Johnson was the deputy director of the bureau under Trump's first CFPB director, Kathy Kraninger.
Last Friday, the American Diabetes Association censored diabetes researchers at its annual meeting who opposed the Trump administration's NIH policies. Will "Flame of Freedom" winner Jay Bhattcharya speak up?
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Last Friday, the American Diabetes Association censored diabetes researchers at its annual meeting who opposed the Trump administration's NIH policies. Will "Flame of Freedom" winner Jay Bhattcharya speak up?
The post Will NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya stand up for scientists censored by the American Diabetes Association? first appeared on Science-Based Medicine.
Federal workers who must guard what they think and say will be less open, strategic, and willing to take the initiative.
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I have been reliably informed that the United States is currently governed by Christian nationalists. The term “Christian nationalism” is often used in academic and liberal circles to refer to the modern American right’s fusion of American conservatism with evangelical Christianity. In practical terms, it does little more than provide spurious biblical justifications to an authoritarian and…
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A great riddle of the 2024 election is how Donald Trump managed to double (to 14 points) his advantage among working class voters, defined as those lacking a college degree, compared to 2016. This is a mystery because Trump spent much of his first term undermining labor rights. The main (though by no means only) vehicle for doing so was the Trump-appointed majority on the National Labor Relations…
From the beginning, Trump science policy has been Lysenko 2.0, in which ideology, not scientific promise and rigor, dictates federal grantmaking. OMB Director Russell Vought's proposed rules de-emphasizing peer review and placing political appointees in charge of final grantmaking decisions do Lysenko proud.
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From the beginning, Trump science policy has been Lysenko 2.0, in which ideology, not scientific promise and rigor, dictates federal grantmaking. OMB Director Russell Vought's proposed rules de-emphasizing peer review and placing political appointees in charge of final grantmaking decisions do Lysenko proud.
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I sure didn't expect to be unemployed this year. For a decade I worked as a web manager and developer for the U.S. Forest Service's Research & Development branch. I supported scientists and communications teams in sharing their work with land managers, researchers, extension forestry, and the general public. This was research grounded in real-world needs: how to manage pests and diseases, how to…
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The contract kicks off a Trump administration plan to track workers at the Social Security Administration and Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs.
The post Palantir Gets an Initial $3.9 Million to Spy on Federal Workers appeared first on The American Prospect.
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One of the biggest assholes in the Trump regime is Russell Vought — and that’s really saying something; it’s a fierce competition. He’s the guy who said in 2023 that he wanted to put federal workers “in trauma”. ProPublica produced a video in Oct 2025 about how Vought is acting as a shadow president in his drive to dismantle the US federal government.
Russell Vought is one of the most powerful…
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It has come to this. Every year a completely inoffensive nonprofit called the Partnership for Public Service hosts a ceremony to hand out awards to civil servants who excel at their jobs. The awards are called the “Sammies,” after the roofing magnate and philanthropist Samuel J. Heyman (1939–2009), who put up $45 million to create the Partnership for Public Service in 2001. The Sammies have won…
House appropriators are again seeking to cut GAO as part of the fiscal 2027 legislative branch spending bill.
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The OMB director is trying to make it easier to fire federal workers while exempting political appointees.
The post Russell Vought’s Proposed Overhaul of Performance Reviews appeared first on The American Prospect.
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients who live in homes that receive SNAP benefits.
The post The Trump Administration Aims to Penalize Disabled Adults Who Live With Their Families appeared first on Truthdig.
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The way Republicans are managing the Department of Homeland Security budget shows that Congress is now just something to work around.
The post Congress Has Become Almost Totally Irrelevant appeared first on The American Prospect.
The DHS shutdown is leading to unpaid utility bills at the Coast Guard, a vacuum of cyber planning activities at CISA, and grounded aircraft at CBP.
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Advocates say Vought is "sabotaging" the program by not releasing congressionally appropriated funds.
Vought said it was unclear how much the administration would seek to fund the war during the current budget year, which ends Sept. 30.
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To help pay for his war of choice with Iran, Trump wants to zero out funding for energy assistance and efficiency programs. But it’s not the first time he’s tried to dismantle them.
The post Trump: Poor People’s Power Bills Are Too Damn Low (Again) appeared first on The American Prospect.
The Trump administration wants to cut airport security screeners and shift funding to private contractors under the Screening Partnership Program.
President Trump’s annual budget request to Congress continues his administration’s defunding of climate change programs, environmental protection and renewable energy, slashing the budgets of the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The spending plan for fiscal 2027 “builds on the President’s vision by…
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Without the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, scammers are using the affordability crisis to prey on Americans. One case study is a credit card known as Bilt.
The post When Consumer Protection Stops, Scammers Run Amok appeared first on The American Prospect.
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For over 75 years, the United States has been a global leader in climate change research. In the 1950s, scientists at the University of California showed that carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere were increasing and established the first long-term CO2 monitoring system, while Norman Phillips at the Institute for Advanced Studies developed the first computer model of the global climate.…
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At least 360 federal databases no longer track LGBTQ+ people.
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Disgraced sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein said he had “new administration people” visiting his Little Saint James Island in 2016—just a month before President Trump’s first inauguration.
In a December 2016 email to Bill Gates, Epstein told him to “come to visit the island. New administration people visiting.”
We can only speculate which people from the colorful cast of Trump characters were on…
A Maryland Man has been charged with the attempted murder of the Trump-appointed Russell Vought, director of the OMB.
The post Maryland Man Charged with Attempted Murder of Trump OMB Russell Vought appeared first on Breitbart.
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Trump’s White House OMB director has quietly institutionalized the government demolition agenda set in motion by Elon Musk’s wrecking crew.
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