Day archives: March 24th, 2025

As Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save them

NPR: “…That is the Internet Archive,” said Mark Graham, the director of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, pointing to the server stacks. Graham was leading about a dozen visitors on a weekly public tour of the headquarters on a recent Friday in March. He projected his voice to be heard over the drone of the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines

IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA

Washington Post via MSN: “Senior tax officials are bracing for a sharp drop in revenue collected this spring, as an increasing number of individuals and businesses spurn filing their taxes or attempt to skip paying balances owed to the Internal Revenue Service, according to three people with knowledge of tax projections. Treasury Department and IRS …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

White House directs Social Security to cut phone lines and end services

Axios: “The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House’s request, the agency’s acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios. Why it matters: These changes will strain the already struggling Social Security system and deprive some people of benefits entirely, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

GOP voters have been gaslit and hoodwinked. Yet they still believe Trump.

The Contrarian: “The most comprehensive post-mortem on the 2024 presidential elections—by Blue Rose Research, a leading Democratic polling firm that collected 26 million responses from voters of all ages, demographics and party affiliation in 2024—has been making the rounds of podcasts, newsletters and political media recently. Donald Trump won among young white men, and also …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Food and Nutrition, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Medicine, Social Media

U.S. Government Information: Trump Trackers

Kelly Smith, UC San Diego – These sources [maintained by advocacy groups, law firms, universities, media, think tanks] help researchers track the many changes being made by the Trump administration. The subjects matters are: Apportionment, Cabinet/Appointees; Cabinet/Appointees; Climate/Environment; Congressional Response; Corporate Enforcement; Data Rescue Projects; Executive Orders; Federal Policy; Federal Workforce; Health Care; Immigration; LGBTQ+; …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine