DYSPEPSIA GENERATION

Trump plans to build mass detention camp for deportees at Guantánamo Bay (Washington Poop)

Military OKs Use of Colo. Base for Detaining Illegals (NewsMax)

Federal workforce reeling over Trump’s ‘buyout’ offer (Politico) America’s CEO.

Transcript: Trump’s Chaos Strategy Is Already Blowing Up in His Face (The New Republic)

Fact check: $50 million for condoms in Gaza? Five big reasons to be skeptical Trump’s story is true (CNN)  No such skepticism was ever shown to a Biden or a Harris statement.

FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas  (Associated Press) I’m glad they have nothing more important to cover.

What we know about Trump’s claim that the U.S. planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza (CBS News)

Exclusive: USDA inspector general escorted out of her office after defying White House (Reuters)

Elon Musk Foe Escorted Out of Fed Office After Refusing to Resign (The Daily Beast)

USDA Inspector General Who Refused to Leave Post Escorted From Office by Security (Gizmodo)

Trump offering federal workers buyouts with about 8 months’ pay in effort to shrink government (Associated Press)

Advice from a financial planner for concerned federal workers (WTOP News)

Trump’s incentive for federal workers to resign sows doubt (Axios)

‘Not a buyout’: Attorneys and unions urge federal workers not to resign (NPR)

Survey: Most feds say OPM’s resignation offer too uncertain to accept (Federal News Network) I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was such a thing as a Federal News Network.

Federal-Worker Buyouts May Make Government As Broken As X (Ed Kilgore/New York Magazine)

Another judge is preparing to block Trump’s spending freeze, despite White House cleanup (Politico)

Call of Snooty: Virtue-Signaling WashPost Investigates If Musk ‘Cheats at Video Games’!

Trump says he will send migrants to Guantanamo Bay (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Just Security)

Meta Settles ‘Facebook Ban’ Suit With Trump, Offers Weak Guidance As Earnings Hit Late

Whistleblower: Multiple FBI Agents Called In Sick With ‘Blue Flu’ To Avoid Helping ICE Round-Up Criminal Illegals In Chicago

Senate confirms Lee Zeldin to lead EPA as Trump vows to cut climate rules (CBS News)

Trump to Sign Order to Use Guantanamo Bay to House Migrants (Wall Street Journal)  Biden let so many terrorists go free that it has plenty of room.

Are Sh*tposting Fed Workers With ‘TDS’ On Reddit In Violation Of Hatch Act?

Trump to Detain Violent Illegal Immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

‘Bureaucrats are Still Hiding’: How Is ATF Implementing Trump’s Executive Order on DEI?  Badly, I suspect.

The Trump White House Wants A Court Challenge Over Frozen Funds (Paul Blumenthal/HuffPost)

Trump accuses Fed, Powell of creating inflation on heels of rate decision (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)

Brazil seeking funds for Venezuelan migrant program after Trump freezes US aid (Reuters)

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral (Jason Koebler/404 Media)

It Makes Sense That the Left Fears Kash Patel

Who Are the Nonprofits That Sued to Block Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze?

Mark Kelly: Trump’s immigration raids are a ‘photo op’ to ‘intimidate people’ (Andrew Howard/Politico)

The Most Alarming Moments From RFK Jr.’s Confirmation Hearing (Rolling Stone)

I Just Got Trump’s “Buyout” Offer at My Job. Let Me Tell You How That’s Going. (Denise Cana/Slate)

RFK Jr. Accidentally Reveals Trump’s Plan on Abortion (Jessica Valenti/Abortion, Every Day)

New Trump Executive Order Bans Critical Race Theory, Gender Ideology in Public Education

As Establishment Warms to Trump, Elite Law Firm Takes On His Appeal (Jonah E. Bromwich/New York Times)

Noem defends DHS decision to revoke protections for Venezuelans (Ali Bianco/Politico)

Inside the Chaotic Rollout of Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze (New York Times)

Trump Is “Dangerous” & Racist To Keep Men Out Of Women’s Prisons, Professor Says

Beware the “Deferred Resignation” Offer: A Legally Dubious Proposal for Federal Employees (Suzanne Summerlin/Just Security)

