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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Teams Up With DOGE to Gut USPS
A planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that the US Postal Service is on a path toward privatization.

Judge Orders Thousands of Fired Federal Employees to Be Reinstated Immediately
The order also bans Trump’s Office of Personnel Management from advising any federal agency on which employees to fire.

Trump Baselessly Suggests Fired Federal Workers Were Incompetent at Their Jobs
A multiyear survey finds that those working at federal jobs tend to be among the hardest working in the country.

DOGE’s Cuts to HUD Will Make It Harder to Afford Housing, Exit Homelessness
Department of Housing and Urban Development funds have been disrupted, sometimes through means that are likely illegal.

Imagining Change Is a Crucial Step to Achieving It Under the Trump-Musk Regime
We’ve already seen individual and small communal acts of subversion. How do we create a sustained uprising?

Ed Secretary Says Cutting Nearly Half of Staff First Step to Dismantling Dept.
Experts say the move will inflate class sizes and take away special education services for students with disabilities.

Musk Suggests Billions in Cuts to Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare
The billionaire head of DOGE also baselessly suggested immigrants were being lured to the US by these programs.

The US Is Undergoing a Corporate Coup. Sudan Shows How Dangerous It Can Become.
Musk’s DOGE takeover is the first step in shaping government to his whims. The next steps could be even more terrifying.

Elon Musk Is Leading a Far Right Anti-Empathy Revolution
Musk views empathy as a “bug” that threatens his political agenda. This framing is instructive.

Hoping for DOGE Transparency, The Intercept Publishes Musk’s Government Email
The news organization has filed more than a dozen FOIA requests based on the newly found email address.