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HuffPost labor reporter.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
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1: shoots gun at Capitol on J6 2: slueths tell fbi his name 3: he kills a man, claims self defense 4: he tells police he was the j6 gunman 5: he’s finally arrested 6: trump pardons him for j6 7: he allegedly kidnaps and sexually assaults someone
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Arrested after a fatal stabbing, a Utah man told police he brought a gun to Capitol riot
“I was in the D.C. riots. You can look me up, OK?” John Emanuel Banuelos told police after he was arrested last July, according to newly obtained records.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/arrested-fatal-stabbing-utah-man-told-police-brought-gun-capitol-riot-rcna16351
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Jessica Schulberg
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BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing
www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...
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Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
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Matt Shuham
9 days ago
How much of Zohran Mamdani's ambitious agenda can he get done if he's elected mayor on Tuesday? A lot – and here's what it might look like:
www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran...
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What Can Zohran Mamdani Do?
The Democratic nominee’s big-ticket priorities are possible — with a little help from his friends.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-campaign-platform_n_6903b2dae4b0b48d8a1b952a
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Arthur Delaney
10 days ago
RFK Sr traveled the country as a senator to expose malnutrition, drum up support for food stamps. RFK Jr travels the country as HHS secretary, sees overweight children at airports, says food stamps "poisoning" today's children New story w/ Senate library material
www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
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RFK Jr. Tackles His Father’s Legacy On Food Stamps
The Health and Human Services secretary is standing at the opposite end of his late father’s anti-poverty legacy.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-food-stamps-soda-ban-maha_n_6901009ae4b09e9402366e84
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A perfect story for our times. Nebraska is getting its own immigrant detention center like Florida's Alligator Alcatraz. But people are upset because the center is replacing a work camp that provides the local economy with cheap prison labor.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Nebraska’s ‘Cornhusker Clink’ for migrant detainees upends rural community
Nebraska residents and former inmates are frustrated by plans to turn a Work Ethic Camp into an immigrant detention center called the “Cornhusker Clink.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/10/27/cornhusker-clink-ice-detention-nebraska/
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This is an excellent lede for a civil complaint. A+
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys. "I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man." It's a must-read:
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ICE boasted over the arrest of Sydney Reid, a DC woman accused of assaulting an FBI agent in an altercation with ICE officers near DC Jail. Today a jury found Reid NOT GUILTY on a misdemeanor -- after grand juries no-billed the case 3 TIMES. Folks, don't let ICE lecture you about rocket science.
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Internal DHS memo shows Trump plans to keep paying ICE agents and Border Patrol officers throughout the shutdown, while other feds go without pay. Even the DHS administrative staff processing the paychecks won't get theirs, employee tells me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Plans To Keep Paying Immigration Agents While Other Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks
The move amounts to special treatment for Trump’s favorite constituency within the federal bureaucracy.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-pay-immigration-agents-government-shutdown_n_68f12156e4b061265b2bfad0?qsd
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The UAW has waded into the Maine Senate race with an endorsement for oyster farmer (and former Tune Inn bartender!) Graham Platner
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Paul Blumenthal
26 days ago
The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow over whether or not to totally gut the Voting Rights Act. If it does so it would decimate political power for racial minorities, particularly Black people, and help Donald Trump lock in one-party rule
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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The Supreme Court Could Grant Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule
If the court’s conservative supermajority guts the Voting Rights Act, they will crush minority political power.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-voting-rights-act_n_68e99cf7e4b042e64557a5a9
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Levi Kalish
about 1 month ago
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about Colorado's conversion therapy ban tomorrow. In Chiles v. Salazar, a Christian therapist - repped by the Alliance Defending Freedom - claims that CO's 2019 ban on conversion therapy infringes on her freedom of speech.
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Supreme Court To Hear Major LGBTQ Case That Could Have Devastating Effects On Youth
A Christian therapist is challenging Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy, claiming it violates her right to free speech.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-prepares-to-decide-if-therapists-can-practice-conversion-therapy_n_68e05038e4b061291b1518fe
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New banner greeting all visitors to the HHS website:
about 1 month ago
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The Trump administration used a VA veterans’ newsletter to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. I don’t know how many people get this newsletter but it’s a massive audience, obviously. “Needless to say this really pissed me off,” a disabled vet who received it told me.
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Wild stuff. Furloughed employees within HHS got an email this morning telling them to set an out-of-office reply blaming Democrats for the shutdown. "I take that email as coercing subordinates to engage in political activity," one worker told me.
www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of...
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Trump Admin Tells Federal Employees To Set OOO Message Blaming Democrats For Shutdown
One health department employee said the directions seemed to be "coercing" subordinates into political activity.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/out-of-office-email-government-shutdown_n_68dd73b8e4b06c0a3a8c12e3?rf
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Another day, another Jeanine Pirro case going to shit. Prosecutors are seeking to drop felony charges they filed against two other D.C. residents accused of assaulting a federal agent. Cases went nowhere. Judges are clearly exasperated by this stuff:
www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...
about 2 months ago
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Alanna Vagianos
about 2 months ago
It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.
