Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year
Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.
Politics
The War on Immigrants
Columbia Admissions Guidance for Undocumented Immigrants Vanishes From Site
The page went dark as Columbia caved to the Trump administration’s anti-Palestinian and anti-immigrant attacks.
Musk Is Firing Federal Workers Who Prevent Bloated Tech Contracts
Employees at the federal tech unit 18F say that their role in preventing overspending put a Musk-sized target on their back.
DEA Insiders Warned About Legality of Phone Tracking Program. Their Concerns Were Kept Secret.
The DEA ignored the internal alarm about its mass phone data collection program, according to newly revealed details in a government report.
Voices
Trump Reasserts U.S. as the World’s Policeman With Massive Yemen Escalation
Trump’s bid for regime change in Yemen should be anathema to both America Firsters and Democrats, but will anyone speak out?
Trump Fired Park Rangers — But Not the Ones Who Tend to the White House
National Park Service workers who care for the White House were exempt from a wave of mass firings that gutted the agency.
The War on Immigrants
Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law With a Shameful History
Trump says the Alien Enemies Act gives him power to deport people he alleges are linked to the Tren de Aragua prison gang.
Appeasement Is Failing: Why Fighting Back Against Trump Is the Only Option
If there’s any lesson so far in Trump’s second term, it’s that playing nice isn’t just bad optics — it’s a losing strategy.
Voices
The Right Loves Free Speech — Unless It’s Pro-Palestine Speech
Conservative critics of “cancel culture” were quick to defend Trump’s attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil over his political speech.
Senate Dems Look to Give Trump Everything He Wants After a “Fake Fight” on Spending Bill
If Senate Democrats oppose Trump’s budget, why are they considering providing Republicans with the needed votes to invoke cloture?