Saturday, February 1, 2025
■ The Week in Review
"Elon Musk, who NO ONE VOTED FOR, wants to mess with our earned benefits," said one advocacy group. "Hell no."
By Julia Conley • Jan 31, 2025
"The overwhelming support for impeachment shows that the American public is not willing to accept King Trump," said Alexandra Flores-Quilty, Free Speech for People campaign director.
By Eloise Goldsmith • Jan 30, 2025
"This is mental warfare. Don't quit. Hold the line," wrote one user on an online forum for federal employees and contractors, amid the Trump administration's repeated attacks on government workers.
By Eloise Goldsmith • Jan 30, 2025
"I know entitled rich people think they can buy Nevada's Senate seat—they can't," said one Democratic senator. "I work for Nevada, not billionaires like Nicole Shanahan."
By Brett Wilkins • Jan 30, 2025
"This week, President Trump and Republicans in Congress demonstrated that they would happily cut things like Meals on Wheels, housing assistance, and food for mothers and young children in order to deliver for the rich."
By Jake Johnson • Jan 30, 2025
"This dangerous agenda that Zeldin will oversee will roll back vital pollution limits that protect us, abandon clean energy investments, and lock the country into reliance on dirty, expensive fossil fuels," said one campaigner.
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 29, 2025
"The Laken Riley Act capitalizes on a horrible tragedy in order to advance President Trump's anti-immigrant agenda by scapegoating people seeking safety," said one campaigner.
By Brett Wilkins • Jan 29, 2025
"The problem is that Kennedy isn't 'anti-establishment' in any way that would actually help working-class people at the expense of wealthy plutocrats."
By Julia Conley • Jan 29, 2025
"I've been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a federal employee for almost 20 years," reads a since-deleted Reddit post. "I've never witnessed anything even remotely close to what's happening right now."
By Jake Johnson • Jan 29, 2025
"Between the flurry of anti-worker executive orders and policies, it is clear that the Trump administration's goal is to turn the federal government into a toxic environment where workers cannot stay even if they want to."
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 28, 2025
Multiple lawmakers and advocacy groups argue that the White House's freeze on federal grant and loan funding is unlawful, and two legal challenges are already in progress.
By Jessica Corbett • Jan 28, 2025
"This is an immediate crisis for kids, for public safety, for our seniors, for our healthcare system," said Sen. Chris Murphy. "And why? Because Donald Trump is trying to seize power."
By Julia Conley • Jan 28, 2025
