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What Trump’s Mamdani praise — and MTG’s ouster — says about MAGA’s future

What Trump’s Mamdani praise — and MTG’s ouster — says about MAGA’s future

Politico reports: [F]or Democrats, Friday’s friendly confab presented a possible path forward for handling the president. In a year when Democrats have struggled with how to engage Trump, in which at least one of them hid behind a folder in a White House meeting and left the base wondering about her 2028 sauce, Mamdani just put on a masterclass, [Rebecca] Katz and other Democratic strategists said. Their theory of the case: In his meeting, he offered a template for handling…

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Jair Bolsonaro arrested as he appeared to be poised to escape

Jair Bolsonaro arrested as he appeared to be poised to escape

The Guardian reports: Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond. In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with…

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Emails reveal that Noam Chomsky regarded Jeffrey Epstein as a ‘highly valued friend’

Emails reveal that Noam Chomsky regarded Jeffrey Epstein as a ‘highly valued friend’

WBUR reports: Emails show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had a tight friendship with MIT professor Noam Chomsky that spanned discussions about vacation, politics and included an apparent letter of support from Chomsky. The emails were part of a trove of documents released last week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee detailing communications between Epstein and powerful figures across politics, academia and business. A WBUR review of the emails shows despite Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution…

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House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism while comrades Mamdani and Trump promote ‘affordability’

House votes to denounce ‘horrors’ of socialism while comrades Mamdani and Trump promote ‘affordability’

Politico reports: The House voted 285-98 to approve a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” Friday morning, just hours before President Donald Trump is set to meet with New York’s incoming democratic socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani. Eighty-six Democrats joined with Republicans to approve the measure. Two others voted present. No Republican voted to oppose it. Speaker Mike Johnson and House GOP leaders have decried Mamdani’s election as the next mayor of the country’s largest city, citing his far-left politics and…

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Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between ‘dignity’ and a key partner

Zelensky says Trump plan forces Ukraine to choose between ‘dignity’ and a key partner

Axios reports: President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people on Friday and said President Trump’s 28-point peace plan will force Ukraine to choose between “losing our dignity” or risking the loss of U.S. support. Why it matters: The plan would force Ukraine to accept harsh concessions, including the loss of even more territory than Russia currently controls. Zelensky has told the Trump administration he’s prepared to negotiate, but the White House is pushing him to sign within one week. What he’s saying: “This is one of the most…

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Illegal orders: Trump and Johnson doth protest too much

Illegal orders: Trump and Johnson doth protest too much

Greg Sargent writes: House Speaker Mike Johnson is outraged—absolutely outraged—that Democrats dared to suggest in that viral video this week that military and intelligence professionals should be wary of following illegal orders. “That was a wildly inappropriate thing for so-called leaders in Congress to do,” Johnson told reporters. Shockingly, Johnson didn’t think it “inappropriate” for Trump to accuse those Democrats of sedition that’s “punishable by death.” What’s been oddly absent from much of the coverage is any consideration of this…

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ICE: The secret police reveal nothing after one of their targets disappears

ICE: The secret police reveal nothing after one of their targets disappears

  David Noriega, MS NOW National Reporter and Lindsey Toczylowski, President and CEO of Immigrant Defenders Law Center join Alicia Menendez in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to tell the story of an undocumented immigrant who has been caught up in Trump’s immigration crackdown, who after suffering a medical emergency while ICE custody has disappeared and his family and lawyers have been unable to locate him.   Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is operating in an unprecedented way…

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ICE recruiting drive is breaking the federal prison system

ICE recruiting drive is breaking the federal prison system

By Keri Blakinger This story was originally published by ProPublica After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  This is one of the unintended consequences of the Trump administration’s focus on mass deportations. For months, ICE has been on a recruiting blitz, offering $50,000 starting bonuses and tuition reimbursement…

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Sen. Ron Wyden presses for investigation into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein

Sen. Ron Wyden presses for investigation into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein

The New York Times reports: The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee issued a report on Thursday calling for an investigation into whether JPMorgan Chase deliberately underreported more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions by Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. The report from the senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, said the compliance failures by the nation’s largest bank during its nearly 15-year relationship with Mr. Epstein were “alarming” and impeded law enforcement’s ability to examine…

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Four out of five U.S. troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

Four out of five U.S. troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from following orders if they broke the law. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” Trump charged in a post on Truth Social. “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand…

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In the face of strong resistance, Border Patrol withdraws from Charlotte and heads for New Orleans

In the face of strong resistance, Border Patrol withdraws from Charlotte and heads for New Orleans

The Charlotte Observer reports: The U.S. Border Patrol is leaving the Charlotte area after arriving Saturday, making arrests by confronting and questioning Latino people in public places, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. There would be no further Border Patrol operations on Thursday, a press release from Sheriff Garry McFadden said, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement will continue working in Charlotte. Even as local officials said that Border Patrol was finished in the Queen City, U.S. Department…

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Border Patrol is monitoring millions of drivers across the U.S. and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

Border Patrol is monitoring millions of drivers across the U.S. and detaining those with ‘suspicious’ travel patterns

The Associated Press reports: The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and…

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Federal grand jury investigating two prominent Trump administration officials

Federal grand jury investigating two prominent Trump administration officials

MS NOW reports: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte and Justice Department official Ed Martin illegally shared sensitive grand jury information with unauthorized people, according to two people familiar with the probe. The investigation, according to two people familiar and documents reviewed by MS NOW, is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and possibly of New York Attorney General Letitia James have been tainted…

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Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks

Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks

The Guardian reports: Senior White House officials have discussed internally their preference for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros Discovery in recent weeks, and one official has discussed potential programming changes at CNN with Larry Ellison, the largest shareholder of Paramount. The discussions, according to people familiar with the matter, come as Paramount portrays itself as the best bid for Warner Bros Discovery, after the company announced last month it was open to offers, because it would have an easier…

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Saudi crown prince promises massive investment in the U.S. but is running low on cash

Saudi crown prince promises massive investment in the U.S. but is running low on cash

The New York Times reports: The visit by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia to Washington this week painted a familiar tableau: the head of an oil-rich nation cozying up to President Trump and titans of American industry. That appearance of wealth is core to Saudi Arabia’s power and image in the United States and at home, where the Saudi government has vowed no less than an economic transformation for its young populace. In the Oval Office on Tuesday, Crown…

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Thousands of toxic sites across America at risk of coastal flooding

Thousands of toxic sites across America at risk of coastal flooding

The Guardian reports: More than 5,500 toxic sites nationwide could face coastal flooding by 2100 due to rising sea levels, according to new research. The study, published on Thursday in Nature Communications and led by scientists at the University of California, warns that if heat-trapping pollution continues unabated, rising seas will flood a wide range of hazardous facilities including those handling sewage, toxic waste, oil and gas, as well as other industrial pollutants. The analysis relies on projections of a…

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