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Trump’s biggest problem is that he can’t simply turn the tables on his foes. He was credibly accused of criminal offenses, while his political opponents were not.
Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/F3RxCDD
Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/F3RxCDD
Trump’s Learning That Partisan Witch Hunts Are Harder Than They Look
The president’s attempt to bind his political opponents legally is hitting roadblocks galore—and the social media meltdowns have begun.
trib.al
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump’s biggest problem is that he can’t simply turn the tables on his foes. He was credibly accused of criminal offenses, while his political opponents were not.
Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/F3RxCDD
Though he managed to escape a prison sentence, he is the first former U.S. president to be convicted of a felony. trib.al/F3RxCDD
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Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and women
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
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Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
n.pr
September 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.
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NEW: Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal.
But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.
Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal.
But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.
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“Make no mistake, losing these funds will directly impact our ability to serve some of our most vulnerable kids,” Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly said about the Trump administration’s “devastating” decision.
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“Make no mistake, losing these funds will directly impact our ability to serve some of our most vulnerable kids,” Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly said about the Trump administration’s “devastating” decision.
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Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis comes despite police recently reporting decreases across every major crime category in the first eight months of 2025 compared to the same period in previous years.
Overall crime hit a 25-year low, while murder hit a six-year low, police said.
Overall crime hit a 25-year low, while murder hit a six-year low, police said.
Trump Deploys National Guard To Memphis, Defying Mayor’s Wishes
President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of the National Guard to Memphis to combat crime, despite a significant decrease in crime there.
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Memphis comes despite police recently reporting decreases across every major crime category in the first eight months of 2025 compared to the same period in previous years.
Overall crime hit a 25-year low, while murder hit a six-year low, police said.
Overall crime hit a 25-year low, while murder hit a six-year low, police said.
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Exclusive: After ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air following chairman Brendan Carr's threat, the FCC's lone Democratic commissioner criticized the Trump administration for "weaponizing" the agency's authority.
Exclusive: FCC commissioner criticizes administration for "weaponizing" agency's authority
Anna Gomez, the lone Democratic commissioner at the FCC, has been critical of chair Brendan Carr.
trib.al
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Exclusive: After ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air following chairman Brendan Carr's threat, the FCC's lone Democratic commissioner criticized the Trump administration for "weaponizing" the agency's authority.
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In a lawsuit brought by Texas, New York Attorney General Letitia James will defend her state’s abortion shield laws, which protect health providers offering telehealth abortions to people living under bans.
Telehealth abortion could end up in front of the Supreme Court with this latest move
In a suit brought by Texas, New York Attorney General Letitia James will defend her state’s abortion shield laws, which protect health providers offering telehealth abortions to people living under ba...
19thnews.org
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In a lawsuit brought by Texas, New York Attorney General Letitia James will defend her state’s abortion shield laws, which protect health providers offering telehealth abortions to people living under bans.
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President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms continues, this time in Missouri, where the GOP-controlled legislature began a special session to pass a new redistricting map that would eliminate one of two Democrat-held US House districts and net Republicans an additional seat.
On Trump’s orders, Missouri Republicans plan to gerrymander a Black lawmaker out of office
“It’s minority rule on steroids."
www.motherjones.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
President Donald Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms continues, this time in Missouri, where the GOP-controlled legislature began a special session to pass a new redistricting map that would eliminate one of two Democrat-held US House districts and net Republicans an additional seat.
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Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines
Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
nyti.ms
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.
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Pam Bondi accused of possible witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer
Pam Bondi accused of possible witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, including ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), demanded answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi after Jeffrey Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, was transferred to a "relatively luxurious minimum-security prison camp in Texas."In a letter to Bondi on ...
bit.ly
August 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pam Bondi accused of possible witness tampering with Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer
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Parents begged law enforcement officers to storm the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in 2022, minutes after a gunman opened fire, released police body camera video shows.
Desperate parents pleaded with officers to act during Uvalde school shooting, video shows
Authorities failed to confront the 18-year-old gunman for more than an hour after the attack at Robb Elementary School began on May 24, 2022.
nbcnews.to
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Parents begged law enforcement officers to storm the elementary school in Uvalde, Texas in 2022, minutes after a gunman opened fire, released police body camera video shows.
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The Energy Department released a report on Thursday to support the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to roll back climate regulations. But scientists say it misrepresented or cherry-picked a large body of research on global warming. https://nyti.ms/4obMfNX
August 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Energy Department released a report on Thursday to support the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to roll back climate regulations. But scientists say it misrepresented or cherry-picked a large body of research on global warming. https://nyti.ms/4obMfNX
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"America will never see low cost, small EVs as long as it is burdened with auto industry and dealership executives that keep beating the “Murcans don’t want sensible transportation choices” drum. We’ve never been offered the option." — Reader comment
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Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover
Does Tesla have a future? Where are the cheap US electric vehicles? How rapidly are Chinese EVs taking over the globe? Here's what we know.
www.wired.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"America will never see low cost, small EVs as long as it is burdened with auto industry and dealership executives that keep beating the “Murcans don’t want sensible transportation choices” drum. We’ve never been offered the option." — Reader comment
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Thoughts? wrd.cm/45gGjL1
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ICE, now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the US, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But the agency’s vision for new facilities is startlingly low-tech.
