Amanda Lewellyn

1 week ago | vox.com | Amanda Lewellyn

The Trump administration has been arresting and detaining protesters who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. They have justified the action by calling those protesters — without evidence — “Hamas supporters.” In so doing, the administration appears to be following Project Esther, a plan from the Heritage Foundation with the stated purpose of cracking down on antisemitism. Published in October, it is seen as an addendum to Heritage’s better-known Project 2025.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Amanda Lewellyn

The Trump administration has been arresting and detaining protesters who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. They have justified the action by calling those protesters — without evidence — “Hamas supporters.”In so doing, the administration appears to be following Project Esther, a plan from the Heritage Foundation with the stated purpose of cracking down on antisemitism. Published in October, it is seen as an addendum to Heritage’s better-known Project 2025.

2 months ago | vox.com | Amanda Lewellyn

Government websites have undergone massive changes since President Donald Trump returned to office. Some of the changes are routine — like swapping out the current president and vice president for their predecessors on the White House’s official site. But other changes go much further. Several sites — like USAID.gov, ReproductiveRights.gov, and the Spanish-language version of WhiteHouse.gov — have gone offline.

2 months ago | msn.com | Amanda Lewellyn

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2 months ago | vox.com | Amanda Lewellyn |Peter Balonon-Rosen

The presidential changeover last week was accompanied by a flurry of pardons — stretching the power of the pardon about as far as we’ve ever seen it go. Outgoing President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned a group of people believed to be on the new administration’s “enemies list”: members of his family, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, the Congressional Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Attack, and more.