The Firing Squad
Saturday, April 26, 2025
10:01 pm
Isaac Hayes
Black Moses
Blackberry Crown Royal and purple juice
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In sports, there's a common practice of comparing teams with one another in order to assess the individual and the entire group at once. It’s called power rankings.
I’ve always enjoyed them - they’re pre-built arguments, because no one will ever really completely agree with someone else’s power ranking. Sports is afterall, quite subjective. Very little objectivity involved.
Aside from sports, there have been some uses of power rankings in culture. Think all-time music or movie lists, like Pitchfork and the American Film Institute, respectively. One of my favorite cultural power rankings systems was over at the now defunct website Grantland. When it was first airing, Mad Men was analyzed on Grantland with a power ranking system analyzing who had the best through the worst week on the show. It was wonderful stuff and gave me a sense of a deeper or at least more entertainment that was worth having beyond just watching the show.
It is in that vein that I’m debuting the Firing Squad Power Rankings.
Everyone knows Trump is a volatile character who operates with a temperamental and business-like approach rather than government. He shares his opinions directly on his own social media site without many people serving as door stops. During Trump’s first term, he became known for regularly firing members of his inner circle, including the Cabinet, suddenly. Rather than letting people resign, he put out word that he was the one in control and thus firing them.
During his first administration, Trump’s first firing was Michael Flynn, who got the boot just 24 days after the Boss took office. And the firing, of course, only came after Flynn actually submitted a resignation letter and Trump rebranded it as a firing.
Here we are, 90 some days into the Trump presidency, giving us a good idea of how fast things are going. I don’t know about you but it sure seems like things have been supercharged. I knew shit was going to be bad. What I did not know earlier this year was how quickly things would accelerate. To that point, Trump is likely going to start his personal firing squad fairly soon.
Here is my feeble attempt at who I believe are the top ten most likely candidates to be canned.
1. Pete Hegseth, United States Secretary of Defense
Ouster odds: 5-1
This week has been absolutely brutally hellish for Hegseth.
On Saturday, Politico reported the three top Pentagon advisers who were recently fired had no idea why, downplaying the notion that they were being investigated.
On Easter, Hegseth - a 44-year-old Christian Nationalist - berated reporters in front of his kids at the White House Easter Egg Roll that featured 30,000 real eggs, which had an average of costing more than $6 a dozen in March (that stunt cost taxpayers $180,000 - yet not a single cent was wasted!).
On Sunday, former defense department spokesman John Ullyot wrote about the complete dysfunction at his former agency in Politico, all but calling for Hegseth to be replaced by Trump.
On Monday, the New York Times had another dizzying allegation that Hegseth shared the Houthi bombing plans in a separate Signal chat with his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The news of course comes on top of last month’s revelation that Atlantic editor in chief Jeff Goldberg was included in a private Signal chat with top Trump officials, including Hegseth.
At Monday’s Easter Egg roll, Trump continued to show his support for his boy. “Pete’s doing a great job, everybody’s happy with him,” Trump said, calling the latest story “fake news.”
Within hours of Trump’s comments, NPR broke news that the White House was starting its process to find a new defense secretary. Classic Trump shit right there. Him saying one thing and doing another, essentially telling his boy Pete to dance for him. You know it’s never a good sign when your forthcoming departure is being planned ahead of time, let alone it becomes public knowledge. That’s a depressing way to live - one can only imagine the drinks ol’ Pete has these days.
Also on Monday, Rep. Don Bacon - a military committee chairman - became the first Republican member of Congress to call for Hegseth to resign. “There’s a lot – a lot – of smoke come out of the Pentagon, and I got to believe there’s some fire there somewhere.”
On Tuesday, it became known via NBC News that the information Hegseth shared in his Signal chats were actually cut and paste from a conversation sent via a secure network from a general, all but making it clear the information was classified.
Also on Tuesday, CNN published a story saying while Trump was “unlikely” to fire Hegseth, some people were troubled by the disarray at the Pentagon. The story contained this nugget: Hegseth asked an underling to give Elon Musk access to information about at least 24 programs related to China. The idea died after internal lawyers said doing so was inappropriate.
On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported Hegseth “directed the installation” of Signal on his office computer at the Pentagon. As the paper contextually put it, the move essentially points to the extent to which he used an unclassified platform susceptible to hackers to share very much classified information.
