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The Week in Musk: “Truly a Moron,” – Judd Legum
By Caleb Ecarma, Apr 11, 2025 In public outbursts and private pleas, Elon Musk has spent the past week opposing Donald Trump’s protectionist policies. Over the weekend, Musk, a top Trump adviser and head of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, privately urged the president to drop the sweeping tariffs he had implemented against top…
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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance – The New Republic
Let’s Go! Ordinary people have more power than they know. Democracy is not a spectator sport. That truism has been repeated by notables from Gen. Jim Mattis to Barack Obama to George Shultz, Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state. But it’s fitting that the person credited with first saying it was a private citizen whom nobody…
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Opinion | Donald Trump has wrecked the economy in just seven weeks – The Washington Post
Opinion Dana Milbank Trump’s ad hoc presidency is destroying the economy — and a lot more Trump eases the fears of jittery Americans by turning the White House driveway into a Tesla showroom. March 14, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. EDT, Today at 7:30 a.m. EDT 13 min Source Links: Opinion | Donald Trump has wrecked…
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Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker
New tool reveals Musk has overstated verified DOGE savings by at least 92% Source Links: Introducing: The Musk Watch DOGE Tracker
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The Right-Wing Media Machine is now the U.S. Government – Impromptu – The Washington Post
President Trump has elevated a podcaster who’s bragged about “owning the libs” to a top position at the FBI, after firing six top generals at the Pentagon last week. Meanwhile, Elon Musk continues to make confusing demands of federal employees. Columnists Ruth Marcus, Dana Milbank and Philip Bump discuss whether this is all about loyalty…
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Trump makes numerous false claims at Cabinet meeting – CNN – CNN News
Facts FirstFact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cabinet meetingBy Daniel Dale, CNN,10 minute read, Updated 4:10 PM EST, Wed February 26, 2025 Source Links: Fact check: Trump makes numerous false claims at Cabinet meeting | CNN Politics Washington CNN — President Donald Trump made numerous false claims in remarks at the first Cabinet meeting…
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All The Times DOGE S**t Had To Be Cleaned Up | HuffPost – Latest News
Politics Donald Trump DOGE All The Times DOGE S**t Had To Be Cleaned Up Trump keeps racing to rehire federal workers he fired because — surprise! — we need experts on nuclear weapons, bird flu prevention and park management. By Jennifer Bendery,,Feb 22, 2025, 06:00 AM EST WASHINGTON — Imagine becoming president of the United…
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Politico: Musk says all federal employees need to explain their work — or be let go
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/22/musk-federal-employees-explanation-dismissal-00205613
