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1 week ago | 
thenation.com | Jacqueline Sweet
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The chaos and cruelty of the Trump administration reaches new lows each week.
Trump’s catastrophic “Liberation Day” has wreaked havoc on the world economy and set up yet another constitutional crisis at home. Plainclothes officers continue to abduct university students off the streets. So-called “enemy aliens” are flown abroad to a mega prison against the orders of the courts.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailydot.com | Jacqueline Sweet |David Covucci
Loomered Strategies is new opposition research firm. Posted on April 10 2025 2:20 pm CDT Laura Loomer’s X feed is a spray of accusations, claims, and barbs that are increasingly bubbling up at the highest levels of the Trump administration. Featured Video Both President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shared Loomer’s work, pushing reports on alleged enemies and bias in government that the far-right influencer has hyped. But she doesn’t work alone.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenation.com | Jacqueline Sweet
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3 weeks ago | 
rsn.org | Jacqueline Sweet
Ten people who knew Jeremy Lewin expressed concerns about his new position due to troubling behavior in his youthThe lawyer working for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who now leads the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has a history of violence and racist remarks, 10 people who knew him allege.
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3 weeks ago | 
rollingstone.com | Jacqueline Sweet
April 1, 2025 President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jacqueline Sweet
The lawyer working for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who now leads the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has a history of violence and racist remarks, 10 people who knew him allege. Jeremy Lewin recently became deputy administrator for policy and programs for what’s left of USAID, according to an email sent by the State Department. Lewin previously helped DOGE dismantle the agency, according to news reports.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Jacqueline Sweet
5 hours agoWhen Madonna Cristobal landed at the airport near Seattle in February, she and her aunt waited in the same line for customs. Cristobal, a U.S. citizen, sailed through. Then she waited for her aunt. And waited. "One hour, two, three hours," Cristobal said. "I started to worry, and then I'm like, 'Oh, …
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1 month ago | 
thenation.com | Jacqueline Sweet
The University of Austin, the school founded by intellectual dark web champion and professional wokeness foe Bari Weiss, proclaims its “fearless” dedication to open inquiry, maintaining that its scholars and students “pursue their academic interests and deliberate freely, without fear of censorship or retribution.” It’s a rather awkward look, then, for the university to retain a dozen scholars and administrators with ties to Viktor Orbán’s regime in Hungary, which has consolidated state...
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1 month ago | 
rollingstone.com | Jacqueline Sweet
March 7, 2025 Elon Musk holds a chainsaw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on February 20, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Jacqueline Sweet
6 hours agoAmid controversies and backlashes, Trump clips Elon Musk’s wingsFor the first time, the president appeared to take a step toward curbing the powers of Musk and DOGE. The step, however, came with a caveat. Over the …6 hours ago$XRP, $SOL, $ADA Slide After US Bitcoin Reserve Announcement: What Altcoins are Worth Getting? Yesterday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve alongside a U.S. Digital Asset Stockpile.
