<p>The blitz of Trump's immigration executive orders has continued, so fast and sweeping that it’s been hard to keep up, much less gauge their potential impact. </p><p>ProPublica and The Texas Tribune explain the most consequential changes he made on Day 1.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-immigration-executive-orders?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a></p>
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<p>It hurts me to say this, as an <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a>, but people need to avoid the <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> can get a majority in <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> and stonewall <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p><p>If that doesn't happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a>/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least</p><p>"A <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know" </p><p><a href="https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker</span><span class="invisible">-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</span></a></p>
<p>Unbelievable</p><p><a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a>’s US <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> Service are feeding sensitive data into <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> software via <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a>’s <a href="/tags/cloud/" rel="tag">#cloud</a></p><p><a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a>’s US <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> Service have fed sensitive data from across the <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Dept into <a href="/tags/artificialintelligence/" rel="tag">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> software to probe the agency’s programs & spending….
The AI probe includes data w/personally identifiable info for people who manage grants, & sensitive internal financial data…</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/nationalsecurity/" rel="tag">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup</a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/nation/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/</span></a></p>
<p>Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing<br>—</p><p>ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”<br>—</p><p>The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a></p>
<p>The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students<br>—</p><p>The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#Trans</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#Transgender</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration’s decision to delete a DOJ database of cases against Capitol riot defendants places those who seek to preserve the historical record in direct opposition to their own government.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/january-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jan</span><span class="invisible">uary-6-erasure-doj-database-trump-history?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: income, debt, religious affiliation, whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">s-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>By giving Elon Musk’s engineers access to USAID’s entire digital network, including personal information for thousands of employees, the Trump administration may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts told ProPublica.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usa</span><span class="invisible">id-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons immediately upended the biggest single prosecution in U.S. history and signaled a broader reversal that threatens to create a more permissive climate in which extremists could regroup and weaken the FBI’s independence.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jan-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jan</span><span class="invisible">-6-pardons-trump-purges-domestic-terrorism-focus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/terror/" rel="tag">#Terror</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a></p>
<p>[thread] Resisting Trump2/GOP fascism</p><p><a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/socialjustice/" rel="tag">#SocialJustice</a> <a href="/tags/resistance/" rel="tag">#resistance</a> <a href="/tags/civildisobedience/" rel="tag">#CivilDisobedience</a> <a href="/tags/conscientiousobjection/" rel="tag">#ConscientiousObjection</a><br><a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/transrights/" rel="tag">#TransRights</a> <a href="/tags/translivesmatter/" rel="tag">#TransLivesMatter</a> <a href="/tags/blacktranslivesmatter/" rel="tag">#BlackTransLivesMatter</a><br><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/trump2/" rel="tag">#Trump2</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#extremism</a><br><a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a><br><a href="/tags/christianright/" rel="tag">#ChristianRight</a> <a href="/tags/catholicism/" rel="tag">#Catholicism</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacism/" rel="tag">#whiteSupremacism</a> <a href="/tags/antilgbt/" rel="tag">#antiLGBT</a> <a href="/tags/transphobia/" rel="tag">#transphobia</a><br><a href="/tags/misogyny/" rel="tag">#misogyny</a> <a href="/tags/paternalism/" rel="tag">#paternalism</a> <a href="/tags/sexism/" rel="tag">#sexism</a><br><a href="/tags/womensrights/" rel="tag">#WomensRights</a> <a href="/tags/reproductiverights/" rel="tag">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="/tags/selfdetermination/" rel="tag">#SelfDetermination</a><br><a href="/tags/capitalism/" rel="tag">#capitalism</a> <a href="/tags/corporations/" rel="tag">#corporations</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/libertarianism/" rel="tag">#libertarianism</a></p>
