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ICE Will Hold Immigrants in Jail Accused of “Excessive, Invasive” Gynecological Procedures
Jose Olivares, The Intercept
The Georgia facility gained notoriety for allegations that women received “often unnecessary” gynecological treatment, at times lacking informed consent. The post ICE Will Hold Immigrants in Jail Accused of “Excessive, Invasive” Gynecological Procedures appea…
Oct 11, 2025, 4:09 PM
‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist Is Officially the Head of NOAA. Here’s What That Could Mean for the Agency Under Trump
Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com
Neil Jacobs, who was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, was found to have violated the agency's code of ethics during the first Trump administration.
Oct 9, 2025, 4:45 PM
Exclusive-Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say
By Marisa Taylor and Chris Prentice, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump appointee accusing the president’s political foes of mortgage fraud skipped over his agency’s inspector general when making...
Oct 6, 2025, 7:12 PM
FBI agents are resisting Director Kash Patel’s political agenda
Douglas M. Charles, Salon
Will Patel be held accountable?
Oct 4, 2025, 10:00 AM
Trump Administration Stomps All Over The Hatch Act With Shutdown Website Banners And Away Messages
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
The Hatch Act of 1939 is a beautiful piece of legislation. It disallows all kinds of things, like bribing voters with jobs to vote a certain way, as well as limiting any campaign activity by federal workers. Another thing it does is to prohibit partisan polit…
Oct 3, 2025, 8:22 PM
Trump administration uses taxpayer dollars to blame Democrats for government shutdown
Shannon Bond, NPR
Federal employees across the government reported seeing similar messages. Experts say the messages may violate ethics laws meant to keep partisan politics out of day-to-day governing.
Sep 30, 2025, 9:13 PM
US removes senior officials over Biden-era airline passenger watchlist
David Shepardson, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration said Tuesday it is removing five senior officials on suspicion of targeting former president Joe Biden's...
Sep 30, 2025, 4:13 PM
If the Trump DOJ can indict Comey, then no one is safe from political prosecution
msnbc.com, Biztoc.com
In the United States, a president should never order prosecutions of his enemies. As the former ethics counsels for Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, we never once saw them or anyone working for them suggest that the Department of Just…
Sep 28, 2025, 12:17 PM
Sure, Let’s Try Bribes!
Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic
If taxpayers want to influence policy, maybe this is our only option.
Sep 23, 2025, 3:34 PM
US Treasury Sec Bessent accused of contradictory mortgage pledges: Report
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
The Bloomberg News report comes as the White House pushes to fire fed governor Lisa Cook for a similar reason.
Sep 17, 2025, 4:31 PM
Beyond 'draining the swamp': How Trump is knocking down checks on presidential power
Andrea Hsu, NPR
President Trump wants to be able to fire far more executive branch employees at will — upending checks on presidential power that have existed for more than a century.
Sep 17, 2025, 9:00 AM
With Trump's state visit days away, blame game begins over Mandelson scandal
BBC News
There is growing disquiet over the roles of Starmer, his chief of staff and Whitehall vetting in the saga.
Sep 13, 2025, 1:40 PM
UC Berkeley shares information on 160 staff, students with US government
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Among those listed is feminist philosopher Judith Butler, who likened the move to a 'practice from the McCarthy era'.
Sep 13, 2025, 9:03 AM
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages Of Fraud. Records Show Three Of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski, Techdirt
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. The Trump administration has vowed to go after anyone who got lower mortgage rates by claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. President Dona…
Sep 12, 2025, 10:35 PM
Secret Service Suspends Agent Following Shocking Comments About Charlie Kirk’s Death
Perry Carpenter, Nationalenquirer.com
The U.S. Secret Service has placed an agent on leave and revoked his security clearance after he posted negative comments about conservative commentator...
Sep 12, 2025, 8:38 PM
Trump accuses foes with multiple mortgages of fraud. Records show 3 of his Cabinet members have them
Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliot, Alex Mierjeski, Salon
In one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two such mortgages in quick succession.
Sep 6, 2025, 10:00 AM
Judge Says Trump FCC Being ‘Vague And Uninformative’ In Response To DOGE-Related Lawsuit
Karl Bode, Techdirt
Back in April, the Trump FCC was sued by Nina Burleigh and Frequency Forward, alleging that Elon Musk’s influence in government was “creating unmanageable conflicts of interest within the FCC.” There’s not much debate there; Musk is getting slathered in new t…
Sep 3, 2025, 12:22 PM
EPA Fires 5 Employees Who Signed ‘Dissent’ Letter
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
The EPA fired five agency employees who signed a June declaration decrying moves that contradict science and undermine public health, alongside four more served removal notices
Aug 31, 2025, 3:30 AM
FBI: Making America Great Means Lowering The Bar For New Hires
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
Trump’s desire to punish, oust, and eject anyone who isn’t white and/or MAGA enough from this country means the preferred outlets for his aggression are running out of manpower. Tons of federal officers have already been rerouted to immigration enforcement, l…
Aug 29, 2025, 4:25 PM
FEMA workers put on leave after letter criticising Trump administration
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Employees expressed outrage over budget cuts, personnel decisions, other reforms enacted under President Donald Trump.
Aug 27, 2025, 8:21 AM
Trump has bought more than $100m in bonds in office, disclosure shows
John Power, Al Jazeera English
Trump's investments include Meta, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, and T-Mobile, according to filing.
Aug 21, 2025, 4:41 AM
The White House Keeps a ‘Loyalty’ Scorecard for Companies: Report
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
Remember Nixon's enemies list?
Aug 15, 2025, 4:45 PM
Trump’s Pick for Stats Chief Loves This Nazi Warship & Is Bad at Math
Danielle Han, Jezebel
It also looks like he was at the Capitol on January 6. Sweet!
Aug 14, 2025, 1:48 PM
Intel CEO Responds to Trump’s Threat
Bruce Gil, Gizmodo.com
Intel’s chief executive says there is a lot of ‘misinformation’ circulating about his past.
Aug 8, 2025, 7:35 PM