# LGBTQ / Gender
How a Trans Lawmaker Fired Back After Being Misgendered by a Trump Ally on House Floor. McBride called out the president’s administration for its “cycle of chaos, corruption and cynicism” as she declined to respond to her Republican colleague.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trans-lawmaker-sarah-mcbride-mary-miller-misgendering_n_67a84515e4b03ba5c011cd3f

Trump Admin Twists Civil Rights Law to Enforce Anti-Trans Crackdown. “This is just a transphobic witch hunt using taxpayer dollars,” said legislative researcher Allison Chapman.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-twists-civil-rights-law-to-enforce-anti-trans-crackdown/

Trump’s Anti-Trans Education Order Relies on Intimidation. We Must Not Yield. If parents, students and educators together refuse these policies, the policies will become unenforceable.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-anti-trans-education-order-relies-on-intimidation-we-must-not-yield/

School Systems Across US Refuse to Comply With Anti-Trans Executive Order. Multiple school systems released advisories stating that Trump’s order mandating discrimination will not be followed.
https://truthout.org/articles/school-systems-across-us-refuse-to-comply-with-anti-trans-executive-order/

# Media
Pentagon pushes out CNN, Washington Post, The Hill in further favoring of pro-Trump media. The move is part of Defense head Pete Hegseth’s “media rotation program”
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/pentagon-reveals-media-rotation-shifting-out-certain-news-outlets-to-make-room-for-others-11738429642853.html

Politico forced to smack down Trump’s ‘flat-out false’ conspiracy theory about them: “POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight,” said the statement. “POLITICO is a privately owned company. We have never received any government funding — no subsidies, no grants, no handouts. Not one dime, ever, in 18 years.”
https://www.rawstory.com/politico-trump/

Trump orders key government agency to cancel all media contracts
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/trump-politico-subscriptions-doge-elon-musk

# Medicare / Medicaid
Pro-Democrat outside group targets Republican lawmakers with ‘Hands off Medicaid’ blitz. Trump has repeatedly pledged not to cut Medicaid except for cases of fraud and abuse, but some House Republicans are mulling changes to the program
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-fox-pro-democrat-outside-group-targets-republican-lawmakers-hands-off-medicaid-blitz

# Medical Marijuana / Hemp
New Medical Pain Study Finds Medical Cannabis Is ‘More Effective Than Prescription Medications’
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/medical-marijuana-is-more-effective-than-prescription-medications-for-treating-chronic-pain-study-finds/

# Medical News
Health groups sound alarm on missing CDC, FDA data. More than 1,000 pages of national, regional and state health data was removed from the CDC and FDA websites on Jan. 31 as part of a federal government data purge.
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/02/08/cdc-fda-data/7471739052046/

Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/health/usaid-clinical-trials-funding-trump.html

Blue Cross Blue Shield will begin sending $2.6B worth of checks to subscribers. Who is eligible? Settlement notices will be sent on a ‘rolling basis,’ the company claims
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/blue-cross-blue-shield-lawsuit-claims-payment-b2694331.html

CDC Abruptly Yanks Report Linking Cats to Bird Flu Spread. The missing data detailed several cases of H5N1 that may have circulated between cats and people. The CDC webpage now features a statement up top: “CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.”
https://gizmodo.com/cdc-pulls-back-report-linking-cats-to-bird-flu-spread-2000560876

Major cancer research group calls on Trump administration to restore data access
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cancer-research-group-calls-trump-administration-restore-data/story?id=118571837

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) meetings and travel. In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-hits-nih-devastating-freezes-meetings-travel-communications-and-hiring

Scientists, researchers work to archive federal health data purged by Trump administration
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5133812-federal-public-health-data-preservation/

Veterans Affairs carves out potentially hundreds of thousands of staffers from ‘buyout’ offer. The exemption list includes more than 140 occupations.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/veterans-affairs-buyout-deferred-resignation-exemption-00203216

The Hidden Cost Behind Your “$0 Copay” Drug Assistance Program. Copay assistance programs are supposed to reduce drug costs and cover patients’ deductibles — so why are so many people getting stuck with a bill?
https://www.levernews.com/the-hidden-cost-behind-your-0-copay-drug-assistance-program/

# Military / General News
Around 200-300 enemy fighters were reported killed after American coalition forces clashed with private Russian military contractors near Khasham
https://www.newsbreak.com/war-history-online-1745274/3795987088558-around-200-300-enemy-fighters-were-reported-killed-after-american-coalition-forces-clashed-with-private-russian-military-contractors-near-khasham

They helped US order airstrikes against Taliban. Now Trump’s moves have left those Afghans in limbo
https://apnews.com/article/refugees-trump-immigration-executive-orders-resettlement-afghans-2a673e3a01ff6fa5006ef47f50dba158

# Pharmaceuticals
China makes some of Americans’ most common medicines. They won’t be spared from Trump’s tariffs
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5133762-us-china-pharmaceutical-drugs-prescriptions-trump-tariffs/

‘Public health crisis’ warning sparked for 15.8m Americans after CVS and Walgreens gut 1,000s of locations, expert says. The U.S. Sun spoke to a leading health expert who warned the closure of pharmacies is having devastating impacts on communities
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13469052/walgreens-cvs-pharmacy-closure-drug-access/

30 Prescription Hacks Big Pharma Doesn’t Want You to Know
https://www.newsbreak.com/greg-wilson-cfa-1601099/3774019214411-30-prescription-hacks-big-pharma-doesn-t-want-you-to-know

US Department of Health cutting prices on over 50 medications
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/health/us-department-of-health-cutting-prices-on-over-50-medications/vi-AA1yxIu2?ocid=winp1taskbar

Clearing up confusion on drug price rules and revisions
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/01/clearing-up-confusion-on-drug-price-rules-and-revisions/

Medicare Announces First 10 Negotiated Drug Prices
https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/hhs-announces-15-additional-drugs-selected-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-continued-effort-lower

# Science /  Science Engineers
Trump Administration Orders ‘Catastrophic’ Funding Cuts For Science Research
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5468112/

