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Via Reddit Data is Beautiful: “I sourced the data from Quiver Quantitative’s Congress Live Net Worth Tracker (www.quiverquant.com/congress-live-net-worth). The website provides live net worth estimates for members of the U.S. Congress based on their publicly disclosed financial information. Net worth information for some members was not available, and thus those individuals were not included in the …
The New Republic: “…Surveying this Boschian hellscape, many good people will despair. Yes, Trump is much more dangerous than he was during his first term (which was harrowing enough). He’s more giddily reckless about impounding funds, shutting down agencies, disobeying court orders, and using the government to punish political enemies. But if you allow yourself …
DeSmog: Unraveling a $122 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties – “As scrutiny of Project 2025 continues to grow, defenders of the Heritage Foundation-led initiative, which would reshape federal governance and give the next Republican president unprecedented new powers, say it’s the criticism — not the 922-page plan itself — that’s …
Follow up to Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal – the Washington Post [no paywall] – “The inquiry follows revelations that top administration officials used the unclassified messaging platform to coordinate military strikes in Yemen…The Pentagon inspector general’s office said Thursday that it will scrutinize disclosures made by Defense Secretary …
Boston Globe: “Given the frenetic pace of executive orders President Trump has issued — purporting to do everything from changing election laws and citizenship eligibility to freezing foreign aid and dismantling federal agencies — a casual observer might think Trump has the powers of a king. But he doesn’t, even if he likes to pretend …
Andy @Revkin from Sustain What – “There’ve been heaps of warnings since the start of the final term of President Trump (“second term” implies too much flex on what might follow) about the short- and long-term damage to American welfare and security from the Doge-led demolition of funding for research and budgets of relevant agencies …
TechDirt: “Imagine you had pretty much unlimited power over the government and wanted to save taxpayers’ money. You could: Carefully study government operations to understand what works and what doesn’t Make targeted improvements based on data and evidence Track results to ensure changes actually deliver savings Or you could do what Elon Musk did with …
Foreign Affairs [unpaywalled] “Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere. The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency have accelerated a process of democratic erosion in the United States. In just two months, the president and his allies have issued executive orders of dubious constitutionality, violated the civil protections of federal workers, impinged …
PBS News: “Project 2025, the conservative policy project, became a flashpoint during the presidential campaign. Angelo Carusone of Media Matters studied the 900-page document and spoke with Geoff Bennett for our series, On Democracy, where we hear a range of perspectives on how government should function, what led to this moment in American history and …
Via Lawfare – Benjamin Wittes has categorized the authoritarian moves by Trump so far, and they fall into similar themes as the above “autocratic legal playbook”: attack on the government’s own power to spend money; internal retributions and restructurings within government itself—most importantly, in the power agencies: DoD, FBI, and DOJ; the overt creation of …
Do you have, readily available, a valid copy of your birth certificate, indicating the first and last name by which you currently identify and conduct all other business and commerce related activities? If not, be prepared as this is yet another in a litany of rapid fire orders that Trump has issued to subvert our …
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+; …
