Karen Sullivan

We know it’s tempting to give into cynicism or despair right now. So let us tell you what keeps us going: We are in daily communication with Members of Congress and senior staff who want to see a unified opposition as well. They are fighting on the inside to build that opposition. 🧵

Democracy Playbook 2025 Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces.

The Trump admin has fired key watchdogs across the fed govt

Removing them makes it harder to hold the admin accountable to ethics & anti-corruption laws

But other guardrails exist—as I explain in our Democracy Playbook 2025👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...

NEW This may be one of the most important cases.

Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE

Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause.

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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].

I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.

wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.

The abrupt change represents “a nuclear bomb on university budgets,” says Morgan Polikoff, an education researcher at the University of Southern California. “I mean, listen, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this out. They're just trying to hurt universities.”
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Take a moment and breathe.

Um.
It’s almost like they’re trying to control the news.

The last report for the state university system in Missouri showed $6.5 billion in economic impacts and 69,000 jobs. Trump and Musk are threatening that success. That is the message that needs to be shared in every state.

‘Heartbroken’: West Point Alums, Faculty Grieve Axed Student Groups A dozen student groups banned Tuesday had for decades offered a broader vision of the Army’s future.

A dozen student groups banned Tuesday had for decades offered a broader vision of the Army’s future.

Put aside the illegality for just one moment

Elon Musk is suggesting deep cuts in government spending-which will devastate the poorest among us

While his companies got $3.3 BILLION from the US

Worse-now he’s looking for tax cuts

When those same companies paid zero federal taxes in 2024

Art helps and it’s for everyone!

New — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was told this week by DOJ that they'd lose their funding if the org didn't remove any mentions of LGBTQIA+ issues from their public materials, I've learned. Staff were told they need to deadname trans kids in their reports to comply.

Oh no! I’ll let you know if I find out more. I can’t go on Fridays…

Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere (Gift Article) The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.

“We are witnessing one of the worst and most costly foreign policy blunders in U.S. history.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...

US judge accuses Trump of ignoring rule of law to curb birthright citizenship A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional.

A federal judge in Seattle accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed seeking to curtail birthright citizenship to be unconstitutional reut.rs/3WQ6t3W

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Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Working on a Custom Chatbot Called GSAi The chatbot is part of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump’s ambitions to use AI and other technologies to cut costs and modernize the US government.

We’ve also documented how Musk's team are conducting “sneak attack” meetings to discuss civil servants’ code and projects and announcing plans to transform a key federal tech agency into the AI-fueled equivalent of a “startup software company” (complete with a government chatbot). wrd.cm/4jGceuG

I think they are regular. I’m finding things through Indivisible!

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Small but mighty protest at NYC Sen Schumer’s office.

Federally funded climate projects in Mass. face uncertainty under Trump Uncertainty lingers for many federally-funded climate, energy and environment projects in Massachusetts, as President Trump works to unwind some of the signature initiatives of the Biden era.

President Trump has ordered agencies to halt funding for many climate and infrastructure projects. That's created uncertainty for communities expecting tens of millions of dollars for everything from solar projects to electric school buses. via @wbur.org

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

A man and a woman having a race. The man has a relatively clear path with two hurdles and the woman’s path is filled with obstacles and dangers and she is wearing a ball chained to her ankle.

DEI explained

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Trump Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats --> www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

While Trump has been distracting America with everything else, Elon Musk’s staffers are quietly taking over NOAA and the Department of Labor. They are also using AI to help rewrite a significant portion of the federal government’s computer systems.