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Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.socialFeb 7(source)

The new cover of TIME.

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 7(source)

Elon Musk is bringing in these kinds of guys to root around in people’s data.

Katherine Long

@klong.bsky.social

@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

Tina Smith@smith.senate.govFeb 7(source)

That is code for: they have their sights set on cutting Medicare and Medicaid and leaving our seniors without health care.

More Perfect Union

BREAKING: Representatives of Elon Musk’s “DOGE” have gotten into the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where they have accessed key payment and contracting systems.

I’ve been getting more calls into my office in the last week than any time I can remember. People are mad about it and they should be.

Musk is unpopular because Americans can see that he’s running rampant inside the federal government and no one believes he’s doing this to help us — he’s doing it to help himself. That’s what corruption looks like.

Tweet from @PollTracker2024 that reads: Morning Consult poll

Elon Musk approval
Disapprove 49%
Approve 39%

DOGE approval
Disapprove 46%
Approve 41%

1/31-2/2 RV

Elon Musk and his interns meddling in aviation safety is truly terrifying.

Twitter post by Sec. of Transportation Sean Duffy that reads: Big News - Talked to the DOGE team. They are going to plug in to help upgrade our aviation system.

The back and forth on this funding freeze has sowed completely unnecessary chaos.

Just heard a Minnesota anti-hunger group that supplies food shelves with fresh, nutritious food from Minnesota farmers still can’t access federal funding. They’ve had to pause some of their work. It’s causing a lot of uncertainty for families trying to figure out how to put food on the table.

We don’t have a Senate majority, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to make this easy for them. I refuse to sit around and let them install the architect of Project 2025 into the federal government without a fight.

David Corn

@davidcorn.bsky.social

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

My constituents are demanding: We need answers now.

I’m calling for Chair Crapo and Chair Scott to haul in the Treasury Secretary to answer for Musk's seizure of Americans' personal financial information. We have an oversight responsibility here that should NOT be partisan.

People are pissed, and I get it. Trump and Republicans are flooding the zone to shake us up. Elon Musk and his interns are meant to make us feel powerless when we’re not. Keep calling. Call Republicans. Be specific about how these actions impact your lives.

Elon Musk is now snooping around in your family’s health insurance records at CMS. Why? Because he’s on a power trip and wants to see how he can gut their benefits under the guise that things he doesn’t like is “fraud.”

@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social

Gambled the entire U.S. economy and backpedaled only when the billionaire corporations he caters to said it wouldn't be good for business.

Lawrence O'Donnell

Mexico & Canada did literally nothing to stop the Trump tariffs. The stock market stopped the tariffs as Wall Street always assumed it would.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.comFeb 5(source)

Tina Smith: "I'm sitting here and I'm thinking about what's happening at the US Treasury tonight, and it seems to be entirely possible that he's trying to distract us all from the ransacking of the Treasury Department's federal payment system that is going on right now under the thumb of Elon Musk."

I’m angry about Musk’s power grab too. I hear you. I see your letters and hear your calls. I’m putting pressure on Republicans and you should be too. We’re going to use every tool in our toolbox to organize and fight this. More to come — stay tuned.

This is designed to make good, hard-working people afraid to return to work. The ones who make sure veterans get health care and farmers get disaster aid. It's not a 'fork in the road.' It's people’s livelihoods and the critical services they provide. It's not going to fly.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The assistant commissioner of a division of the General Services Administration told staff to prepare for deep cuts. Federal workers have until Thursday to accept an offer to resign now and be paid through September.

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