Another blow for the polling industry in the U.S. following the shuttering of FiveThirtyEight: Monmouth University Polling Institute will close on July 1. "The changing political and media landscapes have made it both more difficult and more expensive for polling organizations to operate," says the university's president Patrick F. Leahy. Here's more from @politico.
Who is Mahmoud Khalil? The detained Columbia graduate praised as steady negotiator https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/who-is-mahmoud-khalil-arrest-palestinian-activist-columbia #Palestinianterritories #UScampusprotests #MahmoudKhalil #USimmigration #DonaldTrump #NewYork #Protest #USnews #Israel
@404mediaco has obtained a list of sites and services monitored by an ICE contractor ShadowDragon to let government analysts search and draw connections between people.
"The long list of sites and services that ShadowDragon’s SocialNet tool accesses is a reminder of just how much data is accessible and collected from and about us to provide surveillance services to the government and others."
https://www.404media.co/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/
DoJ official says she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/doj-official-fired-mel-gibson-gun #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #MelGibson #UScrime #USnews #Film
Musk's Tesla facilities in US face 'Takedown' protests
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvze9dzq8vo
" #Tesla facilities across the #US are facing protests and vandalism in response to the political role #ElonMusk... has played in the #Trump administration.
Most #TeslaTakedown protests have been peaceful, but a few have been destructive with fires intentionally set at Tesla showrooms and charging stations in #Colorado & #Massachusetts last week."
Richard Wolff always lays it out in the most accessible language.
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The American empire is over: Richard Wolff on Trump, tariffs and the rising power of BRICS | UpFront
The U.S. Secret Service has shot a man near the White House after "armed confrontation", the agency said.
@NBCNews
flipboard.com has the latest:
Was 40-year-old Trump recruited by the KGB? https://www.byteseu.com/809667/ #America #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WeThePeople
2025-March-07 Friday
724 Americans Died Last Week From COVID 19
1,222,603 Americans Dead From COVID 19 In Total
https://www.europesays.com/1895940/ Trump signs order to establish strategic bitcoin reserve #america #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WeThePeopleOfTheUnitedStates
https://www.europesays.com/1895333/ Video of Elon Musk’s Starship Rocket Exploding Next to Plane Goes Viral #america #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #WeThePeopleOfTheUnitedStates
American prisons run on forced labor. For @bolts, historian Robert Chase answered reader questions about the legal basis for paying incarcerated people below minimum wage, whether the Americans with Disabilities Act applies in these circumstances, who has the authority to stop prison labor, and more.
https://boltsmag.org/the-past-and-present-of-prison-labor-your-questions-answered/
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/montana-anti-trans-bills-defeated #LGBTQ+rights #Transgender #USpolitics #Montana #USnews
"A week ago, transgender Representative Zooey Zephyr delivered a powerful speech against a bill that would create a separate indecent exposure law for transgender people. [...] In a stunning turn, 29 Republicans defected, killing both bills. One Republican even took the floor to deliver a scathing rebuke of the bill’s sponsor."
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-speeches-from-trans-dems
Ten Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al Green over Trump speech https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/al-green-censure-house-trump-speech-democrats #HouseofRepresentatives #Republicans #DonaldTrump #MikeJohnson #USpolitics #Democrats #USnews