This is a slightly longer Chaos Report. I try to keep them at 20 minutes or below, but this one went to about a half hour because I wanted to include the most recent events with the Adams prosecution and the protest resignations of US attorneys in that case.
I cover the $80 million DOGE heist and how it impacts the whole federal payments system, the conservative attempt to break down universities and arts institutions, the administration’s flagrantly racist refugee policy, and the US attorneys with the Southern District of New York and how they are a model for how to fight back.
Links to the articles referred to in today’s Chaos Report, because otherwise no one would believe this stuff is real:
“New York Got $80 Million for Migrants. The White House Took It Back.”
Statement from NYC Comptroller Lander on the Trump Administration’s Illegal Reversal of FEMA Funding
“Trump Is Weaponizing Financial Payments: Here’s What You Can Do.”
“Make America Healthy Again” Executive Order
“How Trump’s Medical Research Cuts Would Hit Colleges and Hospitals in Every State”
“Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts”
“Once and Future Liberal Institutionalism”
“Cancellations, Resignations Follow Trump’s Move to Reshape the Kennedy Center”
“Trump’s Petty Revenge on the Arts”
“Poll: Biden and Trump Supporters Sharply Divided by the Media They Consume”
“Some Follow Up Questions For Elon Musk, After He Admits He Gets Stuff Wrong Sometimes”
“Republicans Are Using the DC Plane Crash to Peddle Racism”
Executive Order on South African Refugees
“Venezuelans Backed Trump. Now Some Worry He’ll Deport Them.”
“Court Blocks US From Sending 3 Venezuelan Migrants to Guantánamo”
“Nazi Flags Can Fly in Utah Schools, But Not Pride Flags, GOP Lawmaker Says”
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