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Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering WASHINGTON—Seeking to reassure the public after his latest tariffs sent both U.S. and international markets into free fall, President Donald Trump calmly reminded the nation Thursday that desire is th...

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

Oof. We’ve fallen so far, so fast.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ Dr Alison Barnes says

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained

‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ Dr Alison Barnes says

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Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison GREENBELT, MD—Decrying the deportation as “wholly lawless,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis ruled Monday that the Trump administration had three days to return her to the United States from a Salvador...

Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison

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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.

And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

US Customs New Crackdown Prompts Canadian Lawyers To Urge All Travelers To Use Burner Phones To Protect Personal Data - Travel And Tour World Canadian lawyers urge travelers to the US to use burner phones as new border rules allow officials to search devices and access personal data.

US Customs New Crackdown Prompts Canadian Lawyers To Urge All Travelers To Use Burner Phones To Protect Personal Data

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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

I've never read an op-ed that has so clearly put into words what many have been thinking and feeling: Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... @mashagessen.bsky.social thank you

The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked.

The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts.

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“In this formulation, Zelensky and Trudeau both committed the same sin — they refused to subjugate themselves when the feudal lord was entitled to their subservience.”

Opinion | Canada, May I Introduce You to Ukraine? We already know what happens when great powers feel entitled to their zones of control, and the strong try to dominate the weak.

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That’s an important connection

Trump Orders Halt to Aid to South Africa, Claiming Mistreatment of White Landowners The president ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” into the United States.

I know there are so many things to be shocked about these days, but I think this is worth noting..."President Trump said his administration would prioritize the resettling of white, “Afrikaner refugees” because of actions that “racially disfavored landowners.”
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