This morning, I overheard the ladies at the check-in desk at the VA discussing the buyout offers they received in their emails. None of them had decided if they were going to take the offer.
Steve Jenkins
February 10, 2025
Russell Vought closes CFPB HQ, tells staff to work remotely for the week
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/08/nx-s1-5290914/russell-vought-cfpb-doge-access-musk
Steve Jenkins
February 9, 2025
Booz Allen Removes Subcontractor Who Wrote Report on DOGE Access
https://www.yahoo.com/news/treasury-warned-insider-threat-risk-005911245.html
Steve Jenkins
February 9, 2025
AG Pam Bondi shutters the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force
Steve Jenkins
February 8, 2025
NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers
Steve Jenkins
February 8, 2025
Trump administration pauses $3 billion marked for new EV charging stations
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5289922/trump-transportation-department-ev-charging-halt
Steve Jenkins
February 8, 2025
U.S. senators warn that some national parks could close altogether
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/senators-warn-national-parks-could-close-20154149.php
Steve Jenkins
February 8, 2025
Trump signs order prioritizing US ‘resettlement’ of white South Africans over ‘discrimination’
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syria’s coast, officials say. Here’s audio of its broadcasts
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
DOGE Staffer Previously Fired From Cybersecurity Company for Leaking Secrets
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
New reporting on Musk’s minions makes his government takeover team look even worse
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
US Shoppers Face Fees of Up to $50 or More to Get Packages From China
https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-china-prices-fees-shein-temu/
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
https://www.wired.com/story/treasury-department-doge-marko-elez-access/
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
The Illegal Drug at Every Corner Store
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/nitrous-oxide-drug-loophole/681532/
Steve Jenkins
February 7, 2025
Crews searching for flight reported missing in Alaska with 10 people aboard