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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 🚨 Trump revoked security clearances for Biden and key political opponents. President Trump revoked the security clearances of several political opponents, including President Biden, ex-Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and New York officials AG Letitia James and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Trump also targeted Biden's former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, both of whom were involved in the Trump-Russia collusion narrative. | 🇮🇱 Trump slammed Hamas for the condition of freed Israeli hostages. President Trump expressed outrage over the condition of three Israeli hostages released by Hamas, comparing their condition to Holocaust survivors. He criticized the lack of global pressure to provide food or medical aid to the hostages, noting that they appeared to have "aged 25 years" during their captivity. | 🐶 Musk, Vance, and Trump stepped in to reinstate DOGE staffer after social media controversy. A 25-year-old Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer, Marko Elez, resigned after a reporter uncovered racist social media posts, including remarks like "Normalize Indian hate," under a pseudonym. Vice President JD Vance strongly supported bringing the staffer back on, arguing that "stupid social media activity" shouldn't ruin a person's life. | ✈️ The Black Hawk helicopter turned off a vital tracking system before the crash. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) disclosed that the US Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly Potomac River crash had deactivated its critical Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system before the incident. The NTSB also confirmed earlier in the week that the helicopter was flying at 300 feet during the collision, above the 200-foot flight ceiling near Reagan National Airport. |
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| | | WHAT POWER PLAYERS ARE SAYING | 🔒 This section is for members only | See important takes and insights from the voices influencing our politics. | | Mentioned behind the paywall: Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, Ron Paul, Tom Homan, Donald Trump, and Ben Shapiro. |
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| | | AD | | As Elon Musk fights court battles over the powers given to DOGE, it remains to be seen how effective the organization will be at its mission of budget cuts. The current forecast on the prediction market Kalshi is that DOGE will cut $268 billion in 2025. | If you think that number isn't correct, it means you can make money! Place a trade on Kalshi today to profit from your opinion.* |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | President Trump's approval rating is at 53 percent — higher than at any point during his first term. With Trust & Will, you can create a legally valid, state-specific estate plan in minutes, from the comfort of your home. Get started for just $199 and protect what matters most. President Trump instructed the Treasury to stop producing new pennies. USAID reportedly funded college tuition for Anwar Aulaqi (Awlaki), who later became a senior al Qaeda terrorist. 17 red state attorneys general are investigating Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in the Covid-19 response. The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX, winning 40-22.
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Elon Musk suspects massive fraud in the federal government | | What's happening: Billionaire Elon Musk met with officials from the Treasury Department over the weekend, where they allegedly guessed around $50 billion per year — or $1 billion per week — worth of "entitlements payments to individuals with no [Social Security Number]…is unequivocal and obvious fraud." | Catch up: A federal judge temporarily blocked DOGE from accessing Treasury Department payment records, which handle 90 percent of federal payments. The order follows a Justice Department agreement to limit access to two "special government employees" within DOGE, with read-only permissions. Pushback: Top Trump officials like Vice President JD Vance and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller criticized the judge's ruling, with the latter calling it "an assault on the very idea of democracy itself."
| New changes: DOGE and the Treasury agreed that going forward, all outgoing government payments will be required to have a categorization code, ensuring financial audits are possible and accurate. Additionally, every payment must include a rationale in the comment field, which will provide a basic explanation for the expenditure — a simple change that could vastly improve oversight. | Sniffing out corruption: When asked why the Treasury Department never acted on tackling the mass fraud from entitlements payments, Musk responded, "Everything at Treasury was geared towards complain minimization." With fewer people complaining about not receiving payments, the Treasury allegedly decided to keep over-paying, even with suspected fraud. | What's next: President Donald Trump expressed confidence that Musk will uncover "billions … hundreds of millions of dollars in fraud and abuse" in the Pentagon, which boasts a budget of nearly $900 billion. | | Why it matters: Nothing like DOGE — an independent and powerful oversight agency run by the world's richest man under the direction of the president — has ever happened before. Musk is working overtime to audit bloated federal agencies, tackling inefficiencies and corruption to potentially save taxpayers billions. | |
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| | | BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame Musk taking on the Treasury | 🔒 This section is for members only | | Mentioned behind the paywall: CNN, Al Jazeera, Washington Examiner, New York Times, New York Post, and Fox News. |
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | 📊 What do you think was the worst part about the Super Bowl?Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM THURSDAY | Do you think Elon Musk has been given too much power? | ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👍 Yes (203)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👎 No (1,470)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (191)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (11) | 👍 Yes: "Musk isn't a member of our duly elected government. He, therefore, has no right to do what he is doing." — Marco 👎 No: What's revealing is our (supposedly?) Republicans in the Senate and House that are getting nervous with the cuts. I think we're seeing some skeletons being uncovered, and no one likes that..." — Stefan 🤔 Unsure: "Few of us know the specifics regarding how much power Elon has been given." — T.W.D. | | | | 1,875 votes |
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