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🔵 Trump Begins Purge
Citizen Frank
January 29, 2025
Good evening. It’s Tuesday, January 28.
President Donald Trump’s administration is offering federal workers the chance to take a “deferred resignation,” which would mean they agree now to resign but get paid through September.
A senior administration official told NBC News that they expect 5%-10% of the federal workforce to quit, which, they estimate, could lead to around $100 billion in savings.
All full-time federal employees are eligible, except for members of the military, employees of the U.S. Postal Service, positions related to immigration enforcement and national security and other jobs excluded by agencies.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation,” declaring that it is “the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”
The executive order directs agencies to rescind or amend policies that rely on guidance from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), including the group’s “Standards of Care Version 8.”
The order stated that WPATH’s guidance “lacks scientific integrity.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly revoking retired Gen. Mark Milley’s security detail and security clearance.
Hegseth is also considering demoting Milley to a lower rank, with a review board set to analyze whether he took actions to “undermine the chain of command” during President Donald Trump’s first term, Fox News reported.
The Defense Department will also reportedly remove a second portrait of Milley inside the Pentagon, one that honors his service as a former Army chief of staff. The removal will ensure there are no portraits of the general within the Pentagon.
A U.S. district judge issued an injunction Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily freeze funding on federal aid programs.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan, who was appointed by former President Joe Biden, issued a temporary injunction against the Trump administration’s plan, citing the need for additional time to assess the broader implications of the executive order, according to Politico.
The court’s decision effectively prevents the suspension of any funds allocated by Congress until 5 p.m. EST on Feb. 3.
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) to be the next Transportation secretary, putting him in place to lead a sprawling agency that oversees air travel, highways, pipelines and railroads.
President Trump’s Cabinet nominee received bipartisan backing and was confirmed Tuesday with a 77-22 vote.
Duffy was expected to easily clear the voting threshold.
President Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt held her first White House briefing Tuesday, fielding questions from reporters for just more than 45 minutes.
The press secretary announced some new changes to the briefings and discussed the wildfires in California, recent deportations, the federal government spending freeze and other topics in answering questions from 20 different reporters from various outlets.
When asked how often she would be doing a briefing, Leavitt replied, “the president, as you know, is incredibly accessible,” noting Trump answered questions in the Oval Office and on his trip last week to the press pool that was with him.
The homeless man who allegedly shoved a woman into the path of a moving Manhattan train made a chilling confession — telling cops, “I did it because I wanted to,” a court heard Tuesday.
Markeese Brazelis, 26, brazenly admitted to tossing the 23-year-old victim into an incoming A train at the 168th Street station shortly after he was arrested for the savage Monday morning attack, prosecutors said at his Manhattan Criminal Court arraignment.
“I pushed her into the train because I was high and I was mad,’” Brazelis told cops, according to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Lauren Hatz.
Federal health authorities have upgraded their recall of 13-ounce bags of Frito-Lay potato chips over fears that consuming the products, which may contain undeclared milk, could potentially be fatal.
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Frito-Lay was voluntarily recalling a limited batch of products.
“Those with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the recalled product,” the FDA said in a notice that was posted on Dec. 16.
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