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So while announcing the tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed it was necessary to stop the distribution of fentanyl, which she said has "killed tens of millions of Americans."
The number of overall drug overdose deaths -- not just fentanyl -- was 101,000.
The number of overall drug overdose deaths -- not just fentanyl -- was 101,000.
January 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So while announcing the tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed it was necessary to stop the distribution of fentanyl, which she said has "killed tens of millions of Americans."
The number of overall drug overdose deaths -- not just fentanyl -- was 101,000.
The number of overall drug overdose deaths -- not just fentanyl -- was 101,000.
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THE MOST important legal analysis I have read on the Trump presidency.
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
Trump’s Dictatorial Theory of Presidential Power - What the Executive Orders, in the Aggregate, Tell Us
Trump's recent actions appear to assert an authority to override or ignore federal legislation whenever it interferes with his policy aims.
www.justsecurity.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
THE MOST important legal analysis I have read on the Trump presidency.
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
It offers a unifying theory of the administration's unprecedented claims to extreme executive power.
The claimed power to override Congress at a policy whim.
By two brilliant scholars. Trevor Morrison and @adambcox.bsky.social
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With news that on Monday President Trump fired the 3 Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...)
Read @weissmann11.bsky.social's recent analysis of the implications for oversight of the executive branch's surveillance programs.⬇️
Read @weissmann11.bsky.social's recent analysis of the implications for oversight of the executive branch's surveillance programs.⬇️
What Just Happened: What Trump's Hobbling of the Privacy Oversight Board Portends for Exercise of Surveillance Powers
A “small” story about the removal of the three Democrats on the Private and Civil Liberties Board (PCLOB) is ominous.
www.justsecurity.org
January 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
With news that on Monday President Trump fired the 3 Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...)
Read @weissmann11.bsky.social's recent analysis of the implications for oversight of the executive branch's surveillance programs.⬇️
Read @weissmann11.bsky.social's recent analysis of the implications for oversight of the executive branch's surveillance programs.⬇️
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...