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What’s that in the springtime air over Washington, D.C.?Ā The faint whiff of accountability.
- ItāsĀ hardĀ to fail out of MAGAworld. Just ask President Donald Trump. The guy ended his first term with a national crisis so severe that average folks couldnāt find toilet paper. Then, he caught dozens of felony convictions, andĀ somehow found himself right back into the White House. Still, mistakes and incompetence are piling up three months in ā and, suddenly, it looks like political gravity is starting to weigh on some of Trumpās buddies.
- Just ask national security adviser Mike Waltz, whose job had been on the rocks ever since heĀ mistakenly added a journalistĀ to the now-infamous group chat about classified warplans. Has that stopped him from using Signal? Nope. He was bustedĀ using it in a cabinet meetingĀ yesterday when a photographer snapped an image of his screen, lol. Leaking a private chat with Vice President JD Vance on his way out the door! Amazing.
- This afternoon, Trump confirmed that Waltz is done. He lasted ā9.2 Scaramuccis,āĀ wrote formerĀ White House comms director Anthony Scaramucci, who was ousted after 11 days on the job.
- The temporary replacement? Marco Rubio⦠who will continue to serve as secretary of state⦠and national archivist. No one saw that coming, including people inside Trumpworld: āThatās so wild,ā one current official texted me. Anotherās reaction: āWow.ā State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about the news: āI just heard this from you,ā sheĀ told a reporter. Trump nominated Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Good communication, guys!
- Rubioās selection is just another example of Trumpās unpredictable nature. Rubio wasnāt even on the list of rumored candidates earlier today ā and only Nixon-era Henry Kissinger has ever served as natsec adviserĀ andĀ secretary of state. But Trump, as always, is intent on using other peopleās last shreds of credibility as cover for his own ends. Rubio is one of the few normie politicians left in his orbit. On the other hand, Steve Witkoff, a roving diplomat and longtime Trump golf buddy who was seen as top contender for the job,Ā is viewed by even some in Trumpās crew asĀ āa bumbling fucking idiot.ā
Speaking of bumbling idiots, Elon MuskĀ is having a bad time, too.
- The so-called āDepartment of Government Efficiencyā hasnāt been super efficient in rooting out waste in the federal government, Musk recently admitted to a group of journalists. āI think we’ve been effective. Not as effective as I like… but weāve made progress,ā he said, beforeĀ comparing DOGE to Buddhism.
- Muskās tenure at DOGE is expected to end soon. But suddenly, there are questions about his role at Tesla, too. Muskās electric car company was forced to deny a report that its board members haveĀ started formally searchingĀ for a new CEO. The companyās sales and stock price have plummeted, largely thanks to Musk’s unpopular politics. The backlash is clearly messing with the gazillionaireās head: āBeing attacked relentlessly is not super fun,ā he told the journalists. āSeeing cars on fire is not fun.ā
- Muskās slash-and-burn approach has made him intensely unpopular among the federal workforce. āMusk is a whiny billionaire with low self-esteem,ā one federal contractor texted me. āHe knows heās running Tesla into the ground. The Tesla board members (and majority investors) are not going to tolerate him emptying their wallets.ā
Whatās more, over 1,000 May Day demonstrationsĀ took place today across the countryĀ to protest Trump and Muskās handling of the government, which organizers call āa war on working people.ā When it rains, it pours.
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Donald Trump is skeptical of Republican lawmakersā plansĀ to cut hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding to pay for his tax cuts, Politico reports. Trumpās new stance is ironic, considering TrumpĀ endorsed the ābig beautiful billāĀ that includes $880 billion in cuts to the program, which provides health insurance coverage to some 80 million low-income Americans.
Some Trump administration officials are hoarding toilet paperĀ and other goods in anticipation of tariffs jacking up prices. Asked why theyāre prepping like itās Armageddon, a Trump aide explained: āBecause it would be stupid not to!ā
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) defended her recent work with the Trump administration. āIt doesnāt mean Iāve abandoned any of my values. It doesnāt mean that Iām not gonna stand my ground,ā Whitmer told Pod Save America. āThis is one of those moments where as a public servant, youāre reminded your job is to put service above self, and thatās what it was all about.ā
The White House is latching onto newly revealed domestic abuse allegationsĀ against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, to argue that he shouldnāt be returned. Letās not forget, however, that this is about whether we even have rules in this country: Abrego Garcia was flown out of the country without due process, which is against the law.
You know the economy is bad when people are even skimping on McDonaldāsĀ value meals. The fast food giantās sales plunged 3.6 percent in the United States in the first quarter of the year, a stark contrast to a 2.5 percent rise in sales during the same period last year. Iām not lovinā this.
Famed anti-vaxxer and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Ā is planning to order placebo testing for new vaccines, in which some people get a saline stab and others get the real deal. Thatās common for vaccines targeting new pathogens, but experts say it makes no sense for well-researched diseases such as polio and measles. By the way, measles cases have nowĀ popped up inĀ Canada and Mexico, too. Thanks, RFK!
On that note, the Trump administration is planningĀ to pump $500 million into a project to create a āuniversalā vaccine that could fight multiple virus strains at once. Many other scientists, including Anthony Fauci, have aimed to create a universal vaccine, but none succeeded. Yes, letās leave it to the guy whoseĀ brain was eaten by a worm.
Christian leaders and scholars rebuked the Trump administrationāsĀ effort to root out āanti-Christian biasā in the federal workforce. In a letter, the group rejected the claim that thereās rampant widespread Christian persecution in the United States (duh), hinting at another motive for the taskforce: “We are also aware of how claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ are shown to provide cover for white supremacy,ā they wrote. If it walks like a duckā¦
House Republicans accidentally slashed $1 billion from Washington, D.C.ās budget,Ā causing local officials and workers to worry about sweeping cuts to the workforce and city services. Now, those same lawmakers say theyāve been too busy to fix the problem: āBoy, thatās gone quiet, hasnāt it? I havenāt heard anything about that in a while. I have no idea what the current status is,ā Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) told NOTUS. Great! Can D.C. have full representation in Congress, please?
Trump has gotten so frustrated with delays on his new Air Force OneĀ plane that he commissioned a defense contractor to refurbish a Boeing 747 ā that was previously used by the Qatari government
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