Two Jan. 6 Boosters Are Now Trump Appointees Strangling USAID From The Inside
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Two Jan. 6 Boosters Are Now Trump Appointees Strangling USAID From The Inside

For some of the thousands of USAID employees left in limbo after the Trump administration…

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Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS 
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Inside The ‘Bizarre’ Meeting Where DOGE Requested ‘Extensive System Access’ At IRS 

The Internal Revenue Service has now joined the list of federal agencies and offices experiencing…

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Important Note for Federal Civil Servants
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Important Note for Federal Civil Servants

There are probationary employees who are new in government service and those who are labeled…

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White House Declares War on Academic Medical Centers
White House Declares War on Academic Medical Centers

Major news out of NIH tonight, which I’m told will have a dramatic impact on all academic medical centers and...

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected To Examine Another Treasury System Next Week
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected To Examine Another Treasury System Next Week

This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter...

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Trump DOJ Crosses The Rubicon With Investigation Of The Investigators
Trump DOJ Crosses The Rubicon With Investigation Of The Investigators

On her first day as attorney general, Pam Bondi launched an investigation of the Biden-era investigators of President Donald Trump...

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This Ain’t The Apprentice. Stop Calling Them Firings. They’re Purges.
This Ain’t The Apprentice. Stop Calling Them Firings. They’re Purges.

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version....

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Here’s What Treasury and DOJ Mean By ‘Read-Only’ Access
Here’s What Treasury and DOJ Mean By ‘Read-Only’ Access

One of the continuing mysteries about the DOGE intrusion into the super sensitive payments computer system housed at Treasury Department...

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Dems Suggest They Got Johnson To Commit To Hearing On Elon’s Treasury Break-In
Dems Suggest They Got Johnson To Commit To Hearing On Elon’s Treasury Break-In

Two Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) Thursday in what appears to be...

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Waves slam the Oceana Pier & Pier House Restaurant in Atlantic Beach, N.C.,  Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 as Hurricane Florence approaches the area. (Travis Long /The News & Observer via AP)
Where’s the Real Power Nexus? How Does the Opposition Get To It?

I’ve made this point a few times in passing in other posts. But as events develop I wanted to explain...

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Why Did Musk Gizmocrats Rewrite the Payment System Code?
Why Did Musk Gizmocrats Rewrite the Payment System Code?

The Times this morning has an apparent explanation for why DOGE operatives were so eager to take control of the...

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What Was Elon Musk’s Team Really Up To At Treasury?
What Was Elon Musk’s Team Really Up To At Treasury?

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version....

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The Three-Headed Chimera of Trumpian Destruction
The Three-Headed Chimera of Trumpian Destruction

As Elon Musk and Donald Trump, in a secondary role, steamroll through the federal government, there’s a taxonomy to the...

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