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Allison Gill: The Sooknanan Monologue
The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend until Judge Sooknanan entered an order to stop it.
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“I am trying to do the best I can to fulfill my obligation as an Article III judge. I appreciate you all showing up today, and I particularly appreciate the government’s representation. But I’m going to put it on the record again, just so there’s absolutely no ambiguity…
“These children are going to be deplaned. They’re going to be returned to ORR custody. And no attempts will be made to remove them from ORR custody and remove them to Guatemala, in light of my order, while these preliminary emergency proceedings are pending.”
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Steve Vladeck: Tariffs, TPS, and the OT2025 Trump Docket
Two appellate rulings from opposite ends of the country on Friday illustrate how much the Court’s new term is going to be dominated by Trump cases—even ones in which the Court has already intervened.
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Ruth Ann Crystal MD: COVID & Health News, 8/31/25
(Ruth Ann Crystal MD more…)Health Nerd: A Fight Over Evidence-Based Medicine And Gender Affirming Care
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Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American – August 31, 2025
Almost one hundred and forty-three years ago, on September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade. The parade almost didn’t happen: there was no band, and no one wanted to start marching without music. Once the Jewelers Union of Newark Two showed up with musicians, the rest of the marchers, eventually numbering between 10,000 and 20,000 men and women, fell in behind them to parade through lower Manhattan. At noon, when they reached the end of the route, the march broke up and the participants listened to speeches, drank beer, and had picnics. Other workers joined them.
(Heather Cox Richardson more…)WSJ: Black Americans Are Losing Jobs in a Warning for the Economy
Unemployment in the U.S. remains historically low at 4.2%. Yet Black workers are living in a different reality: Unemployment for Black Americans has surged to 7.2%, the highest level since October 2021, when the job market was still recovering from the pandemic.
The drop in employment is a warning sign for the labor market and threatens to unravel employment gains made by Black workers during and after the pandemic.
NPR: How Trump is decimating federal employee unions one step at a time
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WSJ: Corn and Soybeans Rule the American Farm. Why That’s a Growing Problem, in Charts
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Jennifer Rubin: The Most Communist President Ever
Republicans, before the Donald Trump cult took hold, frequently railed (rightly so) against communist and fascist regimes that nationalized industry, indulged in crony capitalism, and substituted propaganda for the free flow of reliable information. (The five-year plan is working!) Well, well. How times have changed.
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(Jennifer Rubin more…)CNN: Xi and Putin stand shoulder to shoulder as China casts itself an alternative global leader
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The meeting of the Beijing- and Moscow- backed Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the northern port city of Tianjin is China’s biggest diplomatic event of the year, drawing political heavyweights including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
(CNN more…)Telegraph: Modi gives Trump a lesson in the art of the deal
Amid tariffs and rivalries India’s PM turned to Moscow and Beijing, while quietly keeping Washington in sight
Wired: China Is About to Show Off Its New High-Tech Weapons to the World
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The official theme is the celebration of peace and international justice, but the real content will be the demonstration of the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to fight high-tech wars in new strategic domains: cyberspace, outer space, electronic and hypersonic warfare. According to leaked information from Chinese dress rehearsals and official sources, more than 100 models of weapon systems, all domestically produced and already in operational service, will be on display.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.: The Global Sumud Flotilla Is Making History
(Qasim Rashid, Esq. more…)CBS: Aid ship carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists, set sail to Gaza
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Noah Berlatsky: Slavery Was Defined by Sexual Violence
Trump doesn’t want you to know that.
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Adam Kinzinger: Tragedy Brings Out The Christian Nationalism in Trump’s Administration
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RawStory: ‘It infuriates us’: Veterans rage at ‘abusive’ Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.: A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License
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Allison Gill: Trump Must Resign Now
Since corporate media won’t call for Trump’s resignation, I will.
(Allison Gill more…)Jay Kuo: So, What’s Up With DJT?
After several days with no public appearances, and some questionable social media posts, many people are saying there’s something amiss.
Newsweek: Russian State TV Weighs In on Donald Trump Health Rumors
Mirror: Joe Biden looks healthier than Donald Trump as pair face ongoing medical concerns
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Tracking the Lawsuits Against Trump’s Agenda
Trump Pardons Database
Project 2025 Tracker
DOGE Tracker
ProPublica: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Wired: 6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties
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