The American Prospect
Platner, Collins, and the Peculiar Definition of Political Scandal
What most people would consider a scandal from a public official isn’t always depicted as scandalous.
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10mTwo Americas: Anti-ICE Fighters vs. Bootlickers
Elected officials across the country are fighting the federal government’s mass deportation campaign with new laws and funding. But some states are welcoming the shock troops.
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8mTop Pentagon Official Contracted Personal Lawyer to Handle Pentagon Minerals Deal
Alan Waldenberg manages Stephen Feinberg’s personal trust and is lead outside counsel to his former private equity firm. He has also represented the agency where Feinberg is the number two civilian official.
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9mFTC Says It Will Enforce Surveillance Pricing. It Won’t.
Its policy statement merely targets disclosure. It doesn’t say that using personal data to set prices is an unfair or deceptive practice.
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8mLiberia Joins Trump’s ‘Third-Country Deportation’ Network
The African republic says it will take up to 1,200 noncitizen deportees beginning with the flight on Thursday.
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9mJudge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the day before the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.