What Happened Today - Feb 19

Trans rights gutted. IRS mass firings. Pentagon purges. Federal takeovers. Health funding slashed. Meanwhile, hundreds rallied in D.C. to fight back. Will you?

The Pentagon will slash 8% of the defense budget annually for 5 years, Hegseth vows to purge military leaders “any…involved in DEI woke shit has got to go”

DEI Economy Federal Personnel Oversight

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hegseth-fire-remove-generals-senior-officers-us-officials/story?id=118985348&fb

New DC US Attorney Ed Martin launched Operation Whirlwind demanding Democratic leaders clarify past statements about Republicans

Justice Dept

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/19/trump-justice-operation-whirlwind-democrats/

Trump kills NYC’s congestion pricing plan, revoking fed approval and posting, “Congestion Pricing is Dead…Long Live the King!”

Environment Oversight

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cdjywvne2k9o

Trump renewed his demand that the US take control of Greenland

Foreign Relations

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/19/us/trump-news

Trump called for the federal government to seize control of Washington, DC, whose 680K residents already lack full voting rights

Oversight

https://apnews.com/article/trump-washington-crime-homeless-home-rule-congress-5e34be44cb3bebae

Trump cut federal funds for programs aiding undocumented migrants despite laws already barring most benefits

Immigration

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-20/trump-to-sign-order-blocking-federal-funds-from-illegal-migrants

Hundreds rallied at HHS for “Fund Don’t Freeze” protesting Musk’s DOGE and billions cut from public health funding

Fighting Back Health

https://wtop.com/dc/2025/02/hundreds-gather-at-hhs-to-protest-nih-academic-research-cuts/