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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Dems go into “complete meltdown” as Schumer folds  —  House Democrats erupted into apoplexy Thursday night after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would support Republicans' stopgap government funding measure.  —  Why it matters: House Democrats feel like they “walked the plank,” in the words of one member.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside House Dems' furious anti-Schumer movement  —  House Democrats from across the party's ideological spectrum — united in their fury at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — are engaged in a campaign to get Senate Democrats to defy their leader.
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge  —  New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” …
Chuck Schumer / New York Times:
Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown.  We Must Not Give Them One.  —  Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over by a nihilist.  —  President Trump has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a weapon.
New York Times:
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
Discussion: The Hill, Reason and Politico
Punchbowl News:
3/14/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Schumer folds on funding and Democrats are furious
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Young Democrats' Anger Boils Over as Schumer Retreats on Shutdown
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Pelosi slams ‘false choice’ on shutdown, indirectly criticizing Schumer
Katherine Rosman / New York Times:
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules  —  A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.  —  The Trump administration on Thursday demanded …
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Frank S. Zhou / The Harvard Crimson:
First They Came for Columbia  —  Like many autocrats before him, Donald Trump has launched what could be a devastating attack on universities.  —  Over the last week, the Trump administration has cancelled $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University and $800 million in grants to Johns Hopkins University.
Wall Street Journal:
Universities Scramble to Avoid Being Trump's Next Target  —  Amid DEI backlash and funding threats, universities nationwide cancel events, rescind grad school offers  —  Ohio University suspended next month's Black alumni reunion.  The University of Massachusetts revoked admission offers to biomedical graduate students.
Jenny Gross / New York Times:
Federal Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University
U.S. Department of Education:
Office for Civil Rights Initiates Title VI Investigations into Institutions of Higher Education
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
Tara Palmeri / The Red Letter:
Fear and Loathing in the West Wing  —  Inside the revolt against Elon Musk...  Welcome back to The Red Letter.  —  The tolerance for Elon Musk inside of the White House is wearing thin, as they deal with the fallout of his calamitous interview with Larry Kudlow when he touched the third rail - entitlements.
Kayla Gogarty / Media Matters for America:
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces  —  A new Media Matters analysis found 9 out of the 10 top online shows assessed are right-leaning … The 2024 presidential election has been dubbed the “podcast election” …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
USPS signs agreement with DOGE, agrees to cut 10,000 workers: ‘Broken business model’
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
JD Vance Is Booed at a Kennedy Center Concert After Trump's Takeover  —  The vice president and his wife were booed as they took their seats for a National Symphony Orchestra concert of music by Shostakovich and Stravinsky.  —  It was supposed to be a moment of celebration …
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Alex Nitzberg / Fox News:
VP Vance jeered at Kennedy Center concert: video
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Ali Bianco / Politico:
Mark Kelly ditches his Tesla
ABC News:
GOP lawmaker booed at North Carolina town hall, escorted from building  —  “How do you justify cuts to the VA?” demanded one angry constituent.  —  A man shouts at Rep. Chuck Edwards during a congressional town hall meeting on March 13, 2025 in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Kids: Sources  —  Even as President Donald Trump and government-demolition czar Elon Musk appear to actively favor Russia's interests amid discussions of how to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has struck a studiously neutral posture.
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Sanya Burgess / The i Paper:   Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Axios:
Focus group: Trump swing voters in Michigan have buyers' remorse  —  Most Michigan swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said that although they voted for President Trump in November, they have objections, frustrations and fears about his behavior since he returned to power.
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Washington, DC, Region Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts from Congress  —  Local leaders across the DC metro area are raising alarms about a stopgap measure in Congress that would trigger a $1 billion budget shortfall for the city.  —  A decision before Congress to strip $1.1 billion …
Isabel van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Musk Immediately Calls for Judges to Be Impeached After DOGE Rulings  —  Elon Musk threw a tantrum after his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was dealt a series of legal setbacks, immediately calling for the impeachment of federal judges.  “Without judicial reform …
Chuck Ross / The Washington Free Beacon:
Trump Shuts Down Pentagon Office Linked to Russiagate Probe  —  President Donald Trump has shut down a little-known Pentagon office that paid more than $1 million to an FBI source who spied on the Trump campaign as part of its 2016 investigation into Trump's links to Russia.
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ProPublica:
Who's Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World's Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?  —  Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk's top lieutenants really run DOGE.  One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having …
Discussion: Forbes
Paul Krugman:
Everybody Hates Elon  —  And other tales of collapsing confidence  —  After Donald Trump won the 2024 election, progressives had one great fear about his economic policies — namely, that he wouldn't do much.  Oh, he'd slap on a few tariffs, make a big show of eliminating “woke” spending …
Discussion: CBS News, Associated Press and UPI
New York Times:
A Close Elon Musk Friend Joins His Effort on Social Security  —  The involvement of Antonio Gracias, an investor who has known Elon Musk for two decades, suggests that Mr. Musk has made overhauling the Social Security Administration a priority.  —  A private equity investor …
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts  —  From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead.  —  Jennifer Gilkerson never imagined …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tobi Raji / Washington Post:
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans  —  Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.  —  Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black …
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Vox:
Canada is so furious at the US right now  —  The US and Canada are meant to be the best of friends, but they're in the midst of a pretty ugly fight.  —  It began with President Donald Trump's ascent to the White House, when he began referring to his outgoing Canadian counterpart as …
American Prospect:
Friday Catblogging  —  A tribute to Kevin Drum  —  Kevin Drum, pioneer of an entirely new communication medium called blogging, was in my life for more than 20 years.  I wouldn't exactly call him a friend, more of a colleague, but I knew more about him than some of my friends.
Discussion: New Republic and Eschaton
 
 
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Lena Moffitt / The Hill:
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Discussion: Climate Depot
Kasha Patel / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Al Jazeera, UPI and Raw Story
Jesse Pound / CNBC:
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Discussion: Fortune
Associated Press:
‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
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Discussion: Raw Story
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Hundreds of federal offices could begin closing this summer at DOGE's behest
Discussion: The Guardian
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Politico:
Judge rejects DOJ's effort to expand reach of Trump's Jan. 6 pardon
Discussion: New York Times and NPR
Nick Miroff / The Atlantic:
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