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Trump Has Ordered Safeguards Stripped From Procurement As Pentagon Prepares To Spend $1 Trillion

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. The Trump White House this month announced two new executive orders radically changing procurement procedures, especially defense procurement procedures, in ways that will unleash waste, fraud and abuse. These orders — which largely flew under … Trump Has Ordered Safeguards Stripped From Procurement As Pentagon Prepares To Spend $1 TrillionRead more

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Judges Are Starting To Catch On To Trump’s Utter Lawlessness

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. The Deportation Cases Are Catalyzing Jurists U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana is among the handful of Trumpiest judges in America and even … Judges Are Starting To Catch On To Trump’s Utter LawlessnessRead more

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The Sciences Training Pipeline Massively Impacted

This isn’t terribly surprising, given the broader budgetary situation at American universities, particularly in the sciences and biomedical research specifically. I’ve heard from faculty and graduate students at a number of schools around the country. Many programs are dramatically reducing the number of offers being made for PhD … The Sciences Training Pipeline Massively ImpactedRead more

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Government Executive: “The Veterans Affairs Department is requiring all employees working on its plans to slash tens of thousands of workers from its rolls to sign non-disclosure agreements, an unusual move that has prevented supervisors from sharing basic information with staff.”

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The Untold Story Of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge—And Still Became A Top Trump Prosecutor

This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The attacks on Judge John Barberis in the fall of 2016 appeared on his personal Facebook page. They impugned … The Untold Story Of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge—And Still Became A Top Trump ProsecutorRead more

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New Filing Blows Up Key Parts Of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Defense

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version. A Smoking Gun Document A newly unsealed court filing has revealed previously unknown details about the Trump administration’s operation to remove Venezuelan nationals under the Alien Enemies Act … New Filing Blows Up Key Parts Of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act DefenseRead more

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No One Has Addressed The Heart Of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Gambit Yet

Hello it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️ President Trump’s dubious use of the Alien Enemies Act to try to deport large numbers of Venezuelan men — and the lives he’s consequently endangered — have gobbled up so much national attention that it’s easy to forget that … No One Has Addressed The Heart Of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act Gambit YetRead more