Erik Larson
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Bloomberg News legal reporter • NYC • Opinions are my own
The Trump administration’s Nov. 8 memo telling states to “immediately undo” any action taken to make full SNAP payments for Nov. or face financial consequences was paused by a federal judge in Boston on Monday morning.
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“Americans now overwhelmingly disapprove of Trump’s handling of the economy. In a recent ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll, a majority of people say tariffs hurt both the US economy and their own family’s financial standing”
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American Politics Is All About Affordability Now
Democrats are seizing on rising costs to turn Donald Trump’s campaign messaging against him — and it’s working.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-07/government-shutdown-mamdani-win-show-us-politics-is-about-affordability
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The number of detainees in ICE custody increased to 66,000 this week, setting a new record high as President Trump intensifies his crackdown on illegal immigration. Only half of the detaining have criminal records.
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ICE's detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high, statistics show
ICE's detainee population is at the highest level on record as President Trump intensifies his crackdown on illegal immigration — and just over half did not have criminal charges or convictions, accor...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ices-detainee-population-reaches-66000-a-new-record-high-statistics-show/
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Donald Trump received a rebuke as Democrats swept every major contest on Nov. 4, which they hope foretells a nationwide backlash to Republican control in Washington ahead of the pivotal 2026 midterm elections.
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'We sent a message.' 5 takeaways from Democrats' 2025 elections sweep
Democrats won easily in Virginia, New Jersey New York City and California, setting up an optimistic entry into 2026 and beyond.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/05/democrats-trump-2025-elections-takeaways/86844602007/
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Trump falsely says that Bill Gates admitted he was WRONG about climate change. What he actually said is that too many resources are going toward climate change instead of issues like welfare and poverty. He said “Climate is super important but has to be considered in terms of overall human welfare”
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President Donald Trump’s effort to send troops to Democratic-led cities is facing its biggest legal test yet with a trial over the his power to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to counter protests.
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Trump’s Power to Deploy Troops to Cities Faces First Trial Test
President Donald Trump’s effort to send troops to Democratic-led cities is facing its biggest legal test yet with a trial over the his power to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, to counte...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-29/trump-s-power-to-deploy-troops-to-cities-faces-first-trial-test
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On September 13, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said "nothing will be torn down" during the renovation
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White House's entire East Wing to be demolished 'within days,' officials say
Trump said in July that the project “won’t interfere with the current building.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-demolishing-entire-east-wing-white-house-add-new-rcna239018
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PORTLAND: Federal agents detained and dragged Quinn Haberl, who is 4-foot-6 and legally blind, outside the Portland ICE facility on Saturday, October 18
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Blind protester dragged, detained by feds says agents picked ‘the weakest person they could find’
But he’s going back, as protests outside the Portland ICE facility continue.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/10/blind-protester-dragged-detained-by-feds-says-agents-picked-the-weakest-person-they-could-find.html
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“Putin claims giving Ukraine cruise missiles would be a "new stage of escalation." That's absurd. Putin has fired more 2,400 cruise missiles into Ukraine since his 2022 invasion, using them to target schools, children's hospitals, residential neighborhoods…”
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Opinion | Putin bluffed Biden. It won’t work on Trump.
The only way to bring to peace to Ukraine is to increase the cost of war to Russia.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/16/israel-hamas-trump-putin-urkaine-war/
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Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
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Hamas is trying to send a clear message that, after months of hiding from Israeli fire, the militant group is back as the only visible authority inside the Gaza Strip, according to rival militia leaders, Palestinian officials and political analysts.
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Hamas reasserts control on streets of Gaza, turning guns on its rivals
Amid the ceasefire with Israel, Hamas is sending a message that it remains the only visible authority in Gaza, with huge implications for Trump’s peace plan.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/10/15/gaza-hamas-control-clans-ceasefire/
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Israel should not count on European leaders quickly forgetting the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, even if Donald Trump’s peace deal succeeds in ending the war.
