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03/06/2025
Following the end to weapons deliveries to Ukraine on Tuesday, the administration announced a pause on intelligence sharing that helps Ukraine anticipate attacks and to track and target Russian forces.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Pause in U.S. intelligence help for Ukraine will hurt but not cripple Kyiv's war effort, ex-officials say
The decision to suspend intelligence cooperation — and to announce it publicly — will send shock waves among America’s intelligence partners around the world, former officers said.
www.nbcnews.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
03/05/2025
At Trump's SOTU:
1) DEI and "woke"
2) Immigration
3) False claims to have found hundreds of billions in fraud including dead centenarians receiving Social Security
4) High price of eggs is Biden's fault
5) Warmer response to Zelensky following letter mentioning DJT's "strong Leadership.
March 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
03/04/2025
DJT announces a plan to create a federal reserve of notoriously volatile cryptocurrency including bitcoin, ethereum, XRP, Solana & Cardano.
The crypto industry’s super PAC, Fairshake spent some $135 million on the 2024 election.
www.npr.org/2025/03/04/g...
4 things to know about Trump's plan for a 'crypto strategic reserve'
The prospect of a federal strategic reserve is a major step in President Trump's vision to establish the U.S. as the crypto capital of the world and could be a game changer for the industry.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
03/03/2025
Yesterday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law, that had obliged millions of business entities to disclose their real beneficiaries.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Sunday it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law that obliges millions of business entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners.
www.reuters.com
March 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
03/02/2025
While a handful of mourners mark the 1st anniversary of Alexei Navalny's funeral, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced “The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations.
“This largely aligns with our vision.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
Tension between the United States and Ukraine, laid bare in the Oval Office meeting of Trump and Zelensky, is seen in Moscow as a “gift.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
03/01/2025
According to sources, Defense Secretary Hegseth ordered cybersecurity agency (CISA) & to halt offensive operations against Russia. Analysts are being verbally told not to follow or report on Russian threats that had previously been their main focus.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
02/28/2025
Vance and Trump try to bring BMoC energy to meeting with President Zelenskyy, unaware that they more closely resemble two hulking, unpopular middle schoolers blowing bubbles into tiny cartons of fat-free milk.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch angry exchange between Trump and Zelensky at White House
The US president accused the Ukrainian leader of being disrespectful in a tense meeting in the Oval Office.
www.bbc.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
02/27/2025
Trump fires ≈800 employees at NOAA, with hundreds more expected to leave Fri.
The administration is also expected to cancel contracts of workers affiliated with NOAA, which could cost the agency an additional 2,500 personnel.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/c...
Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA
The cuts came just before a separate wave of departures was expected under the Trump administration’s so-called deferred resignation program.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
02/26/2025
The House budget resolution falls in line with the Trump agenda by calling for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts & $2 trillion in spending cuts.
It instructs instructs the Energy & Commerce Cmte—which has jurisdiction over Medicaid—to make at least $880 billion in cuts, worrying some lawmakers.
February 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
02/25/2025
After firing 400 FAA employees, Musk & SpaceX have negotiated a contract to install ≈4K Starlink terminals at agency locales in 12-18 mos.
On X, FAA posted that it is testing 1 terminal in Atlantic City & 2 in what it called “non-safety critical sites” in AK.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/b...
Musk’s Starlink gets FAA contract, raising new conflict of interest concerns | CNN Business
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to use SpaceX’s Starlink internet system to upgrade the information technology networks it uses to manage US airspace, raising new concerns about conflic...
www.cnn.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
02/24/2025

Trump announced the appointment of podcaster Dan Bongino as Deputy Director of the FBI under Kash Patel.

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Trump names podcaster Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at FBI
The president praised Bongino's law enforcement past.
www.politico.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
02/23/2025
Elon Musk's DOGE sent a a federal government-wide email via OPM with the subject head "What did you do last week?" demanding "approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager."

Failure to reply by noon Mon. would result in termination.

www.npr.org/2025/02/23/n...
'What did you do last week?' email stokes confusion and anger among federal workers
Elon Musk's claim that federal workers who ignore a mass email will lose their job isn't supported by the email's request — or OPM guidance that says responses to its mass emails are "voluntary."
www.npr.org
February 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
02/22/2025
On Friday, DJT fired 6 top military officials: CJCS Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr.; chief of naval operations, Adm. Lisa Franchetti; vice chief of the USAF, Gen. James Slife; & top lawyers for the Army, Navy & Air Force.

