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🗓️ 8 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Chaos in the federal government, and the fate of the DOJ.

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0:00.0	Musk bragged about feeding USAID into the woodchipper. In week three, the big story was Elon Musk's
0:09.8	rewiring of the federal government. From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:16.4	And I'm Michael Onger. While the mantra of move fast and break things might work in Silicon Valley,
0:22.2	it is not compatible with the inner workings of government. They are indeed moving fast,
0:27.3	and we are concerned they may break things. What have they broken recently? Seemingly possibly a lot of
0:33.7	laws. Plus, the Dems have been in disarray.
0:38.7	But maybe that's changing?
0:44.5	I just saw Lisa Murkowski, the senator of Alaska, say the call volume right now in coming to her office, is 40 times what it was.
0:48.5	40 times.
0:49.5	They are feeling it.
0:51.5	It's all coming up after this.
1:00.4	Music feeling it. It's all coming up after this. From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:04.0	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:05.3	And I'm Michael O'Nger.
1:07.2	What even happened this week?
1:08.9	What I'd like to see Canada Canada, become our 51st state.
1:11.8	Trump says he was levying a 25% tariff on goods from America's closest neighbors.
1:17.6	At the last minute, he backed down from those executive orders.
1:21.4	The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it, too.
1:25.9	And we will not allow men to beat up injure and cheat our women and our girls.
1:31.3	From now on, women's sports will be only for women.
1:35.3	But perhaps the biggest story this week was Elon Musk's rampage through the federal government.
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