Last week, we reported on Musk’s War on the Elderly, specifically DOGE’s plan to make it much more difficult for many people who are disabled or living with limited mobility to obtain their Social Security benefits.
Today comes good news. Social Security official have pulled back from some of those restrictions and delayed others. (WP)
This is one of the first indications that pressure from concerned citizens can still work, even in the Trump era. The outcry from Republican and Democratic voters alike forced this retreat.
Of course this is only one of the many battles we face in Trump’s war on America, but it is at least a small sign of hope that resistance to the autocracy is slowly beginning to develop.
HEADLINES:
Powerful quake in Southeast Asia kills several, 81 trapped in Bangkok building rubble (Reuters)
Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland (ABC)
Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies (WP)
The Greater Scandal of Signalgate (New Yorker)
RFK Jr. Plans 20,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department (WSJ)
GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth (The Hill)
A Democratic lawmaker got into a shouting match with CIA Director John Ratcliffe after asking if Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have been drinking before he shared operational details on Signal about a planned attack. Trump has downplayed Hegseth's role in the controversy. Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was grilled over questionable past testimony. [HuffPost]
Full transcript of Trump team’s Yemen attack plan that was shared on Signal (Al Jazeera)
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots (NYT)
Trump says he 'always thought' Waltz was responsible for Signal chat scandal (Fox)
Signalgate scrambles MAGA's messaging machine (Axios)
The Worst Thing a MAGA Warrior Can Do (Atlantic)
Let’s put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags (Guardian)
Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people (WP)
Social Security backtracks on major changes: Here’s who is exempt (Alabama.com)
A populist uprising stirs among Democrats furious at their leaders (WP)
Trump's 25% Tariffs Rattle Auto Industry, Hit Global Car Stocks (WSJ)
Europe lashes out over Trump auto tariffs and the economic threat to both continents (AP)
Europe Confronts Reality That Vance’s Hostility Is More Than Just a Show (WSJ)
What We Know About Rumeysa Ozturk—Tufts Student Detained By ICE (Forbes)
Turkish student at Tufts University is latest Palestinian supporter swept up in US crackdown (AP)
EU urges citizens to stockpile 72 hours’ worth of supplies amid war risk (CNN)
Turkey detains nearly 1,900 in protests over jailed mayor, rejects international criticism (Reuters)
Marjorie Taylor Greene battles NPR and PBS leaders in House hearing (WP)
The Trump administration is building a case in court for its ability to send people in the United States to an overseas detention camp — and then refuse to bring them home even if they’re innocent. [HuffPost]
The Nazis Called It Gleichschaltung (Total Political & Cultural Control); Trump/Musk Have DOGE (Daily Kos)
U.S. Prosecutors Probe Tip About Timing of Pfizer Vaccine (WSJ)
Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown (CNN)
OpenAI’s new AI image generator is potent and bound to provoke (ArsTechnica)
Job hunting and hiring in the age of AI: Where did all the humans go? (WP)
New A.I. Project Explores Mysteries of Delacroix, Master of Romanticism (NYT)
Furious Trump Cancels ‘Atlantic’ Subscription After 48 Years (The Onion)
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