As if Hegseth’s week couldn’t get any worse, it also became public on Wednesday that Hegseth ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon. In any normal world, this fact would probably not be that big of a deal. But it’s a relatively minor deal because a) Trump is a makeup man and b) Hegseth likely became used to getting the treatment during his decade-long stint at Fox. They lay the makeup on thick over there at Fox, only seconds before ripping into trans issues on a nightly basis. Trump could take the news of the makeup studio’s addition and quickly move on. Or he could become incensed that anyone in his inner world would be putting on makeup to make themselves look better than him. How dare they upstage the Don.
On Thursday, Trump announced on social media he was meeting with Goldberg and two Atlantic reporters. It’s never a good sign for an employee when the Boss is meeting with someone he previously called a “sleazebag.”
Also on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported Hegseth was chastising his top military officers and threatened to force them to take lie detector tests.
Then on Friday, Hegseth’s chief of staff resigned, making him the fifth official to leave the Department of Defense in a week.
Put all of that together and I’d say ol’ whiskey Pete Hegseth is the most likely candidate to get ousted.
2. Mike Waltz, National Security Advisor of the United States
Ouster odds: 10-1
There weren’t many new developments with this fella but he’s still a top tier ranking to be canned because the whole Signal fiasco was the result of Waltz sending an invitation to Goldberg, the Atlantic editor, to a private but official government conversation about killing some Houthis.
Late last month, Trump was consumed with the notion of firing Waltz. Not unlike what Trump did with Hegseth this week by praising him and then immediately having a story come out saying his replacement was being found, the Boss backed Waltz in the immediate aftermath of the Signal chat scandal.
He called Waltz a “good man” who had “learned a lesson.” Behind the scenes, the New York Times said he was torn on whether to fire the man who had created a headache. One thing not on Waltz’ side was apparently Trump wondered why the former congressman would have a connection with Goldberg, who Trump particularly loathes.
Sure there was all the bluster from the usual ass kissers backing up Trump and the methods to his madness. “If you think you’re going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody, you’ve got another thing coming.” JD Vance said on Friday, March 28. “We are standing behind our entire national security team.”
Days later, Trump piled on to JD’s claim, telling Kristen Welker on Meet the Press on March 30, “I don’t fire people because of fake news and because of witch hunts.”
When asked if there were any conversations about firing Waltz, Trump demurred, saying, “I’ve never heard that.” One day earlier, the Times had a Maggie Haberman-led story detailing the extent to which Trump himself was weighing firing his guy Mike.
“He told allies that he was unhappy with the press coverage but that he did not want to be seen as caving to a media swarm, according to several people briefed on his comments. And he said he was reluctant to fire people in the senior ranks so early in his second term.”
Politico had similar reporting, noting Trump decided against firing Waltz because “Like hell he’d give the liberal media and pearl-clutching Democrats a win.”
Two unnamed sources told Politico the plan is to stick by Waltz for the time being. “He’ll be gone in a couple of weeks,” one person said.
This week, The Atlantic did a deep dive into the National Security Council and reported while Waltz has his job, “he has effectively lost control.”
Well, my friends, it has in fact been a couple, two tree, weeks. There’s always another Friday news dump around the corner. We shall see.
3. Peter Navarro, Counselor to the President of the United States
Firing odds: 15-1
Like Waltz, Navarro is technically yesterday’s news but that doesn’t mean he’s off the shit list. Navarro’s great sin is wholeheartedly selling Trump on the notion that he could tax the world and everything would work out. Lo and behold, others had thoughts on that type of governance, including members of the Inner Party and the market. And now, Navarro is on his way to the outer circle. In a way, he flew too close to the sun of politics and got burned for it. And now everyone, including Trump, is paying the consequences of Ron Vara’s mistakes (if you don’t know, Google that name). Any day now, Trump will fire off a missive on social media about how he was misguided by a guy who Jared found on the internet.
4. Marco Rubio, United States Secretary of State
Ouster odds: 20-1
This week, lil Marco skipped the latest Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks, just days after he said the United States would abandon its efforts if there were no signs of progress within “days.”
