<p>President Trump said he would sign another executive order to delay enforcement of a law that effectively bans TikTok as a deal to sell the widely popular platform remains a work in progress. Read more at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@CBSNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CBSNews</span></a></span>. <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#TikTok</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/bytedance/" rel="tag">#ByteDance</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flip.it/KZpCw6" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/KZpCw6</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/kleptocracy/" rel="tag">#kleptocracy</a> & <a href="/tags/corruption/" rel="tag">#corruption</a> on full display:</p><p>Exclusive: <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a>, <a href="/tags/ula/" rel="tag">#ULA</a> to clinch multibillion-dollar <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> launch contract</p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a>'s SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/spaceforce/" rel="tag">#SpaceForce</a> rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive <a href="/tags/satellites/" rel="tag">#satellites</a> into <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a>, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/broligarchy/" rel="tag">#broligarchy</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/aeros</span><span class="invisible">pace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/taco/" rel="tag">#TACO</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> always chickens out.</p><p>🐔🌮</p><p><a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> </p><p>Aaron Rupar:</p><p>Trump gives away the game that there is literally no process to his tariff announcements beyond the half-baked thoughts flitting through his head: </p><p>Trump on the announcement he just made to increase steel <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> to 50%: "I said to the group, 'Would you rather have a 40% increase?' Because I was thinking about 40 when I came. I said, 'Would you rather have a 40% or a 50%?' They said, 'Well take 50!' ... so congratulations."</p>
<p>More of this please:</p><p>The <a href="/tags/ny/" rel="tag">#NY</a> State <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Dept issued a defiant response to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>’s threats to pull federal <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> from <a href="/tags/publicschools/" rel="tag">#PublicSchools</a> over <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>, <a href="/tags/equity/" rel="tag">#equity</a> & <a href="/tags/inclusion/" rel="tag">#inclusion</a> programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trumptax/" rel="tag">#TrumpTax</a> </p><p>Via Carl Quintanilla: </p><p>TELSEY begins tracking price increases over the past week. Some highlights:</p><p>* Abercrombie jeans: up 33%</p><p>* Amazon Echo: up 38.5%</p><p>* Target / Barbie doll: up 42.9%</p><p>As <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> points out: " <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> making it more expensive to plunge the shit that is clogging your toilet, quite literally."</p>
<p>“ <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> border pick accused of ‘cover-up’ over death of man beaten by US agents</p><p>Former top official calls for Rodney Scott to be blocked from CBP role over handling of investigation into Anastasio Hernández Rojas’s death”<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-customs-border-protection-rodney-scott?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-customs-border-protection-rodney-scott?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/us-news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/apr/29/trump-customs-border-protection-rodney-scott?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
<p>Oh yeah, this admin totally cares about <a href="/tags/antisemitism/" rel="tag">#antisemitism</a> 🙄</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has fired members of the US <a href="/tags/holocaustmemorialmuseum/" rel="tag">#HolocaustMemorialMuseum</a>'s board appointed by President Joe <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a>, including fmr 2nd gentleman <a href="/tags/dougemhoff/" rel="tag">#DougEmhoff</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/ronklain/" rel="tag">#RonKlain</a>, once Biden's chief of staff, told CBSNews he & all others appointed to the <a href="/tags/holocaust/" rel="tag">#Holocaust</a> Memorial Council in early 2025 by Biden have been fired. Biden appointed 12 people to the 68-member board in Jan before leaving office.</p><p><a href="/tags/factcheck/" rel="tag">#FactCheck</a> <a href="/tags/trumplies/" rel="tag">#TrumpLies</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-biden-appointed-holocaust-museum-board-members/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fires-biden-appointed-holocaust-museum-board-members/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-fir</span><span class="invisible">es-biden-appointed-holocaust-museum-board-members/</span></a></p>
<p>Saudi Prince Is Said to Push <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> to Continue <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/war/" rel="tag">#War</a> in Recent Calls</p><p>Prince Mohammed bin Salman [<a href="/tags/mbs/" rel="tag">#MBS</a>] sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> officials on the conversations.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#murder</a> <a href="/tags/warcriminals/" rel="tag">#WarCriminals</a> <a href="/tags/trumpswar/" rel="tag">#TrumpsWar</a> <a href="/tags/warcrimes/" rel="tag">#WarCrimes</a> <a href="/tags/regimechange/" rel="tag">#RegimeChange</a> <a href="/tags/rulesofwar/" rel="tag">#RulesOfWar</a> <a href="/tags/geopolitics/" rel="tag">#geopolitics</a> <a href="/tags/middleeast/" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a> <a href="/tags/inflation/" rel="tag">#inflation</a> <a href="/tags/economy/" rel="tag">#economy</a> <a href="/tags/affordability/" rel="tag">#affordability</a> <a href="/tags/costofliving/" rel="tag">#CostOfLiving</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/energycrisis/" rel="tag">#EnergyCrisis</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/</span><span class="invisible">politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a></p>
