Marin Scotten

Brooklyn

Journalist at Freelance

News & Politics Fellow @Salon /Words in @guardianUS @modfarm @floodlightnews

Articles

Elon Musk Suffers Embarrassing Blow as His IRS Chief Forced Out

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Elon Musk’s latest pick to lead the Internal Revenue Service is being forced out after less than 72 hours, The New York Times reported Friday. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly complained to Donald Trump that Musk went behind his back to appoint Gary Shapley, a former supervisor at the agency who garnered attention for blowing the whistle on Hunter Biden’s tax investigation, without his knowledge.
Trump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant Purge

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Donald Trump revoked a U.S. citizen’s Social Security benefits in the hopes he would leave the country. A man who became a naturalized citizen shortly before Trump took office received a letter on February 13 from the Social Security Administration informing him that he was losing his Social Security and Medicare benefits, The Bulwark reported Friday. “We cannot pay you benefits because you are not lawfully present in the U.S.,” the letter obtained by The Bulwark reads.
Trump Just Lost His Most Important Talking Point Thanks to Brutal Poll

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Americans are starting to see through Donald Trump’s economic promises as he continues to tank the economy with his volatile approach to global trade. A new poll from The Economist/YouGov conducted April 13–15 shows that Trump’s economic approval is at an all-time low.
DHS’s Sloppiness Exposed as Another Citizen Gets Order to Self-Deport

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

The Trump administration has ordered another American citizen to leave the country immediately. Pamela Rioles Saeed, an immigration attorney in Arizona, received an email from Customs and Border Protection telling her that her parole was revoked and she must leave the United States within seven days, she told KNXV-TV. Rioles Saeed is a Boston-born American citizen and is not on parole. “I thought this was for one of my clients, but then I saw that it was addressed only to me,” she told KNXV-TV.
Trump Just Lost His Most Important Talking Point Thanks to Brutal Poll

6 days ago | newrepublic.com | Marin Scotten

Americans are starting to see through Donald Trump’s economic promises as he continues to tank the economy with his volatile approach to global trade. A new poll from The Economist/YouGov conducted April 13–15 shows that Trump’s economic approval is at an all-time low.
Elon Musk’s Latest Donations Show a Disturbing Pattern

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Elon Musk knows which members of Congress detest the courts as much as he does, and he wants to keep them around. The billionaire gave more than $144,000 to more than two dozen Congress members who support impeaching judges or restricting their power, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. It’s rare to give money to candidates this soon before a midterm election, and an indication that Musk will do everything he can to help the GOP stay in power.
Anti-Vax Doctor Praised by RFK Jr. Pushes Wild Theory About Measles

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies are claiming measles is actually a government bioweapon. Don’t worry, they have a hundred-dollar cure for it. Wired reported Thursday that Mikki Willis, a notorious Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, said the virus is being used to strategically target Mennonite communities, a group at the center of the recent measles outbreak in Texas that killed two unvaccinated children.
Elon Musk Has an Unhinged Plan for Trump’s Pet Defense Project

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Marin Scotten

Elon Musk could own yet another stake in the Department of Defense as Donald Trump moves to make his golden shield missile defense a reality. The billionaire’s company, SpaceX, is a top contender to be awarded part of Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense project, a fantastical air defense system the president claims would protect the U.S. from intercontinental missile strikes.
Elon Musk Wants to Own Trump’s Pet Defense Project

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Elon Musk could own yet another stake in the Department of Defense as Donald Trump moves to make his golden shield missile defense a reality. The billionaire’s company, SpaceX, is a top contender to be awarded part of Trump’s “Golden Dome” defense project, a fantastical air defense system the president claims would protect the U.S. from intercontinental missile strikes.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Minions Have a New Job on Trump’s “Gold Card” Scheme

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marin Scotten

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is involved in Trump’s plan to have people buy their way to American citizenship. As the Trump administration continues to blatantly ignore court orders and deport thousands of immigrants without justification, Musk’s crew of twentysomething goons is building out a special type of $5 million visa designed to give “high-level people” a “route to citizenship.”Dubbed “gold cards” by Trump, the visas were first announced in February.