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12:25 PM ET, March 6, 2025

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Tim Alberta / The Atlantic:
The Advice Elissa Slotkin Didn't Take  —  The Michigan senator wants to set a new tone for the Democratic resistance.  —  Right around the time that Donald Trump was arriving at the U.S. Capitol to address a joint session of Congress—the longest such speech, it would turn out …
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CNN:
Republicans push Musk to let Congress vote on DOGE cuts  —  Republicans pushed Elon Musk on Wednesday in a pair of private meetings to move his efforts to slash federal spending and the federal workforce through Congress, as lawmakers vie for a seat at the table in the sweeping effort to overhaul government.
NBC News:
House votes to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's speech to Congress  —  The vote was 224-198, with 10 Democrats joining all Republicans in voting in favor of the censure resolution.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House on Thursday voted to censure Rep. Al Green …
Fox News:
Dems throw House into chaos after 10 moderates join GOP to punish Al Green
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Democrats bring Medicaid fight to Trump at joint address
Washington Post:
GOP-led House votes to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's speech
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar …
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Meduza:   Trump administration to revoke legal status of 240,000 Ukrainian refugees — Reuters
The Bulwark:   Playing the Victimhood Long Game
Washington Post:
DOGE is driving Social Security cuts and will make mistakes, acting head says privately  —  The Social Security Administration's acting commissioner said members of Elon Musk's cost-cutting team are outsiders who are unfamiliar with the nuances of the agency's programs.  —  Just now
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Social Security Administration bars employees from reading the news at work  —  In a Thursday morning email, the Social Security Administration said it was “implementing additional restrictions” on web-browsing.  —  The Social Security Administration wrote in a Thursday morning email …
New Republic:
Trump Press Sec Accidentally Blurts Out Real Goal of His Tariff Scam  —  In his speech to Congress, President Trump kept lying about his tariffs, falsely claiming that Canada is letting huge amounts of fentanyl into our country and suggesting the trade wars will only get worse.
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Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Trump administration floats more exemptions from tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday he expects Trump to make an announcement exempting goods compliant with the USMCA trade agreement.  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
The world is beginning to tire of Trump's whiplash leadership
Discussion: Associated Press and Charlie Angus
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports  —  The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights who decades ago upset leaders in his own party …
Wall Street Journal:
Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department  —  Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure’  —  President Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as Thursday aimed at abolishing the Education Department …
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NBC News:
As Trump pivots to Russia, allies weigh sharing less intel with U.S.  —  Members of the so-called Five Eyes spy alliance, as well as Israeli and Saudi officials, fear the identities of foreign assets could inadvertently be shared with Moscow.  —  Some U.S. allies are considering scaling …
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Alicia Wallace / CNN:
US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009  —  The Trump administration's massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoffs last month, new data showed Thursday.  —  US-based employers last month announced plans …
Discussion: New Republic, The Hill, UPI, CBS News and Forbes
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Layoff announcements soar to the highest since 2020 as DOGE slashes federal staff … President Donald Trump's efforts to pare down the federal government workforce left a mark in the labor market in February, with announced job cuts at their highest level in nearly five years …
Discussion: Challenger …, Reuters and Raw Story
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Facing Trump's threats, Columbia investigates students critical of Israel  —  Columbia University senior Maryam Alwan was visiting family in Jordan over winter break when she received an email from the school accusing her of harassment.  Her supposed top offense: writing an op-ed …
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:   As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block
Joe Hernandez / NPR:
As Canadians cancel trips due to Trump, the U.S. tourism industry could lose billions  —  Leena Yousefi and her family typically visit Hawaii four or five times a year.  The Vancouver attorney used to live in Maui and had booked another trip for this year.  —  But that was before President Trump …
Discussion: Canadian Press and Blaze Media
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:   ‘We had to cancel’: Tourism industry at risk as largest visitor group boycotts Trump plans
Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
We Found Elon Musk's DOGE Email Address and We're Fighting to Reveal His Messages  —  The Freedom of Information Act is a vital tool to expose how the U.S. government operates, and it's especially critical when it comes to Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.
Washington Post:
D.C. U.S. attorney tells Georgetown he won't hire from any school with ‘DEI’  —  Trump appointee Ed Martin made the claim in a letter to the Georgetown University law school dean.  Martin has called the school a “locus” of anti-Trump activity.  —  Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demanded …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Small World … The White House is, at least according to Bloomberg, well on its way to creating a sovereign wealth fund, despite having no authority to create one and no legal source of money to fund it.  But now they've hired a guy to run it, Michael Grimes.  And small world, he's Elon's banker.
Discussion: Bloomberg
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Act Now … I may do a longer, maybe several longer versions of this post.
Matt K. Lewis / The Hill:
Trump may have already planted the seeds of his political collapse  —  Over the last six weeks, President Trump has been spending political capital like a drunk at a casino who insists he's got “a system.”  If history is any predictor, his second term trajectory may already be set — right off a cliff, pedal to the floor.
Discussion: Newsweek and New York Magazine
Politico:
Trump's US destroying world order, says Ukraine's UK ambassador  —  LONDON — Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom on Thursday accused the United States under Donald Trump of “destroying” the world order, as he attacked U.S. handling of the war in Ukraine.
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump's overhauled Kennedy Center loses upcoming run of ‘Hamilton’  —  The cancellation of the popular musical drew a sharp rebuke from Richard Grenell, the new interim director.  —  The producers of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” are canceling an upcoming run at the Kennedy Center …
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Michael Paulson / New York Times:
‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump's Takeover
NBC News:
Trump considering major NATO policy shift  —  The president has discussed possibly favoring members of the alliance that spend a set percentage of their GDP on defense, sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering a major change to the U.S.' participation …
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories  —  Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon's new deputy press secretary, is facing backlash over a series of recent social media comments in which she has promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories …
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump's Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’  —  The judge had ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous order requiring the government to keep disbursing money to states.  —  A federal judge on Thursday extended an order barring …
David Pepper / Pepperspectives:
A Plea from a Veteran...  A memo circulated within the Trump administration that lays out the DOGE/Department of Veterans Affairs plan to terminate 80,000 employees from the VA—about 16% of the total workforce.  About 25% of all VA employees are veterans themselves.  —  Share  —  Subscribe now
Washington Post:
Inside the Trump White House's relentless strategy to dominate the news  —  The Trump administration has transformed its traditional press shop into a rapid-response influencer operation, and “they're all offense, all the time.”  —  When actress Selena Gomez posted an Instagram video …
 
 
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
CIA starts firing recently hired officers
Discussion: Reuters, New York Times and Daily Mail
New York Times:
Trump Purged These Watchdogs From Government
Discussion: Raw Story and Crikey
David Dayen / American Prospect:
How Social Security Administration Cuts Affect You
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Karl Bode / Techdirt:
Incoming CBS Boss Jeff Shell Pressuring Underlings To Settle With Trump, Trample Journalistic Freedom, And Kiss Authoritarian Ass
Discussion: Daily Mail
Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
How Trump Is Dividing and Conquering the White House Press Corps
Discussion: The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korean Fighter Jets Mistakenly Bomb Village
Colonel Brian G. Miller / Whiskey Network:
KDA Statement On “Retaliatory Tariffs” On Bourbon
Discussion: Bourbon Lens and The Hill
Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Must Take a Stand for Democracy
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Who Paid for Trump's Transition to Power? The Donors Are Still Unknown.
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Trump Decried Millions Spent ‘Making Mice Transgender.’ It Was Cancer and Asthma Research
NBC News:
House Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech