"For her part, Ms. Petrova is seeing the United States from a new and unsettling vantage point. “I feel like something is happening generally in America,” she said, in an interview over a video link. “Something bad is happening. I don’t think everybody understands.”"
Ozturk was not a leader in last year’s protests at Tufts and her arrest has drawn widespread condemnation, including from a pro-Israel group on campus and Tufts Republicans. #giftArticle #freedom #us
https://wapo.st/3ElWuNF
The title soft pedals what's happening, but still a good read
More clarity about SCOTUS building a huge loophole in its Abrego Garcia ruling...
"In their decision, the justices never defined what they meant by “facilitate and effectuate” his return.
"Indeed, the justices cautioned Judge Xinis that when she clarifies the steps the White House should take, her decision needed to be made “with due regard for the deference owed to the executive branch in the conduct of foreign affairs.”
This is illegal as hell. I hope that legal migrants fight this, quickly. And wait for it: US citizens will 'accidentally' be put on this list, too. Maybe folks Musk doesn't like, or lawyers Trump can't exhort
#Twitter #defamation #influencers #lawsuits #GiftArticle
'Ms. Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit on Wednesday against Matt Wallace, an influencer on X with more than two million followers. Mr. Wallace was one of the more prominent people to spread the falsehood in a series of posts.'
42nd Street and Casablanca are my faves out of this list. 42nd Street, from 1933, predates strict Production Code enforcement, and has some wonderful racy lines that shock kids who thought all old movies were sweet and pure. #giftarticle
Flashback to a time of hope — September 2021 descalation in the Middle East with Biden. #giftArticle #uae #peace
‘Even Beijing is stressing an authoritarian version of “build back better” in recent statements stressing shared domestic prosperity. The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, though badly botched, reflected a growing global consensus against “endless wars,”’
The authors of the #Constitution separated powers for a reason.
…The #Republicans who lead #Congress have refused to use the power of the #LegislativeBranch to stop #Trump or moderate him, in this or almost any other matter. The Cabinet is composed of sycophants & loyalists who are willing to defend contradictory policies, even if doing so makes them look like fools. The courts haven’t decisively intervened yet either.
#law
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/dictatorships-trump-republicans/682387/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxY6mkr1cwhtnhGKPzVPmmqo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
a man whose wife was killed by a drunk driver slammed District Attorney Nathan Vasquez for ripping up a plea deal approved by his predecessor and imposing a tougher sentence.
“It just feels like performative cruelty,” said Lauran Parise, who was sitting in the passenger seat next to his wife, Jennifer Parise, two years ago when a drunk driver slammed into their sedan, killing her.
We might as well just put our personal data on the dark web directly
Well, this is, terrifying
#Trump Wants to Merge Government #Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
The federal govt knows your mother’s maiden name & your bank account number. The student debt you hold. Your disability status. The company that employs you & the wages you earn there. And that’s just a start.
#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #privacy #Musk #DOGE #TrumpCoup #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-U4.b0U4.Dd4UOgKl268D&smid=bs-share
The Only Way to Stop the #FinancialCrisis
#Trump isn’t listening to what the #StockMarket is telling him. He’s not negotiating w/foreign leaders in good faith. He’s not hearing what corporate CEOs are saying.
By Annie Lowrey
#economy #tariffs #inflation #recession #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #idiocracy #kakistocracy
https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/04/bond-selloff-trump-economic/682363/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxUgc95YQp_Yxas3YBhDidZg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Unless SCOTUS takes on the Trump Administration forcefully on due process and deportations, our future will be American citizens as well as other residents sent to gulags in foreign countries, with no legal recourse. Absolutely terrifying.
#Google #AWU #unions #transparency #antitrust #GiftArticle
"The agreement is another blow to Google’s corporate policies designed to maintain secrecy, which have been scrutinized amid the search case brought by the Justice Department. It also undercut Google’s strategy to keep its business humming during the lawsuit — to have employees ignore the antitrust battle and remain focused on their work."
He escaped once. In 2005, when he was 12 or 13, he broke off a piece of the door’s center paneling; but rather than fleeing the house, he simply slipped down to the kitchen to scrounge for food. When his breakout was discovered, he told the police, his bedroom door was reinforced with plywood. Threats of withholding food, or violence, kept him from trying again.
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