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![Elon Musk gives a tour to President-elect Donald Trump and lawmakers of the control room before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1121-trump-musk-400x300.jpg)
Musk and Ramaswamy’s Plan “Could Have a Devastating Impact on Americans”
They call for the mass firing of federal employees, large-scale deregulation and spending cuts to anti-poverty programs.
![Banner image for Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast, featuring guest Talia Lavin and host Kelly Hayes.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-movement-memos-400x300.jpg)
We Must Contest the Christian Right’s Agenda in Every Venue of Our Lives
“It is a self-replicating authoritarian system that has persisted over the course of generations,” says Talia Lavin.
![President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-biden--400x300.jpg)
Report: Biden Admin Lobbying Against Sanders Push to Block Israel Arms Deal
The administration claimed that blocking arms transfers would embolden Hamas — ignoring Israel’s genocidal slaughter.
![Russ Vought, former OMB director, conducts news conference outside of the U.S. Capitol with House Republicans to oppose vaccine mandates on Friday, November 5, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-russ-vought-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump Is Considering Appointing Project 2025 Architect to His Cabinet
Trump has nominated multiple Project 2025 contributors despite claiming he had “nothing to do” with the document.
![Journalists film while standing before destroyed buildings in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in the northern Gaza Strip on October 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-gaza-journalists-400x300.jpg)
Israel Targets, Injures One of the Only Journalists Left in North Gaza in Strike
Al Jazeera reporter Hossam Shabat had just arrived at a house that had been bombed when Israel struck it again.
![Bernie Sanders stands at a podium alongside other senators and an enlarged photo of hungry Palestinian children struggling to get food](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-bernie-sanders-400x300.jpg)
Bernie Sanders’s Vote on Gaza Genocide Forces Senators to Go on the Record
Today, US senators will be forced to record for posterity whether they condone US enabling of the genocide in Gaza.
![Dr. Oz is questioned by reporters](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-dr-oz-400x300.jpg)
Trump Picks Medicare Privatization Proponent Dr. Oz to Oversee Medicare Agency
Critics point out that Mehmet Oz also peddles baseless health advice and “profits from fringe medical ideas.”
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Trump Taps Billionaire Linda McMahon to Head Department of Education
The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment has no experience in education, says education historian Diane Ravitch.
![President-elect Donald Trump watches an UFC 309 fight at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-donald-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
Trump Claims He’s for “Free and Open” Press. His Past Actions Say Otherwise.
Trump's attacks on the media include recently musing that he wouldn't mind journalists being killed during his rallies.
![Donald Trump grimaces into the distance while wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/11/2024_1120-donald-trump-hat-400x300.jpg)
Can Trump Bypass Congress to Install His Cabinet Picks? Experts Weigh In.
"It would be something that would be unprecedented in American history,” said one expert.