# Social Media / Internet
How a French lawmaker’s report led to a cybercrime investigation of X: The office said its J3 cybercrime unit is currently looking into the report, filed on Jan. 12, by French lawmaker Eric Bothorel, who is a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party in Parliament. Neither Musk nor his company has responded to the probe.
https://san.com/cc/how-a-french-lawmakers-report-led-to-a-cybercrime-investigation-of-x/

# Space
“Someone is lying” – User questions why space is dark despite the sun, internet roasts: “Bro, you need to stay in school”
https://www.newsbreak.com/soap-central-302262230/3795803187188-someone-is-lying-user-questions-why-space-is-dark-despite-the-sun-internet-roasts-bro-you-need-to-stay-in-school

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Page after page is disappearing from government and military websites. Here’s what Trump’s already purged.
https://www.businessinsider.com/whats-purged-from-government-military-sites-after-trump-order-2025-2

UK Secret Order Demands Apple Give Access to Users’ Encrypted Data.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/02/07/uk-demands-apple-cloud-data/78340329007/

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# Indigenous
Giving a Dam: Wyoming Tribes Push to Control Reservation Water as the State Proposes Sending it to Outside Irrigators. The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho have long fought for water sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation, but their effort is being challenged by federal legislation and a changing water landscape.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022025/wyoming-tribes-fight-for-water-sovereignty/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump administration is also going after immigrants who live here legally. It has them terrified. They entered the country legally to flee desperate conditions. Now, they could be deported. As the Trump administration takes aim at legal immigration, some who were promised safety fear deportation
https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/08/tps-humanitarian-parole-trump-legal-immigrants-executive-order/

Trump Is Embracing a Shameful Stain on American History: Amid the blitzkrieg of executive actions President Donald Trump has taken over the past two weeks, it should be no surprise that the administration aims to exploit and expand what is perhaps the 21st century’s greatest symbol of lawlessness: Guantánamo. In so doing, he is carrying forward the shameful history paved by his predecessors.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-embracing-shameful-stain-american-163000066.html

Trump Leans on WWII Japanese Incarceration Law to Deport Immigrants. The Alien Enemies Act provides sweeping powers to detain or deport foreign nationals. It’s ripe for abuse, experts say.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/28/trump-deport-immigrants-alien-enemies-act-japanese/

Senate Budget Committee unveils reconciliation agenda, includes plan to increase border security
https://thehill.com/business/5133363-senate-bill-border-defense-energy/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
I’ve Spent a Decade Reporting on NASA—and I Know Why Trump’s War on DEI Can’t Possibly Work. Efforts to scrub DEI from NASA’s websites get it all wrong.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/nasa-dei-trump-webb-telescope-carl-sagan.html?pay=1739027127419&support_journalism=please

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
WTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons? The Department of Energy tried to clarify why DOGE staffers suddenly got some I.T. access to a department that oversees the U.S. nuclear stockpile. “He’s not cleared to be in DOE, on our systems. None of those things have been done,” said the unnamed source.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wtf-doge-doing-department-charge-204633919.html

Energy secretary tries to cool worries about DOGE access to nuclear secrets. “Nothing to be worried about here,” said the Energy secretary.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/wright-doge-officials-nothing-to-be-worried-about-00203096

Why Elon Musk’s Buyout Offer “Reads Like a Scam”: An employment expert explains: There’s even more wrong with the “fork” email than you might have thought.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-federal-workforce-hits-record-as-musk-buyout-offer-looms/ar-AA1yBNKx

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’: An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff’s access to federal payments systems “the single greatest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/7/2302256/-A-US-Treasury-Threat-Intelligence-Analysis-Designates-DOGE-Staff-as-Insider-Threat

ACLU warns DOGE’s ‘unchecked’ access to government records could violate federal law
https://www.wired.com/story/aclu-doge-congress-musk-data/

ACLU Seeks Records on DOGE’s Unrestricted Access to Americans’ Data, Urges Congress to Step Up
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-seeks-records-on-doges-unrestricted-access-to-americans-data-urges-congress-to-step-up

DOGE Is Now Inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
https://www.wusf.org/2025-02-07/musks-team-takes-control-of-key-systems-at-consumer-financial-protection-bureau

DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers. “As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one employee at the United States Digital Service said about the DOGE team.
https://www.wired.com/story/musk-doge-firewall-usds-workers/

I Work in the office carrying out the Government Purge, I’m a career civil servant at the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management, and I’m sorry. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else. Russ Vought said that he wants to drive civil servants into trauma and make us feel like villains for doing our jobs. He’s been very effective at the first half of his goal, but the villains here aren’t the civil servants working to serve the American people.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/opm-fork-musk-trump-federal-personnel-management-employee.html?pay=1739026568905&support_journalism=please

How AI could replace government workers to reduce spending
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/

President Trump Launches Government Modernization Effort Through DOGE
https://budget.house.gov/press-release/president-trump-launches-government-modernization-effort-through-doge

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘I am now stuck’: Trump tariffs shock consumers with ‘up to $50’ shipping fees from China. His tariffs aren’t hurting the Chinese economy, they’re hurting everyday Americans.
https://politicalhotwire.com/t/i-am-now-stuck-trump-tariffs-shock-consumers-with-up-to-50-shipping-fees-from-china.292191/

Musk staffer takes top role at Treasury Department with control over federal payment system. With the appointment, Krause will take control of the massive federal payment system at the heart of the dispute amid what some Democrats have called an illegal data breach by Musk and his associates.
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/07/musk-staffer-takes-top-role-at-treasury-department-with-control-over-payment-system/

Musk’s ally given power to halt tax refunds and Social Security checks: The Musk ally now has control over the Bureau of Fiscal Service, which disburses more than $5 trillion in annual payments for Social Security, Medicare, tax refunds and thousands of other programs and agencies – all of which Musk demanded on social media should be unilaterally halted as illegal.”
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/02/07/tom-krause-elon-musk-doge-war-on-social-security/

# Education / Schools
DODEA adds lessons to ‘do not use’ list sent to schools worldwide. Elementary school reading assignments on immigration to America, Black History Month social studies material and chapters on sexuality and gender for high schoolers have been marked for now as “do not use” resources by the Pentagon’s school system.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-02-06/dodea-makes-dei-changes-16741634.html

