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As I've been worried about since day one, it appears the Trump administration wants to weaponize mass surveillance
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
May 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As I've been worried about since day one, it appears the Trump administration wants to weaponize mass surveillance
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
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The full story is here, and it includes multiple other cases of people, including other people who entered at ports of entry (not illegally) who were clearly detained and shipped to El Salvador solely on the basis of their tattoo and nothing more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The full story is here, and it includes multiple other cases of people, including other people who entered at ports of entry (not illegally) who were clearly detained and shipped to El Salvador solely on the basis of their tattoo and nothing more. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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Among 4 deported men: a professional soccer player; a father whose son is a U.S. citizen; a political activist who protested the Maduro regime in Venezuela; and an asylum seeker.
U.S. accused them of being in the Tren de Aragua gang.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/r...
U.S. accused them of being in the Tren de Aragua gang.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/r...
Venezuelans deported to brutal El Salvador prison weren’t gang members, lawyers say • Kentucky Lantern
Several Venezuelan immigrants had no criminal record or had cases before an immigration judge when they were deported, their lawyers say.
kentuckylantern.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Among 4 deported men: a professional soccer player; a father whose son is a U.S. citizen; a political activist who protested the Maduro regime in Venezuela; and an asylum seeker.
U.S. accused them of being in the Tren de Aragua gang.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/r...
U.S. accused them of being in the Tren de Aragua gang.
@arianalfigueroa.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/03/20/r...
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DOGE continues to target Social Security: New memo cut the option for people to sign-up and update their benefits by phone if they can’t do it online or by traveling in- person, which is bound to create all sorts of obvious disruptions for many elderly people. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
DOGE continues to target Social Security: New memo cut the option for people to sign-up and update their benefits by phone if they can’t do it online or by traveling in- person, which is bound to create all sorts of obvious disruptions for many elderly people. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
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"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.
February 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"They're putting persecuted Christian refugees in camps in the jungle" sounds like something Glenn Beck would accuse the Obama administration of doing and yet now it's a pillar of the Republican agenda.
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Over the past two days, a federal judge in DC has been holding a hearing over the constitutionality of Trump’s anti-trans military executive order. A ruling isn’t expected for around two weeks, but what happened Tuesday and Wednesday is important.
Here’s my report at Law Dork:
Here’s my report at Law Dork:
Reviewing Trump's military order, judge says admin's anti-trans acts "scream animus"
Judge Ana Reyes held the second of three scheduled days of hearings in a challenge to the constitutionality of Trump's executive order over trans military service.
www.lawdork.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Over the past two days, a federal judge in DC has been holding a hearing over the constitutionality of Trump’s anti-trans military executive order. A ruling isn’t expected for around two weeks, but what happened Tuesday and Wednesday is important.
Here’s my report at Law Dork:
Here’s my report at Law Dork: