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.
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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.
Posted inTransportation
Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash
If the president wanted to cause airline disasters, it’s hard to imagine what he would have done differently.
Posted inPolitics
Presidential Bid to Take Over Federal Spending Is Four Years in the Making
On the last day of Trump’s first term, Office of Management and Budget officials asserted that presidents can alter spending they don’t like. They’re returning to OMB to finish the job.
Posted inWorking in America
Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge
As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance.
Posted inTAP
Can We Count on the Supreme Court?
Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Almost Deleted Medicaid
These are not bright guys, and things got out of hand.