Democratic members of Congress were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, according to footage shared by the lawmakers.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/democratic-lawmakers-denied-entry-to-department-of-education-we-arent-dangerous-maxwell-frost-maxine-waters-gwen-moore-trump-elon-musk-crisis-in-the-classroom

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels
https://www.dailyclimate.org/new-order-weakens-protections-for-public-lands-and-wildlife-2671107799.html

‘It’s Worse Every Day’: Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom. Former EPA regional administrators worry the actions will unravel decades of work protecting public health from pollution.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04022025/humanitarian-climate-aid-flashpoint-in-battle-for-government-control/

How the Money Stopped at One Environmental Nonprofit, Causing Hardship and Alarm. The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League always worked hard to be a good steward of public funds. But that didn’t seem to matter when its grant “disappeared.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06022025/federal-money-stops-at-southeast-environmental-nonprofit/

North Pole Temperature Reaches 20°C Above Average: Temperatures in the North Pole on Sunday reached 20 degrees Celsius above the average set between 1991 and 2020, after reaching 18 degrees higher than the average on Saturday.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/temperatures-at-north-pole-20c-above-average-and-beyond-ice-melting-point

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Mid-Atlantic States Prepare for More Billion-Dollar Disasters as Trump Considers Cutting Emergency Funding. Experts in the region met in Philadelphia to strategize about how to prepare for severe weather worsened by climate change. Pennsylvania experienced as many major weather disasters in 2024 as it did in all of the 1980s.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/u-s-mid-atlantic-leaders-plan-for-climate-disasters-as-federal-funding-faces-cuts-2671113910.html

# Food General News
30K tons of food stranded at Houston port amid pause of international aid. The food is allegedly a part of a project under the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which is in the middle of a paused federal buyout deal.
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3796401148549-report-30k-tons-of-food-stranded-at-houston-port-amid-pause-of-international-aid?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzg5ODAwMzY1MDI%3D

# General News
‘Not just trolling’: Security analyst warns Trump no longer joking about taking Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t joking – he believes Trump’s threat to make Canada the 51st state is a “real thing,” in part due to his desire to gain access to Canada’s critical minerals, according to a source who heard the behind-closed-doors comment at a summit in Toronto
https://www.cp24.com/politics/2025/02/07/its-a-real-thing-trudeau-warns-trump-isnt-joking-about-annexing-canada-source-says/?taid=67a64a275d75430001291247&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it
https://theconversation.com/efficiency-or-empire-how-elon-musks-hostile-takeover-could-end-government-as-we-know-it-249262

Outrage as ‘racist’ Trump grants refugee status to group behind South African apartheid. President Donald Trump has largely hobbled the U.S. refugee resettlement program since retaking office last month — but he gave one group of people special consideration for resettlement.
https://www.rawstory.com/apartheid/

‘America at War With Itself’: Humanitarian, Climate Aid Becomes Flashpoint in a Battle for Control of U.S. Government. As critics decry efforts to dismantle the humanitarian aid agency as a constitutional crisis and self-inflicted wound, a former USAID official warned it would cause potential allies to turn toward China or Russia.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04022025/humanitarian-climate-aid-flashpoint-in-battle-for-government-control/

# Gov / Politics
Key Democrat Tells Trump to Screw Off After He Tries to Fire Her. A key Democrat on the Federal Elections Commission has hit back after President Donald Trump made a pathetic attempt to illegally remove her. The FEC Democratic chair is not having Donald Trump’s nonsense.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191276/donald-trump-fire-democrat-fec

Trump names himself as new chairman of Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, after ousting current board. Trump highlighted the center’s recent progressive displays, accusing it of hosting drag shows last year that specifically targeted Washington, D.C. youth, which he vowed to end.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-board-chairman-firings-21cd0018c6e9f591d59becea8573d8c0

Trump goes for the jugular with NGO funding review, imperiling Dem-Journo-Activist cabal. In what critics have described as “money laundering” of taxpayer dollars to left-wing advocates, USAID often distributes taxpayer money to NGOs that support liberal causes, some of which the government would not be able to advance directly.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-board-chairman-firings-21cd0018c6e9f591d59becea8573d8c0

House Democrat leaves congressional DOGE caucus, saying Musk is ‘blowing things up’: It’s the latest sign of rising Democratic frustration with Musk even from the centrist lawmakers who were most eager to work with him.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/07/elon-musk-doge-caucus-house-democrat-leaves

Oregon congresswoman introduces ‘Stop Musk Act’ as state responds to federal chaos. Rep. Maxine Dexter’s bill would ban retaliation against federal employees who stand up to Elon Musk
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/07/oregon-congresswoman-introduces-stop-musk-act-as-state-responds-to-federal-chaos/

The MAGA Coalition Provisional Authority Has Plunged The Country Into A Constitutional Crisis
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-donald-trump-constitutional-crisis_n_67a3c1d9e4b05654e26a7918

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump Administration Not Complying With Court Order to Unfreeze Federal Funding, Attorney General Tong Seeks to Enforce Temporary Restraining Order
https://portal.ct.gov/ag/press-releases/2025-press-releases/attorney-general-tong-seeks-to-enforce-temporary-restraining-order

AG Tong says Trump admin has until Sunday to comply with temporary restraining order on funding freeze
https://ctmirror.org/2025/02/08/democratic-ags-trump-funding-freeze/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Now Trump Goes After the World’s Only International War Crimes Court. Sanctions against the ICC: Trump’s present to Netanyahu. On Thursday, the US president issued an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, imposing ‘tangible and significant consequences’ on those responsible for ICC ‘transgressions.’
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/02/08/sanctions-against-the-icc-trump-s-present-to-netanyahu_6737929_4.html

Justice Department opens inquiry into people who threatened DOGE employees. Acting US Attorney for DC Ed Martin announced the pending inquiry, but did not name any individuals who would be targeted.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/justice-department-opens-inquiry-people-who-threatened-doge-employees