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<p>The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.<br>—</p><p>Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — and the limits of the presidency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-funding-freeze-workarounds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-funding-freeze-workarounds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-funding-freeze-workarounds?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>
<p>A federal judge on Monday said the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> White House has defied his order to release billions of dollars in federal <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a>, marking the first time a judge has expressly declared that the White House was disobeying a judicial mandate.</p><p>The ruling by Judge John J. McConnell Jr. in Rhode Island federal court ordered Trump admin ofcls to comply with what he called “the plain text” of an edict he issued last month.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/separationofpowers/" rel="tag">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/trump-unfreezing-federal-grants-judge-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/trump-unfreezing-federal-grants-judge-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/</span><span class="invisible">trump-unfreezing-federal-grants-judge-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
<p>Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>特朗普深知大规模驱逐将带来毁灭性的代价，因此他主要将精力集中在芝加哥和丹佛等由他的政治对手统治的城市 ……</p><p>美国各地的社区正在动员快速反应网络，以应对突袭并为那些成为国家暴力目标的人提供支援。全美各地的学生正在罢课；人们正在举行大规模示威游行，反抗驱逐 ……</p><p>ICE特工经常携带行政逮捕令，而不是司法逮捕令。他们希望你认为这两个东西是一样的，其实并不一样 ……</p><p>🧬《不要坐以待毙！您可以做这八件事来阻止ICE》<br><a href="https://iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iyouport.notion.site/ICE-19934</span><span class="invisible">ca2d46d806c8edfceba049299b1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/反法西斯/" rel="tag">#反法西斯</a> <a href="/tags/直接行动/" rel="tag">#直接行动</a> <a href="/tags/移民/" rel="tag">#移民</a> <a href="/tags/反驱逐/" rel="tag">#反驱逐</a> <a href="/tags/特朗普/" rel="tag">#特朗普</a> <a href="/tags/directaction/" rel="tag">#directaction</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/antideportation/" rel="tag">#antideportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a></p>
<p>How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire<br>—</p><p>Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to leave the force, their colleagues said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/biodiversity/" rel="tag">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p>
<p>ProPublica has identified nine additional Musk-affiliated staffers. A former staffer at Boring Company now has an official role at DOGE in the Executive Office of the President. A former X employee now works in the General Services Administration.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-staffers-additional-names?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-staffers-additional-names?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-doge-staffers-additional-names?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention<br>—</p><p>One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dhs-thomas-fugate-cp3-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/extremism/" rel="tag">#Extremism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School<br>—</p><p>The latest version of a bill spurred by a 2022 ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation would explicitly prevent police from ticketing students for violations such as vaping or truancy, and require districts to track and disclose police activity.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Epstein </p><p><a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/cartoon/" rel="tag">#cartoon</a> <a href="/tags/karikatur/" rel="tag">#karikatur</a></p>
<p>A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.</p><p>But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy<br>—</p><p>Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/usa</span><span class="invisible">id-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/usaid/" rel="tag">#USAID</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/diplomacy/" rel="tag">#Diplomacy</a></p>
<p>Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.<br>—</p><p>Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"Pres Trump just fired: </p><p>• 90 physicians <br>• 350 nurses <br>• at least 25 nurse practitioners <br>• nearly 20 dentists <br>• 85+ pharmacists <br>• 45 lab techs </p><p>Employed by the Indian Health Svc to provide HC. This is going to have dangerous consequences for our Indigenous brothers & sisters."<br>-Sen Luján</p><p>Snr officials: ~5,200 ppl on probat. employment -recent hires -across agencies incl. <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/cdc/" rel="tag">#CDC</a> will be fired🚨Fri. CDC: ~1,300 WKRs...</p><p><a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/hhs/" rel="tag">#HHS</a><br> <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/federal-employee-layoffs-at-hhs-cdc-on-first-day-robert-kennedy-health-secretary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/federal-employee-layoffs-at-hhs-cdc-on-first-day-robert-kennedy-health-secretary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/fe</span><span class="invisible">deral-employee-layoffs-at-hhs-cdc-on-first-day-robert-kennedy-health-secretary/</span></a></p>
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<p>At least 200 Afghan Americans in the U.S. military have relatives who applied for refugee status only to be blocked by Trump’s refugee ban.</p><p>“We serve this country because it protected us, but now it is abandoning my sister,” said one soldier.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-refugee-executive-order-afghan-allies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-refugee-executive-order-afghan-allies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-refugee-executive-order-afghan-allies?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/refugees/" rel="tag">#Refugees</a> <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#Military</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>