The Attack on Trans Rights Won’t End There (Adam Serwer/The Atlantic)

Elon Musk rose to the top of video game charts. Now he has confessed to cheating. (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

4 things to know from RFK Jr.’s confirmation hearing: from the Politics Desk (NBC News)

Trump’s Tech Donors Have Big Plans For Greenland (Lois Parshley/The Lever)

The lawyers are getting louder – and they’re getting results (Dan Froomkin/Heads Up News)

Latino Media MAD Trump Won’t Trans the Kids

Now That Trump Is President, Journalists Can Finally Admit the Harris Campaign Was a Total Disaster

Elon Musk Looks to Stick a Fork in Federal Government Workers (Scott Pilutik/Slate)

RFK Jr. tries (again) to distance himself from the anti-vaccine movement (Brandy Zadrozny/NBC News)

Pentagon agency pauses celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and more (Tara Copp/Associated Press)

What would RFK Jr. mean to HHS? (NPR)

Bipartisan lawmakers reintroduce bill to repeal ‘global gag rule’ on abortion reinstated by Trump (Ailia Zehra/The Hill)

The Logoff: The government purge, explained (Patrick Reis/Vox)

Kash Patel Sold Children’s Books Inscribed with “WWG1WGA” QAnon Slogan (J.D. Wolf/MeidasTouch News)

Trump threatens funding for schools that accommodate transgender children (Sareen Habeshian/Axios)

An immigrant faces deportation after a routine traffic stop in Texas, sparking more fear (Alejandro Serrano/The Texas Tribune)

Trump’s Retribution Continues With Removal of General Milley’s Security Detail (New York Times)

5 takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first Senate hearing (Niall Stanage/The Hill)

Democrats leave ’emergency’ meeting vowing ‘street fight’ in response to Trump actions (Mike Lillis/The Hill)

Inside 45 hours of chaos: The brief life and quick death of Trump’s federal spending freeze (CNN)

MSNBC Helps Advise Illegal Aliens How to Avoid ICE Arrest

Trump’s Firings Could Bring Court Cases That Expand His Power (Charlie Savage/New York Times)

To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class (ProPublica)

The Elon-ification of the federal government (Dave Lawler/Axios)

Maureen Dowd on Trump the Narcissist, Act II (New York Times)

FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign (Hugh Dougherty/The Daily Beast)

The Law Is Not Fully Trump’s Yet (Deborah Pearlstein/New York Times)

Trump “defends women” by terrorizing them (Liz Dye/Public Notice)

Trump begins term with historically low approval rating (Morgan Chalfant/Semafor)

Trump unleashed chaos by freezing and unfreezing $3tn in federal grants and loans. Why? (Robert Reich/The Guardian)  Not that Robert Reich would know.

In Tense Call, Governors Push Schumer to Fight Harder Against Trump (Reid J. Epstein/New York Times)

Despite media reports, Trump has not offered federal employees a “buyout” (Judd Legum/Popular Information)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lays out battle plan against ‘shockingly dim’ Trump White House (Brad Reed/Raw Story)  Pretty rich, Occasional-Cortex calling somebody else ‘dim’.

Bleach Enthusiast, Antisemitic Conspiracist Among Stars of Anti-Vaxxer Event To Be Held at Trump Hotel (David Gilbert/Wired)

Sick Leftists Blame Trump For Plane/Chopper Collision

Trump Gutted Key Aviation Safety Committee Before D.C. Plane Crash (Hafiz Rashid/New Republic)

Ogles: ‘Did DEI play a role’ in fatal DC plane crash? (Cheyanne M. Daniels/The Hill)

People on Kash Patel’s so-called ‘enemies list’ taking drastic steps for protection before his potential FBI takeover (CNN)

Trump Kicks Congress to the Curb, With Little Protest From Republicans (Carl Hulse/New York Times)

Trump’s mission: Discrimination and destruction (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)

Trump and Musk Are Trying to Purge Veterans From the Government (Michael Embrich/Rolling Stone)

Trump’s Plane Crash Response Is as Cheap as You’d Expect (Benjamin Parker/The Bulwark)

 

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