Thursday, January 23rd, 2025

Today, Trump asks health agencies to stop communicating with the public as he rolls back a civil rights era LBJ order; the administration is giving federal agencies until the end of this week to deliver lists of all their employees who are still within their probationary periods; Donald has pardoned the Silk Road guy Ross Ulbricht; new information surfaces about Tulsi Gabbard; The Pentagon has begun standing up the NORTHCOM plan to send our military to the border; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:

Trump’s Pentagon to begin task of crafting NORTHCOM plan to 'seal' US borders (Ashley Roque, Theresa Hitchens | Breaking Defense)

Tulsi Gabbard’s Secret Meeting with Syrian Dictator Exposed (Edith Olmsted | The New Republic)

Trump administration asks agencies for lists of newly hired federal employees (Drew Friedman | Federal News Network)

Trump rolls back bedrock civil rights measure in sweeping anti-DEI push (Russell Contreras , Emily Peck | Axios)

Good Trouble 
The Trump Administration is directing federal employees: “If you are aware of a change in any contract description or personnel position description since November 5, 2024 to obscure the connection between the contract and DEIA or similar ideologies, please report all facts and circumstances to [email protected] within 10 days.”

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