Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
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Posted inWorking in America
Workers Sue Vought for Threatening to Use Shutdown to Fire Them
Multiple labor unions sued the OMB director for abusing his position and pushing an extremist Project 2025 agenda.
Posted inPolitics
The Government Has Been Shut Down for Months
Today is the day we stop pretending that it’s not.
Posted inTAP
Russ Vought’s Empty Shutdown Threat
Today on TAP: The OMB director says that if Democrats don’t cave, he will do mass layoffs. Imagine that.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Offer a (Partial) No Kings Budget
Provisions in the counteroffer to a continuing resolution would prevent illegal withholding of funds and partisan budget cuts.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Russ Vought’s Scheme Has Been Unmasked
Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
When Federal Funding Doesn’t Show Up
The Trump administration has denied legally obligated funds to thousands of organizations dependent on federal grants, causing layoffs, service cuts, and mass anxiety.
Posted inTAP
The NIH Funding Wars
Today on TAP: Are Republican senators more loyal to Trump, or to their home-state economies?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Attacks Child Care for the Most Vulnerable
It turns out that you can’t just turn the government off and then back on again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Will Trump Continue to Defy Court Orders?
As long as nobody will stop him, why wouldn’t he?