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1. There has been a lot of attention, rightly, on the Trump administration disappearing immigrants to El Salvador But something that has gotten much less attention is the Trump administration WRONGFULLY DETAINING US CITIZENS they "suspect" are undocumented immigrants.

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“Trump administration officials, the people said, thought the long list of demands they sent Harvard last Friday was a confidential starting point for negotiations.” Trump officials are upset that Harvard violated their right to bully private institutions in secret.

submitted 10 hours ago • 32 comments

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.”

submitted 13 hours ago • 48 comments

Just saying and doing things you actually believe rather than playing 4-D chess is an underrated political strategy.

submitted 20 hours ago • 46 comments

"Insiders including Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Corp.’s Safra Catz and JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon cashed out shares worth billions of dollars before President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets." Good timing!

submitted 22 hours ago • 91 comments

"Paul K. Piff, an associate professor of psychological science at the University of California, Irvine, has studied the psychology of the rich for nearly two decades. He said that research shows that as a person’s wealth increases, more often than not empathy and compassion for others decreases."

submitted 22 hours ago • 47 comments

I guess this is supposed to be clever but it makes no sense. It’s Trump who has linked arms with the autocratic leader of El Salvador

submitted 1 day ago • 292 comments

Finding new levels of dishonesty

submitted 2 days ago • 36 comments

Put up or shut up time for the Supreme Court

submitted 2 days ago • 414 comments

On Monday, @popular.info reported that 29 people whose ballots were invalidated by the North Carolina Supreme Court for never living in NC had, in fact, lived in NC On Tuesday, the NC Election Board, citing @popular.info's report, told a federal court the voters would have their ballots restored

submitted 4 days ago • 49 comments

1. Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, announced an audacious scheme yesterday to profit from Trump's tariffs Truth Social will offer actively-managed INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS composed of stocks in companies who benefit from Trump's policies It's a jaw-dropping conflict of interest

submitted 4 days ago • 278 comments

“Birchall was involved in acquiring the property for a compound in Austin where Musk imagined the women and his growing number of babies would all live among multiple residences, according to a person familiar with the matter.”

submitted 5 days ago • 85 comments

“Musk has said he is concerned about what he called Third World countries having higher birthrates than the U.S. and Europe, a person familiar with the conversation said.”

submitted 5 days ago • 51 comments

1. The North Carolina Supreme Court just TOSSED 260 BALLOTS in a razor close election for a seat on the same court The ballots were invalidated based on a claim by the Republican candidate that all of voters were "never residents" of North Carolina But that claim is false We have receipts

submitted 5 days ago • 57 comments

1. The Trump administration claims that a program to protect rural Alabamans from raw sewage is racist so it is canceling the program as part of its crackdown on "DEI" According to a press release, this is about treating "every individual with dignity and respect." 🤔

submitted 6 days ago • 84 comments

The reason why Bluesky is left-leaning is that Elon Musk took Twitter and turned it into a right-wing cesspool. Not sure what all the hand-wringing is about.

submitted 6 days ago • 116 comments