# Media
Morning Joe Pundit Calls For ‘Radical’ Democrat Protests Until Elon Musk Is ‘Subject To Questioning’: Calls for Democrats to adopt a “radical” playbook to push back until there is accountability for the changes being implemented by Trump’s cost-cutting bulldog Elon Musk.
https://savetrees.co/products/toilet-paper-paper-towel-bundle?absrc=Google&abid=&abcampid=16926601573&abgroupid=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyJSQ9OO0iwMV5oSmBB1tQiosEAEYASABEgK7ofD_BwE&abkwdid=&gad_source=5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyJSQ9OO0iwMV5oSmBB1tQiosEAEYASABEgK7ofD_BwE

# Medical / General News
USAID was fighting bird flu, providing AIDS medicines, fighting polio. Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects. Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services. Elon & Trump now killed it.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/28/charities-reeling-from-usaid-freeze-warn-of-life-or-death-effects

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Galveston biolabs disclose mishaps that potentially exposed workers to infectious diseases. Accidents with anthrax bacteria and a deadly virus are among the safety mishaps reported during 2024 by UTMB and the Galveston National Laboratory.
https://houstonlanding.org/galveston-biolabs-disclose-mishaps-that-potentially-exposed-workers-to-infectious-diseases/

Cancer breakthrough as scientists discover ‘switch’ that reverses disease. The new research could lead to therapies that are less toxic and more effective
https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/33263894/scientists-reverse-cancer-switch/

# Military / General News
Unprecedented New View Of BLU-109 Bunker Buster Strike That Killed Hezbollah’s Leadership. The video shows the moment the bunker busters struck, burrowing deep below the road and detonating with such force that the ground is lifted all around.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unprecedented-view-blu-109-bunker-211205308.html

A Closer Look at Israel’s Use of 80 Bunker-Buster JDAMs in Beirut
A U.S. Navy aviator and TOPGUN graduate looks at the 27 September Israeli Air Force strike that took out Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nassrallah.
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2024/october/closer-look-israels-use-80-bunker-buster-jdams-beirut

Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Grows More Potent. A new “smart fuze” for the GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator has been tested and an issue tied to the B-2 stealth bomber has been fixed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-ordnance-penetrator-bunker-buster-181110884.html

Navy Develops Highly Persistent Undersea Hydrophone System Powered By Ocean Temperatures. The Persistent Smart Acoustic Profiler Voyager could make underwater listening cheaper, more flexible, and more persistent for the sea service.
https://nosi.org/2025/02/07/navy-develops-highly-persistent-undersea-hydrophone-system-powered-by-ocean-temperatures/

NPS, Industry Research Leads to First in Persistent, Ocean Acoustic Data Collection Technology: A research partnership between the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and Seatrec has led to a milestone in the persistent monitoring of oceanographic and underwater acoustic data in real-time, and near indefinitely.
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/4054386/nps-industry-research-leads-to-first-in-persistent-ocean-acoustic-data-collecti/

The stealthy F-117 Nighthawk could have executed nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union. The F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn’t forget that during the last years of the Cold War.
https://www.twz.com/33733/the-stealthy-f-117-nighthawk-could-have-executed-nuclear-strikes-against-the-soviet-union#:~:text=If%20there%20was%20a%20crisis,execute%20it%20if%20need%20be.

# Military / General News / Global
Ukraine intercepts glide bomb in Zaporizhzhya region. Russia’s air force relies heavily on glide bombs, which are dropped from a great height, out of reach of Ukrainian air defences. Equipped with wings, they glide to the area of their targets.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-intercepts-glide-bomb-zaporizhzhya-155427376.html

Iran’s Wacky Aircraft Carrier Has Entered Service. Questions about the Shahid Bagheri’s capabilities remain, especially with the reappearance of the infamous Qaher 313 in a new drone form.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/irans-wacky-aircraft-carrier-has-entered-service

# Nuclear
Halted Nuclear Plant Project Could Restart in South Carolina. To meet the growing demand from data centers, the state is looking to give nuclear energy another try. Will it be cost-effective?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08022025/south-carolina-halted-nuclear-plant-could-restart/

# Science / Science Engineers
The butterfly effect: This obscure mathematical concept has become an everyday idea, but do we have it all wrong? In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?
https://theconversation.com/the-butterfly-effect-this-obscure-mathematical-concept-has-become-an-everyday-idea-but-do-we-have-it-all-wrong-246577

# Social
Executive Order Confusion Causes NYC Housing Officials To Delay Section 8 Landlord Payments. The payments have not gone out to landlords who lease apartments to Section 8 housing tenants, causing issues across the city.
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-housing-officials-blame-late-section-8-rent-payments-on-federal-disarray

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Millions of phone location records feared leaked as one of the biggest data leaks ever may be a whole lot worse. Another DPRK recruiting scam is targeting jobseekers
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/north-korean-hackers-targeting-linkedin-jobseekers-with-new-malware

Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation. Roughly half a dozen employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who previously worked to counter election-related disinformation have been put on administrative leave
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/trump-guts-cyber-workers-00203087

# Water
Trump and GOP-Led Congress Attempting to Undo Lead Pipe Protections. Congressional Republicans, along with the Trump administration, are trying to repeal Biden-era rules that require all lead pipes in the United States to be replaced, while lowering the lead limit in drinking water.
https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2025/01/28/congressional-republicans-seeking-to-cancel-key-lead-water-safety-rule-that-will-replace-all-toxic-lead-pipes-in-10-years-and-protect-tens-of-millions/

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# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Target was one of the most outspoken supporters of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. But now, Target leadership is suddenly backtracking on their commitment to these programs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/target-rolls-back-major-dei-initiatives.html

After Target backs away from diversity programs, civil rights activists call for a boycott
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/after-target-backs-away-from-diversity-programs-civil-rights-activists-call-for-a-boycott

DEI Dead at Revamped EEOC: EEOC Enforcement Priorities After Trump Administration Makeover
https://www.workforcebulletin.com/dei-dead-at-the-eeoc-whats-next-for-eeoc-enforcement-priorities-after-trump-administration-actions
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Employment_Opportunity_Commission

Top EEOC Lawyer Fired by Trump Speaks Out on Anti-DEI Purge, Gutting of Agencies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD0i4gMQ9bs

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s Doge staffers face protest over labor department visit. Representatives of ‘department of government efficiency’ set sights on latest target in federal agency overhaul
https://inthesetimes.com/article/elon-musk-trump-doge-labor-department