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‘Israel needs to deliver’: Europe’s private fears over Trump’s plan for Gaza
Officials and diplomats are hoping the ceasefire lasts but don’t want to ease the pressure on Israel just yet.
https://www.politico.eu/article/israel-needs-deliver-europe-private-fears-over-donald-trump-plan-for-gaza/
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Hamas has yet to agree to terms calling for the group to disarm and forgo any role in the future governance of Gaza — key demands of Netanyahu. There are also questions about how the next steps of the peace plan would be implemented.
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Trump Hails ‘Dawn of a New Middle East’ in Knesset Speech
President Donald Trump called for “the historic dawn of a new Middle East” in an address to the Israeli parliament, as he visits the region to celebrate a deal halting the war in Gaza and securing the...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-13/trump-to-call-for-dawn-of-a-new-middle-east-in-knesset-speech
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Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/10/barron-trump-tipped-top-tiktok-job/
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“No one should be intimidated by these crooks,” Democratic Sen. Patty Murray fumed on Friday. “The way we reopen government is compromise, a simple concept every American understands — and no amount of threats will change that.”
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Trump Layoffs, Shattered Trust Harden Democrats’ Shutdown Stance
President Donald Trump’s hardball tactic of ordering permanent layoffs Friday amid a government shutdown hardened Democrats’ deep distrust of Republicans and risks prolonging a standoff that is alread...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-11/trump-layoffs-shattered-trust-harden-democrats-shutdown-stance
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The frogs have landed in Chicago!
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach
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Jury Refuses To Indict Chicago ICE Protesters In Latest Revolt Against Trump Overreach
A grand jury Tuesday night declined to indict two protesters in the...
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/jury-refuses-to-indict-chicago-ice-protesters-in-latest-revolt-against-trump-overreach
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A federal judge in Portland blocked President Trump from sending National Guard troops from any state to the Oregon city during protests against his immigration crackdown, doubling down on a narrower order issued a day earlier and expressing frustration with the DOJ
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Trump Blocked by Judge From Sending California Troops to Oregon
A federal judge in Portland, Oregon, blocked President Donald Trump from sending any federalized National Guard troops to the city during protests against his immigration crackdown, doubling down on a...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-06/trump-blocked-by-judge-from-sending-california-troops-to-oregon
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Trump: Portland is burning to the ground—insurrectionists all over the place. The politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason they say there’s nothing happening.
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Trump’s false claims about “war ravaged” Portland did not survive legal scrutiny in court, where a Trump-appointed federal judge on Saturday said the president’s determination “was simply untethered to the facts”
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Trump Blocked for Now From Sending Troops Into Portland
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from sending military forces to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests against his immigration crackdown, even as 300 National Guard troops were...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-05/trump-blocked-for-now-from-sending-troops-into-portland
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Trump Posts Bizarre AI Video of Project 2025 Architect as the Grim Reaper
It used to be considered unusual for a U.S. president to do things like this.
https://gizmodo.com/trump-posts-bizarre-ai-video-of-project-2025-architect-as-the-grim-reaper-2000667291
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Trump says federal troops are now “in place” in Portland to end “the Chaos, Death, and Destruction!” The image below is the ICE facility in SE Portland that Trump falsely says is under siege. The photo was taken Wednesday morning by the Oregonian
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Trump claims National Guard troops ‘in place’ in Portland
State officials Tuesday said troop deployment was still days away.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/trump-claims-national-guard-troops-in-place-in-portland.html
about 1 month ago
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Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some naked. Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building and US citizens were among those detained for hours
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
about 1 month ago
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Portland on Wednesday afternoon is drizzly and peaceful. There is no anarchy or rioting. Period. News outlets don’t need to hedge on this.
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While cable news wildly exaggerates what is happening in Portland, here’s what’s going on in Portland today
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It’s called lying
www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/u...
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Trump says ‘it’s anarchy’ in Portland. Here’s why locals say that’s far from reality | CNN
To hear President Donald Trump tell it, Portland is the latest city taken over by terrorists and in desperate need of federal salvation. Residents say it’s making the city’s well-known weirdness somet...
