Alexander Sammon

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Politics Writer at Slate

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What Trump Is Doing in Louisiana Is Quiet but Devastating

1 month ago | rsn.org | Alexander Sammon

One heartbreaking afternoon inside an ICE facility in a remote corner of Louisiana. It was 4 p.m. at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, shift change. Employees streamed out, some in blue uniforms and others in scrubs, with clear plastic backpacks and shoulder bags bearing the logo of the private-prison company that operates the facility. The warden made his exit for the day. Inside was Mahmoud Khalil, America’s highest-profile political prisoner.
It’s Easy to Forget the Reality of What We’re Doing to People Like Mahmoud Khalil. One Hour in His Facility Shows That.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alexander Sammon

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It was 4 p.m. at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, shift change. Employees streamed out, some in blue uniforms and others in scrubs, with clear plastic backpacks and shoulder bags bearing the logo of the private-prison company that operates the facility. The warden made his exit for the day. Inside was Mahmoud Khalil, America’s highest-profile political prisoner.
It’s Easy to Forget the Reality of What We’re Doing to People Like Mahmoud Khalil. One Hour in His Facility Shows That.

1 month ago | slate.com | Alexander Sammon

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. It was 4 p.m. at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, shift change. Employees streamed out, some in blue uniforms and others in scrubs, with clear plastic backpacks and shoulder bags bearing the logo of the private-prison company that operates the facility. The warden made his exit for the day. Inside was Mahmoud Khalil, America’s highest-profile political prisoner.
Sarah Palin Had One Last Chance to Be a Republican Star Again. She Just Blew It.

1 month ago | slate.com | Alexander Sammon

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. After just three hours of deliberation, a jury in New York on Tuesday found the New York Times not liable for defaming former Alaska governor and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. It is, in essence, the third time Palin has lost this particular case.
Sarah Palin’s Bombshell Case Against the New York Times Is Back. Guess What’s Different This Time.

1 month ago | slate.com | Alexander Sammon
Sarah Palin’s Bombshell Case Against the NYT Is Back. What I Saw Her Do Outside the Courtroom Says It All.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Alexander Sammon

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Just past 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Judge Jed Rakoff settled into the bench in his downtown Manhattan courtroom. At one table in front of him sat former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, swathed in a madder-red three-quarter-length coat and sandwiched between her counsel.
Trump news: The president is known for his business scams. His biggest is unfolding right now.

2 months ago | slate.com | Alexander Sammon

America is now the world’s largest casino.
You Wanted to Ignore It. I Wanted to Ignore It. Trump Has Made That Impossible.

2 months ago | slate.com | Alex Kirshner |Nitish Pahwa |Alexander Sammon

Users Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. For years, many people have harbored a secret question: What actually is ? Maybe they understood it in some sense—money that existed via some unhackable code?—but they didn’t really get it. Some of us at Slate didn’t get it, frankly! Perhaps you didn’t really get it either.
You Wanted to Ignore It. I Wanted to Ignore It. Trump Has Made That Impossible.

2 months ago | slate.com | Alex Kirshner |Nitish Pahwa |Alexander Sammon

Users For years, many people have harbored a secret question: What actually is ? Maybe they understood it in some sense—money that existed via some unhackable code?—but they didn’t really get it. Some of us at Slate didn’t get it, frankly! Perhaps you didn’t really get it either. The thing was, for a long time, you could get by in society without really understanding crypto. Now, in America, that’s no longer true.
Donald Trump’s Greatest Scam of All Is Unfolding Right in Front of Us. You Know Who the Mark Is.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Alexander Sammon

8 hours agoTrump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national securityWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump moved Thursday to end collective bargaining with federal labor unions in agencies with national security missions across the federal government, citing authority granted him under a 1978 law.

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Articles

What Trump Is Doing in Louisiana Is Quiet but Devastating

It’s Easy to Forget the Reality of What We’re Doing to People Like Mahmoud Khalil. One Hour in His Facility Shows That.

It’s Easy to Forget the Reality of What We’re Doing to People Like Mahmoud Khalil. One Hour in His Facility Shows That.

Sarah Palin Had One Last Chance to Be a Republican Star Again. She Just Blew It.

Sarah Palin’s Bombshell Case Against the New York Times Is Back. Guess What’s Different This Time.

Sarah Palin’s Bombshell Case Against the NYT Is Back. What I Saw Her Do Outside the Courtroom Says It All.

Trump news: The president is known for his business scams. His biggest is unfolding right now.

You Wanted to Ignore It. I Wanted to Ignore It. Trump Has Made That Impossible.

You Wanted to Ignore It. I Wanted to Ignore It. Trump Has Made That Impossible.

Donald Trump’s Greatest Scam of All Is Unfolding Right in Front of Us. You Know Who the Mark Is.

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