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Elon Musk Proposes Putting US Treasury on Blockchain. Well, this ought to send crypto bulls into a frothy tizzy. But a good idea?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-elon-musk-put-u-s-treasury-on-blockchain-heres-what-he-and-his-interns-are-proposing/articleshow/117989720.cms?from=mdr

Elon Musk and MAGA demand the defunding of Social Security: Musk ‘could shut off welfare programmes’ after gaining access to $6 trillion payment system
https://www.yahoo.com/news/musk-could-shut-off-welfare-165834827.html

# Education / Schools
Texas Senate gives initial OK to school voucher bills
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/05/texas-senate-school-voucher-vote/

‘Students Will Be Better Off’: Former Education Secretary Pitches Plan To Completely Dismantle Her Old Agency. Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos proposed a plan Thursday to Dismantle the Department of Education after stating it has failed to fulfill its purpose.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/06/betsy-devos-education-department-dismantle-trump-plan/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Nigeria considers restarting oil production in polluted delta region
https://www.ehn.org/nigeria-considers-restarting-oil-production-in-polluted-delta-region-2671091302.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The EPA Has Suffered Decades of Attacks — But Trump’s Are the Worst Yet. Trump’s Project 2025-stoked sabotage of the Environmental Protection Agency will unleash rampant carcinogens in the US.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-epa-has-suffered-decades-of-attacks-but-trumps-are-the-worst-yet/

LA Fires Didn’t Discriminate in Their Destruction — But Recovery Efforts Could. Amid rent gouging, land speculators and insurance woes, the cost of rebuilding may exceed working people’s means.
https://truthout.org/articles/la-fires-didnt-discriminate-in-their-destruction-but-recovery-efforts-could/

Renaming The Gulf of Mexico isn’t a laughing matter but part of a US imperialist power grab. It reflects a disregard for historical truth, an aggressive assertion of U.S. superiority, and the continuation of exploitative colonialist practices that harm both the environment and Latin American people.
https://dissidentvoice.org/2025/02/renaming-the-gulf-of-mexico-isnt-a-laughing-matter-but-part-of-a-u-s-imperialist-power-grab/

New order weakens protections for public lands and wildlife. President Trump’s Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued a directive making it easier to develop.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05022025/new-interior-secretary-weakens-public-land-protections-fossil-fuels/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s second week in office delivers jolts and chaotic orders with a mix of politics and tragedy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-dei-federal-workers-plane-crash-733303f2c808834f4cc4b30dfaf308a7

Shutdown Threat Rises as Funding Deadline Approaches. Capitol Hill lawmakers are increasingly worried that a March 14 deadline to fund the government might result in a government shutdown as tensions rise over the Trump administration’s actions, including a funding freeze that has been blocked by the courts.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/u-s-heading-for-another-shutdown-as-donald-trumps-controversial-executive-actions-could-be-a-major-factor-behind-the-impasse/articleshow/117958951.cms?from=mdr

Trump the “Peacemaker” Ramps Up America’s Forever War in Somalia. The American tradition of airstrikes against Somalia is continuing into Trump’s second term.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/04/trump-airstrike-somalia/

Democratic Senator ‘Fully Supports’ U.S. Boots in Gaza. Sen. John Fetterman appeared to be the lone Democrat who was open to a U.S. takeover of Gaza.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/national/pa-sen-john-fetterman-says-he-would-fully-support-u-s-troops-in-gaza-after/article_aa840ffa-5af5-5f06-aba0-37a074ea98e1.html

Tlaib Slams Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan: “Palestinians Aren’t Going Anywhere.” Trump “can only spew this fanatical bull**** because of bipartisan support in Congress for funding genocide,” she said.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/un-calls-any-forced-displacement-of-people-ethnic-cleansing-as-trump-eyes-gaza/3473170

As Cuomo Considers Bid for Mayor, His Allies Prepare a Super PAC. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not entered the race for mayor of New York City. But private planning suggests he is laying the groundwork to do so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/nyregion/cuomo-super-pac-mayor.html

Leaked Decision Tree Shows How the Government Now Decides What Is Thought Crime. “You can’t design a study of humans without using at least one of these terms.”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/leaked-government-decision-tree-nsf

Congresswomn Norton says Senate Bill to Repeal D.C. Home Rule Act indicates D.C. is closer to statehood
https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-says-senate-bill-repeal-dc-home-rule-act-indicates-dc-closer-ever-0

Sen. Fetterman: ‘I Fully Support’ Deploying Troops To Gaza. Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is reportedly backing the deployment of U.S. troops to the Gaza Strip to assist with President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of the territory.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/john-fetterman-support-troops/2025/02/05/id/1197972/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Palestinians Reject Trump’s Plan to Relocate Them Outside of Gaza
https://truthout.org/articles/palestinians-reject-trumps-plan-to-relocate-them-outside-of-gaza/

Palestinians and Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gw89x8x11o

Israel Begins Preparations For Gaza Exodus As Egypt Lobbies Against Trump Plan
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-egypt-trump-displacement-bc1c43f80655190824a5de4eb1d310cc

Declawing China’s Minerals Weapon. There is nothing theoretical about the danger this dependence poses. China has already weaponized our mineral insecurity and is actively working to tighten its vise grip on global commodity markets.
https://dcjournal.com/declawing-chinas-minerals-weapon/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Federal Judge Blocks Transfer of 3 Trans Women to Men’s Prison. Trans people face a heightened risk of violence when confined in prison facilities that don’t align with their gender.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-blocks-transgender-inmates-prison-transfer-under-trump-order-2025-01-30/

# Media
The Intercept Relaunches Press Freedom Defense Fund. PFDF will provide assistance to reporters facing serious legal threats and offer a program to help news organizations implement risk reduction strategies.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/03/press-freedom-defense-fund-relaunch/

Trump’s Coming War on the Press. The big media outlets do themselves no favor by trying appeasement.
https://www.justsecurity.org/107377/trump-control-us-media-information/

# Medical / General News
RFK Jr. Nomination Advances on Same Day Trump Pushes Anti-Vax Talking Points. The Senate Finance Committee narrowly advanced Kennedy’s nomination to the full Senate by a 14-13 vote on Tuesday.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2025/02/04/nx-s1-5285682/rfk-jr-appears-on-his-way-to-being-trumps-health-secretary-after-a-party-line-vote/

