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The New Republic – CBS Edits Out Trump Corruption Meltdown From 60 Minutes Interview: “One of the spiciest moments in Donald Trump’s interview with 60 Minutes never made it to air. CBS’s 60 Minutes aired an exclusive interview with Donald Trump on Sunday, but the news magazine cut out a contentious portion regarding the president’s …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 4 – This the fourth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici documenting the Trump administration’s relentless attacks against science, medicine and public health, government sponsored data collection and reporting, climate science, and censorship of government …
Minnesota Star Tribune: America’s vacation photos are pouring into one library in Minnesota. When Donald Trump threatened to erase history from America’s parks, Save Our Signs mobilized to preserve a record. Thousands upon thousands of snapshots of signs. Signs at the Grand Canyon. The Liberty Bell. Manzanar. Alcatraz. Little Bighorn. Little Rock Central High. The …
Indicator: “Grokipedia launched on Monday as a self-styled alternative to Wikipedia. While some pages are simply an AI-generated regurgitation of the very Wikipedia it’s supposed to replace, other entries reflect the biases of its main owner, Elon Musk. The entrepreneur’s page, for instance, “describes him in rapturous terms while downplaying, or even omitting, several of …
CJR: “Researchers routinely rely on websites like data.census.gov, but this month, the top of the site displays a banner that reads: “Due to the lapse of federal funding, this website is not being updated.” Dozens of reports—from critical spending data to disease surveillance—are not updated or completely dark due to the ongoing government shutdown. Earlier …
Above the Law: “Will we actually have Midterm elections next year? That was the question posed to three veteran conservative election law experts last week and they unanimously agreed that there would be elections… and that they probably would not be free and fair. These aren’t crazies who thought 2020 was fixed by Venezuelan Jewish …
The Hill: “The troops are to be trained in how to “form Squad-sized Riot Control Formation,” how to “employ a Riot Baton as a Member of a Riot Control Formation,” and how to “Supervise a Riot/Crowd Control Operation,” as well as de-escalation of force techniques, according to the memo…” A link to the memo is …
The Atlantic / Gift Article [14 days] – “Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king. In the normal course of history, the president of the United States is a figure who inspires optimism in the American people. The 47th president prefers to stir feelings of fear, vulnerability, hopelessness, and political inevitability—the …
Decoherence Media is an independent, journalist-founded nonprofit investigating authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods. At a time when masked agents of the state act with impunity, emboldened neo-Nazi groups march in the streets, and one institution after another legitimizes authoritarian consolidation, there is a need for unflinching reporting to hold these forces …
The Roosevelt Institute Report, October 28, 2025 – “We know the tragic effects of President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the federal government. But the truth is, Trump and Elon Musk alone didn’t break our governing institutions. Even prior to the current administration’s actions, both parties presided over decades of disinvestment in federal government capacity, too …
Via LLRX – Keeping up with 2025 executive orders and related litigation – As of October 1, 2025, Donald Trump has signed a total of 210 executive orders during his current administration. Attorneys in many areas of practice need to know how to keep up with the latest EOs, as these orders may impact the funding, …
Poynter – An ongoing catalog of federal government actions affecting journalists. “A free press is the bedrock of American democracy, vital enough to be enshrined in the Bill of Rights. It informs citizens, holds leaders accountable and preserves democratic principles. After decades of relative freedom, the press now faces a precarious future. Since January, President …