It's also a humanitarian disaster.
It's also a humanitarian disaster.
ICE plans to build more tent jails for immigrants. What could go wrong?
A brief recent history of "soft-sided" facilities and their many faults.
www.motherjones.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ICE, now the best-funded federal law enforcement agency in the US, is embarking on a plan to drastically expand its detention infrastructure. But the agency’s vision for new facilities is startlingly low-tech.
It's also a humanitarian disaster.
It's also a humanitarian disaster.
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Senate Republicans confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime federal judgeship. The vote came despite:
✅ Whistleblowers revealing he’d defy court orders
✅ 900+ former DOJ prosecutors and judges opposing his nomination
✅ Bove defending Trump in criminal cases
✅ Whistleblowers revealing he’d defy court orders
✅ 900+ former DOJ prosecutors and judges opposing his nomination
✅ Bove defending Trump in criminal cases
Senate GOP Confirms Trump’s DOJ ‘Hatchet Man’ for Lifetime Judgeship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Senate Republicans confirmed Emil Bove to a lifetime federal judgeship. The vote came despite:
✅ Whistleblowers revealing he’d defy court orders
✅ 900+ former DOJ prosecutors and judges opposing his nomination
✅ Bove defending Trump in criminal cases
✅ Whistleblowers revealing he’d defy court orders
✅ 900+ former DOJ prosecutors and judges opposing his nomination
✅ Bove defending Trump in criminal cases
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A CNN investigation found Elon Musk's Tesla owes dozens of small businesses millions of dollars in unpaid bills. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Read the full story: cnn.it/478ZOYm
Read the full story: cnn.it/478ZOYm
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A CNN investigation found Elon Musk's Tesla owes dozens of small businesses millions of dollars in unpaid bills. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Read the full story: cnn.it/478ZOYm
Read the full story: cnn.it/478ZOYm
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NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...
www.propublica.org
July 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
NEW: We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT by the Trump administration.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw.
All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.
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President Trump is increasingly frustrated with how his administration’s handling of the furor around the Jeffrey Epstein files has dominated the news and overshadowed his agenda, multiple people close to the situation told The Post.
Trump fumes as Epstein scandal dominates headlines, overshadows agenda
The White House and Justice Department’s response to the crisis has been driven by no clear strategy other than asking the country to forget it and move on, multiple people close to the situation told...
www.washingtonpost.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
President Trump is increasingly frustrated with how his administration’s handling of the furor around the Jeffrey Epstein files has dominated the news and overshadowed his agenda, multiple people close to the situation told The Post.
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The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
Medical groups are concerned that RFK Jr. may dismiss a panel of primary care experts
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
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BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
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July 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
BREAKING: The number of Palestinians who have died from Israeli-induced starvation in Gaza has risen to 147 people, including 88 children, says Gaza's health ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ym2wr7
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Progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several fellow lawmakers have called for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump.
Democrats demand Donald Trump’s impeachment over Iran strikes
Progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several fellow lawmakers have called for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump.
www.thesouthafrican.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Progressive Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several fellow lawmakers have called for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump.
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NBC host Kristen Welker told Vice President J.D. Vance that lawmakers were reacting to President Donald Trump's Iran strike by calling for his impeachment.
'Grounds for impeachment': NBC host confronts JD Vance on Iran strike
NBC host Kristen Welker told Vice President J.D. Vance that lawmakers were reacting to President Donald Trump's Iran strike by calling for his impeachment."Many Republicans supportive, but Congressman Thomas Massie saying this was unconstitutional," Welker said on Sunday. "Congresswoman Alexandria O...
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NBC host Kristen Welker told Vice President J.D. Vance that lawmakers were reacting to President Donald Trump's Iran strike by calling for his impeachment.
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Democrats stress that only US Congress – not the president – has the authority to take the country to war.
‘Patently illegal’: Critics dispute legality of Trump’s Iran strikes
Democrats stress that only US Congress – not the president – has the authority to take the country to war.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Democrats stress that only US Congress – not the president – has the authority to take the country to war.
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Funding cuts to Medicaid and other programs included in the sweeping tax-and-spending bill would hurt low-income households financially more than the tax cuts would boost their finances, according to nonpartisan analyses of the bill.
GOP tax bill could hurt the poorest households more than it helps them
Cuts to Medicaid and anti-poverty programs wipe out gains low-income households could see from policies like no taxes on tips and overtime, nonpartisan estimates show.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Funding cuts to Medicaid and other programs included in the sweeping tax-and-spending bill would hurt low-income households financially more than the tax cuts would boost their finances, according to nonpartisan analyses of the bill.