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11:55 PM ET, February 9, 2025

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Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Musk Effort at Treasury Found Irregularities  — There could be a problem with Treasuries, Trump says  — Trump made comments amid DOGE scrutiny of government payments  —  President Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk's government efficiency team has found irregularities …
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Reuters:
Trump says US may have less debt than thought because of fraud  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States may carry less debt than thought and said it could be because of fraud related to debt payments.  —  Trump made his comments to reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to the Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Says Some Treasury Notes May Not Be Real  —  I suspect this will just end up being something Old Man Trump said on a plane and we won't hear about it again.  But after recents, who are we kidding?  Anything is possible.  On Air Force One today en route to the Super Bowl Trump told reporters …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Taylor Penley / Fox News:
President Trump predicts Elon Musk will find ‘hundreds of billions’ in waste in next DOGE directives
Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Trump Unveils Plans for 25% Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports  — Steel, aluminum duties to apply to imports from all countries  — President to announce reciprocal tariffs in coming days … President Donald Trump said he plans to impose 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Mail
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump says 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum coming Monday
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Mail
CBS News:
CBS News poll — Trump has positive approval amid “energetic” opening weeks; seen as doing what he promised  —  With most describing him as “tough,” “energetic,” “focused” and “effective” — and as doing what he'd promised during his campaign — President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall.
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Matt Stoller / BIG:
Monopoly Round-Up: On Ending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Discussion: American Prospect and UnHerd
Wall Street Journal:
CFPB to Close Office After Vought Tells Staff to Halt All Supervision
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback  —  Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary's authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president's sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Legal experts warn of ‘constitutional crisis’ as Vance and Elon Musk question judges' authority over Trump  —  In a post on X on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance wrote, “Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.”  —  Legal and constitutional experts on Sunday warned …
Discussion: The Independent, Raw Story and The Hill
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
One More Stop on a Busy Presidential Day: The Super Bowl
Discussion: New York Post
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Some Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fight  —  At least one Democrat is saying explicitly that the party should fight back against Trump and Musk by refusing to help Republicans reach a government funding deal.  —  Some Democrats warned they will not cooperate with Republicans …
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Politico:   Inside the House GOP clash over tax cuts
ProPublica:
In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  It was the week President Donald Trump had signed a sweeping executive order shutting off …
Discussion: Politico
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:   ‘Americans Can and Will Die from This’: USAID Worker Details Dangers, Chaos
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
‘Bama Senator Howls Like Stuck Pig After She Sees NIH Cuts’ Impact in State  —  Yesterday I made the point that while research universities and academic medical centers may be coded blue in many ways, they're far from limited to blue states.  Indeed, overall they tend to be more crucial …
Discussion: al.com
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Asha Rangappa / The Freedom Academy with Asha Rangappa:
Prebunking Elon Musk's Super Bowl Propaganda  —  Perception is reality.  —  I normally don't write on Sundays, but I have seen some alarming rumors that Elon Musk has purchased a $40 million Super Bowl ad in which he will expose the “fraud” and “corruption” at USAID.  (See here and here.)
Nandika Chatterjee / The Daily Beast:
More Than 800K Have Lost $2B on Trump's Meme Coin  —  The token's price has crashed from $75 to $17.  —  ‘Thug’: Richard Gere Drags Trump in Award Acceptance Speech  —  ‘MILLIONAIRE CLOWNS’  —  “The millionaire clowns surrounding Trump are immature and narcissistic—a deadly mix,” Gere said.
CNN:
Homeland Security Secretary Noem says DOGE team has access to agency data  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday acknowledged that Elon Musk's government efficiency team, which has been tasked with slashing federal spending, has access to her agency's data …
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The Hill:
Musk calls for annual firing of judges after blocked DOGE access at Treasury  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk called for the annual firing of judges following an early Saturday decision from a judge stating that the Treasury Department should bar access to its payment systems to anyone besides …
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
NOAA told to search grant programs for climate-related terms … - Any potential challenges to NOAA's peer-reviewed grants are “myopic and misguided,” said Rick Spinrad, who led NOAA during the Biden administration. … - It appears to be separate from DEI-related searches …
Discussion: Science
Washington Post:
Venezuelans backed Trump.  Now some worry he'll deport them.  —  Venezuelans in the Miami suburb of Doral have been some of Trump's biggest proponents.  Many feel betrayed after he revoked temporary protected status for thousands.  —  DORAL, Fla. — Ronald Bellorin decided to flee Venezuela …
New York Times:
Trump's Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans  —  Some of the most deplorable episodes in U.S. history involve the government wielding the power of the state against minority groups: Black people, Indigenous people and gay people, to name just a few.
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Erin Reed / Erin In The Morning:
NYT Hypocrisy: Outlet Criticizes Trump's Attacks On Trans People That They Helped Usher In
Discussion: PinkNews
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, CBS, and ‘News Distortion’  —  The FCC opens a docket on a Kamala Harris interview, but for what?  —  President Trump has spent months howling that CBS should lose its broadcast license, because its editing of an interview with Kamala Harris amid the 2024 campaign was, as he put it Thursday …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump's ‘mass deportation’ TV reality show is both fake and incredibly dangerous  —  The cruelty was the point when 104 undocumented migrants from India were placed in leg shackles and handcuffs and loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 last week for a grueling 40-hour deportation flight …
Discussion: Alternet.org
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Court Blocks U.S. From Sending 3 Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo  —  The men, who are detained in New Mexico, say they “fit the profile” of the type of migrants the Trump administration has started sending to the Navy base in Cuba.  —  A federal judge barred the U.S. government …
Discussion: Reuters, PolitiFact and The Hill
 
 
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