Nice piece. Thanks for writing it. And seems like it was effective!

Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.

Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.

NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.

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ASPR COVID-19 Testing NAVIGATION

In all the chaos there's been no room to take stock of the fact that Musk also blew up the US Digital Service, which is full of engineers who actually build better and more efficient government tech. They did Covidtests.gov and Direct File. And now it's... presumably gone?