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Democrats Urge Trump Administration To Stop ICE Arrests Of Pregnant Women
It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-urge-trump-admin-to-stop-ice-arrests-of-pregnant-women_n_68c43be8e4b0b50574083c8c?4zq
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Paul Blumenthal
about 2 months ago
More regime consolidation of the media. Orbanism.
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Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled. Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.” Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”
about 2 months ago
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Levi Kalish
about 2 months ago
Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE
@jessicaschulberg.bsky.social
and I report
www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...
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This School District Is Preparing ‘Lockdowns’ — But Now It’s Not Just For Shootings
They’ve spent years preparing for natural disasters and school shootings. Now, they are ready to do lockdowns in response to immigration raids.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/los-angeles-school-district-ice_n_68c05e75e4b059d8ed35e84c
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Brandi Buchman
about 2 months ago
America Is Now A 'Show Your Papers' State The obvious end point of the Supreme Court’s logic is something normally associated with fascist regimes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/americ...
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How The Supreme Court Just Launched A New Phase Of American Dystopia
The obvious end point of the Supreme Court’s logic is something normally associated with fascist regimes.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/america-show-your-papers-supreme-court_n_68c08c32e4b057cde437a78d?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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The DC folk hero who threw a sandwich at a CBP officer was arraigned in federal court today on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal agent. He pleaded not guilty. Jury selection slated to start Nov 3. Yes, it’s looking like this will actually go to trial. Incredible.
about 2 months ago
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The greatest shadow docket headline you’ll ever see
2 months ago
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SCOTUS just gave Trump the green light to fire the FTC’s lone Democraric commissioner, Rebecca Slaughter, while her case is pending. Slaughter was the only commissioner to vote against killing the FTC’s historic non-compete ban last week
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Just Killed 1 Of The Biggest Progressive Reforms In Years
The Federal Trade Commission's lone Democrat said the GOP majority was “choosing the side of controlling bosses over American workers.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ftc-abandons-non-compete-ban_n_68bc7754e4b0a78951969a49
2 months ago
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Shitty jobs report yet Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer boasts that "all job growth this year has been in the private sector among native-born Americans." Really sums up so much of what the administration is doing.
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James Fallows
2 months ago
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t
@joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/30/us-border-agents-oregon-firefighters
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Jessica Schulberg
2 months ago
I got to talk with
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about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter
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They Spent Years Covering L.A.'s Taco Scene. When ICE Raids Began, They Were Ready.
"It's very personal to me," Memo Torres told HuffPost. "L.A. is home. So you attack my home, you’re attacking my people."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/la-taco-memo-torres-ice-raids_n_68b0e909e4b068b1ec8b2a74
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At least 13 people are charged with "assaulting" or "impeding" a federal agent in Trump's DC takeover. In several cases, what look like routine police scuffles have turned into federal cases carrying up to 8 yrs prison. The cases are "horseshit," an attorney said.
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Trump Took Over The D.C. Police. Now These People Face Years In Federal Prison.
Defendants are looking at felony charges and years in prison for what attorneys say could have been minor disorderly conduct cases in city court.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dc-police-takeover_n_68b08bece4b0d087ed3f2b3c?utg
2 months ago
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This morning a judge in D.C. Court unleashed a withering critique of Trump's DC police takeover, tossing a case built on "without a doubt the most illegal search" he'd ever seen. "Lawlessness cannot come from the government," the judge warned.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judge-...
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Judge Warns Of 'Lawlessness' In Trump's DC Police Takeover
In dismissing a gun case due to an illegal search, the judge declared that “lawlessness cannot come from the government.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judge-sounds-alarm-trump-dc-takeover_n_68aca65ae4b01646d84f81e1
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Monica Torres
3 months ago
This story demonstrates how even a short convo with an AI chatbot can be dangerous for vulnerable people: “The best way to sustain usage over time...is to prey on our deepest desires to be seen, to be validated, to be affirmed."
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/
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Alanna Vagianos
3 months ago
NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident. She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.
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dispatch from immigration court, where he watched 20 arrests over five days. "This is fishing in a stocked pool," one federal agent said.
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I Watched 20 Arrests In Trump’s America. Here’s What They Looked Like.