Doctors Rush to Access CDC Archives After Website Is Purged on Trump’s Orders. Doctors are struggling to access public health information as the Trump administration censors federal agency websites.
https://journalistsresource.org/home/as-the-us-government-removes-health-websites-and-data-heres-a-list-of-non-government-data-alternatives/

Trump’s restrictions spark chaos across health and science agencies
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/27/nih-staff-restrictions-clinical-trials-research-purchasing-travel-eased-trump-freeze-chaos/

Why Doctors Test Too Much, And why it’s bad for patients
https://nautil.us/why-doctors-test-too-much-1188119/

Accumulation of Microplastics in Human Brain Tissue Rising Rapidly: In a new study, health sciences researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) have found microplastics in human brain tissue in concentrations much higher than in other organs.
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-human-brains.html

# Military / General News
Suspected Venezuelan gang members first to arrive at Guantanamo: Ten suspected Venezuelan gang members were among the first to arrive Tuesday at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay as about 300 U.S. troops worked to expand the center’s migrant capacity to hold thousands more deported migrants.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/news/2025/february/suspected-venezuelan-gang-members-first-to-arrive-at-guantanamo

Air Force places career training on hold while services scrub DEI content. The Air Force has temporarily halted career development courses as part of a broader effort to remove diversity, equity and inclusion-related content from military training and education.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-05/air-force-career-training-dei-16724055.html

# NASA / Space
These 9 companies will dream up Artemis moon mission tech. “This is an important step to a sustainable return to the moon.”
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasa-just-gave-these-9-companies-usd24-million-to-dream-up-artemis-moon-mission-tech

# Pharmaceuticals
Tariffs Will Increase Drug Prices for Americans. In 2023, U.S. pharmaceutical imports totaled $177.85 billion. If tariff rates averaged 20 percent, it would add nearly $36 billion to the cost of these medicines.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/tariffs-health-supply-chain-woes-prices

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
The FBI Just Quietly Revealed That It Has a Real-Life UFO Office. Yes, you read that right — the truth is out there — and under lock and key at the FBI.
https://futurism.com/fbi-quietly-reveals-ufo-office

# Veterans / VA
Senate confirms Doug Collins as VA secretary. Collins, 58, has pledged to protect veterans benefits from potential funding cuts and expressed support for expanding access to medical care outside the VA system.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/02/senate-confirms-new-va-secretary-dems-demand-he-protect-employees-hiring-freeze-and-firings/402752/

Lawmakers push to make it easier for veterans to access health care outside the VA. The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act would make it easier for veterans to obtain medical services from doctors in private practice by removing eligibility requirements for non-VA care.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/12/03/bill-would-push-va-to-expand-outside-medical-care-options-for-vets/

Directors of VA’s veterans centers for minorities and women terminated. Both will be replaced with new leaders, the VA said, describing their terminations as routine for an incoming administration
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/30/va-dismisses-directors-of-centers-women-minority-veterans.html

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Second Federal Judge Blocks Unlawful Trump Order to End Birthright Citizenship by Fiat. Judge rules Trump’s order unconstitutional, keeping birthright citizenship intact — for now
https://www.boundless.com/blog/second-federal-judge-blocks-trumps-attempt-to-end-birthright-citizenship/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE cancels millions in government payments to left-leaning media outlet
https://san.com/cc/doge-cancels-millions-in-government-payments-to-left-leaning-media-outlet/

Concern over DOGE stopping Social Security, Medicare payments
https://www.yahoo.com/news/concern-over-doge-stopping-social-190209960.html

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/04/doge-noaa-headquarters
NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration

Elon Musk’s DOGE Reportedly Accesses Federal Workforce’s Personal Data: Here’s What To Know About DOGE
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/06/elon-musks-doge-reportedly-accesses-federal-workforces-personal-data-heres-what-to-know-about-doge/

DOGE will keep limited access to Treasury payments system with 2 associates having ‘read-only’ view
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/treasury-says-elon-musk-doge-has-read-only-access-to-payment-systems/

Retirees sue to block Musk, DOGE access to personal information of millions of Americans. The Alliance for Retired Americans says the Treasury Department broke the law by allowing billionaire Elon Musk access to Medicare and Social Security systems.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/retirees-sue-to-block-elon-musk-doge-access-to-medicare-social-security-systems-treasury-trump-scott-bessent-omb-usaid-privacy/65-83b17760-d1a9-4454-8f4d-5084eaf3fc3a

Personal Information Of Mostly Black Federal Health Workers Added To ‘DEI Watch List’ Over Perceived Offenses. According to NBC News, the website displays photos, names, and public information of several employees from health agencies, mostly Black workers from the Department of Health and Human Services
https://afrotech.com/personal-information-mostly-black-federal-health-workers-dei-watch-list

Musk’s team is rewriting code in the U.S. Treasury system
https://newrepublic.com/post/191176/elon-musk-treasury-takeover-dangerous

USAID was dismantled so fast one fired employee had to be REHIRED to process time sheets
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/usaid-state-department-elon-musk-firings-b2693107.html

DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers. Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Panama Canal Authority said there had been no changes made to the fees on vessels sailing through the canal, despite a statement by the US State Department, which said a deal struck with Panama would save it millions of dollars a year.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-05/panama-canal-authority-denies-changes-to-charge-fees-after-us-claim

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for Trump tax cuts to be made permanent
https://atr.org/secretary-bessent-rejects-wimpy-5-year-tax-extension-calls-for-permanent-tax-cuts-current-policy-scoring/

Trump-Musk Purge Scandal at Treasury Takes Yet Another Unsettling Turn. As the Treasury Department offers some new spin about Elon Musk’s takeover of payment systems and ousting of a top career official, Senator Ron Wyden tells us why this “reeks of a cover-up.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/191191/trump-musk-purge-scandal-treasury

# Education / Schools
Elon Musk’s war on Head Start childhood education exposes how “pro-natalists” are really anti-woman. “You do not want to give money to women,” declared one leader of the movement to make more babies
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/06/elon-musks-on-head-start-childhood-education-exposes-how-pro-natalists-are-really-anti-woman/

