Former college basketball star accused of mom’s murder
It’s the latest of a long line of failures for America’s for-profit healthcare system.
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DOGE staffer forced to resign over racist posts
A key Elon Musk crony has been forced to resign his position at DOGE after racist posts were discovered by the Wall Street Journal Thursday. Mark Elez, a 25-year-old Musk goon who has access the Treasury Department’s central-payments system, resigned after the White House was asked about the posts by the Journal. THE POSTS: According
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Chilling new sign Luigi Mangione will face death penalty
A judge has appointed a death penalty expert to the defense team of Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson. WHY IT MATTERS: The appointment of Avraham Markowitz suggests that federal prosecutors are seriously considering seeking the death penalty against Mangione, though it’s not yet confirmed. Luigi’s defense team welcomed the
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Lawsuit forces Trump to keep Musk goons out of data
This limited access will slow Musk’s efforts to make drastic changes to the federal government or limit millions of Americans’ private data.
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Democrats rip into ‘Nazi nepo baby’ Elon Musk at huge protest
Hundreds of protesters and a group of Democratic lawmakers took to the streets outside the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, decrying what they called Elon Musk’s “hostile takeover” of federal financial systems as corporate power continues to tighten its grip on public institutions. “We will see you in the courts, in
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Elon Musk now has the private data of every federal employee and job applicant
This includes highly sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, medical histories, salary details, and even disciplinary records.
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Democratic senator vows to block Trump nominees over USAid shutdown
After a public outcry, Democrats are finally standing up to Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s attempted shutdown of the federal agency overseeing foreign aid, USAID. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, announced Monday that he is placing a “blanket hold” on all of Trump’s nominees for the State Department. Schatz, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee,
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Trump and Musk have triggered a ‘constitutional crisis’ with USAid takeover
Donald Trump and billionaire oligarch Elon Musk’s moves to shut down the foreign aid agency USAid and seize access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system have triggered what progressive lawmakers are calling a “constitutional crisis.” After Musk publicly declared his intent to dismantle USAid, congressional Democrats attempted to enter the agency’s Washington headquarters on
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Despite a few well-hyped stories, ‘migrant crime’ is a myth. Here are the facts.
Right-wing politicians and media outlets have spent years fearmongering about crime committed by poor, working migrants, using isolated incidents to push racist narratives—but the data overwhelmingly shows that migrants commit fewer crimes than native-born populations. A 2020 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examined crime rates in Texas and found
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Bishop refuses Trump’s demand for apology
In a striking act of moral courage, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington made it clear in a new interview with NPR that she would not apologize for her sermon urging President Trump to show mercy and compassion toward marginalized communities. Speaking on All Things Considered, Budde stood firm in her
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