Corey Sauer
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His mind is not for rent, to any god or government.
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X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news, even as the company continues to struggle.
How X Is Benefiting as Musk Advises Trump
The social media platform has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has experienced a return in advertisers and new exposure as an official source of government news, even as the company continues to struggle.
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JUST IN: Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. European shares followed Asian markets declining.
World markets plunge with Japan's Nikkei diving nearly 8% after Wall St. meltdown
Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. European shares followed Asian markets declining.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
JUST IN: Shares nosedived around the world Monday as higher U.S. tariffs and a backlash from Beijing triggered massive sell-offs. European shares followed Asian markets declining.
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The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has traditionally been a powerful guardrail in American government. In President Trump’s second term, the White House has undercut its role as a gatekeeper, weakening its ability to impose quality control over executive orders.
Trump Sidelines Justice Dept. Legal Office, Eroding Another Check on His Power
As President Trump claims expansive and disputed powers, his administration has curbed the influential Office of Legal Counsel.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel has traditionally been a powerful guardrail in American government. In President Trump’s second term, the White House has undercut its role as a gatekeeper, weakening its ability to impose quality control over executive orders.
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Adams was scheduled to go on trial in April until new leadership at the Justice Department under the Trump administration ordered prosecutors in New York in February to drop the case, sparking a public outcry and resignations of prosecutors.
Federal judge drops corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Adams was scheduled to go on trial in April until new leadership at the Justice Department under the Trump administration ordered prosecutors in New York in February to drop the case, sparking a publi...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Adams was scheduled to go on trial in April until new leadership at the Justice Department under the Trump administration ordered prosecutors in New York in February to drop the case, sparking a public outcry and resignations of prosecutors.
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The Constitution is clear that Donald Trump cannot run for a third term as president, Jonathan Chait writes. "But as Trump has repeatedly demonstrated, questions of the law and the Constitution ultimately reduce to power struggles."
Why Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About a Third Term
The prospect of smashing imagined limits on his power gives him an obvious thrill.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Constitution is clear that Donald Trump cannot run for a third term as president, Jonathan Chait writes. "But as Trump has repeatedly demonstrated, questions of the law and the Constitution ultimately reduce to power struggles."
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Members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting DOGE gained access over the weekend to a payroll system that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across dozens of agencies, despite security concerns raised by IT officials, according to two people familiar with the matter.
DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System Over Objections of Career Staff
Elon Musk’s team gains visibility into sensitive information about hundreds of thousands of government workers despite security concerns raised by IT officials.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Members of Elon Musk’s cost-cutting DOGE gained access over the weekend to a payroll system that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across dozens of agencies, despite security concerns raised by IT officials, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.
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March 29, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Hegseth's office ordered the U.S. Naval Academy to review all 590,000 books in its library for content at odds with an executive order banning “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools, even though it is a college. MLK, Einstein books already identified for removal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...
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Elon Musk quietly deleted a post that said he would hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Federal law prohibits payments to Americans in exchange for their registering to vote or casting ballots.
Elon Musk Backtracks on Plan to Give $2 Million Checks to Wisconsin Voters
Experts had said that his pledge to hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race seemed to run afoul of state law.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Elon Musk quietly deleted a post that said he would hand out two $1 million checks to people who had already voted in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Federal law prohibits payments to Americans in exchange for their registering to vote or casting ballots.
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Journalists accurately reported that Adolf Hitler was a “Little Man” the whole world was laughing at, Timothy W. Ryback writes. It didn’t matter:
What the Press Got Wrong About Hitler
Journalists accurately reported that the führer was a “Little Man” whom the whole world was laughing at. It didn’t matter.
www.theatlantic.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Journalists accurately reported that Adolf Hitler was a “Little Man” the whole world was laughing at, Timothy W. Ryback writes. It didn’t matter:
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A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
Aleksei Navalny Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners
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March 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A posthumous memoir by the Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny, which detailed his fight against autocracy and corruption in Russia and was published eight months after he died in prison, won a National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography.
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The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said. nyti.ms/41GYSGt
March 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said. nyti.ms/41GYSGt
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Just today, Trump taunted one ally with soaring tariffs, mused about annexing another, and threatened a third's sovereignty—all while pulling his punches on Russia. @jonlemire.bsky.social on how the president continues to flip U.S. foreign policy on its head:
Trump Is Being Nicer to America’s Foes Than to Its Friends
The president threatened allies with an invasion and hit them with tariffs. For Putin, he had only praise.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just today, Trump taunted one ally with soaring tariffs, mused about annexing another, and threatened a third's sovereignty—all while pulling his punches on Russia. @jonlemire.bsky.social on how the president continues to flip U.S. foreign policy on its head:
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The president of the American Bar Association says that the Trump administration is targeting judges and lawyers who make decisions it disagrees with.
