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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 Today, federal workers are being asked again to provide five things they did last week and it’s going about as well as a Cybertruck strapped to a SpaceX rocket on Twitter; DOGE is pressing to check benefit payments against IRS tax records; the National Institute of Health’s ban on renewing senior scientists adds to the assault on its in-house research; Trump firings at NOAA will impact how we get weather reports; JD Vance is being rebuked by NATO allies and the Pope; a USAID official has been placed on leave after saying Trump’s barriers to programs will cause preventable death; a top HHS spokesperson has resigned after clashing with RFK Jr.; the Trump regime is bribing SEC employees to resign because they know it’s legally difficult to fire them; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

The Daily Beans · Allison Gill, Dana Goldberg

March 4, 202547m 40sExplicit

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Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

Today, federal workers are being asked again to provide five things they did last week and it’s going about as well as a Cybertruck strapped to a SpaceX rocket on Twitter; DOGE is pressing to check benefit payments against IRS tax records; the National Institute of Health’s ban on renewing senior scientists adds to the assault on its in-house research; Trump firings at NOAA will impact how we get weather reports; JD Vance is being rebuked by NATO allies and the Pope; a USAID official has been placed on leave after saying Trump’s barriers to programs will cause preventable death; a top HHS spokesperson has resigned after clashing with RFK Jr.; the Trump regime is bribing SEC employees to resign because they know it’s legally difficult to fire them; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

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Stories:
USAID official placed on leave after saying barriers to lifesaving programs will cause ‘preventable death’ | NBC News

Top HHS spokesperson quits after clashing with RFK Jr. | POLITICO

Some Federal Agencies Offer Staff $25,000 Or More To Quit—As Trump Aims To Cut Workforce | Forbes

Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.- Kasha Patel | The Washington Post

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research | Science

DOGE presses to check federal benefits payments against IRS tax records | The Washington Post

Ohio's J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rant - Marilou Johanek | Ohio Capital Journal


Good Trouble:
The Heritage Foundation DOGE Survey

 

From The Good News

Letters From An American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack

Cassidy Huff - YouTube

AI video of Zelensky doing to Trump

IG|dgcomedy

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