Every regime’s enforcement mechanisms rely on threats and politicized intimidation. In the case of Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s ongoing power grab, it’s involved young staffers with Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) barging into different federal agencies, departments, and institutes, demanding that security officials and other senior staff …
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On a Sunday morning, Dec. 13, 2020, Reverend William Lamar, pastor of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was home preparing to livestream for his virtual congregation, who were among the thousands forced indoors in the throes of the Covid pandemic. “As I was going down to …
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former heart surgeon who rose to prominence dispensing dubious medical advice on TV, is expected to appear before the Senate’s Committee on Finance this month for hearings on his nomination to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Donald Trump. CMS oversees Medicare …
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As part of his second administration, Donald Trump is quickly ramping up to a potential firing spree at the FBI, as vengeance for the multiple federal criminal investigations into him, his associates, and violent supporters. But even before he and his incoming FBI chief get a chance to cull those …
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The Trump and Musk administration is continuing its vandalism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — the federal agency that has returned more than $20 billion to Americans who have been scammed and cheated by financial firms, ranging from payday lenders to big banks. On Tuesday night, the administration began …
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The circling drones buzz overhead as explosions echo. Bursts of gunfire between Israeli soldiers and fighters from the Palestinian refugee camp ring out. Israeli military jeeps patrol bulldozed roads outside the government hospital. Displaced camp resident, 29 year-old Noureddine Jarbou, sits in the courtyard watching the unending Israeli assault, his …
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In recent months, Donald Trump asked advisers for a “list” of staff at the National Archives who he should purge, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Trump said the list was to include, but not be limited to, Archives officials involved with the effort to get the Biden-era …
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The new boss at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had a jarring message for staffers Monday morning, in an internal memo leaked to Rolling Stone: “Stand down from performing any work task.” The message came from Russell Vought — a Project 2025 architect who was confirmed by the Senate last …
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A week before President Donald Trump was set to be sworn-in in front of a scaled-down crowd at the Capitol Rotunda, Washington D.C. felt completely still. Eight years earlier, the city had been electric with dissent, planes and busloads full of protesters already arriving, eager to demonstrate their displeasure with …
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Freshman Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego was recently named the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee’s new subcommittee on “digital assets,” which will oversee cryptocurrencies. On the heels of that appointment, Gallego will hold a ritzy donor retreat alongside one of the crypto industry’s biggest cheerleaders and investors, Marc Andreessen. …
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