A chart titled "Fired, Then Rehired, by the Trump Administration" that shows dates from February through March where various agency employees were let go and then later reinstated.
Even as the Trump administration continues to slash federal jobs, a number of agencies have reinstated some workers and paused plans to dismiss others, sometimes within days of the firings. Hereβs a look at some of the back-and-forths so far. nyti.ms/3DqBJzY
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YouTube video by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
The βevidence is inβ: Trump is an agent of Putin
Yup!
youtu.be/XVJE4S1Glx8
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Let Them Eat Art?
Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration are ending most U.S. foreign-assistance programs. But until recently, there was still money for decorating.
While the Trump administration cuts billions in critical foreign aid, it planned on purchasing millions in art for embassies. The administration denies itβs buying the fine art, but wonβt provide any evidence to back it up. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... via @lbarronlopez.bsky.social
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One champion for democracy was in the room.
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The heart of our democracy!
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Yes! Good job, Montana!
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Elon Muskβs musings at a 2023 dinner party about how he would gut the federal bureaucracy evolved into an operation that's given him a singular position of influence over the government. This is the inside story of the origins of DOGE. nyti.ms/3QElxOE
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A quick peek into our dystopian but probable future β’ Daily Montanan
Columnist George Ochenski says the chaos that has begun in Washington, D.C., will crash upon Montana like a tidal wave.
ββ¦Yellowstone and Glacier, that may not be able to hire seasonal workers when they need to be doing so to prepare for the millions of visitors that flood them each summer. You canβt run campgrounds, lodges, clean outhouses, and maintain roads without employees.β
dailymontanan.com/2025/02/28/a...
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Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, itβs not free speech.
From Opinion
βPoliticians are allowed to criticize the press,β writes the editorial board. βBut there is a difference between using language and using muscle.β The Trump administration βis mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesnβt like and compel words and ideas it prefers.β
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All logged out of the book of faces. Think I will avoid it all weekend.
Stay safe and resist!
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Judge Rules Trump Officials Are Defying Order to Reverse Funding Freeze
Some Trump officials have said they may ignore future court rulings, which could result in a constitutional crisis.
Elon Musk and Vice President J.D. Vance wrongly said that it is βillegalβ for judges to impose limits on executive branch officials.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding
A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government Monday, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would βgrind to a haltβ studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
The latest --- Funding cuts are stopped in CA, IL, NY, MD, WI, NJ, etc... but not in PA, GA, AL, MO and others...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
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Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets
Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.
NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research.
#Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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The Peoples Union
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Trump just said heβs calling for the full forcible transfer of all 1.8 million Gazans out of the strip and says βThe US will take over the Gaza Stripβ
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Elon Musk's task force has gained access to sensitive Treasury payment systems, sources say
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Donald Trumpβs billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security andβ¦
The Department of Government Efficiency, run by President Trumpβs billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has gained access to sensitive Treasury data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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