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How will government agencies gutted by Trump and DOGE respond to the immense challenges of another above-normal hurricane season? We are about to find out.

After spending nearly $300 million to help elect Trump, Elon Musk stepped down as a White House adviser after a controversial 130-day tenure marked by failed budget cuts, mass federal layoffs, and substantial benefits to his businesses, including lucrative contracts, deregulation, and expanded global reach for Starlink.

Elon’s Musk misguided war on non-existent Social Security fraud is based on a lie – but it is having real consequences.

Elon Musk’s promised $2 trillion in federal budget savings and $5,000 dividend checks have failed to materialize, revealing a naive and destructive approach to government cuts that ignored fiscal realities and damaged essential services.

Elon Musk and the DOGE team’s exaggerated claims of eliminating government waste are contrasted with legitimate oversight efforts, while a satirical “People’s Wall of Receipts” highlights wasteful spending under the Trump administration.

The wanton destruction of NIOSH comes amid a broader pattern of Trump administration hostility toward public health and workplace safety protections.

Trump’s cuts to NIH funding, driven by political motives rather than analysis, threaten to slow medical progress, raise drug prices, and shift scientific leadership abroad.

Will Trump try to privatize the postal service again? Selling off public assets to private companies will harm the public and degrade a vital public institution.

Trump’s cuts to NIH funding, driven by political motives rather than analysis, threaten to slow medical progress, raise drug prices, and shift scientific leadership abroad.

Transparency is about more than just how the government responds to open records requests. Proactive disclosure would represent fundamental change — and it would be a real challenge to corporate power.