USCG Commandant Adm. Linda L. Fagan had been fired on Trump's first day.
February 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
02/21/2025
DJT Trump expected to issue EO placing USPS under control of Commerce Sec'y Howard Lutnick.
“There is a lot of talk about the Postal Service being taken private,” Trump said in Dec. “It’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in e-commerce business and the 250-year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
02/20/2025
Shortly after terminating approval for NYC's long planned congestion pricing, the official White House IG account posted an image of Trump as king against NYC skyline.

"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!"
–President Donald J. Trump
February 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
02/19/2025
SecState Rubio & Foreign Minister Lavrov met in Riyadh, SA, to discuss Ukraine & normalizing US-Russia relations.

Of Zelensky, who was not there, DJT said, "You should have ended it 3 years [ago]. You should have never started it. You could have made a deal."

apnews.com/article/us-r...
A deeper look at the talks between US and Russian officials as Trump suggests Ukraine is to blame
Top U.S. and Russian officials have had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
02/18/2025
Trump admin. responsible for the firing of several USDA employees dealing with the H5N1 avian flu outbreak, as well as, the firing of employees from NNSA, the National Nuclear Safety Administration, responsible for nuclear safety.
Both depts are currently scrambling to rehire employees.
February 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM
02/17/2025
Elon Musk's DOGE is pushing for access to Integrated Data Retrieval System (IDRS), an IRS database containing the personal tax information of millions of Americans.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/elo...
Elon Musk's DOGE asks for access to IRS taxpayer data, sources say
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency requested access to an IRS data system that retains the personal tax information on millions of Americans, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump admin's first emergency application to SCOTUS, asks the court to vacate a federal judge’s order temporarily reinstating Hampton Dellinger, whom DJT fired as head of the Office of Special Counsel.
OSC protects whistleblowers & prosecutes wrongdoing in federal gov.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Trump administration blasts ‘unprecedented assault’ on its power in first Supreme Court appeal | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump will ask the Supreme Court to allow him to fire the head of a government ethics watchdog agency in the first appeal from his litigious second term to reach the nation’s highest ...
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
02/15/2025
DOJ's acting dep. AG, Emil Bove, directed prosecutors to drop federal charges of bribery, conspiracy & fraud against NYC mayor Eric Adams, arguing they interfered with his ability to focus on immigration.
Danielle Sassoon, SDNY atty, refused then resigned.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
The Memo: Firestorm grows over Trump DOJ’s deal to drop charges against Eric Adams
The Trump administration, which has been moving like a juggernaut across the political landscape, has hit a land mine. The decision by Trump’s Justice Department to halt the prosecution of New York…
thehill.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
02/14/2025
A December procurement forecast that included a $400 million "armored Tesla" budget item was changed yesterday to "armored electric vehicles."
Other details remain the same.

www.ttnews.com/articles/arm...
‘Armored Teslas’ Vanish From Government Procurement List - TT
The State Department’s procurement forecast removed the mention of Elon Musk’s Tesla  in relation to a planned $400 million armored EV purchase after reports emerged about it on Feb. 12.
www.ttnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
02/13/2025
Trump ousted 18 board members of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, replacing them with adherents who appointed him chairman.

"I think we're going to make it hot," Trump said.

Shonda Rhimes, Issa Rae, Renee Fleming, Ben Folds, etc. have cancelled their associations.
February 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
02/12/2025
Trump fires top officials at 5 offices responsible for ethical oversight: The Offices of Government Ethics & Special Counsel; the IG of USAID; & Chairs of Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) & Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump takes aim at agencies that police wrongdoing, protect federal workers
The president summarily fired and replaced top officials at five watchdog offices in an apparent attempt to consolidate power over the sprawling federal bureaucracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
02/11/2025
Trump and Musk withdraw $80 million of FEMA funding from New York City bank accounts.

#TrackingTrump

comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/sta...
comptroller.nyc.gov
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
02/10/2025
J.D. Vance joins with Musk in slamming judges who put up roadblocks to parts of Trump's second term agenda such as an end birthright citizenship, freeze federal grants, & the overhaul of USAID & the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump, Vance and Musk take aim at the courts as judges halt some of 2nd term agenda
President Donald Trump and key members of his administration are lashing out at judges who have halted some of his second-term agenda.
abcnews.go.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM