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Politico:
Trump admin must seek return of another man who was improperly deported to El Salvador, judge rules  —  A Trump-appointed judge ruled that the administration deported a 20-year-old Venezuelan man last month in violation of a legally binding, court-approved settlement agreement.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: The first 100 days of President Trump's second term  —  82% are extremely or very concerned about inflation, down from 89% in January  —  As Donald Trump approaches the 100th day of his second term, a Fox News survey finds voters pleased with the job he is doing on border security …
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New York Times:
Trump's Approval Rating Has Been Falling Steadily, Polling Average Shows
Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Poll shows more Trump voters see autism-vaccine link than general public
Discussion: Raw Story and Reuters
David Montgomery / YouGov:
Trump approval falls, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, 100 days, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: April 19-22, 2025 Economist/YouGov Poll
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Permanent Tariff Damage  —  Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves.  But reversing course entirely may not be possible.  —  Shipping containers are loaded onto a cargo ship at the Port of Los Angeles, April 10, 2025.
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Trump-honored economist says tariffs causing scariest period in his lifetime
Discussion: Commonplace
Politico:
Trump to target ActBlue in presidential memorandum  —  The action is expected to come Thursday.  —  In a shot at ActBlue, the left's major online donation platform, President Donald Trump plans to sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday cracking down on foreign contributions in American elections …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Judge Halts Trump's Anti-Voting Executive Order  —  A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Thursday blocked federal agencies from carrying out parts of President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order on elections.  —  The Democratic Party, the League of United Latin American Citizens …
Discussion: Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:   Trump Takes Aim at Democratic Fundraising Apparatus
ProPublica:
The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor  —  Martin's career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show.  Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried …
Discussion: ABC News
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Jacob Kornbluh / The Forward:
Exclusive: Trump nominee apologizes for praising Nazi sympathizer while awaiting Senate confirmation hearing  —  A Trump-nominated prosecutor facing congressional scrutiny over past praise of a Nazi sympathizer has expressed regret for not knowing the individual's problematic history.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer  —  The move was intended to circumvent a lack of cellphone service in much of the Pentagon and enable easier communication between Hegseth and other Trump officials, said people familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office
Discussion: Foreign Affairs
Reuters:
100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency  —  At the Social Security Administration, lawyers, statisticians and other high-ranking agency officials are being sent from the Baltimore headquarters to regional offices to replace veteran claims processors who have been fired or taken buyouts from the Trump administration.
Discussion: Alternet.org, Blaze Media and Jacobin
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Washington Post:
Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.
Paul Krugman:
Trump Is a Virus  —  Chaos is about to take its toll  —  Hammering out a few words before getting on the bike.  —  It has been amazing to watch the stock market gyrating in response to things that aren't even policy changes — they're hints and rumors of policy changes.
Maureen Tkacik / American Prospect:
Runaway Tren  —  How a Colorado slumlord's psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela  —  Earlier this month, a middle-aged woman with shaggy, silvery hair and a pleasant smoker's contralto flew from Denver to Washington to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Wire and RedState
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law.
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Musk Goons Purged Living U.S. Citizens from Social Security  —  RESURRECTION DAY  —  Elon Musk and his DOGE foot soldiers effectively killed the financial lives of “countless” citizens through their database meddling.  —  What might be called Day of the Dead Living is being continually played …
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration moved Venezuelan to Texas for possible deportation despite judge's order  —  President Donald Trump's administration moved a Venezuelan man who had worked in construction in Philadelphia to Texas for possible deportation after a federal judge had issued …
Discussion: The Independent
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Slams Door on Higher Tax Rate for the Rich  —  Republicans have both an arithmetic and a messaging problem as they try to enact Donald Trump's second-term agenda via a giant budget-reconciliation bill.  The former involves finding a way to pay for the $4 trillion-plus tax cuts Trump has demanded …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson shoot down millionaire tax hike
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish  —  A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.  —  The personal cellphones of dozens of current and former Barnard College employees pinged Monday evening …
Kipp Jones / Mediaite:
‘I Like That Question’: Trump Approves After Reporter Asks if He Deserves a Nobel Peace Prize  —  President Donald Trump expressed approval Thursday after a reporter asked Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre whether Trump should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton becomes the first to launch a bid for Dick Durbin's Senate seat  —  Stratton, who came into office alongside Gov. JB Pritzker in 2018, announced on Thursday she will seek Durbin's spot in the Senate.  —  CHICAGO — And the race is officially on.
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline  —  Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.  —  The United States faces millions of measles cases over the next 25 years …
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
MAGA Media Is Torn Over Hegseth's Screwups 🍿  —  Hegseth hullabaloo  —  DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH HAS VOWED to bring “warfighters” back to the Pentagon.  True to form, his ongoing leadership debacle has set off a narrative war between two conservative media titans: Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly.
Discussion: Townhall, HuffPost and Blaze Media
CNN:
Trump writes ‘Vladimir, STOP!’ after Russia launches deadliest strikes on Kyiv since last summer  —  US President Donald Trump said he is “not happy” after Russia launched its deadliest wave of attacks on Kyiv in nine months, telling President Vladimir Putin to “STOP!” as he attempts …
Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Trump Admin Mistakenly Shares Doomed Plan to Kill Congestion Pricing  —  Despite Donald Trump's attempts to vanquish it, New York City's congestion-pricing program has continued unabated, blowing past a mandated April 20 deadline from the federal government to end the toll for drivers traveling at or below 60th Street.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
How I Describe Myself Politically These Days  —  I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation.  But if you really force me, I'd describe myself as a “Waymo Democrat.”  Waymos are the self-driving electric taxis started by Google.
Rob Stein / NPR:
Funding cut for landmark study of women's health  —  The Trump administration is shutting down most of a landmark federal project studying women's health, stunning researchers around the country.  —  “It's a huge loss.  I can't put into words what a huge loss it is,” says Marian Neuhouser …
Discussion: Science
 
 
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Jasmine Garsd / NPR:
Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump to sit for interview with ‘SignalGate’ journalist Jeffrey Goldberg
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
A CEO with 500 workers explains why he's suing Trump over tariffs: “This path is catastrophic”
Discussion: Alternet.org and Breitbart
ProPublica:
ICE Awarded a $3.8 Billion Contract to Hold Immigrants on a Military Base. Days Later, It Was Canceled.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Justice Department cutting grants that help crime victims
Discussion: Reuters
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Let's have more babies — and less of this
Washington Post:
Meet the top donors to Trump's $239 million inauguration fund
Discussion: CNBC
 Earlier Items: 
Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica:
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Discussion: Daily Camera and Cardinal News
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety
Discussion: Alternet.org
Joel Dodge / Washington Monthly:
In Defense of Everything-Bagel Liberalism
Anna Lagos / Wired:
The US Has Spent Over $500,000 on YouTube Ads to Discourage Irregular Migration
NOTUS:
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
Xavier Martinez / Wall Street Journal:
Fearing Trump's Visa Crackdown, College Students Race to Scrub Op-Eds
Discussion: masslive.com
 

 
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Staff of business-focused public radio outlet Marketplace say comments by its CEO following last week's layoffs were tone-deaf; management expresses regrets

Ethan Shanfeld / Variety:
Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal depicts Paramount+ as Nazis after the streamer pulled a Nathan For You episode in 2023 citing “sensitivities” around antisemitism

Tony Maglio / The Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix says it will stream Tudum Live on Netflix, after previously streaming the fan fest on YouTube; a source says it is being reimagined as a variety show

 
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