Between classes, when throngs of students stream into and out of Columbia University’s campus, the security lines can back up like a TSA checkpoint. There’s a switch-back path of metal fencing that leads into a white tent, where two sets of guards check and then swipe campus ID cards before …
Read More »National Parks at Escalated Wildfire Risk, Thanks to DOGE Cuts
Thousands of U.S. Forest Service and National Park employees have a collateral duty to work on wildland fires as a part of a firefighting militia. Aside from their work monitoring fragile ecosystems and educating people about “Leave No Trace” principles, they are frequently called upon to jump on an engine, …
Read More »Trump's Lawyers Fired Me After I Refused to Let Mel Gibson Have Guns
Liz Oyer served as Pardon Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice from April 2022 to March 2025. Throughout American history and regardless of presidential politics, the mission of the Department of Justice has been to uphold the rule of law, to keep our country safe, and to protect civil …
Read More »Union Blasts Musk Over Retweet Blaming Holocaust on Public Workers
Early on Thursday morning, Elon Musk, who has led the efforts of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to purge tens of thousands of government workers on behalf of President Donald Trump, amplified a defense of Adolf Hitler on his social media platform, X. “Stalin, Mao and Hitler didn’t …
Read More »Donald Trump, of All People, Says It 'Should Be Illegal' to Criticize Judges
Donald Trump, in his speech at the Department of Justice on Friday, said it “should be illegal” for people to criticize judges, adding that it “probably is illegal in some form.” It’s not the first time the president has expressed this sentiment — on the campaign trail last year, Trump …
Read More »Trump Family Has Reportedly Explored Cashing in on Controversial Crypto Exchange
Corny NFTs and scammy meme coins apparently aren’t enough to scratch the Trump family’s crypto itch. According to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal, World Liberty Financial (WLF), the Trump family’s fledgling crypto venture, has explored taking a financial stake in the disgraced cryptocurrency exchange Binance. If it …
Read More »Judge Orders Trump Administration to Give Federal Workers Their Jobs Back
A federal judge has ruled that tens of thousands of employees summarily fired by the Trump administration must be rehired — that is if they even want to return to their jobs. On Thursday, District Court for the Northern District of California Judge William Alsup ruled that the federal government …
Read More »The GOP's Spending Bill Is a Nightmare. Democrats Might Help Pass It Anyway
Republicans are playing a game of chicken with Democrats over funding the government. And you’ll never believe who looks like they’re ready to capitulate. Government funding is due to run out Friday at midnight, which will spark a partial government shutdown absent the passage of a new stop-gap spending bill, …
Read More »Soulja Boy Begins Trial on Sexual Assault Allegations
Soulja Boy, the Grammy-nominated rapper, appeared in a California courtroom Thursday for the first day of his civil trial involving allegations he beat and raped a woman while she was working as his personal assistant for nearly two years, ending in late 2020. The “Crank That” artist, whose real name …
Read More »Trump Nominee Was a Central Character in Collective Meme Stock Delusion
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency — the federal agency that oversees more than $7 trillion in mortgage loans — is a man named Bill Pulte. Among the matters Pulte has been pressed on as senators weigh his confirmation is the fact that roughly 24,000 tweets …
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