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2 weeks ago | truthout.org | Katya Schwenk |Inside Arabia. Katya

Angry, shocked, overwhelmed? Take action: Support independent media. We’ve borne witness to a chaotic first few months in Trump’s presidency. Over the last months, each executive order has delivered shock and bewilderment — a core part of a strategy to make the right-wing turn feel inevitable and overwhelming.

1 month ago | truthout.org | Katya Schwenk |Inside Arabia. Katya

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. The yacht is moored at the mouth of the Miami River, in the long shadows of the city’s luxury hotels and high-rises. It is of Italian design: sleek, imposing, with a flybridge and sundeck and five cabins, and a price point of about $10 million. On the hull, bold silver lettering declares its name: Convict.

Jan 22, 2025 | truthout.org | Katya Schwenk |Freddy Brewster |Inside Arabia. Katya

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed a blizzard of executive orders on everything from the environment to immigration — and nearly two thirds of them came straight from Project 2025, the sweeping corporate-backed policy blueprint that Trump lambasted during his 2024 presidential campaign.

Jan 13, 2025 | truthout.org | Katya Schwenk |Inside Arabia. Katya

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Back in 2019, a California state climate task force issued a stark warning: Endless development in the state’s high-risk wildfire zones was magnifying wildfires and putting more people in their path.

Dec 3, 2024 | truthout.org | Katya Schwenk |Inside Arabia. Katya

This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. For the last year, private prison companies and corporate interests have been quietly lobbying to place millions of immigrants under electronic surveillance, according to records uncovered by The Lever.