DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite (washingtonpost.com)

DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite (washingtonpost.com)

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The Continuing Crisis

  • Appoint a Clown, Get a Circus: FEMA Chief Reportedly Told Staff He Was Unaware There’s a Hurricane Season (mediaite.com)
    Appoint a Clown, Get a Circus: FEMA Chief Reportedly Told Staff He Was Unaware There’s a Hurricane Season (mediaite.com)
  • A Showdown Over The Power Of The Courts Is Headed To The Senate (huffpost.com)
    A Showdown Over The Power Of The Courts Is Headed To The Senate (huffpost.com)
  • Economists Question G.O.P. Bill: Why Increase the Deficit in Good Times? (nytimes.com)
    Economists Question G.O.P. Bill: Why Increase the Deficit in Good Times? (nytimes.com)
  • ‘Out Of His Mind’: Critics Aghast At Trump’s ‘Detached From Reality’ New Message (huffpost.com)

    I have questions for MAGA:

    1. Was Joe Biden executed in 2020? If so, by whom?
    2. Can you provide more information about this cloning technology?
    3. If no, can you discuss the robotics technology used to duplicate President Biden?
    4. Do you believe the assertions by llijh ? pic.twitter.com/zsi8Ytepbl

    — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 1, 2025

  • Trump Shows No Sign of Retreat on Tariffs (nytimes.com)
    Trump Shows No Sign of Retreat on Tariffs (nytimes.com)
  • ‘Absolute Disaster:’ Senate Democrats Take Aim At Trump’s Tax Bill (huffpost.com)For Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump’s big bill is a big test (washingtonpost.com)GOP rift could see more than 50 senators rebel against Trump (rawstory.com)Trump and Allies Sell Domestic Policy Bill With Falsehoods (nytimes.com)
    ‘Absolute Disaster:’ Senate Democrats Take Aim At Trump’s Tax Bill (huffpost.com)
  • MAGA Republicans are now ‘intervening in elections around the world’ (rawstory.com)
    MAGA Republicans are now ‘intervening in elections around the world’ (rawstory.com)
  • Vindictive Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee’s Donations Before Picking Him (nytimes.com)
    Vindictive Trump Is Said to Have Known About NASA Nominee’s Donations Before Picking Him (nytimes.com)
  • Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. (washingtonpost.com)
    Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. (washingtonpost.com)
  • Lisa Murkowski Isn’t Using ‘Nice Words’ About Life Under Trump (nytimes.com)
    Lisa Murkowski Isn’t Using ‘Nice Words’ About Life Under Trump (nytimes.com)
  • A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back (theguardian.com)
    A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back (theguardian.com)
  • In the Age of Trump, National Politics Dominate a State Republican Primary (nytimes.com)
    In the Age of Trump, National Politics Dominate a State Republican Primary (nytimes.com)
  • Tim Walz unleashed harsh language during appearances this weekend, in the clearest signs yet that he is weighing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 (washingtonpost.com)
    Tim Walz unleashed harsh language during appearances this weekend, in the clearest signs yet that he is weighing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 (washingtonpost.com)
  • Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet (washingtonpost.com)
    Discrimination cases unravel as Trump scraps core civil rights tenet (washingtonpost.com)
  • ‘TACO Trump’ Chickens Out of ‘No Tax on Social Security’ Campaign Pledge (meidasnews.com)
    ‘TACO Trump’ Chickens Out of ‘No Tax on Social Security’ Campaign Pledge (meidasnews.com)
  • Democratic Party is at risk of becoming ‘roadkill,’ warns Tim Walz (washingtonpost.com)
    Democratic Party is at risk of becoming ‘roadkill,’ warns Tim Walz (washingtonpost.com)
  • Rep. Nadler Responds to DHS Raid on His Office: ‘It Can Happen to Anyone’ (meidasnews.com)
    Rep. Nadler Responds to DHS Raid on His Office: ‘It Can Happen to Anyone’ (meidasnews.com)
  • Even Trump started to doubt Musk and DOGE’s promise to cut $1 trillion, report claims: ‘Was it bulls***?’ (independent.co.uk)
    Even Trump started to doubt Musk and DOGE’s promise to cut $1 trillion, report claims: ‘Was it bulls***?’ (independent.co.uk)
  • Firings, Forced Retirements, Polygraph Tests: Chaos at FBI Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials (nytimes.com)
    Firings, Forced Retirements, Polygraph Tests: Chaos at FBI Intensifies as Patel Ousts Top Officials (nytimes.com)
  • Musk’s DOGE Takeover Of Peace Institute Left Building With Rats And Roaches (huffpost.com)
    Musk’s DOGE Takeover Of Peace Institute Left Building With Rats And Roaches (huffpost.com)
  • Stakes are high for US democracy as conservative supreme court hears raft of cases (theguardian.com)
    Stakes are high for US democracy as conservative supreme court hears raft of cases (theguardian.com)
  • GOP Senator Doubles Down On ‘We All Are Going To Die’ Comment In Wild Non-Apology (huffpost.com)
    GOP Senator Doubles Down On ‘We All Are Going To Die’ Comment In Wild Non-Apology (huffpost.com)
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More News

