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Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Trump tried to seize the power of Congress by halting all appropriations - and a Biden appointed judge blocked it hours later; Trump has asked two million federal workers to voluntarily resign; the CDC has been ordered to stop working with the World Health Organization; top USAID staff have been put on administrative leave; federal employees have filed a lawsuit over the HR at OPM government wide email for privacy concerns; Republican state attorneys general are pressuring Costco to drop their DEI programs; Jim Acosta announces he’s leaving CNN; Trump has moved to fire Dem members of the EEOC and NLRB; six transgender service members are suing Trump and Pete Hegseth over the ban on trans people serving in the military; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
Guest: Steve Vladeck
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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.
Stories:
Republican attorneys general call out Costco for maintaining DEI policies - Kate Gibson | CBS News
Dem AGs set to challenge Trump’s ‘clearly unlawful’ federal aid freeze - KYLE CHENEY | POLITICO
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