"Regime" has been updated to February 11th.
Some highlights:
5:10 AM - Elon Musk publishes the personal information of Judge John McConnell’s daughter on his social media account in retaliation for his rulings against DOGE and the Trump administration.
6:56 AM - US foreign aid freeze causes its first deaths. A 71 year old Myanma refugee in Thailand died after her oxygen supply from the USAID funded hospital was cut off. Dozens of aid stations and hospitals in and around Myanmar have shut down due to the dismantling of the USAID.
7:31 AM - Pope Francis issues a letter to US Bishops to decry the mass deportation program. He rejects “any measure that tacitly or explicitly identifies the illegal status of some migrants with criminality." The letter also addresses JD Vance by name.
9:45 AM - Ina memo, FEMA admits that there isn’t enough office space to accommodate workers returning to the office due to the work-from-home ban. A suggestion they have to returning employees is to flip a coin to decide who gets the space.
10:29 AM - Trump threatens to put a 50-100% tariff on Canadian cars and car parts during a FOX News interview. He claims that Canada “stole” the car industry from the United States.
1:21 PM - Special Envoy Steve Witkoff leaves Russia with Marc Fogel, an American teacher that was serving a 14 year sentence in Russia. It was part of a prisoner swap with an unknown asset.
1:52 PM - Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM-1] says that DOGE is dismantling federal education programs by canceling grants and contracts from within the Department of Education. “The Department of Education is going to potentially be dissolved in the coming days.”
2:11 PM - Trans military veteran that committed suicide outside the VA in Syracuse has been identified as Elisa Rae Shupe. She was responsible for the mass email leak that detailed plans to eliminate transgenders from military and public life.
3:08 PM - CBS/YouGov poll of Democrats says that 65% want their leaders to oppose Trump as much as possible, compared to 46% in January. 48% of respondents report that they have no confidence in Congressional Dems to oppose Trump effectively.
4:20 PM - The White House informed AP that if they did not align their reporting with the government's position on the “Gulf of America”, AP would be barred from accessing an Oval Office event.
5:13 PM - With Elon Musk at his side, Trump signed an executive order to implement DOGE’s “workforce optimization initiative”, as previously reported. “...the people voted for major government reform, and that's what people are going to get. They're going to get what they voted for.” Musk also took time to address concerns about DOGE accountability, saying that DOGE is in contact with the agency heads (Trump appointed or purposefully unfilled) and posts updates to their Twitter handle and website. For context, the website is only one page that has the department's logo, name, and motto.
6:35 PM - USAID's Inspector General Paul Martin was fired today after issuing a report on the impact of USAID’s dismantling by the Trump administration.
6:48 PM - Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the Trump administration defying court orders: "Court decisions stand whether one particular person chooses to abide by them or not. It doesn't change the foundation that it's still a court order that someone will respect at some point."
7:19 PM - After a late night floor speech on Monday night detailing her sexual abuse by 4 men, including her ex-fiance, Rep. Nancy Mace [R-SC-1] said she set up a hotline for sexual assault victims in her state. The hotline itself is a voicemail box that no one answers and leading advocates in South Carolina advise not to call. The investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) into her claims is ongoing.
7:58 PM - A breakdown of the workforce optimization initiative EO by Crémieux Recueil on Twitter. The OMB will put together a plan to make the federal workforce smaller and more efficient, with a mandated attrition rate of 1 hire for every 4 departures, with exceptions. DOGE Team Leads will approve every new hire and file a monthly report on the happenings of their assigned agency. Federal employees not performing necessary or legally mandated jobs are likely to be fired. Additional standards for the excepted service will be added, such as needing to follow legal obligations such as filing taxes, being a citizen, and certified NDA compliance. Agencies are also ordered to develop a comprehensive reorganization plan to identify offices not legally mandated, and offices that can be consolidated.