After Rubio’s comments, Trump backed him up, saying the US could walk away from peace deal efforts. Normally, a president reiterating one of his Cabinet member’s positions in public would not be remotely notable. But for Trump, the question is whether what he is saying is just bullshit. Anytime an underling breaks news before the Boss, you run the risk of upstaging the big fella. And that is a cardinal sin, whether in the Mob, showbiz or politics.
Also this week, the New York Times obtained a document that calls for the elimination of State Department offices and overhauling how the Foreign Service operates. One American diplomat told Politico the draft document was “bonkers crazypants.” At the time, Rubio called the reporting “fake news.”
Two days later, Rubio announced a massive overhaul of the State Department which pretty much was what he called fake news. Announcing what he called an effort to “make the State Department Great Again,” Rubio said the government entity he was now leading had a “sprawling bureaucracy” that was “more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America’s core national interests.”
The MSDGA plan involves closing 132 offices, including ones that work on human rights, democracy, counter extremism and further human rights, according to CBS News, and reducing the number of employees by 22 percent.
The MSDGA move is sure to score some brownie points with the Boss. But those only go so far. Especially if there are other signs of trouble for Marco.
As recently as April 18, Politico reported Rubio apparently fired Peter Marocco, a DOGE friendly-Trumspter who was among those leading the effort to dismantle USAID. Rubio’s firing of the dude pissed off the MAGA-ites, who alleged lil Marco was undermining the “disruptive agenda.” An unknown White House official said the firing was “the first MAGA world killing from inside the White House.”
Much like Waltz and Hegseth, Rubio’s firing of Marocco created a headache for Trump, albeit a different kind. It is one where the internal team wasn’t happy. It once again brought the division within the groups - the want-to-get-along crew and the ones who just want to fuck shit up - to light.
There has always been and will always be a target on Rubio’s back, ever since he joined the Red Tie Boys. He wasn’t an original Trumpster, and thus not a true loyalist. He’s waiting in the wings to be a sacrificial lamb and all of us know it yet no one acknowledges it, especially not Marco. That was made abundantly clear by Trump himself.
“Good luck Marco,” Trump said to a smiling chessy cat-looking Rubio while addressing Congress on March 5. “Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.”
5. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Ouster odds: 25-1
This week, RFK announced his plans to eliminate food dye, questioned the need for children to get COVID-19 shots, and evidently has plans to utilize the government’s access to private medical records of people throughout the country all in his pursuit to track down autistic people. His agency also apparently plans to defund services for people with developmental disabilities and end a suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth.
Aside from Trump, one could make an argument that RFK has been among the top people in the news during Trump 2.0. Sure, so has Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Hegseth, and Elon. But with his own particular brand of nuttiness, RFK has made bold and definitely dangerous moves ever since he took office in mid-February.
And the thing about RFK regularly being in the news is, one of these days, the Boss might get mad.
Plus, there’s this: RFK has a genuine chance to outcrazy a crazy man and that’s a hard thing to accomplish. From his first foray from the fringe to now governing, RFK has shown his wild side pretty openly. He’s acknowledged he’s not a saint, as evidenced by his admitting he sexually assaulted a family babysitter; dumped a dead bear in Central Park, had a brain-eating worm in his head; and posed for a photo with the barbequeced carcass of a dog. And that was all shit that just came out during the 2024 presidential election, which was designed by Trump and his MAGA-ites from the get go to be a machine-style politics move to siphon off voters and make the total needed to win just a bit smaller, with extra help from Bobby, Jillie, and Cornel.
Since RFK has become a Senate-confirmed public official, he’s taken a hatchet to his agency, called for halting the use of fluoride in drinking water, overseen and undermined a deadly measles outbreak and significantly downplayed/ignored/lied about the benefits of vaccines, to name a few “accomplishments.”
There’s a lot going on in the RFK world that not only has the potential to harm the nation, but once again brutally highlight the shortcomings of Trumpian governance.
When an adult is needed in the room, no amount of bluster, lies or bullshit will get us through a genuine catastrophe that is self created or made worse because of ineptitude.
Let’s say RFK’s cuts at the FDA lead to increases in cases involving salmonella, baby formula, and milk. If enough of that stuff starts becoming a concern, Americans will notice quickly, increasing the likelihood for the Boss to look bad and thus pull the carpet from under Bobby.
