A Wrench In The Fork In The Road

Monday, February 10th, 2025

Today, the Treasury claimed dogebag Marko Elez didn’t have write access to our federal payment system when he actually did; the National Institutes of Health cuts billions of dollars in biomedical research funding effective immediately; a federal judge has paused Trump’s effort to gut USAID citing irreparable harm; another federal judge temporarily shut down Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship; yet another judge paused the fork in the road resignation deadline; yet another judge orders sweeping restrictions on DOGE access to Treasury payment systems; the White House is preparing an executive order to fire thousands of Health and Human Services employees; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
Judge orders sweeping restriction on DOGE access to sensitive Treasury payment systems - KYLE CHENEY | POLITICO

Judge pauses deadline for federal workers to accept Trump’s resignation offer Tami Luhby, Alayna Treene and Tierney Sneed | CNN Politics

Judge blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID employees on leave at midnight - Katherine Faulders, Alexander Mallin, and Peter Charalambous | ABC News

Judge slams Trump while extending block on birthright citizenship order - Josh Gerstein | POLITICO

Trump Administration Orders 'Catastrophic' Funding Cuts For Science Research - Igor Bobic | HuffPost

White House Preparing Order to Cut Thousands of Federal Health Workers - Essley Whyte Follow and Betsy McKay | WSJ

The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did - VITTORIA ELLIOTT LEAH FEIGER TIM MARCHMAN | WIRED

DOGE STORIES | WIRED

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Federal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you’re going to do, or just vent. I’m always here to listen.

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