It's Friday, February 7th.
I'm Jane Coastin and this is what a day.
The show congratulating Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency
for its little army of college age dorks who have access to the federal government's most sensitive information.
Of course, one DOGE staffer resigned Thursday after his blindingly racist Twitter feed was discovered.
So sad.
Too bad.
On today's show, Elon Musk turns to AI in his quest to displace dismantle the federal government,
and the Justice Department sues the State of Illinois and Chicago over sanctuary city laws.
But let's start with the gutting of the United States Agency for International Development, or usaid.
On Thursday,
multiple news outlets reported
that the Trump administration plans to retain only around 300 USAID staffers
out of the more than 10,000 stationed around the world,
According to anonymous sources, as of our recording time Thursday night,
the State Department had not confirmed the reports,
but many employees were already preparing to be put on paid administrative leave starting Friday night
after a memo was posted to USAID's website earlier this week.
Two labor groups have now sued to stop the administration's actions.
As we mentioned on the show yesterday,