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Hundreds of FAA probationary workers fired by Trump administration, union says | CNN Politics The Trump administration has started firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration probationary employees who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, according to their union.

Less than a month since a crash that took 67 lives, Trump is firing hundreds of federal employees who inspect and maintain air traffic control communications, radio and computer systems. 

This is extremely dangerous and could have deadly consequences.

www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

Senate Bill 89 sounds retreat on 75-year commitment to protecting Kentucky’s waterways • Kentucky Lantern Ignoring that we all live downstream, a bill moving in the Kentucky legislature would narrow what waters are protected and lower water quality.

Commentary by Tom FitzGerald

Ignoring that we all live downstream, Senate Bill 89 would narrow what waters are protected in Kentucky and will lower water quality and raise water treatment costs for downstream communities, farms and industries.

kentuckylantern.com/2025/02/18/s...

DOGE-ing Questions in Federal Court A Feb. 5 hearing—part of a suit that alleges unlawful access to Treasury systems by DOGE associates—raised more questions than answers. 

“For now, it’s fair to say that there’s a lot we don’t know about what DOGE is up to. And therein lies the problem.”

Me on what we know—and, mostly, what we don’t know—about DOGE’s access to the payment system at the Treasury Department.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/doge...

Trump and Musk are shutting down US AID because they do not want to interfere with overseas issues WITH ONE WEIRD EXCEPTION

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