Monday, February 24th, 2025

Today, a bomb threat that was emailed into the Principles First Summit is being investigated by authorities in DC a day after Enrique Tarrio was arrested for simple assault; another OPM email went out to federal workers this weekend asking them to list five things they did last week; Trump ousted the chair of the Joint Chiefs and top DoD officials; the US is threatening to cut Starlink access to Ukraine if they don’t hand over their rare earth minerals; a judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs; legal organizations have been told to stop federally funded work for unaccompanied migrant children; the Trump administration wants to unconstitutionally take control of the Postal Service; new sexual assault accusations surface against Matt Schlapp; Maine Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump in a town hall; Trump’s Social Security chief was under investigation when Musk tapped him; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say - Jacob Bogage | The Washington Post

‘Arbitrary and discriminatory’: Judge blocks Trump’s effort to deter DEI programs - KYLE CHENEY | POLITICO

Trump administration rescinds order to halt legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children - Daniella Silva | NBC News

Political figure Matt Schlapp allegedly ‘assaulted’ customer at Sperryville restaurant; no charges filed | Politics & Government - Julia Shanahan | Rappahannock News

Trump ousts Joint Chiefs chairman C.Q. Brown in major Pentagon shake-up - The Washington Post - Missy Ryan and Dan Lamothe | The Washington Post

U.S. threatened to cut off Musk’s Starlink to Ukraine in mineral negotiations: Report - Ariana Baio | The Independent

New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him - Lisa Rein | The Washington Post

Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes - Shawn McCreesh | The New York Times

Good Trouble:
The comment period has opened for changes to the passport forms stemming from the Tangerine Wankmaggot's Executive Order to eradicate "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government". The public comment window for DS-11 ends on March 17th, and forms DS-82, DS-5504 ends on March 20th.

Federal workers - feel free to email me at [email protected] and let me know what you’re going to do, or just vent. I’m always here to listen. Check out muellershewrote.com for my interview with a systems security expert about the massive breach at opm.gov caused by Elon Musk.

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