"This is fishing in a stocked pool. You tell them, 'Show up at this location,' and then they show up and you grab them,” one federal agent involved with immigration court arrests told HuffPost.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/five-days-in-new-york-city-immigration-court-federal-agents_n_68640763e4b0aa65edbb4642?6wr
4 months ago
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We got hold of a memo revealing how many CBP and border patrol agents Trump has pulled from the ports and borders to do immigration raids with ICE. It's around 2,000. He's diverting manpower from the ports of entry -- that's where the fentanyl actually comes in.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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'Sensitive' Memo Reveals How Many Border Agents Trump Is Using For Immigration Raids
The president's deportation campaign is pulling officers from U.S. ports and borders, and putting them in operations outside their expertise.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cbp-border-patrol-immigration_n_687ff2a1e4b0a3d10a1f1363
4 months ago
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Dave Infante
4 months ago
I'm turning 37 this week, and to celebrate, I'm offering 37% off a year of Fingers to the first 37 people who upgrade. Or, to put it another way, in lieu of gifts, please buy subscription:
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I was able to confirm that, yes, the Teamsters did hire Peter Cytanovic of Charlottesville "Unite the Right" fame, before firing him during his probationary period. I asked Cytanovic about it outside his home and he told me to "get the fuck out of here."
www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-...
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The Teamsters Hired, Then Fired, The Face Of The Infamous Far-Right Rally In Charlottesville
A source said the union terminated Peter Cytanovic's employment during his probationary period.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-cytanovich-unite-the-right-teamsters_n_687916e2e4b0b08368f52c3d?h0d
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Paul Blumenthal
4 months ago
The Supreme Court doesn't care about the law or explaining itself anymore
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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The Supreme Court Is Offering Up A Scary New Version Of America
And the conservative justices don’t think they owe you any answers at all.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-trump-rulings_n_6878f5dee4b007ebff46ce4b?oim
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The VA now says it plans to lose 30,000 employees by October, “through normal attrition, early retirements, deferred resignations and the federal hiring freeze.” Enough people out the door that the agency says it won’t pursue a mass reduction-in-force.
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Hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE isn't happy the Senate's big beautiful bill caps the deduction for no-taxes-on-tips. The union has been a big backer of the idea though most progressive economists seem to think it's bad tax policy
4 months ago
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UVA President Jim Ryan writes letter to students, staff and alums on his decision to step down under pressure from Trump’s DOJ: ‘I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.’ Full letter:
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Populism alert. Trump administration announces it will stop seeking liquidated damages on behalf of workers in cases of wage theft.
4 months ago
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Levi Kalish
5 months ago
SCOTUS just upheld Skrmetti, the TN ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Justice Roberts delivered the opinion, saying that the law isn't subject to heightened scrutiny and can stay in place. Advocates fear this clears the way for future attacks on trans rights
www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...
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Supreme Court Deals Another Major Blow To Transgender Rights
This decision could set a precedent for other challenges to laws barring transgender people from participating in sports, using bathrooms and accessing health care.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-deals-another-major-blow-to-transgender-rights_n_683767fee4b05a60acead47b?k2
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The Senate's draft of the reconciliation bill is horrendous for federal workers. New hires would have to sacrifice 10% of their salary or else be classified as "at-will." A blatant scheme to undo job security and upend the civil service.
www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...
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A Dangerous Plan From Senate Republicans Would Give Trump Even More Power
The proposal mirrors a House plan that would undermine civil service protections and give a president like Trump more power to fire whomever he wants.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-reconciliation-civil-service-protections_n_68503c3de4b0dd6cd17e4d72
5 months ago
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LOL the Washington Post’s AI bot summarizing the comments under tonight’s weather forecast
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Paul Blumenthal
5 months ago
The essence of Trumpism is the declaration of domestic war on his political opponents and disfavored racial, cultural and ethnic groups and the creation of a police state. The means is mass deportation. The end: the destruction of the liberal order.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump's Real War Is Against America
What Trump is doing in Los Angeles is a warning for the rest of the nation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-los-angeles-military_n_68487014e4b0682b100c4d80?lp
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SEIU California
5 months ago
UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!
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Rally now outside the DOJ building in DC calling for the release of SEIU California President David Huerta, who was arrested in the Los Angeles ICE protests and is still detained
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How do they come up with this stuff? In a new memo the White House says moving forward, federal job applicants will have to answer four “free-response essay questions,” one of which is: “How would you help advance the President’s executive orders and policy priorities?”
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Jessica Schulberg
5 months ago
under the Trump administration, it has become nearly impossible for undocumented people to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children — as a result kids are trapped in government shelters, despite having parents and siblings desperate to care for them at home
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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The Trump Administration Is Trapping Migrant Kids In Shelters
In recent years, kids stayed in Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters for about a month. By April, that had climbed to 217 days, with many kids stranded indefinitely.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-trapping-migrant-kids-in-shelters_n_6838881ce4b06202aa9172a6
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lol Trump’s Labor Department has rescinded guidance discouraging the inclusion of crypto in retirement plans. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer: ‘We’re rolling back this overreach and making it clear that investment decisions should be made by fiduciaries, not DC bureaucrats.’
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