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Christina Pagel – “Mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information. Thomas Jefferson probably never said “eternal vigilance is the price of liberty”, but that doesn’t make it less true. Since President Trump’s second …
ProPublica – Meet the Tent Company Making a Fortune Off Trump’s Deportation Plans. “The privately held company Deployed Resources has made billions running tent detention facilities to hold immigrants entering the U.S. at the border. Now it is cashing in again on Trump’s plan to hold immigrants before deportation. Update, April 11, 2025: After this …
MakeUseOf: “Choosing an email provider isn’t just about sending messages—it’s about trust, features, and how much data you’re willing to give up. So, based on these factors and more, which email provider comes out on top between Gmail and Proton Mail?”
The Inquirer – Will Bunch: A viral conversation about the near-death of reading by U.S. college students in the iPhone era reveals a threat to democracy. “The notion of Donald Trump — who lived most of his adult life in a gilded penthouse above Fifth Avenue and thinks that he invented the word “groceries” — …
Washington Post no paywall – The president may not like how the museum and research institution tells the American story — but Americans do. “On March 27, President Donald Trump issued the executive order “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” which accused the Smithsonian of “replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by …
“The purpose of “The 3.5% Project” is to provide an ongoing context for Harvard professor Gene Sharp’s 198 Methods of Nonviolent Action––a blueprint for nonviolent resistance. Each of the 198 methods can be used at any time, in any order, by anyone. (Read the blog for the most recent post.) If you’re part of the …
The New York Times [no paywall]: “The US government holds a tremendous amount of data about US citizens. Now The Trump administration is trying to access that data and link it together. These intimate details about the personal lives of people who live in the United States are held in disconnected data systems across the …
Indivisible: “House Republicans are once again pushing H.R. 22 (what we’re referring to as the “Silencing Americans Act”), a dangerous bill that would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to vote. The House passed it last session, but it never made it to the Senate—now they’re bringing it back in …
Mother Jones: As if Elon Musk didn’t already have enough advantages, between his billions and his leverage over President Donald Trump, he appears to have another ace up his sleeve: the US Marshals Service. In February, members of Musk’s private security detail were deputized by the Marshals Service, the enforcement and security arm of the …
Micah Flee: “Things are scary in the US right now. ICE is disappearing students for protesting genocide and kidnapping innocent people off the streets to enslave in El Salvador. All over the country, people are taking to the streets every week to protest oligarchy, and fascist counter-protesters are starting to show up at them. The …
The New Republic: “…Surveying this Boschian hellscape, many good people will despair. Yes, Trump is much more dangerous than he was during his first term (which was harrowing enough). He’s more giddily reckless about impounding funds, shutting down agencies, disobeying court orders, and using the government to punish political enemies. But if you allow yourself …
Above the Law – “The President of the United States is using the might and power of the office to attack Biglaw firms and the rule of law. It’s pretty chilling stuff that is clearly designed to break major law firms and have them bend a knee to Trump or extract a tremendous financial penalty. …