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/30/us/portland-residents-trump-troops
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Trump defends use of U.S. military against 'enemy within'
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Trump defends use of the U.S. military against the 'enemy within'
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the purpose of the department would exclusively be "war fighting."
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557232/hegseth-generals-trump
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“Don’t take the bait,” said U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, flanked by city, county and federal officials at a Northeast Portland church Friday evening.
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Portland leaders urge calm amid reports of a surge in federal officers at the ICE building
Reports of a ramp-up in federal officers in Portland on Friday prompted local officials to quickly urge residents: Don’t react.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/26/ice-building-portland-leaders-urge-calm-increase-federal-officers/
about 2 months ago
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“When the time comes to hold members of this administration accountable for the harm they’re doing to our country by trampling all over the Constitution, a pardon from a lawless president will not let Trump’s subordinates off the hook.”
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Wyden Statement on Trump's Authoritarian Memorandum Targeting Progressive Speech | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Statement on Trump's Authoritarian Memorandum Targeting Progressive Speech
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-statement-on-trumps-authoritarian-memorandum-targeting-progressive-speech
about 2 months ago
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“By its very nature, this meritless lawsuit threatens to chill the speech of those who dare to publish content that the President does not like,” Murdoch and News Corp. said in a motion to dismiss Trump’s $10 billion libel suit in federal court in Miami.
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Murdoch Calls Trump’s Epstein Suit ‘Affront’ to Free Speech
Rupert Murdoch and News Corp. asked a US judge to throw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion libel lawsuit over a Wall Street Journal report tying him to a bawdy birthday note to the late Jeffrey ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/murdoch-asks-judge-to-toss-out-trump-s-10-billion-epstein-suit
about 2 months ago
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Michael R. Bloomberg: “The overwhelming majority of Americans of all political persuasions are horrified by the shooting, and the shooter’s hatred should not be projected onto others as a pretext for repressing political opposition and free speech”
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In Dark Times, Americans Need Leadership That Unites
Our response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination must be better.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-19/michael-bloomberg-leadership-can-unite-us-after-kirk-murder
about 2 months ago
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Investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups, three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News.
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'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/no-evidence-charlie-kirk-shooting-left-wing-groups-rcna232513
about 2 months ago
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At the beginning of his second term, Trump signed an executive order banning the government from “any conduct that would unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen.”
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In Kimmel Suspension, Trump Campaign Against Critics Escalates
Jimmy Kimmel is the latest target of an effort to punish political speech following the killing of Charlie Kirk
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/jimmy-kimmel-trump-abc-disney-df61df48
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/let-clear-happened-jimmy-kimmel-025000655.html
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“Americans of all political persuasions must consider what is at stake in silencing Kimmel — and what we risk losing — if such blatantly and undeniably unconstitutional behavior is not only allowed but encouraged.”
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Un-American
Everyone concerned about free speech should be concerned about his show being pulled from the air.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-18/jimmy-kimmel-s-cancellation-is-un-american
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Charlie Kirk made a name for himself by exercising his constitutional right to free speech, including speech that upset and deeply offended many other people. That’s America. Or, at least, it was.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Trump has been using to try to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.
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Bessent, Like Fed Governor, Made Contradictory Mortgage Pledges
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent once agreed to occupy two different houses as his “principal residence” at the same time, mortgage documents show — the same kind of contradictory pledges that Pres...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-17/bessent-like-fed-governor-made-contradictory-mortgage-pledges?srnd=homepage-americas
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The suggestion that a secret network of violent left-wing extremists was behind Kirk’s killing stands in contrast to the evidence presented by law enforcement. There has been no indication so far that Tyler Robinson was a member of a group or swayed by a leader
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Trump administration says it will target far left groups for Kirk's assassination. Prosecutors made no such link.