<p>“ <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has amassed a war chest of at least $600 million in political donations heading into the midterm elections, ..It’s an unprecedented sum in modern politics, particularly for a lame-duck president who is barred by the U.S. Constitution from running again”<br> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-fundraising-midterms-leverage-ccee4d19d5b41f08504370839fb36364" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-fundraising-midterms-leverage-ccee4d19d5b41f08504370839fb36364"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-fundr</span><span class="invisible">aising-midterms-leverage-ccee4d19d5b41f08504370839fb36364</span></a></p>
<p>"A major story that probably doesn’t get talked about enough is the reality that the president of the United States is, well, out of his mind."</p><p>~ Aaron Rupar and Thor Benson</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/dementia/" rel="tag">#dementia</a> <a href="/tags/mentaldecline/" rel="tag">#MentalDecline</a> <a href="/tags/narcissism/" rel="tag">#narcissism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/cognitivedecline/" rel="tag">#CognitiveDecline</a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.publicnotice.co/p/mark-jacob-interview-trump-coverage" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.publicnotice.co/p/mark-jacob-interview-trump-coverage"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.publicnotice.co/p/mark-jac</span><span class="invisible">ob-interview-trump-coverage</span></a></p>
<p>Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.</p><p>The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hab</span><span class="invisible">eas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> is a disgusting racist wannabe dictator</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QStj2VNU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QStj2VNU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86QSt</span><span class="invisible">j2VNU</span></a></p>
<p>This. I mean…. I can’t even….</p><p><a href="/tags/idiotinchief/" rel="tag">#IdiotInChief</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>: …I’ve been meeting w/heads of… <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#forest</a> countries, call themselves forest, Austria & others... they say we're a forest nation. We live in forest…In one case you know they say our <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> are much more flammable than <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a> but we don’t have <a href="/tags/forestfires/" rel="tag">#ForestFires</a> because we clean the floor. We sweep the floor….</p><p><a href="/tags/idiocracy/" rel="tag">#Idiocracy</a> <a href="/tags/kakistocracy/" rel="tag">#kakistocracy</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/interior/" rel="tag">#Interior</a> <a href="/tags/forestmanagement/" rel="tag">#ForestManagement</a> <a href="/tags/forests/" rel="tag">#forests</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatecrisis/" rel="tag">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> demand new restrictions to <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> crackdown & threaten a <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> shutdown</p><p>Democratic leaders say a proposal from the White House is “incomplete & insufficient” as they are demanding new restrictions on Trump’s immigration crackdown & threatening a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/useofforce/" rel="tag">#UseOfForce</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/democrats-ice-white-house-homeland-security-funding-84d4b2e5a7123f2b316cca4857b7762a" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/democrats-ice-white-house-homeland-security-funding-84d4b2e5a7123f2b316cca4857b7762a"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/democrats-i</span><span class="invisible">ce-white-house-homeland-security-funding-84d4b2e5a7123f2b316cca4857b7762a</span></a></p>
<p>The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center<br>---</p><p>ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lif</span><span class="invisible">e-inside-ice-dilley-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>This may come sound callous, but the information environment is so bad that I'm actually happy that Trump's crashing the economy. </p><p>There are a lot of people who don't give a shit about students being disappeared by secret police for WrongThink but care very much about their IRAs and grocery bills.</p><p>We'd be in a far worse position if <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> had kept Biden's recovery rolling and took credit for it while blowing up our checks and balances destroying the rule of law.<br><a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>Amid anti-<a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> push, <a href="/tags/nationalparkservice/" rel="tag">#NationalParkService</a> rewrites history of <a href="/tags/undergroundrailroad/" rel="tag">#UndergroundRailroad</a><br>
Since <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> took office, the <a href="/tags/parkservice/" rel="tag">#ParkService</a> -- an agency charged with preserving <a href="/tags/americanhistory/" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> -- has changed how its website describes key moments from <a href="/tags/slavery/" rel="tag">#slavery</a> to <a href="/tags/jimcrow/" rel="tag">#JimCrow</a></p><p><a href="/tags/whitewashing/" rel="tag">#whitewashing</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#racism</a> <a href="/tags/lies/" rel="tag">#lies</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/propaganda/" rel="tag">#propaganda</a> <a href="/tags/trumpaganda/" rel="tag">#trumpaganda</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4jdXL8m" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wapo.st/4jdXL8m</a></p>
