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Karlin Lillington / The Irish Times:
‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September — Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record — An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years has been held by US Immigration …
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows — Add CBS News on Google — Less than 14% of nearly 400,000 immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in President Trump's first year back in the White House …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after he appeared in a recent batch of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) …
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Katherine Mangu-Ward / New York Times:
Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump — Libertarians can be annoying, with our constant bellyaching about privacy and taxes, our obsession with the First Amendment and our fearmongering about jackbooted thugs. — But in light of how the past year has unfolded, consider cutting your friendly neighborhood libertarian some slack.
Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Lawmakers say some Epstein files remain redacted despite DOJ's pledge — Reps. Jamie Raskin and Jared Moskowitz said parts of key documents were blacked out despite the DOJ's pledge that members of Congress could view the full files. — Some of the Epstein documents that the Justice …
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Rachel Foster / The Contrarian:
The Epstein Files Release is a Failure. Survivors Deserve Better.
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Raskin said unredacted Epstein files indicate DOJ improperly shielded names
Raskin said unredacted Epstein files indicate DOJ improperly shielded names
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Grant Schwab / The Detroit News:
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, ‘no discipline’ on record … “TJ, we got your back,” United Auto Workers Vice President Laura Dickerson said during a Washington, D.C., speech Monday morning. She was referencing TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old UAW Local 600 line worker at the factory who called Trump a “pedophile protector.”
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Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
Ford Defies Trump After Worker Heckled President
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Julie K. Brown / Miami Herald:
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’ — President Donald Trump has repeatedly maintained that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes. — But in July 2006, just as Jeffrey Epstein's criminal case became public …
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Mica Rosenberg / ProPublica:
The Children of Dilley — Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, with her mother for some 45 days when I managed to get inside to meet her. The staff brought everyone in the visiting room a boxed lunch from the cafeteria …
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Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Watched Bad Bunny Halftime Show at His Own Super Bowl Party — It appears that President Trump didn't even bother to tune into Turning Point USA's alternative, anti-immigrant “All-American Halftime Show.” — Footage taken from inside Trump's Super Bowl party at his Mar-a-Lago golf club showed …
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Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump has a plan to steal the midterms. It will probably fail. — The nightmare scenario for American democracy is no longer unthinkable. … Ever since the United States entrusted its presidency to a would-be insurrectionist in January 2025, many Americans have feared for the integrity of their nation's future elections.
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emptywheel:
Confirmed: Todd Blanche Locked Ghislaine Maxwell into a False Story, Then Rewarded Her — Back in August, I argued that Todd Blanche's interview of Ghislaine Maxwell was not intended to elicit useful information. — Rather, it was an effort to lock in transparently false testimony …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Utah GOP push to repeal anti-gerrymander law falters amid fraud allegations tied to firm backed by Trump Jr. — A Trump-backed, GOP effort to repeal a Utah law that could give Democrats one extra U.S. House seat appears to be unraveling after county officials flagged thousands of potentially invalid and fraudulent petition signatures.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
They've Always Known He is A Racist... Why did it take Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) until Friday, after Trump had posted a video portraying former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes, to acknowledge that Donald Trump is a hard-bitten racist?
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
The blowback to Trump's racist video reveals his weakness
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New York Times:
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump's Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho — Wilder, Idaho, prided itself on comity. Then federal agents stormed a racetrack outside of town in October, and the reverberations are still shaking the community. — People in Wilder, Idaho, didn't give much thought …
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John Sakellariadis / Politico:
Trump's ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer probing 2020 election fraud has access to sensitive US intel … “Every time he hits a roadblock, he just calls POTUS,” said the first person familiar with Olsen's work. — The decision to provide some of the government's most sensitive spy material to Olsen is unusual …
The Athletic:
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu speak out after President Trump calls Olympian ‘a loser’ — Share full article — LIVIGNO, Italy — A day after President Donald Trump called the Olympian Hunter Hess “a real loser” over the freestyle skier's comments about representing the United States …
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Julia Harte / Reuters:
As Trump presidency enters second year, his voters share hopes - and concerns — Trump voters urge him to tone down the rhetoric and focus more on domestic issues, especially clearer pathways to legal status for law-abiding immigrants, healthcare reform, curbing waste and fraud, and lowering US debt.
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Jessica Valenti / Abortion, Every Day:
They're Coming for Our Daughters — The conservative plan to shrink girls' futures — My daughter has had a difficult few months in school. By some administrative fluke, she ended up in a class where she was the only girl—it was just Layla, surrounded by a dozen or so 15-year-old boys.
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Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Video of Democrat Calling for Non-Whites To Take Over US Sparks Anger — Texas House Democrat Gene Wu has sparked backlash over comments he made about minority groups taking over America. — Speaking on the Define American podcast with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in December 2024, Wu …
Vic Verbalaitis / The Daily Beast:
ICE Arrests Transplant Patient and Cuts Off Life-Saving Meds — DIABOLICAL — The 38-year-old hasn't had his kidney transplant medication since he was detained on Thursday. — A kidney transplant recipient in Minnesota who was arrested by ICE has been denied access to life-saving medication …
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Washington Post:
Legality of Trump's $400M in private funding for White House ballroom at issue — A federal judge weighing whether the project may proceed has focused on whether the administration can use private donations to bypass congressional approval. — A federal judge is expected to soon rule …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Ghislaine Maxwell avoids answering questions in House deposition — Lawmakers tried Monday to interview Ghislaine Maxwell, but the former girlfriend and confidante of Jeffrey Epstein invoked her Fifth Amendment rights to avoid answering questions that would be incriminating.
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Lautaro Grinspan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April — Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Jasmine Crockett's vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe — Crockett was one of several Democrats at Ghislaine Maxwell's deposition Monday — Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a vulgar six-word warning for President Donald Trump as Democrats continue to hunt …
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Ximena Bustillo / NPR:
Immigration courts fast-track hearings for Somali asylum claims — Dozens of asylum cases filed by Somali migrants in immigration courts were suddenly rescheduled and recategorized over the weekend, according to four lawyers interviewed by NPR. — NPR has learned that lawyers across …
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Chris Lau / CNN:
Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison after landmark national security trial — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing's transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub.
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Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
Epstein was not ostracised for his crimes. To some powerful men, he became even more appealing — The latest tranche of files expose how he was viewed as a sexual svengali - and an expert on dodging the #MeToo movement — A new tranche of Epstein files has blasted its way through the worlds of media …
Tara Suter / The Hill:
More say economy, stock market will improve in next six months than decline: Gallup — More Americans believe the economy and stock market will get better within six months instead of decline, according to a new survey. — In the Gallup poll, 50 percent of respondents said the stock market is set to …
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Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
“Uptick in Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers — In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump's Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.” — ON FRIDAY, LEGAL observers on an encrypted group call in Minneapolis received a desperate plea.
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