I’d say for now, RFK is safe. But that calculus could change at any moment.
6. Elon Musk, billionaire
Ouster odds: 40-1
What’s there to say about Elon that hasn’t already been said. Among the new developments this week was news that Elon appeared on a Tesla earnings call and said he would step back from his role in the Red Tie Boy Club to focus on his tanking business, which has seen its profits drop 71 percent this year, sometime in May.
For the most part, Musk had a quiet week aside from his forthcoming exit news. As there always is during quiet weeks, that gave new organizations, including the New York Times and Politico, time to do some bigger picture Musk pieces.
The worst news of the week for Musk came late in the week when Politico reported Musk was present for an interview with Troy Meink, Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Air Force. As the beltway publication put it:
The disclosure is significant because Musk has billions of dollars in national security and defense contracts at stake as CEO of SpaceX. This includes Pentagon launch contracts, satellite systems and Trump’s proposed missile defense shield known as Golden Dome.
But his involvement in a personnel decision for a top Air Force post marks a new level of political reach for the billionaire entrepreneur — and a potential breach of ethical norms that discourage contractors from influencing leadership decisions in agencies that oversee their contracts.
The thing about Elon is that he is much like Trump. He doesn’t seem to care what kind of press he’s getting. All press is still attention in your direction, they both seem to believe.
The problem with doing that in an administration of narcissists, jackals and unqualified morons in way over their skis is that people will get jealous. They want to be their boss’s top guy. Instead, it was Elon who could seemingly do no wrong, much to the chagrin of the rest of the Cabal known as the Cabinet. And so it makes sense that Elon is on his way out. The question is will his exit be precipitated by a Trump firing. I remain highly skeptical but it is still worth watching, given Trump’s past patterns.
7. Kash Patel, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ouster odds: 42-1
A man who once wrote fictional children’s books lamenting the Boss, Patel is certainly unlikely to be among Trump’s fired fired, especially since he is one of Donnie’s most loyal followers. But like the sins of others, Patel has the potential to become a headache for Trump. This week, the Kash file was filled with two developments. For one, he faced allegations of wrongdoing for using the FBI’s jet for personal use. He also had a judge arrested in Milwaukee. The details of the latter are still a bit murky but anytime you create weird headlines, you’re drawing yourself out for attention from the Boss, who would probably rather not see you in the media very often.
8. Tulsi Gabbard, United States Director of National Intelligence
Ouster odds: 50-1
Tulsi’s week didn’t really amount to much other than her asking the DOJ to investigate intelligence leakers. But the thing about Tulsi is that she, like lil Marco, is not an OG. She was a Democrat who ran for president as recently as 2020. That means while she is cool with the Red Tie Boys for now, when push comes to shove, she’ll be heartily pushed out the door. She should be safe for the time being.
9. Sean Duffy, United States Secretary of Transportation
Ouster odds: 60-1
Another low level likely candidate for firing is Duffy, whose agency saw about 4,700 employees voluntarily offer to resign, or roughly 9 percent of the agency workforce, recently. The voluntary departure was so shocking to the department, the government had to ask people to stay.
Among the more notable highlights from Duffy’s recent developments was news that lawyers working on behalf of the Department of Transportation admitted in a legal filing involving New York’s congestion pricing law their argument was likely to be rejected. This is hardly the stuff that gets one fired but with an agency that is already facing much scrutiny because of plane mishaps of late and a looming deadline for new identification requirements for millions of Americans, you can’t count out Duffy as a forthcoming departure. The lawyers responsible for the mistaken legal filing were taken off the case.
10. Susie Wiles, Chief of Staff
Ouster odds: 100-1
In what is arguably the longest of long shots, Wiles is likely safe in her job at this moment. Then again, Trump went through four chiefs of staff in his first four years in office, with his first, Reince Priebus getting axed six months into the job. Here we are in late April, making it certainly possible Trump could want a change from within, making Wiles a potential target. She might want to reach out to Reince, John Kelly, Mick Mulvaney, and Mark Meadows on transitioning from the post-Trump world.
And now, this week’s news roundup.
On the Elon/DOGE desk:
The Washington Post noted DOGE’s emails to government employees requiring them to list “5 things” they accomplished the week prior are being nixed as Musk heads for his own exit.