  • Volodomyr Had the Cards All Along: Zelenskyy left Trump Administration in the dark about Ukraine’s attack on Russia (salon.com)
    Volodomyr Had the Cards All Along: Zelenskyy left Trump Administration in the dark about Ukraine’s attack on Russia (salon.com)
  • Major Corporations — Including Oracle, McDonald’s, and Morgan Stanley — Are Dumping Law Firms That Caved to Trump (mediaite.com)
    Major Corporations — Including Oracle, McDonald’s, and Morgan Stanley — Are Dumping Law Firms That Caved to Trump (mediaite.com)
  • King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss was killed in a ‘homophobic hate crime’ after ‘years of threats’, husband says (yahoo.com)
    King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss was killed in a ‘homophobic hate crime’ after ‘years of threats’, husband says (yahoo.com)
  • Suspect charged with federal hate crime in attack on Colorado rally for Israeli hostages (theguardian.com)
    Suspect charged with federal hate crime in attack on Colorado rally for Israeli hostages (theguardian.com)
  • Second round of Ukraine-Russia talks end with PoW deal but no ceasefire (theguardian.com)
    Second round of Ukraine-Russia talks end with PoW deal but no ceasefire (theguardian.com)
  • ‘Operation Spiderweb’: How Ukraine destroyed over a third of Russian bombers (euronews.com)Ukraine and Russia Meet for 2nd Round of Talks as Attacks Escalate (nytimes.com)Some military commentators have called the strike Russia's 'Pearl Harbor' (nbcnews.com)Ukraine’s Stunning Assault Upends Russia’s Global Military Strategy
    ‘Operation Spiderweb’: How Ukraine destroyed over a third of Russian bombers (euronews.com)
  • Tourists Run for Their Lives as Italy’s Mount Etna Suddenly Erupts in Explosion of Ash (mediaite.com)

  • China accuses US of ‘seriously violating’ trade truce (theguardian.com)
    China accuses US of ‘seriously violating’ trade truce (theguardian.com)
  • Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit a New Impasse Over an Old Dispute (nytimes.com)
    Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit a New Impasse Over an Old Dispute (nytimes.com)
  • Conservative Karol Nawrocki Wins Poland Presidential Election (huffpost.com)
    Conservative Karol Nawrocki Wins Poland Presidential Election (huffpost.com)
  • Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts (theguardian.com)
    Key US weather monitoring offices understaffed as hurricane season starts (theguardian.com)
  • Ukraine has pulled off a major drone attack on Russian nuclear bombers at multiple sites, security official says (theguardian.com)
    Ukraine has pulled off a major drone attack on Russian nuclear bombers at multiple sites, security official says (theguardian.com)
  • Attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in Colorado burns several people, police say; suspect in custody (cbsnews.com)Suspect charged with multiple felonies in attack on Colorado rally for Israeli hostages (theguardian.com)Attacker used 'makeshift flamethrower'; authorities are investigating incident as hate crime and terrorist act (nytimes.com)
    Attack at Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall in Colorado burns several people, police say; suspect in custody (cbsnews.com)
  • Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says (theguardian.com)
    Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in Gaza, hospital says (theguardian.com)
  • Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Military Base Killed 12 Soldiers (nytimes.com)Ukraine launches major drone attack on Russian bombers, security official says (theguardian.com)Seven dead after two Russian bridges collapse in regions near Ukraine (washingtonpost.com)
    Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Military Base Killed 12 Soldiers (nytimes.com)
  • Ex-Trump insider turns the tables on president’s sons over their ‘major grift’ (rawstory.com)
    Ex-Trump insider turns the tables on president’s sons over their ‘major grift’ (rawstory.com)
  • Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Military Leader of Hamas, Is Dead, Israel Says (nytimes.com)
    Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Military Leader of Hamas, Is Dead, Israel Says (nytimes.com)
  • U.S. Sends Iran Proposal on Nuclear Deal, Amid Reports of Uranium Enrichment Ramp-Up (nytimes.com)
    U.S. Sends Iran Proposal on Nuclear Deal, Amid Reports of Uranium Enrichment Ramp-Up (nytimes.com)
  • Drug-Defying Breast Cancers Spotted Early in Blood Test Study (nytimes.com)
  • This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger. (nytimes.com)
    This California Highway Is Now a Park. The Cars Are Gone, but Not the Anger. (nytimes.com)
  • Murder of clerk leads to shocking discovery: The corpse of another victim (washingtonpost.com)
    Murder of clerk leads to shocking discovery: The corpse of another victim (washingtonpost.com)
  • ‘Going to increase prices on everybody’: US energy department workers sound alarm over cuts (theguardian.com)
    ‘Going to increase prices on everybody’: US energy department workers sound alarm over cuts (theguardian.com)
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Media Mess