American Bar Association president speaks out against attacks on judges and lawyers
The president of the American Bar Association says that the Trump administration is targeting judges and lawyers who make decisions it disagrees with.
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March 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The president of the American Bar Association says that the Trump administration is targeting judges and lawyers who make decisions it disagrees with.
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After six weeks in office, President Trump has not disclosed the names of the donors who paid for his transition planning, despite a public pledge to do so.
Who Paid for Trump’s Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.
President Trump has not made good on a promise to disclose who contributed to his transition effort.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
After six weeks in office, President Trump has not disclosed the names of the donors who paid for his transition planning, despite a public pledge to do so.
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The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
Trump is asserting extraordinary power over independent agencies. Is the Fed next?
The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
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“Usually, when elected officials implement foolish policies,” Rogé Karma writes, “they believe the political upside outweighs the substantive downside. What makes Trump’s tariffs so unusual is that the politics of them also appear to be terrible.”
Trump’s Most Inexplicable Decision Yet
The tariffs are real, and they are spectacularly foolish
www.theatlantic.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“Usually, when elected officials implement foolish policies,” Rogé Karma writes, “they believe the political upside outweighs the substantive downside. What makes Trump’s tariffs so unusual is that the politics of them also appear to be terrible.”
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From Opinion
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From Opinion
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
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The Trump administration’s many erasures—its gutting of agencies, cuts to jobs, deletions of government documents—show how absence can do the work of propaganda, doubling as a threat, Megan Garber writes:
Deletion Is Propaganda
Government via keyword is not “efficiency.” It is an abuse of power.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Trump administration’s many erasures—its gutting of agencies, cuts to jobs, deletions of government documents—show how absence can do the work of propaganda, doubling as a threat, Megan Garber writes:
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Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week
The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Elon Musk’s team posted an online “wall of receipts,” celebrating how much it had saved by canceling federal contracts.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
Now it has deleted all of the five biggest “savings” on that original list, after The New York Times and other media outlets pointed out they were riddled with errors.
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Many of Donald Trump’s actions appear senseless to onlookers, writes Jonathan Rauch. But there is a political strategy that explains exactly why he does what he does: patrimonialism. theatln.tc/ZLzRyGHe
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Many of Donald Trump’s actions appear senseless to onlookers, writes Jonathan Rauch. But there is a political strategy that explains exactly why he does what he does: patrimonialism. theatln.tc/ZLzRyGHe
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Elon Musk is “exploiting vulnerabilities that are built into the nation’s technological systems, operating as what cybersecurity experts call an insider threat,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes.
Elon Musk is “exploiting vulnerabilities that are built into the nation’s technological systems, operating as what cybersecurity experts call an insider threat,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes.
Opinion | Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To
What will DOGE do with access to personal data on almost all Americans?
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Elon Musk is “exploiting vulnerabilities that are built into the nation’s technological systems, operating as what cybersecurity experts call an insider threat,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes.
Elon Musk is “exploiting vulnerabilities that are built into the nation’s technological systems, operating as what cybersecurity experts call an insider threat,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes.
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Breaking News: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s crackdown on diversity programs, saying it violated freedom of speech protections.
The judge’s ruling temporarily halts any stoppage on federal diversity initiatives.
Judge Adam B. Abelson wrote that orders by President Trump targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs violated freedom of speech protections.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s crackdown on diversity programs, saying it violated freedom of speech protections.
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A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful.
Federal Judge Banishes Musk’s DOGE Aides From Treasury Dept. Systems
A group of state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration’s policy of allowing political appointees and “special government employees” championed by Elon Musk access to government data...
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February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful.
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The DOGE numbers don't add up.
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DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes
The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The DOGE numbers don't add up.
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The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy conceals a “source of future disaster,” @eliotacohen.bsky.social writes. “No one will contradict the president, and no one will raise alarms about stupid and immoral policies.”
Incompetence Leavened With Malignity
The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy is liable to end in disaster.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy conceals a “source of future disaster,” @eliotacohen.bsky.social writes. “No one will contradict the president, and no one will raise alarms about stupid and immoral policies.”