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Ellen Shepard
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We’re launching the People’s Cabinet—a group of leaders, experts, and everyday Americans who will cut through Trump’s lies and speak directly to the people.

Stay tuned for more.
April 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"They are the people who make sure Social Security checks get to seniors on time and process Head Start money for preschoolers. They have the experience to manage air traffic, rebuild crumbling roads and bridges, protect our clean air and water, and make sure the food we eat is safe..."
Marj Halperin: A mass exodus from civil service would be disastrous for our communities
Donald Trump and Elon Musk seem to think that all federal workers are expendable.
www.chicagotribune.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"The U.S. suspension of foreign aid now threatens to effectively leave the field wide open for China to expand its influence – and, ironically, to paint Beijing as a better and more reliable partner than Washington."
Stop-Work Order on US Foreign Aid Puts China First and America Last
President Trump and Secretary of State Rubio's 90-day halt endangers health, economic and other programs, leaving gaps for China to fill.
www.justsecurity.org
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Urban Institute projects that cutting the federal workforce to this extent won’t just affect Washington, DC—it will spill over into every region and every state in the country, with smaller areas and areas with military bases disproportionately affected.
The Implications of Shrinking the Federal Workforce by DOGE’s Recommended 75 Percent
Smaller areas and areas with military bases are likely to see unemployment rise if the federal workforce is cut by 75 percent.
www.urban.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"'You could open the funding floodgates again tomorrow and you will still have children dying months from now because of this pause,' the scientist said."
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The right's knee-jerk response to migration is not only cruel; it's also disastrously short-sighted.
Opinion | Migration Is Remaking Our World, and We Don’t Understand It at All (Gift Article)
Migration is central to our politics and our world, but nobody really understands it.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 AM