<p>Democrats file <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> war powers resolution</p><p>“ <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> has been threatening a “takeover” of Cuba, prompting Senate Democrats yesterday to file legislation to stop him from going to war against Cuba without congressional approval. </p><p>Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) said in a statement: “Only Congress has the power to declare war under the Constitution, but [Trump] operates with the belief that the U.S. military is a palace guard…”</p><p><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5782836-war-powers-resolution-cuba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thehill.com/policy/defense/5782836-war-powers-resolution-cuba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehill.com/policy/defense/578</span><span class="invisible">2836-war-powers-resolution-cuba/</span></a></p>
<p>Good thing he is a TACO.</p><p>Now throw him in prison where he belongs.</p><p><a href="/tags/taco/" rel="tag">#TACO</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a></p>
<p>Guess it doesn't matter how big, expensive, high tech, good trained or equipped your army is..</p><p>..if the person in charge is a moron you still lose</p><p><a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/iran/" rel="tag">#Iran</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>AMERICAN PANOPTICON</p><p>The <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin is pooling <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.</p><p>by Ian Bogost & Charlie Warzel</p><p>If you were tasked with building a <a href="/tags/panopticon/" rel="tag">#panopticon</a>, your design might look a lot like the <a href="/tags/information/" rel="tag">#information</a> stores of the US federal govt—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#citizens</a>.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/americanautocracy/" rel="tag">#AmericanAutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
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<p>Three <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/citizens/" rel="tag">#citizens</a>, ages 2, 4 & 7, swiftly <a href="/tags/deported/" rel="tag">#deported</a> from Louisiana<br>
The cases have *renewed* concerns that the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> admin’s expedited <a href="/tags/deportations/" rel="tag">#deportations</a> are violating the rights of both citizens & noncitizens.</p><p>3 US citizen <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> from 2 different families were deported w/their mothers by <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> during the early hours of Friday morning. One of them is a 4-yr-old w/Stage 4 <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#cancer</a> who was deported w/o medication or the ability to contact their doctors….</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/26/us-citizen-children-deported-ice/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/04/26/us-citizen-children-deported-ice/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/immigra</span><span class="invisible">tion/2025/04/26/us-citizen-children-deported-ice/</span></a></p>
<p>New Details on <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> Sprint to Gut <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> Bureau Staff</p><p>Emails & testimonials from workers at the <a href="/tags/cfpb/" rel="tag">#CFPB</a> document the admin’s efforts to lay off 90% of the employees.</p><p>2 wks ago, a 3-judge panel from the federal appeals court in DC lifted a freeze on firing employees at the CFPB, w/conditions. The judges…said that workers could be fired if agency leaders determined…that they were not needed to carry out the bureau’s legally required responsibilities.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/business/cfpb-layoffs-trump-musk-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=12219B24-FE10-4CF9-B8C9-DA7678659E96" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/business/cfpb-layoffs-trump-musk-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=12219B24-FE10-4CF9-B8C9-DA7678659E96"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/bus</span><span class="invisible">iness/cfpb-layoffs-trump-musk-doge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=12219B24-FE10-4CF9-B8C9-DA7678659E96</span></a></p>
<p>Judge blocks <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> order to end <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#funding</a> for <a href="/tags/npr/" rel="tag">#NPR</a> & <a href="/tags/pbs/" rel="tag">#PBS</a></p><p>A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump admin from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National <a href="/tags/publicradio/" rel="tag">#PublicRadio</a> & the <a href="/tags/publicbroadcasting/" rel="tag">#PublicBroadcasting</a> Service.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/despotism/" rel="tag">#despotism</a> <a href="/tags/dictatorship/" rel="tag">#dictatorship</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-funding-executive-order-fbd9500e5f7400deab84ead188c35694" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-funding-executive-order-fbd9500e5f7400deab84ead188c35694"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-npr-p</span><span class="invisible">bs-funding-executive-order-fbd9500e5f7400deab84ead188c35694</span></a></p>
<p>Margaret Sullivan says she asked friends and relatives in various locations what kind of reporing their local media did about the massive worldwide protests Saturday against Trump:</p><p>"Quick answer: Not close to what it deserved."</p><p>Then she did her own research, and found:</p><p>"In the Wall Street Journal, the story’s placement was the 20th most important."</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/protests/" rel="tag">#protests</a> <a href="/tags/handsoff/" rel="tag">#HandsOff</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#solidarity</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/wallstreetjournal/" rel="tag">#WallStreetJournal</a> <a href="/tags/newyorktimes/" rel="tag">#NewYorkTimes</a> <a href="/tags/washingtonpost/" rel="tag">#WashingtonPost</a> <a href="/tags/fox/" rel="tag">#FOX</a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">margaretsullivan.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible">p/big-protests-but-not-big-news</span></a></p>