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Dear Readers: Yesterday I had a frustrating glitch just as I was ready to post. I lost all formatting—no links. Anyway, here are the items. I just hated to throw them all away, so if you want, here they are. You can access all the past editions of The Daily Planet on the green Category bar on the top of each page under the heading PlanetPOV.

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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon

The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change. [...]

Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks

The general made an impression in 2018 when he said, according to the president, that the Islamic State could be defeated in a week. [...]

Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers

The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon. [...]

Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer

Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. [...]

Ukraine Promises Swift Deal for Minerals as Trump Cuts Kyiv Out of Peace Talks

President Trump on Friday continued to bash President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and pressure him for mineral rights. [...]

Supreme Court Rejects, for Now, Trump’s Bid to Fire Government Watchdog

The court’s order indicated that it may return to the issue as soon as next week, when a trial judge’s temporary restraining order is set to expire. [...]

DOGE’s Only Public Ledger Is Riddled With Mistakes

The figures from Elon Musk’s team of outsiders represent billions in government cuts. They are also full of accounting errors, outdated data and other miscalculations. [...]

Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes

President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer. [...]

Bannon’s Salute at CPAC Sparks Outcry, Even on French Right

A gesture by Stephen Bannon at CPAC, outside Washington, echoed a move by Elon Musk and prompted the president of France’s far-right National Rally to say it had evoked “Nazi ideology.” [...]

Trump Appears to Back Away From His Gaza Plan

Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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'Trump is a dark horse': Russians on the invasion of Ukraine, three years on

A BBC team asking Russians about their invasion of Ukraine draws police and state TV attention. [...]

Trump says Starmer and Macron 'haven't done anything' to end Ukraine war

Trump's criticisms come as the UK and French leaders prepare to visit the White House next week. [...]

Man seriously injured in stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial

Police say the victim was a 30-year-old Spanish tourist. One man has been arrested. [...]

Fit for a pontiff: Inside the Roman hospital caring for Pope Francis

The Gemelli hospital has been treating popes for more than thirty years. [...]

Israel checking Hamas claims new body handed to Red Cross is Shiri Bibas

Hamas told the BBC it had handed a body to the the Red Cross on Friday evening. [...]

Man offers to split winnings after thieves win jackpot with his credit card

The Frenchman has called on the thieves to strike a deal with him to split the €500,000 (£413,664) prize. [...]

Ros Atkins on... why this week matters for Europe and the US

The BBC's Analysis editor takes a look back at this week - and what it tells us about how the US sees Europe. [...]

Sweden investigates suspected sabotage of undersea telecoms cable

A Baltic Sea cable has been damaged for the third time in recent months, Finnish telecom operators say. [...]

'The smallest coffins are the heaviest': Israel grieves youngest hostages

The return of the children in coffins, and their mother's absence, is being painfully felt across the country. [...]

Are planes crashing more often?

A recent flurry of air disasters have made some people worried about flying - but are crashes on the rise? [...]

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For Whom The Dell Tolls

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Dell and many other corporations are having difficulty dealing with a workforce that is becoming obsolete with the advancement of AI technology, a problem most corporations ignored earlier, believing they have time or that they will always need the level of employees they have to provide the products and services they offer to the general public and their overseas customers.

Affirmative Action, D.E.I., Voting Rights, They Want It All – Addendum

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These are not people who care about a democratic republic form of governance. For them, giving people rights is non-conducive to what they want to do, dominating and controlling everything they see in their sight line. They believe this will enhance their bottom line and make them even more decadent than they are currently.

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