Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was “blitzscaling.” Ideas from Silicon Valley—namely, defying regulation and breaking the law—are now being put to use by the Trump administration and its techno-fascist staffer class, write Henry Burke and Dylan Gyauch-Lewis.
A number of GOP states have sent National Guard troops to D.C.This decision is puzzling, considering that many of these states have urban murder rates far higher than D.C. So why aren’t these states’ Guards patrolling these states’ own cities? From Harold Meyerson.
Are we any closer to a peace deal in Ukraine after the latest White House meetings with Zelensky and European leaders? Robert Kuttner on what changed after this week’s meetings.
The DOT’s advisory committees help draft safety regulations for the freight rail, passenger rail, and trucking industries. Labor groups representing railroaders worry their firings could muzzle frontline worker voices and make it easier for industry to shape regulation, writes James Baratta.
Trump and his cronies are attempting a police state hit job on a Federal Reserve governor in a clumsy attempt to force her resignation, writes Robert Kuttner. The accusation of minor mistakes on mortgage applications raises the question of where they got the information—and demonstrates how Trump’s police state is targeting individuals.
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