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The A.C.L.U. v. Trump 2.0
The New Yorker Radio Hour · Episode
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February 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A good listen open.spotify.com/episode/7q2Q...
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Just last week someone told me Trump would never shut down USAID because it buys so much US grain and I said, "I wonder if he knows that"
If only experts existed who could warn Americans repeatedly that foreign aid is money spent to pay Americans and buy things from Americans but no one's ever said it out loud so who can blame people for not understanding
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
February 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just last week someone told me Trump would never shut down USAID because it buys so much US grain and I said, "I wonder if he knows that"
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if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
if I understand American politics correctly, progressivism is something that requires 60 senate votes to work, while national conservatism doesn’t require any votes at all
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
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February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
This was a great listen! I binged it while painting on my iPad. open.spotify.com/show/0ujIGO5...
Autocracy in America
Podcast · The Atlantic · There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This was a great listen! I binged it while painting on my iPad. open.spotify.com/show/0ujIGO5...
Elon Musk now has access to all of our Social Security numbers. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Elon Musk now has access to all of our Social Security numbers. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...