Stephen Davenport
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Global Lead #DigitalTransformation #Anticorruption #OpenGov #GovTech @WorldBank Co-Founder @FeedbackLabs, @OpenGovHub, @AidData, @DGateway Alumni
Hilarious. So true...
October 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hilarious. So true...
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NPR sued President Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that aims to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The lawsuit said Trump’s order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech. nyti.ms/3FAAM98
May 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NPR sued President Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that aims to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. The lawsuit said Trump’s order violated the Constitution and the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech. nyti.ms/3FAAM98
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As the courts have ruled 125+ times: The Trump admin is trampling the law
With the Qatari plane & crypto emoluments make that 126
I discussed @cnn.com
With the Qatari plane & crypto emoluments make that 126
I discussed @cnn.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As the courts have ruled 125+ times: The Trump admin is trampling the law
With the Qatari plane & crypto emoluments make that 126
I discussed @cnn.com
With the Qatari plane & crypto emoluments make that 126
I discussed @cnn.com
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“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:
This Is the Way a World Order Ends
Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.
bit.ly
April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“What the world once took for granted in the U.S. is now in question. And because America was the crucial player in the international order, the tremors of its earthquake are felt everywhere,” Margaret MacMillan writes:
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The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since dawn has now risen to 50 people, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
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Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut, kills dozens in Gaza
Deadly Israeli attacks continue across Gaza as mediators say there has been some progress in truce talks.
aje.io
April 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since dawn has now risen to 50 people, medical sources tell Al Jazeera.
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The IRS has begun planning to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. But the legal basis for that move is one that “conservatives, more than anyone, should oppose,” Conor Clarke writes:
The Conservative Case for Leaving Harvard Alone
The Supreme Court precedent allowing the IRS to revoke a university’s tax-exempt status is a textualist’s nightmare.
bit.ly
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The IRS has begun planning to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status. But the legal basis for that move is one that “conservatives, more than anyone, should oppose,” Conor Clarke writes:
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Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton
Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton
The president’s gambit to bring the production of goods such as iPhones back to the US ignores huge supply chain complexities
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Make America make again? Trump’s tariffs will only be manufacturing pipe dreams | John Naughton
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.