  • Live Aid co-founder Bob Geldof launches furious tirade at Elon Musk and Donald Trump live on stage (irishstar.com)
    Live Aid co-founder Bob Geldof launches furious tirade at Elon Musk and Donald Trump live on stage (irishstar.com)
  • Misogynist and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate reportedly secured Vanuatu ‘golden passport’ in month of Romania arrest (theguardian.com)
    Misogynist and alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate reportedly secured Vanuatu ‘golden passport’ in month of Romania arrest (theguardian.com)
  • Have a TACO and a Smile! CNN Data Reporter Reveals ‘Quite Troubling’ News For Donald Trump (huffpost.com)
    Have a TACO and a Smile! CNN Data Reporter Reveals ‘Quite Troubling’ News For Donald Trump (huffpost.com)
  • Caught Lying! Charlie Kirk’s Trump Tariff Tweet Slapped with Community Note (meidasnews.com)Also Caught Lying! Texas GOP Official Attempting to Ban THC Products Hit With Community Note (meidasnews.com)
    Caught Lying! Charlie Kirk’s Trump Tariff Tweet Slapped with Community Note (meidasnews.com)
  • Ernst posts snarky reply after telling town hall ‘we all are going to die’ (washingtonpost.com)
    Ernst posts snarky reply after telling town hall ‘we all are going to die’ (washingtonpost.com)
  • New England Patriots Prompt Right-Wing Freak-Out With Pride Post (huffpost.com)
    New England Patriots Prompt Right-Wing Freak-Out With Pride Post (huffpost.com)
  • Pete Hegseth Has Allowed DOD Senior Advisor to Enter Rumble Streaming Agreement (meidasnews.com)
    Pete Hegseth Has Allowed DOD Senior Advisor to Enter Rumble Streaming Agreement (meidasnews.com)
  • ‘Humanity deserves better’: iPhone designer on new partnership with OpenAI (theguardian.com)
    ‘Humanity deserves better’: iPhone designer on new partnership with OpenAI (theguardian.com)
  • Wall St. Is All In on A.I. Data Centers. But Are They the Next Bubble? (nytimes.com)
    Wall St. Is All In on A.I. Data Centers. But Are They the Next Bubble? (nytimes.com)
  • Pro-Trump Reporter Reveals She Was Fired from OAN After Criticizing Pete Hegseth and Pentagon’s Crackdown on the Press (mediaite.com)
    Pro-Trump Reporter Reveals She Was Fired from OAN After Criticizing Pete Hegseth and Pentagon’s Crackdown on the Press (mediaite.com)
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The Blue Brain Room

  • Digby reveals the ugly truth of Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda (salon.com)
    Digby reveals the ugly truth of Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda (salon.com)
  • An ex-ally says Trump plans a mass purge of rivals — with Musk’s wealth first target (rawstory.com)
    An ex-ally says Trump plans a mass purge of rivals — with Musk’s wealth first target (rawstory.com)
  • Taking apart Mike Johnson’s bogus attack on CBO’s score of the 2017 tax bill (washingtonpost.com)
    Taking apart Mike Johnson’s bogus attack on CBO’s score of the 2017 tax bill (washingtonpost.com)
  • Trump’s law firm sanctions, harshly rejected in court, still have impact (washingtonpost.com)
    Trump’s law firm sanctions, harshly rejected in court, still have impact (washingtonpost.com)
  • The alpha male era is on its way out (salon.com)
    The alpha male era is on its way out (salon.com)
  • He is the strongman who inspired Trump – but is Viktor Orbán losing his grip on power? (theguardian.com)
    He is the strongman who inspired Trump – but is Viktor Orbán losing his grip on power? (theguardian.com)
  • How Democrats can pull off a win under a GOP trifecta: Dismantle the “legal” drug cartel (salon.com)
    How Democrats can pull off a win under a GOP trifecta: Dismantle the “legal” drug cartel (salon.com)
  • Analysis: Trump Regime’s MAHA Report Is Jam-Packed with AI Fingerprints (washingtonpost.com)
    Analysis: Trump Regime’s MAHA Report Is Jam-Packed with AI Fingerprints (washingtonpost.com)
  • Trump’s Air Force One Debacle Leaves The U.S. With A Weaker Wartime Command Post (huffpost.com)
    Trump’s Air Force One Debacle Leaves The U.S. With A Weaker Wartime Command Post (huffpost.com)
  • Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime (nytimes.com)
    Trump’s Flurry of Pardons Signals a Wholesale Effort to Redefine Crime (nytimes.com)
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