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Top IRS lawyer pushed aside as DOGE seeks tax records, staffing cuts Elon Musk’s team has provoked concern among career staff over requests for tax records of undocumented immigrants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/13/musk-doge-irs-trump/?location=alert “… William Paul, a...

https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/13/a-new-spoils-system/ “… In short: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing. “

“… Saurav Ghosh, the center’s director of federal campaign finance reform, said in a statement on Wednesday that the pardon “demonstrates an open hostility and contempt for accountability and the rule of law.” “Kelsey’s actions, which included coordinating with special-interest-funded outside...

Trump Pardons Ex-Tennessee State Senator Imprisoned for Campaign Fraud Brian Kelsey, a Republican, pleaded guilty to illegally funneling money to his failed campaign for Congress in 2016. He later tried unsuccessfully to withdraw his plea...

Weldon is a long-time vaccine skeptic. “… Trump’s other picks to lead agencies within the health department include Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, to lead the Food and Drug Administration; Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University, to lead the National Institutes of Health; and...

White House to Withdraw Weldon as CDC Nominee Medical doctor and former GOP congressman had doubted vaccine safety https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-to-withdraw-weldon-as-cdc-nominee-31df5b8f?mod=mhp “The White House plans to withdraw President Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers...

So he couldn’t hold back on his antivaxx misinformation for long.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-inflation-dow-nasdaq-sp500-03-13-2025/card/trump-targets-more-than-7-billion-in-alcoholic-drinks-from-eu-88OFRvA8RleUkVvy3Os8?mod=mhp