Trump’s Funding Freeze Hits Its First Targets: Young Kids
https://newrepublic.com/post/191138/trump-funding-freeze-first-targets-young-kids-head-start

Still locked out of federal funding, several Head Start preschools may need to close temporarily
https://www.wgal.com/article/head-start-funding-crisis-trump-freeze/63678868

Ohio GOP bill to cancel DEI programs and ban university faculty strikes, first Ohio Senate Committee hearing held Jan. 29. Senate Bill 1 would ban diversity, equity and inclusion courses in addition to the trainings. It also bans strikes by faculty and staff and reduces trustees’ terms
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/ohio/ohio-senate-bill-1-introduced-jerry-cirino-kirtland-ban-diversity-inclusion-labor-strikes-higher-education/95-e87bbdc2-980b-4803-a2f7-a0aeb1a15200

# Employment / Labor / Unions
House Dem proposes bill named after Musk ending federal contracts for special government employees
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/02/05/pocan–musk–legislation–special-government-employees

‘Directly violates the law’: Trump defying ’90 years of Supreme Court precedent’ in firing labor board member after ‘unlawful’ termination, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/directly-violates-the-law-trump-defying-90-years-of-supreme-court-precedent-in-firing-labor-board-member-after-unlawful-termination-lawsuit-says/

‘People Who Work for a Living’ Rally at Labor Dept as DOGE Readies Latest Attack. “The people who keep our food and medicine safe know more about how to make government efficient than an outsider whose companies benefit from the very agencies he is infiltrating.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-federal-workers

Trump administration expected to put EPA environmental justice and civil rights workers on administrative leave
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/06/environmental-justice-offices-trump-turmoil/

Walmart axing hundreds of jobs, closing office as more white-collar workers asked to relocate
https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/business/walmart-axing-jobs-closing-offices-as-more-white-collar-workers-asked-to-relocate/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
‘Immediately terminate you’: Trump’s EPA chief sends job threat to around 1K employees
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5123348-epa-employees-facing-immediate-firing/

Trump targets EPA scientists on climate change with threat of immediate firings
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-targets-epa-scientists-climate-956239

# General News
‘My jaw dropped’: Ex-NSA workers stunned after museum covers names of women and minorities.  Late last week, a national museum literally papered over history.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5286299/nsa-museum-dei-exhibit-women-people-of-color-trump

“He’s Talking About Ethnic Cleansing, Right?” People Are Absolutely Slamming Trump’s Plan For The US To “Take Over” Gaza
https://www.yahoo.com/news/people-flat-calling-trumps-plans-224018107.html

World reaction to Trump’s ‘take over’ and ethnic cleansing plan for Gaza. Hamas calls Trump’s idea a ‘recipe for generating chaos’ and says the people of Gaza will not allow their displacement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/5/world-reaction-to-trumps-comments-on-ethnic-cleansing-in-gaza

‘We Will Not Leave’: Palestinians Respond With Defiance to Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan. “This is our homeland,” said one Gaza City resident. “Neither I, my children, nor my grandchildren will ever leave it.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/palestinians-react-to-trump-plan-for-gaza

Trump announces withdrawal from UN human rights body and halt to funding for Palestinian refugees
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/trump-united-nations-human-rights-council-unrwa-withdrawl/507-1288931a-cb2a-4197-ae60-52e1f9499820

A Powerful Conservative Think Tank Is Targeting One of the Last Good Things on the Internet. The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” Wikipedia editors it accuses of antisemitism.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/wikipedia-project-2025-heritage-foundation-doxing-editors-antisemitism.html

# Gov / Politics
Trump Has No Right to Move Us to Oligarchy, Authoritarianism, and Kleptocracy. Instead of moving toward an economy which is designed to benefit the very richest people in our society, we have got to fight hard to create a government that works for all of us.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-oligarchy

How Trump 2.0 could herald a new age of authoritarian capitalism. Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet. It must be strongly resisted
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-second-term-new-age-authoritarian-capitalism-china-musk/

‘They’ve done their homework’: The unexpected power of Musk’s digital assault on Washington. Almost overnight, banal-seeming federal IT systems have become an ideologically driven bulldozer
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/musk-digital-assault-washington-00202516

‘You’re out of order!’ House hearing descends into chaos after GOP blocks Dems from subpoenaing Elon Musk
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/musk-digital-assault-washington-00202516

“What’s the point of having Congress?”: Even some conservatives now say it’s a constitutional crisis
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/05/whats-the-point-of-having-congress-even-conservatives-worry-about-musks-illegal/

All the times Project 2025 has appeared in Trump’s executive orders
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/trump-executive-orders-project-2025/

Donald Trump Faces First Articles Of Impeachment In Second Term
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-democrat-bring-first-articles-impeachment-trump-second-term-2026701

Fox’s Chad Pergram Asks Speaker Johnson Why Congress Is Letting Elon Musk Control Federal Agencies: ‘Aren’t You Ceding Back That Power?’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/foxs-chad-pergram-asks-speaker-johnson-why-congress-is-letting-elon-musk-control-federal-agencies-arent-you-ceding-back-that-power/

Law Professor Says Trump Administration’s Purges Are ‘Highly Illegal’ and ‘They Even Know It’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/law-professor-says-trump-administration-s-purges-are-highly-illegal-and-they-even-know-it/ar-AA1yuIJ6?ocid=BingNewsVerp

Top Official Who Fought “Illegal” Trump Purge Now Being Pushed Out
https://newrepublic.com/post/190995/usaid-official-fought-trump-firings-purge-pushed-out

Rand Paul recoils at Trump’s Gaza takeover plans: ‘I thought we voted for America First.’ Trump indicated the US will ‘take over’ the region.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5128041-rand-paul-trump-gaza/

Trump ‘does not have the authority to abolish’ USAID: Congressional Research Service
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-does-not-authority-abolish-191020919.html

Trump Is Pushing the World Right Into China’s Arms. The new administration is actively inviting its allies to turn their backs on America.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/02/trump-tariffs-mexico-canada-china-paris-climate-agreement-world-health-organization.html

Trump Is Undermining U.S. Soft Power at a Delicate Time. Experts warn that Trump’s recent foreign policy decisions could signal to allies that the U.S. is no longer a reliable partner.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191174/trump-undermining-soft-power-consequences

