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Migrants at ICE jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, Human Rights Watch reports

Migrants at ICE jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, Human Rights Watch reports

The Guardian reports: Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities. The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) operated jails in the state since January, chronicled by advocacy groups Human…

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A federal trial in Boston reveals the sprawling plan behind Trump’s attacks on pro-Palestinian students

A federal trial in Boston reveals the sprawling plan behind Trump’s attacks on pro-Palestinian students

Cristian Farias writes: In April, U.S. District Judge William Young, who sits in Boston, made a procedural ruling from the bench that seemed to catch the lawyers in the courtroom by surprise. Like many other judges these days, Young had convened a hearing to consider whether to grant a preliminary injunction—which, in the normal course, would put a quick stop to an illegal or otherwise unconstitutional government policy. By one count, in the first seventy days of Donald Trump’s presidency,…

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Most of the people being thrown into ICE detention centers have never been convicted of any crime

Most of the people being thrown into ICE detention centers have never been convicted of any crime

Eric Schlosser writes: Three weeks ago, Donald Trump attended the opening of an immigrant-detention center in the Florida Everglades, about 50 miles west of Miami. “Pretty soon, this facility will handle the most menacing migrants, some of the most vicious people on the planet,” the president said. Officially named Alligator Alcatraz, it was constructed in eight days by the state of Florida on a disused airport runway. The detention center features tents that contain chain-link cages crammed with bunk beds,…

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The U.S. government’s growing trove of social media data

The U.S. government’s growing trove of social media data

Brennan Center for Justice reports: Reviewing individuals’ social media to conduct ideological vetting has been a defining initiative of President Trump’s second term. As part of that effort, the administration has proposed expanding the mandatory collection of social media identifiers. The proposal would widen the government’s social media surveillance dragnet to include not only travelers, visa applicants, and visa holders, but also their U.S. citizen contacts. By linking individuals’ online presence to government databases, officials could more easily identify, monitor,…

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Marjorie Taylor Greene warns Trump that ‘dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies’

Marjorie Taylor Greene warns Trump that ‘dangling bits of red meat no longer satisfies’

Politico reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday appeared to send a pointed message to President Donald Trump: If the Department of Justice does not release more information on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, his supporters will no longer stand behind him. Without naming Epstein, the Georgia Republican on social media said the president is “dangling” only bits of information to his supporters despite promises during the 2024 campaign that his administration would be transparent with the public. “If you tell…

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Why Trump’s Epstein cover-up matters

Why Trump’s Epstein cover-up matters

Paul Blumenthal writes: Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to [AG Pam] Bondi on Friday claiming that “approximately 1,000 personnel” from the FBI were put on round-the-clock duty to review “approximately 100,000 Epstein-related records” and “instructed to ‘flag’ any records in which President Trump was mentioned.” Of all the stories, scandals and policies that have followed Trump since he entered politics, why has this one, above all others, caused such enormous…

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In the United States, citizens choose the president. The president does not choose citizens

In the United States, citizens choose the president. The president does not choose citizens

Chris Feliciano Arnold writes: Because I was naturalized as a child, I didn’t have to take the famous civics test—I was still learning that stuff in school. I just rolled my fingertips in wet ink and held still for a three-quarter-profile photograph that revealed my nose shape, ear placement, jawline, and forehead contour. My parents sat beside me for an interview with an immigration officer who asked me my name, where I lived, and who took care of me. But…

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How the tech broligarchy is planning to use AI to destroy humanity

How the tech broligarchy is planning to use AI to destroy humanity

  Elon Musk and his racist billionaire friends are grooming J.D. Vance to install their dystopian plan for a techno-fascist future where they use AI to dominate and exploit humanity. What do the richest people on Earth want? More, according to author and astrophysicist Adam Becker, who has studied the ideology, motivations, and plans of the modern-day pharaohs. Instead of using their wealth to help humanity, they want control, dominance, and an exit strategy from Earth for themselves and their…

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Why Zionism no longer unites American Jews

Why Zionism no longer unites American Jews

Ezra Klein writes: It’s a tense time in the Jewish family group chats. The consensus that held American Jewry together for generations is breaking down. That consensus, roughly, was this: What is good for Israel is good for the Jews. Anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. And there will, someday soon, be a two-state solution that reconciles Zionism and liberalism. Every component of that consensus has cracked. Zohran Mamdani’s triumph in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor has forced,…

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‘No Kings’ activists develop strategies to confront Trump’s ‘authoritarian breakthrough’

‘No Kings’ activists develop strategies to confront Trump’s ‘authoritarian breakthrough’

Rolling Stone reports: The “No Kings” movement is shifting gears to counter what they’re calling the “authoritarian breakthrough” of Donald Trump’s second presidency. On Wednesday evening, the No Kings movement hosted a video conference call for more than 130,000 pro-democracy activists. The call seeks to build off the success of mass anti-Trump street protests — which also continued Thursday evening with more than 1,600 nationwide “Good Trouble Lives On” demonstrations, inspired by Civil Rights icon John Lewis. The 90-minute video…

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IDF assassinated a cardiologist ‘because he is a human, he is someone kind, and everyone in Gaza knew him’

IDF assassinated a cardiologist ‘because he is a human, he is someone kind, and everyone in Gaza knew him’

Clayton Dalton writes: Five months ago, when I was on a medical mission in northern Gaza, a Palestinian cardiologist named Marwan Sultan showed me what was left of the Indonesian Hospital, a hundred-bed facility that had been shelled and raided by Israeli forces. The building was riddled with shrapnel scars; its hallways were dark and cluttered with debris, and a cold wind blew through broken windows. Sultan, who directed the facility, was wearing a long white coat, a necktie, and…

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Inside the GOP-led effort to defy Trump on the Epstein files

Inside the GOP-led effort to defy Trump on the Epstein files

Axios reports: Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is moving forward with plans to force a vote on requiring the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, despite attempts by President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to dampen his efforts. Why it matters: The push by Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) has proven popular in Congress, with most Democrats and some on the GOP’s right flank supporting it. Democrats spent the week repeatedly trying to force a vote on Khanna’s measure to…

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Steve Bannon under pressure to release his own Epstein videotapes

Steve Bannon under pressure to release his own Epstein videotapes

NBC News reports: In 2021, the New York Post ran an online trailer for an upcoming documentary about Jeffrey Epstein that was produced by former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon. In the video, Bannon is on camera questioning Epstein about “all of the depravity you’ve done against young women,” among other things. But that documentary never came out. Now, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark, is asking for Bannon to show him the unseen footage. “Let me see the videotapes,” he told…

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Trump leverages power of his office to reap profits for family businesses

Trump leverages power of his office to reap profits for family businesses

The Associated Press reports: If one theme has emerged in President Donald Trump’s second term, it’s this: He’s leveraged the power of his office for personal gain unlike anyone before in history. From crypto coins to bibles, overseas development deals to an upcoming line of cellphones, Trump family businesses have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars since his election, an unprecedented flood of often shadowy money from billionaires, foreign governments and cryptocurrency tycoons with interests before the federal government….

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