Kirk’s alleged assassin said he targeted the conservative activist because he “spreads too much hate” and “I had enough of his hatred,” new court documents show.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-says-will-target-far-left-groups-kirks-assassinat-rcna231605
about 2 months ago
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Has anyone asked Kash Patel to define left wing ideology? Super curious.
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The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, told Reuters that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
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Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/no-evidence-primary-residence-violation-by-fed-gov-lisa-cook-says-michigan-2025-09-16/
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White supremacist Nick Fuentes has denied online speculation his followers, known as Groypers, were responsible for Charlie Kirk’s death, after messages on unfired casings written by Kirk’s alleged shooter Tyler Robinson appeared to be linked to the far-right movement
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What Is A Groyper? Alt-Right Group Nick Fuentes Says Was ‘Framed’ In Charlie Kirk Shooting.
Social media users speculated whether a suspect arrested in Kirk’s fatal shooting was linked to the white nationalist’s following.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/09/13/what-is-a-groyper-nick-fuentes-says-his-followers-framed-in-charlie-kirk-shooting/
about 2 months ago
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A measure of unemployment that includes ppl working part-time who’d prefer full-time and ppl who are so discouraged they’ve stopped looking for work has 8.1%, its highest in nearly four years. The official rate remains low at 4.3% but there are deepening signs of struggle
www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
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More Americans Are Stuck With the Jobs They Can Get, Not the Ones They Want
The official unemployment rate in the U.S. remains low, but there are signs of struggle for people looking for stable, full-time work.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/underemployed-americans-part-time-jobs-a203308e
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“Musk, Thiel and Hegseth are some of the most powerful people in the world: when they, along with influencers such as Sorbo, hint that they are interested in getting rid of women’s suffrage, we should take them very seriously indeed.”
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Women’s suffrage is apparently up for debate again in America | Arwa Mahdawi
The country’s finest male intellectuals – including some in positions of power – are weighing in on the matter
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/womens-suffrage-week-in-patriarchy
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A reporter for
Floridapolitics.com
was suspended for texting Representative Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida, a question about gun control reform shortly after the shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
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Reporter suspended by Florida outlet after Rep. Randy Fine bashes Charlie Kirk question
A Florida reporter was suspended for texting Congressman Rep. Randy Fine a question about gun control reform shortly after Charlie Kirk was shot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/11/florida-politics-reporter-suspended-after-rep-randy-fine-bashes-question/86103156007/
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Right-wing Trump ally Laura Loomer is leading the charge agaisnt the Left in defense of Charlie Kirk. Yet just a few months ago she attacked Kirk online, calling him a “charlatan” and “political opportunist” who engaged in “mental gymnastics”
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Trump ally Laura Loomer ridiculed for swinging from Charlie Kirk attacks to leading backlash against detractors
Loomer accused TPUSA founder of betraying president in July but now bashes those she perceives to ‘celebrate’ his assassination
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/laura-loomer-charlie-kirk
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Three Democratic Oregon state senators received bomb threats on Thursday morning, including two of the state’s few Black lawmakers. The threats were deemed false.
www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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3 Oregon senators targeted by bomb threats that police conclde were false
The threats targeted three top Democrats.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/09/3-oregon-senators-targeted-by-bomb-threats-police-decide-they-are-false.html
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“Read the Book of Mormon,” content creator Elder TikTok said right after Kirk was shot. “I’m not playing with y’all. Hey, Jesus is Lord. Jesus will protect you. Jesus is your savior, bro. I’m not even lying. Make sure you subscribe to Elder TikTok on Instagram”
www.complex.com/life/a/joshu...
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TikToker Apologizes After Plugging Account at Charlie Kir...
The content creator known as Elder TikTok has since remov...
https://www.complex.com/life/a/joshua-espinoza/tiktoker-apology-promoting-account-charlie-kirk-shooting
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Great detail about how Musk and Trump came to post online grossly false info about millions of dead ppl collecting Social Security, even after the DOGE staffer who gave them the info repeatedly tried to make them understand they were reading it wrong
www.propublica.org/article/insi...
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The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security
DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-doge-social-security-takeover-leland-dudek
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