With Medicaid at risk, state officials could help put the brakes on DOGE and the chaos generated in Washington, but only with some decisive pushback.
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Posted inWorking in America
King Musk’s Government Purge Hits a Snag
Before Elon Musk can exercise authoritarian power, he must purge the federal bureaucracy. But federal workers aren’t playing ball.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Illegal Executive Spending Decisions Are Happening Now
With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.
Posted inWorking in America
Vulnerable Federal Contractors Protest Terminations at USAID
The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Nothing Normal About This CFPB Takeover
All work at the agency has been shut down indefinitely.
Posted inPolitics
Will the Republic Strike Back?
The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Lawsuit Takes On Musk Payment System Takeover on Privacy Grounds
Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats’ Plans to Fight Musk
After a slow start, Democrats begin to resist the government takeover.
Posted inPolitics
Elon Musk’s Pet U.S. Attorney Threatens Anyone Reporting on DOGE
The shadow president wants total secrecy around his seizure of government agencies.
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘Filled With Unmitigated Terror’
A Q&A with Nathan Tankus on what it means for Elon Musk’s forces to have commandeered some level of control of the U.S. payment system.
