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George Conway

“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”

Matthew Champion

when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero" now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make

WIRED

NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned. ⬇️ Here's how much they're making:

CNN

Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.

Carl Quintanilla

“.. no company has faced as fierce a blowback from DEI supporters as Target. Customers online have protested the decision and Anne and Lucy Dayton, the daughters of one of Target’s co-founders, called the company’s actions ‘a betrayal.’” @cnn.com $TGT

🌊Sandy #GunReformNow

A 40-day Target boycott starts today! #Targetboycott

Kyle Cheney

The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court's order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay ~$2 billion owed to contractors for work they've alreayd performed. Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent. t.co/k86ttz6Wdt

emptywheel

Here's the core of Sammy A's deceit in his dissent: he refers to plaintiffs as recipients of "foreign assistance funds," not people who have a contract to provide a service for the govt. Imagine him writing this opinion if it were Lockheed?

Anna Bower

The order:

Iraq War Vet

MINNESOTA CONSTITUENTS

Rick Wilson

I would think the GOP would LOVE town halls, given their amazing success with the economy, the stable international situation, and how beloved Elon Musk is by the American people.

Andrew Weinstein

Cowards

The Tennessee Holler

Hi — quick question: How is this legal?

WIRED

Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Full scoop here by @leahfeiger.bsky.social, @lmatsakis.bsky.social and @jakelahut.writes.news:

Katie Phang

I’m sure the conversation is stimulating 🙄

Charlie Angus

The boycott is strong. Canadians will not break. We thank our allies and friends from across the world who are supporting our fight. Boycott the felon administration. Spend your travel dollars elsewhere. Don't spend a dime in the USA. Here is my latest interview.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁BuyCanadian🍁

'People should not travel to the United States': Ontario MP urges Canadians to reconsider upcoming trips As the U.S. implements punishing tariffs on Canadian exports, Ontario MP, Charlie Angus is encouraging people to shop local. #Canada #cdnpoli

Marc Elias

A federal judge ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law and exceeded his authority by firing the chair of a board that protects the rights of federal employees without reason.

Mueller, She Wrote

They have not yet said how they plan to do the work of the IRS without any employees.

The Associated Press

The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.

Chris Hayes

We’re getting a very special (and especially destructive) mix of populist nationalism (trade wars) and Grover Noqquist-style drown-the-government-in-a-bathtub austerity.

NPR

Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)

Kee, it was an honor to have once been a cubicle neighbor with one of @npr.org's legends. Thank you for always being game to help chase down a fact, no matter how seemingly small, because, as you taught me by example time and again, we always have the big responsibility to get things right.