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BREAKING: Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order blocked again, ICE attorney resigns in protest, chaos for Republicans in Texas, Trump considered pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, and more.
All the news you missed today: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
All the news you missed today: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Blocked Nationwide as ICE Official Resigns in Protest
Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order blocked again, ICE attorney resigns in protest, chaos for Republicans in Texas, Trump considered pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, and more
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order blocked again, ICE attorney resigns in protest, chaos for Republicans in Texas, Trump considered pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell, and more.
All the news you missed today: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
All the news you missed today: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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"Since the start of Trump’s second term, the Court has routinely allowed the administration to implement objectively unconstitutional actions by pretending that they’re simply making a narrow procedural ruling rather than blessing Trump’s wholesale destruction of democracy."
The worst chief justice of all time
Move over, Roger Taney and Melville Fuller.
www.publicnotice.co
July 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Since the start of Trump’s second term, the Court has routinely allowed the administration to implement objectively unconstitutional actions by pretending that they’re simply making a narrow procedural ruling rather than blessing Trump’s wholesale destruction of democracy."
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Former longtime Justice Department official: "We appear to be driving straight into an abyss... that holds no memory of what democracy is"
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July 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Former longtime Justice Department official: "We appear to be driving straight into an abyss... that holds no memory of what democracy is"
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On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.
Sen. Ted Cruz stripped weather forecasting funds from Trump's megabill. Then the floods came.
Among other things, he removed $150 million slated to improve modeling, predictions, and public communications.
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.
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Tariffs are raising costs for American families and hurting our economy. Senate Republicans could’ve voted to end them.
They chose not to because they’re afraid to stand up to Trump.
They chose not to because they’re afraid to stand up to Trump.
Senate GOP leaders succeed in protecting Trump tariffs
It comes the same day the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter — the first contraction in three years.
www.axios.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Tariffs are raising costs for American families and hurting our economy. Senate Republicans could’ve voted to end them.
They chose not to because they’re afraid to stand up to Trump.
They chose not to because they’re afraid to stand up to Trump.
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🚨BREAKING: Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules
Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules
The administration has faced legal challenges for invoking the 18th-century wartime law for deportations.
trib.al
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🚨BREAKING: Trump admin unlawfully used Alien Enemies Act for deportations, judge rules
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
www.npr.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
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A Tennessee man with ties to several white supremacist groups has been charged with setting a fire in 2019 that destroyed the offices of a social justice center connected with Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., according to court records.
White Supremacist Is Charged in 2019 Arson at Tennessee Civil Rights Landmark
Regan Prater set fire to the main offices of the Highlander Research and Education Center and took credit for it in encrypted messages, prosecutors said.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A Tennessee man with ties to several white supremacist groups has been charged with setting a fire in 2019 that destroyed the offices of a social justice center connected with Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., according to court records.
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Wait, does Disney own the rights to Rocky Horror? Does that make Magenta and Columbia Disney princesses?
Wow, good on Disney for doing what seems like a proper ROCKY HORROR restoration for its 50th anniversary… variety.com/2025/film/ne...
‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Gets 4K Remaster and New Logo for 50th Anniversary (EXCLUSIVE)
'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' 50th anniversary includes a 4K remastered Blu-ray and a new logo.
variety.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Wait, does Disney own the rights to Rocky Horror? Does that make Magenta and Columbia Disney princesses?
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"Our intention should be to return to the world as a different country. That requires something that Americans have not always done well: listening." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
Opinion | Trump Has Destroyed What Made America Great. It Only Took 100 Days.
This is more than a shift in foreign policy; it’s a divorce so comprehensive that it makes Brexit look modest by comparison.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"Our intention should be to return to the world as a different country. That requires something that Americans have not always done well: listening." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/o...
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There’s been a lot of chatter behind the scenes, but @betoorourke.bsky.social makes it official: he’s not ruling out another run
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There’s been a lot of chatter behind the scenes, but @betoorourke.bsky.social makes it official: he’s not ruling out another run
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
April 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 43 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Movie Note: ‘Conclave’: Say what you will, they’re snappy dressers.
April 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Movie Note: ‘Conclave’: Say what you will, they’re snappy dressers.
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“Love our neighbors - Welcome the stranger - Care for the most vulnerable among us - Speak the truth - Work for justice…”
April 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“Love our neighbors - Welcome the stranger - Care for the most vulnerable among us - Speak the truth - Work for justice…”
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The Broligarchs are waging war on us. This serves one purpose and one purpose only to prevent the Broligarchs from ever being held liable what they do.
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The Broligarchs are waging war on us. This serves one purpose and one purpose only to prevent the Broligarchs from ever being held liable what they do.
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Trump, who vowed to improve on the economic growth of the Biden years, is now set to slow it instead. In January, the IMF expected the US economy to grow 2.7% in 2025, much the same as the 2.8% of 2024. Now it has lowered its forecast to 1.8%. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
IMF Expects Trump’s Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth
The International Monetary Fund expects slower growth and higher inflation in the U.S. as a result of President Trump’s trade policies.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump, who vowed to improve on the economic growth of the Biden years, is now set to slow it instead. In January, the IMF expected the US economy to grow 2.7% in 2025, much the same as the 2.8% of 2024. Now it has lowered its forecast to 1.8%. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...
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Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.
With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission
Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.
www.npr.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Vilified by the Assad regime, these Nobel-nominated first responders operated only in rebel areas. Now their founder is in the new government and they're extending their reach to all of Syria.
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Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.
RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
www.motherjones.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist. RFK Jr. knows shockingly little about autism.