A judge in California said Elon Musk’s emails could be used in a lawsuit over the future over Tesla’s autopilot and self-driving features.
The New York Times analyzed how people who criticized Musk on Twitter saw dramatic decreases in views.
The Atlantic looked at an effort in Alabama to save health care in rural areas from DOGE cuts.
The New York Times looked at the cost of DOGE’s efforts to fire federal workers.
On the resistance efforts:
NPR surveyed hundreds of scholars who said the United States was “swiftly heading toward authoritarianism.” The publication did find one Trump ass kisser who said everything was fine.
In an unusual move, Minnesota filed a preemptive lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Leaders from more than 200 colleges and universities signed a letter slamming the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.”
Harvard filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration, saying the move to freeze the school’s funding violates the First Amendment and other laws.
Attorneys General from 12 states sued the administration for “illegally imposing” tax hikes” on American citizens via tariffs.
The Democratic National Committee announced plans to send $1 million each month to state parties throughout the country over the next four years in an effort to bolster organizing and data in battleground states.
Fourteen House Democrats sent a 91-page letter to the nine law firms that reached agreements with Trump to avoid facing his illegal executive order wrath.
Politico reported Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, is working on a “war plan” to combat Trump that involves creating a “shadow Cabinet” and calls to “fucking retake the flag.”
On the immigration/deportation front:
Four House Democrats defied Republicans by taking an official trip to El Salvador.
Trump fired even more immigration judges, according to NPR.
NBC News noted how cancer diagnostic research at Harvard Medical School is being stymied because ICE detained a scientist.
In a rare move, the Trump administration nixed a $3.8 billion contract to build a massive tent city in Fort Bliss, Texas, according to NBC. The development comes just days after ProPublica published a story looking into the company that was awarded the massive contract.
The family of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to the gulag, has been moved to a safe house over fears for their safety after the Trump administration released a court document with their home address.
Gothamist published a story noting how migrant children as young as 4, 7 and 8 years old were having to appear in court in New York City without being represented by a lawyer.
Axios explored the ways the immigration crackdown could be a prelude to what is next for Americans.
The Detroit Free Press found a Venezuelan immigrant who went the wrong way while delivering food in Detroit crossed the US-Canada border and was later taken into custody and deported.
A Maryland federal judge ordered the administration to return a 20-year-old Venezuelan man who was deported to El Salvador, making it the second case of a judge ordering the Trumpies to return a second man sent to the gulag.
ABC News noted the Trump administration acknowledged in court filings it deported four people to El Salvador despite a court order barring their removal to any country beyond their nation of origin.
The Miami Herald reported a joint state-federal operation in Florida saw 800 undocumented immigrants detained during a four-day period.
After more than 1,500 student visas were canceled, the Trump administration announced plans to work on a new system for reviewing and terminating visas for international students.
An ICE facility in Miami is planning to move upwards of 400 detainees into a large tent soon, per the Washington Post.
A federal judge said a 2-year-old US citizen was apparently deported with “no meaningful process.”
On the 2028 beat:
Ron DeSantis has hit some early stumbling blocks as negative news stories continue to pile up, this time with the Tampa Bay Times indicating the Florida governor swiped $10 million from Medicare and sent it to campaign donors who sent it to causes DeSantis supports.
Trump began selling red “Trump 2028” hats on his website.
Appearing in New Hampshire, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasted Trump and “do nothing Democrats.”
On the the courts/legal desk:
A federal judge in Colorado extended a ban for the Trump administration to have additional deportations under the Alien Enemies Act, with the jurist saying the Supreme Court basically required her to issue a restraining order.
An Idaho woman who was forcibly removed from a Republican town hall in February is seeking $5 million.
In a potential sign of future rulings, Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts sided with the court’s liberal judges on an immigration case.
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to restore service of Voice of America and other news services because the dismantling violated the Constitution.
A Colorado judge ordered the Trump administration to give some Venezuelan migrants 21 days’ notice before they are deported.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce its ban on transgender service members.
A federal judge halted the White House’s attempts to end DEI efforts in K-12 public schools.
A federal judge pumped the brakes on the administration’s attempts to pull federal funding from “sanctuary cities.”
A federal judge ruled a part of Trump’s executive order over voting changes that requires proof of citizenship for voter registration was unlawful.
