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4:45 PM ET, February 17, 2025

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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash  —  The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision …
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Pete Muntean / CNN:
Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says  —  The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union.
Paul Krugman:
Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly  —  Musk is moving fast and breaking important things  —  Last month SpaceX carried out a test launch of its in-development Starship rocket.  Liftoff was achieved, but as the company later announced, “Starship experienced …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
4 Top Officials Resign Over Adams's Cooperation With Trump  —  Four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are leaving “to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers and our families,” they said in a statement.  —  Four top New York City officials are resigning after the Justice Department moved …
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New York Times:
N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign  —  The push by the speaker, Adrienne Adams, a Democrat, signals the mayor's loss of his principal partner in government.  —  Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the New York City Council and one of Mayor Eric Adams's principal partners in government …
Discussion: New York Post
Katie Honan / The City:
Four Adams Deputy Mayors Quit Following Trump Deal  —  Mayor Eric Adams begged some of his top deputies to stick around as they told him this weekend they wanted to resign amid the Trump Justice Department's extraordinary move to toss his federal corruption case, sources told THE CITY.
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Judge seems unwilling to immediately bar Musk from meddling in federal agencies  —  Blue states have not provided enough initial evidence to justify a temporary restraining order, Judge Tanya Chutkan said at a court hearing.  —  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday appeared poised …
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Peter Stone / The Guardian:
‘This is a coup’: Trump and Musk's purge is cutting more than costs, say experts
Discussion: The Independent
Tom Hals / Reuters:   Judge calls rare hearing on a holiday in case against Musk's DOGE
Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Voters Splinter Over His Rapid Shake-Up of Washington  —  Some core supporters love his no-holds-barred approach, but several swing voters are taken aback at his early moves
Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story
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Shadi Hamid / Washington Post:
Why I still criticize Democrats more than Trump
Discussion: Townhall and Grabien
MSNBC:
We confronted Speaker Johnson over DOGE.  His response is cause for concern.  —  This is not a time where business as usual can be our strategy.  —  Insults toward women in politics are nothing new, so we are wearing being called “rude,” “aggressive” and “unhinged” last week as a badge of honor.
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Politico:
‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry
Nathan Edwards / The Verge:
DOGE is trying to access the IRS's data on millions of taxpayers
Financial Times:
Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers  —  Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering  —  The Trump administration has pressured Romanian authorities to lift travel restrictions …
Matt Binder / disruptionist:
Elon Musk's X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service  —  Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.  —  Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is currently banning links to “Signal.me,” a URL used by the encrypted messaging service Signal.
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Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:   X is blocking links to Signal, a secure messaging platform used by federal workers
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Vance's real warning to Europe  —  Europeans need to reduce their dangerous dependence on an adversarial America  —  When JD Vance took the stage at the Munich Security Conference last week, he issued a stern warning.  The US vice-president told the assembled politicians and diplomats …
Discussion: Asia Times
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Rubio spars with Brennan over Vance's Munich speech
Pranshu Verma / Washington Post:
Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work.  —  Musk's unparalleled online reach on X has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE.  —  Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette works at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on reducing bureaucratic waste.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
‘Turned out the lights’: Fury hits Washington Post as it refuses to run $115K anti-Musk ad  —  The Washington Post canceled plans to run a front-and back-page advertisement that would have earned the paper $115,000 — and ran straight into fresh fury.  —  The ad, reportedly sponsored …
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Liam Reilly / CNN:   Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Elon Musk Says Team Behind CBS's ‘60 Minutes’ Deserves ‘A Long Prison Sentence’  —  “60 Minutes are the biggest liars in the world!” the world's richest man wrote on his social media platform, X.  —  LOADING  —  Elon Musk, President Donald Trump's billionaire ally, on Sunday repeatedly attacked CBS's …
Discussion: Mediaite, CBS News and New Republic
Popular Information:
In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines  —  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email obtained by Popular Information.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
'Can't be saved': Former Canadian defense official says relationship with U.S. is over  —  Retired Vice Admiral Mark Norman, who once served as Canada's Vice Chief of the Defense Staff, does not believe that the relationship between his nation and the United States is salvageable …
Washington Post:
Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children  —  Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.
Discussion: Eschaton
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Death of Government Expertise  —  Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree  —  One of the greatest tricks that Donald Trump and Elon Musk ever pulled is to convince millions of people that DOGE, the self-styled Department of Government Efficiency, is about government efficiency.
Sara Moniuszko / CBS News:
Measles outbreak in Texas rises to at least 48 cases — the state's worst in nearly 30 years  —  A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 48 confirmed cases, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years — and local health officials say additional cases are likely.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump has already weaponized the Department of Education  —  🎒 📚 🤔 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
The Marco Rubio Guide to Survival is Not Working Well  —  The secretary of State is taking positions that were once anathema and sounding very Trumpy online.  —  It is becoming increasingly clear that Marco Rubio is secretary of State in name only.  —  Since taking over Foggy Bottom …
 
 
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Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
There's No Way Elon Musk's Job is Legal
Discussion: Rolling Stone
New York Times:
Trump Pushes Business Interests in Golf, Mideast and New York as Conflicts Abound
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
Colleges, K-12 schools ordered by Trump administration to abolish DEI or face funding cuts
Discussion: HotAir
Eli McKown-Dawson / Silver Bulletin:
So, how did the polls do in 2024? It's complicated.
CNN:
Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump shares poll showing Donalds leading Florida governor's race
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
An Opposition Worthy Of Its Name
Discussion: The Hill
Carole Cadwalladr / The Power:
US Coup Gains Speed
Alexander Vindman / Why It Matters:
The Dark Age of American Intelligence
Liza Featherstone / New Republic:
Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That's Deliberate.
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Posted 14 Times About His Daytona 500 Trip, Nothing About Multi-State Flooding
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
Thomas Chatterton Williams / The Atlantic:
How the Woke Right Replaced the Woke Left
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal
Discussion: Raw Story