Season 1 Episode 1584
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
Today, the Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid; a US district judge has blocked Trump’s cuts to NIH funding; a US district judge in Maryland has issued a preliminary injunction against Trump withholding funds to hospitals that provide gender affirming care; the Merit Systems Protection Board has ordered Trump to reinstate thousands of USDA probationary employees they determined were wrongfully terminated; hundreds of pages of emails show the turmoil inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after Russ Vought issued his stop work order; the VA is set to fire 83,000 people before the end of the year according to an internal document while the IRS is drafting a plan to fire 45,000 people; Trump is threatening to take away transportation funding from the District of Columbia unless the mayor paints over Black Lives Matter Plaza; Andrew and Tristan Tate are under criminal investigation; multiple lawsuits have been updated since Trump said Elon was in charge of DOGE during his the joint session address; House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Chief of Staff has been arrested for DUI; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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Stories:
OPM alters memo about probationary employees but does not order mass firings reversed | NPR
Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research | AP News
Supreme Court rules Trump administration must unfreeze foreign aid payments | ABC News
129. Untangling the Foreign Aid Ruling - by Steve Vladeck
Good Trouble:
Local group holds 'funeral' as new library policy goes into place | WAAY31 ABC
At The Root Collective | Facebook
Federal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you’re going to do, or just vent. I’m always here to listen.
Check out muellershewrote.com for my interview with a systems security expert about the massive breach at opm.gov caused by Elon Musk
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