Mass Protests Against Trump Break out Across the Country, Protesters gathered at state capitols nationwide to protest Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
https://apnews.com/article/50501-protests-project-2025-trump-state-capitols-ddd341171a54ba9b498cbfe7530e18ab

House Republicans just blocked Democrats from trying to force Elon Musk to testify about how he’s destroying the government.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191182/house-oversight-republicans-block-democrats-subpoena-elon-musk

# Gov / Politics / Global
Amid Trump Threat, Greenland Bans Foreign Political Donations Before March Elections
https://san.com/cc/greenland-bans-foreign-political-donations-amid-renewed-us-interest/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
New AG Pam Bondi uses her first day in office to ban federal funds from heading to ‘Sanctuary Cities‘: Among several directives issued Wednesday, Bondi charged the DOJ with identifying and evaluating funding agreements with nongovernmental organizations that provide support to undocumented immigrants
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/pam-bondi-ban-sanctuary-cities-funding-b2693020.html

State attorneys general look to prosecute Fauci despite Biden pardon. Fauci welcomes Biden pardon but says he has ‘committed no crime.’ The former public health official was expected to be targeted with legal action.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/fauci-biden-pardon-00199293

CIA Sets Off Security Crisis With One Email to Trump’s White House. In an effort to comply with Trump’s orders, the CIA just opened itself up to foreign attacks.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191201/cia-national-security-crisis-email-list-trump-white-house?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_ticker_rss&utm_term=tnr-newsletter-20240823

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Groups Warn Trump Appointee Against Turning US Attorney’s Office Into ‘DOGE Defense Squad.’ “Does Ed Martin follow the Constitution or Elon Musk?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-attorney-elon-musk

‘Retribution is inevitable’: Proud Boys leader plans to defy judge who stripped group of trademark in fight with vandalized Black church
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/retribution-is-inevitable-proud-boys-leader-plans-to-defy-judge-who-stripped-group-of-trademark-in-fight-with-vandalized-black-church/

New lawsuit seeks to cut off Elon Musk’s access to Treasury networks. The concern is that Musk and his associates may have already gained access to sensitive information about Americans — everything from addresses and Social Security numbers to debt-to-income ratios.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/president-trumps-first-100-days/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-cut-off-elon-musks-access-to-treasury-networks

US supreme court may revive doctrine that would curb federal agencies’ power
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/nondelegation-doctrine-supreme-court

# Medicare / Medicaid
‘Big money fraud’: Musk team reportedly gains access to Medicaid and Medicare computers
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-health-data-cms

Elon Musk’s DOGE agency gains access to Medicare, Medicaid payments
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3793320291037-elon-musks-doge-agency-gains-access-to-medicare-medicaid-payments?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzg4NDk0NzQzNzQ%3D

DOGE targets Medicare agency, looking for fraud. Elon Musk’s allies have been on site at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services offices this week
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elon-musk-doge-medicare-medicaid-fraud-e697b162

# Medical / General News
Rep. Brent Money files bill criminalizing women who terminate their pregnancies
https://www.newsbreak.com/kltv-1982238/3793172488747-webxtra-rep-brent-money-files-bill-criminalizing-women-who-terminate-their-pregnancies

The Damage to Federal Medical Research Is Already Done. Clinical trials may have to be scrapped, research applications will be pushed back, and unpaid researchers will quickly leave the sector—even if the Trump administration’s funding pause is only temporary.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/research-funding-freeze-cancer-grants-what-now/

# Military / General News
West Point shuts down clubs for women and students of color in response to Trump’s DEI policies
https://apnews.com/article/west-point-student-clubs-diversity-trump-dei-a8e992f1bbceda4bf217db6dfebd6b92

# NASA / Space
‘Bent the knee’: Outrage as NASA scrubs women and Indigenous people off website. The order garnered fierce backlash on social media, including from many women irate that women in leadership roles were to be removed.
https://www.rawstory.com/nasa/

# Planetary
Found: A Giant Crack in the Arizona Desert. Fissures appear when groundwater is sucked away.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/found-a-giant-crack-in-the-arizona-desert

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent. Researchers are constantly encountering lost landmasses that constitute important pieces in the puzzle of our planet’s geological past.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/new-continent-davis-strait-2670858090

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
‘Corporate War Machine’: With Trump in Office, Google Drops Pledge Not to Use AI to Develop Weapons
https://truthout.org/articles/google-drops-pledge-to-not-use-ai-to-develop-weapons-surveillance-technologies/

Chris Anderson, who transformed TED from a small conference into a global platform for sharing ideas, announced today he’s stepping down after 25 years at the helm. The nonprofit’s leader is seeking new ownership through an unusual open call for proposals. Anderson wants potential buyers, whether universities, philanthropic organizations, media companies or tech firms, to demonstrate both vision and financial capacity.
https://blog.ted.com/an-exciting-new-chapter-for-ted/

The Real Reason Tech Bros Are Following Elon Musk’s Lead to Leave Delaware. Mark Zuckerberg and other execs might follow Elon Musk out the door.
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/elon-musk-delaware-judge-meta-mark-zuckerberg-bill-ackman-pershing-texas-nevada.html?pay=1738862051576&support_journalism=please

Musk ‘Fealty’ Drives Delaware Exits as His Grip on Power Grows
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/before-the-bar/musk-fealty-drives-delaware-exits-as-his-grip-on-power-grows

# Transportation / Travel
Elon Musk, Famous for Self-Crashing Cars, Takes Over Country’s Planes. Trump’s transportation secretary has just invited Elon Musk and DOGE to wreck the country’s aviation system next.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-famous-self-crashing-213102077.html

# Veterans / VA
Elon Musk Aide Is Now Working at VA and Accessing Its Computer Systems
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/04/infinite-nightmares-once-veterans-data-swept-musks-takeover-of-treasury-system.html

# Weather
Life-saving weather warnings are on the line as Trump and DOGE target America’s forecasting agency. Even before federal employees at the National Weather Service received so-called buyout offers this week, America’s public forecasting agency was suffering its lowest staffing in decades
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/weather/national-weather-service-job-cuts-hurricane-season/index.html

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