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Matt Berg
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Matt Berg
@mattberg33
washington correspondent @crookedmedia • former @politico natsec • signal mattberg.33 • email [email protected]
Joined January 2013
- dc is just linkedin but in real life
- SCOOP: I got the full list of 89 programs that DOGE has canceled at the Education Department -- and the talking points DOGE gave staffers on how to argue the changes are really a good thing. Thread 🧵Just got off the phone with Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), who said Elon Musk's DOGE team is "actively dismantling" federal Department of Education programs today. "They are in the building, on the 6th floor, canceling grants and contracts."
- I asked an IDF spokesman if Israel plans to investigate the mass graves found in Khan Younis. “Investigate what?” he replied, after calling the reports “fake news.”
- New: CPFB Union names three DOGE “minions” that were spotted in the internal staff directory last night
- At least 20 of Biden admin’s own lawyers say military aid to Israel is illegal. Blinken has until May 8 to report findings about whether Israel has complied with US and international humanitarian law — via @JGedeon1
- Scoop: I got the (hilarious) police report on Alan Dershowitz's pierogi dispute. “Dershowitz stated he was going to spread the word to others at the market to not buy from the pierogi booth." The cop warned him not to. But at a lemonade stand, Dersh kept it up.
- Replying to @mattberg33Here’s a list of the contracts, provided by a senior Education official. "Pretty sloppy work by DOGE – no real justifications or coherent descriptions," the official said.
- Exclusive: Rep. Jamie Raskin breaks down why he thinks Trump's demand for millions for the DOJ is an impeachable offense. “It’s hard to contemplate a more essential high crime or misdemeanor than this one.” …with a sneak peak of @alexwagner’s new @CrookedMedia podcast:
- Replying to @mattberg33
- EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear blasts reports of JD Vance being the 2028 front runner… and praises MTG, who is reportedly considering a run. “At least they're speaking up. They're not letting a president simply run over them,” Beshear said at Crooked Con.
00:00 - Replying to @mattberg33The 89 contracts had been agreed by the Dept’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) with outside vendors. The IES aims to provide scientific backing for education practice — in other words, provide rigorous grounding for the way students are taught.
- Exclusive: I spoke w/ @hasanthehun on Crooked Con's sidelines. Does Piker feel included in Dems 'big tent'? "For sure. I've had closed-door private meetings with ... people who have greater ambitions within the party structure, who are representatives of the old guard." 🧵🧵🧵
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