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Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover — Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk's companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. — Elon Musk's takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing …
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Mashable, Digby's Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo, Lawyers, Guns & Money and i shall wear …, more at Techmeme »
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Bloomberg:
Musk Says DOGE Halting Treasury Payments to US Contractors — Musk Calls USAID ‘a criminal organization’ that should ‘die’ — Billionaire expanding his reach across government spending — Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments …
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Mediaite, American Thinker, The Gateway Pundit, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times, WUSA, DNyuz and Politico
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say — The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas …
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The Hill, Fox News, Law Dork, The Gateway Pundit, CBS News, The Independent, Fandom Frenzy, Washington Examiner, FedScoop and WTOP News
CNN:
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk's DOGE access to agency systems — Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk's Department …
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The Guardian, Raw Story, The Hill, Al Jazeera, Forbes, RedState, UPI, Mediaite, DNyuz, Mashable, Family Inequality and Associated Press
David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘This is a five-alarm fire’: Experts pounce on Musk's new ‘grave national security threat’
Wall Street Journal:
Musk Moves With Lightning Speed to Exert Control Over the Government
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The Gateway Pundit and Washington Post
Financial Times:
Musk vows to cancel grants after gaining access to US Treasury payment system
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Civil Discourse …, Reuters, Fox News, The Post Millennial and Washington Post
Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Move to Put Tariff Hikes Ahead of Tax Cuts Has Spooked Almost Everyone — The president has an ambitious economic plan, starting with trade, and doesn't appear interested in negotiations—yet — WASHINGTON—President Trump's aggressive move to place tariffs on hundreds of billions …
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New York Times:
Trudeau Announces Retaliatory Tariffs Against the U.S. … Where Things Stand — Retaliation begins: A day after President Trump announced stiff tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, the Canadian government detailed its own retaliatory 25 percent tariffs on more than $100 billion worth of U.S. goods …
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Pia Singh / CNBC:
Dow futures drop more than 450 points after Trump hits U.S. trading partners with tariffs: Live updates — Stock futures tumbled Sunday night to kick off a new trading month, as investors weighed new U.S. tariffs on goods from key trade partners and their potential impact on the economy and corporate profits.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and The Independent
Financial Times:
Trump faces backlash from business as tariffs ignite inflation fears — Experts warn aggressive trade measures against US allies will hurt consumers and roil supply chains — Donald Trump faced a backlash from business groups and some in his own Republican party after kicking off a trade war …
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CNN, Globe and Mail, Daily Mail, The Guardian and CBC News
Skylar Woodhouse / Bloomberg:
Trump Ramps Up EU Tariff Threat, Plans Calls With Canada, Mexico
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Bloomberg:
Car Prices Face $3,000 Increase as Tariffs Hit Auto Sector
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Axios, The Verge, Fox Business and DNyuz
Laya Neelakandan / CNBC:
Ontario to remove U.S. alcohol from shelves after Trump's tariffs announcement
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New York Times:
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency — James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said in an email to staff that the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.” — The top agent at the F.B.I.'s …
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Washington Examiner
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NBC News:
Agents ‘have started to pack up their desks’ as fear of FBI mass firings swirls — Some agents have been sent a 12-question survey about their role in Jan. 6 cases. An FBI agent group advised agents overall to “stay calm and refrain from making any statements.”
Ben Smith / Semafor:
MAGA intellectual Darren Beattie will fill key State Department role — The Scoop — Secretary of State Marco Rubio will appoint Darren Beattie, a speechwriter in President Donald Trump's first term, acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, two people briefed on the plans said.
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Mediaite
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ABC News:
Trump administration taps controversial conservative journalist for top job — Darren Beattie is the acting under secretary in a top State Department role. — A sign for the U.S. Department of State is captured on the outside of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building on Oct. 8, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
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The Post Millennial
Reuters:
Trump to cut off all future funding to South Africa — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would cut off all future funding to South Africa because he claimed, without evidence, that “certain classes of people” were being treated “very badly.”
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Breitbart, Reuters, Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Human Events
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Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
Trump Vows to Cut Off Aid to South Africa Over Land Policy — President Donald Trump said the US would stop sending aid to South Africa over its land expropriation policies, sparking a selloff in the rand. — “The United States won't stand for it, we will act,” Trump said in a Sunday evening post on Truth Social.
Michelle Myers / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
ICE raided his family's North Philly car wash. Here is Jeffrey Lee's account of what happened. — Jeffrey Lee, 35, was en route to his family's business, Complete Autowash Philly, when a call came through his car's speaker. The caller ID read “Dad” but there was an ICE agent on the other end …
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
The Logic of Destruction — What is a country? The way its people govern themselves. America exists because its people elect those who make and execute laws. The assumption of a democracy is that individuals have dignity and rights that they realize and protect by acting together.
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The Moderate Voice and Scripting News
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Throughout now-president Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, it was clear that his support was coming …
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NBC News and The Colorado Sun
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
We do not know what exactly Elon Musk is doing to the federal government
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Business Insider, Mashable and OutsideTheBeltway
Yamiche Alcindor / NBC News:
Union official says Education Department employees were placed on leave after taking diversity training during Trump's first term — A letter to the affected employees obtained by NBC News said they would continue to receive their full salaries and benefits and would not be required to do any work-related tasks.
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WSVN-TV, Washington Examiner, New York Times and Politico
Samuel Bagenstos / Inside/Outside:
Why Write About the Illegality of What Trump and Musk are Doing? — NYU Law professor Noah Rosenblum posted on Bluesky yesterday that “[t]here has never been a larger gap in my (admittedly quite short) professional life between how lay folks and law profs are talking about what is happening in government right now.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Associated Press:
Rubio says Panama must reduce Chinese influence around the canal or face possible US action — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio brought a warning to Panamanian leader José Raúl Mulino on Sunday: Immediately reduce what President Donald Trump says is Chinese influence …
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United States Department of State:
Secretary Rubio's Meeting with Panamanian President Mulino
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