As other branches of government fail to check the Trump administration, the balance of power shifts toward oligarchs.
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Many people were shocked to read allegations last year by Donald Trump’s nephew, Fred Trump III, about his uncle: Fred, whose son William has intellectual and developmental disabilities, reported that the elder Trump said during his first presidential term that people like William should “just die.” That is shocking—but it’s not surprising. The comment falls […]
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A hedge fund manager who owns three right-wing UK media outlets has called for the BBC to be “broken up” and its fact-checking service “shut down”. Sir Paul Marshall – proprietor of GB News, The Spectator, and Unherd – was speaking last week (20 May) at the Pharos Foundation, an educational charity that received £350,000 […]
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Tom Homan disclosed consulting fees from GEO group, one of the largest immigrant jail operators in the U.S.
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Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.
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The governor issued an executive order after the NIH announced plans to use the proposed database to discover a “cure.”
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Illinois Bars Trump Admin From Using Residents’ Medical Data in Autism Registry Read Post »
A judge ruled that DOGE can now access sensitive Treasury Department systems, allowing its Musk staffers to interact with the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which manages trillions in federal payments and holds private information on millions of Americans.
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On May 8, 2025, I was honored to speak at the Oxford Union debates on the topic: “This House Would Hold The Arms Industry Responsible For War Crimes.” My partner speaking in favor of the motion was Katie Gallagher, an excellent attorney with the r…
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Oxford Students Vote to Hold Weapons Industry Responsible For War Crimes Read Post »
Donald Trump held phone calls with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, then announced that the two countries will “immediately start negotiations toward a ceasefire” in the 3-year-long conflict be…
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“This story was originally published on the author’s substack, Field Notes with Alexander C Kaufman, to which you can subscribe here.” Five years after President Donald Trump signaled his support for extracting metals from the moon, his new administration is seeking to satisfy the United States’ hunger for critical minerals by encouraging mining under the polar ice caps, amid warzones, and at […]
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The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club.
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Threats against federal judges have surged since Trump took office. Internal U.S. Marshals data shows 80 judges were threatened in the five months before March 1, but in just the next six weeks, that number jumped by 162 more.
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