Trump fires 17 independent inspectors general at federal agencies, source says

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-fires-least-12-independent-inspectors-general-washington-post-reports-2025-01-25/

It’s troubling that Donald Trump’s first call to a foreign leader was to the leader of Saudi Arabia.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/01/25/trump-saudi-arabia-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/77911715007/

Donald Trump orders trans women inmates to be housed with men: “There will be rapes”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/donald-trump-orders-trans-women-inmates-to-be-housed-with-men-there-will-be-rapes/

OpenAI’s new anti-jobs program

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/396548/openai-trump-artificial-intelligence-elon-musk-sam-altman-china

Mexico refuses US military flight deporting migrants, sources say

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-refuses-us-military-flight-deporting-migrants-sources-say-2025-01-25/

Col. Julie Sposito-Salceies, Air Force Officer Who Advocated for Women in Leadership Roles, Removed from Command

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/23/air-force-officer-who-advocated-women-leadership-roles-removed-command.html

“Excluding Indians”: Trump admin questions Native Americans’ birthright citizenship in court

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/excluding-indians-admin-questions-native-americans-birthright-citizenship-in/

Trump Attacks FEMA, Says States Should ‘Take Care Of Their Own Problems’

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-fema-federal-aid-disasters_n_6791ce9ce4b09ddfcf92d0ee

White House requests resignation of Democratic members of government surveillance board

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/22/white-house-pclob-democrats-termination

NFL not allowing its teams to use Bluesky

https://mashable.com/article/nlf-says-no-teams-on-bluesky

Trump calls Washington bishop ‘nasty’, demands apology

https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2025/0122/1492169-donald-trump-us/

In Trump’s America, Oligarchs Are Done Pretending to Care About You

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-oligarchs-musk-bezos-zuckerberg-1235242625/

Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in the military (Stars and Stripes)

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-01-21/trump-transgender-troops-16558786.html

Trump in Disbelief as Bishop Calls Him Out in Inaugural Prayer |(The New Republic)

https://newrepublic.com/post/190519/trump-bishop-inaugural-prayer

Authoritarianism 101: Maddow explains how Trump’s embrace of violence follows a type

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/authoritarianism-101-maddow-explains-how-trump-s-embrace-of-violence-follows-a-type-229822021927