A long roundup of links to life as being radically changed by Trump and (unelected) Musk.
• NPR News Now A roundup of the day's top stories in under five minutes. New podcast episodes each weekday. (Bookmark that, to return to for later roundups.)
• Trump-Musk news (ongoing links to stories, Washington Post) Keep this link open so you can follow stories as they appear.
• Spotlight on President Trump Ongoing news, New York Times.
• ‘It felt like Squid Games’: HHS employees on finding out their jobs were eliminated (WTOP,4-2-25) Employees with the Department of Health and Human Services tell WTOP they lined up and scanned their badges one by one Tuesday. If the light turned green, they still had their job. If it turned red, they didn't. “It felt like ‘Squid Games,'” one worker said.
One worker said while they want agencies to be more efficient and accountable, the strategy being used does not make sense. They said many units in the agency consist of “small teams” that are “efficient,” especially in what they are able to accomplish.
One worker, in response to comments that better jobs will come along, said: “It means so much more than just the job itself … It’s like wiping out an entire collection of history of knowledge and being like, it doesn’t matter … It doesn’t matter, and these groups of people don’t matter.”
• Section on Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine (many sources)
---The Shame of It (Robert Reich).
Reich's tips on How to help the people in Ukraine. Here's the practical part:
"Europe and all free people around the world must rally at this time of American emergency. If the United States won’t seize Russia’s frozen assets and put them into an account for Ukraine to pay for further arms, Europeans must do this and let Ukraine buy from European defense contractors. Read More