A federal judge blocked parts of Trump’s plan to end labor unions at federal agencies.
On the keeping an eye on corruption beat:
Trump’s memecoin said he would host a “private dinner” with 220 buyers, sending sales to surge, essentially giving Trump even more money.
NOTUS reported the Federal Election Commission is set to lose its quorum soon, resulting in the campaign finance agency essentially shutting down, which would halt the enforcement of campaign finance laws.
And in related news, Politico reported about the opening of Trump-aligned club for the “ultra rich.”
On the the media front:
Wearing a hoodie and a winter hat, Tim Pool - who was duped and paid money as part of a covert Russian operation - was given the chance to ask the first question at a White House press briefing, in which he asked about ‘unprofessional behavior” of other news organizations.
A longtime head of 60 Minutes, who worked at the news magazine for 37 years, resigned, in part because of pressure he was facing from his superiors. Bill Owens’ departure comes as 60 Minutes’ parent company, Paramount, is hoping to sell it to Trump supporter Larry Ellison.
The Navy has hired Kristina Wong, a former Breitbart “reporter” who tweeted glowingly about the Insurrection, to serve as its new communications director.
Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice was rescinding a Biden-era policy against subpoenaing journalists.
On the tariffs beat:
The IMF said Trump’s tariffs will drag down the global economy and slow growth.
ProPublica published a story about how politically connected firms were benefiting from Trump’s tariff exemptions.
Axios noted the CEOs of Walmart, Target and Home Depot have been privately warning Trump about the negative impact his tariffs could have, including suggesting prices could rise and shelves could empty.
And in general news:
Kristi Noem, who has Secret Service protection, had her purse - which for some reason had $3,000 in cash - stolen from her while at a restaurant in DC.
Mere hours after JD Vance met Pope Francis, the top Catholic died at 88 years old. The pontiff’s funeral was well attended, including by Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who were shown meeting together for the first time since the infamous Vance tantrum in the Oval Office.
The Department of Education said it plans on restarting collections of outstanding student loan debt.
The Wall Street Journal noted early in the week the Dow was on track to have its worst April since the Great Depression.
Former Vice President Al Gore compared the Trump administration to Nazi Germany, according to Politico.
The National Institutes of Health is set to prohibit awarding new grants to any institutions that have DEI programs or boycott Israeli companies.
The New York Times noted the Trump administration told American diplomats to avoid participating in events marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
The New York Times looked at how there’s agida at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over Trump’s maneuvers with law firms.
In a clear but unstated swipe at Bill Maher’s recent dinner with Trump, Larry David wrote a guest essay for the New York Times titled My Dinner With Adolf.
The Department of Justice canceled grants aimed at addressing gun violence and addiction prevention.
Axios highlighted how nearly half of the US is exposed to air pollution as Trump seeks to cut climate protections.
One week after a man committed arson at his home, Gov. Josh Shapiro said he received a call from Trump.
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced an effort to respond to TV ads featuring Kristi Noem attempting to dissuade people from coming to the US, saying,, “We will hunt you down.”
Trump signed a new executive order targeting university accreditors that he called his “secret weapon” in his ongoing effort to thrust his will upon higher ed.
In yet another sign that even the Trump loyalists are being harmed by the Boss, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the state’s Republican congressional delegation asked Trump to reconsider his decision to have FEMA reject the state’s request for federal disaster relief money.
The Department of the Interior is looking at shrinking the size of six national monuments by millions of acres while looking at the potential for drilling and mining opportunities, according to the Washington Post.
Employees at Barnard College received a text message from the federal government on their personal phones to ask if they’re Jewish.
ProPublica published a story about how Ed Martin, Trump’s woefully unqualified US attorney nominee in DC, was behind a series of online attacks against a judge.
In related news, The Forward, a magazine with a Jewish audience, noted Martin was sorry for praising a Nazi sympathizer.
Trump ordered the Department of Justice to investigate ActBlue, a major fundraising platform used by Democrats.
Former congressman and longtime con artist George Santos was sentenced to seven years in prison. I’m sure his Trump pardon is being discussed.
The 21-year-old son of a current deputy director at the CIA was killed in Ukraine after he joined the Russian Army.
In related news, North Korea confirmed it has sent troops to help Russia’s war against Ukraine.