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5:50 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.
NBC News:
Hundreds of FAA employees let go as Trump's mass layoffs continue  —  The firing of nearly 300 Federal Aviation Administration employees comes just weeks after a mid-air collision in Washington, D.C., killed all people on board.  —  The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees …
Paul Krugman:
Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
New York Times:
4 Top Officials to 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 said they would resign after the Justice Department moved …
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New York Times:
N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign
Discussion: New York Post
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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: TechCrunch and The Independent
Tom Hals / Reuters:   Judge calls rare hearing on a holiday in case against Musk's DOGE
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
Associated Press:
European leaders gather for emergency talks, fearing that Trump has abandoned age-old allies
Haley Ott / CBS News:
Europe grapples over its “collective security” under pressure from Trump
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: Twitchy, Townhall and Grabien
Politico:
‘Five alarm warning’: Possible DOGE access to private taxpayer data sparks outcry  —  The Elon Musk-run effort wants to study a system that includes tax returns, Social Security numbers and other information.  —  Democrats and tax experts are sounding alarms about a plan by Elon Musk's DOGE team …
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Nathan Edwards / The Verge:
DOGE is trying to access the IRS's data on millions of taxpayers
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, New Republic and CBS News
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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.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'It's gone': Elon Musk suggests without evidence that gold was ‘stolen’ from Fort Knox  —  Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Department of Government Efficiency Chair Elon Musk demanded access to the gold stored at Fort Knox.  —  Writing on Musk's social media platform X, Lee said he was repeatedly denied access …
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 …
Daniel Bice / Journal Sentinel:
Bice: An Elon Musk-backed group buys at least $670,000 of TV time to support Brad Schimel  —  Conservative Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel said just recently he was hoping conservative third-party groups would start buying up TV time in the state “very soon.”  —  Ask and you shall receive.
Discussion: WisPolitics
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami  —  Victims reportedly posted ‘death to Arabs’ on social media after shooting while suspect held on attempted murder charges  —  A Jewish man in Miami Beach is facing charges of attempted murder following accusations …
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.
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 …
 
 
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Homan says he's asked DOJ whether Ocasio Cortez impeding ICE
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
Jennifer Jett / NBC News:
China accuses U.S. of ‘serious regression’ in its Taiwan position after change to State Dept. website
Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times:
Colleges, K-12 schools ordered by Trump administration to abolish DEI or face funding cuts
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Musk and Trump Are Cutting Popular Programs. That's Deliberate.
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Mike Pence emerges as one of the few Republicans willing to challenge Trump 2.0
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump has already weaponized the Department of Education
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal
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