Blogroll for Thursday, April 17, 2025
You should take these people seriously.
Danger of constitutional crisis rising over deportation
Checkpoint put in place to stop Van Hollen from accessing CECOT — USA Today
Trump’s gilded Oval Office was the perfect setting for his and Bukele’s grotesque spectacle — The Guardian
ICE detains US-born citizen — New Republic
GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib — The Handbasket
Here comes mass deportation — The Atlantic
Blue Origin flight panned
A gross display of wealth and egomania — Discourse Blog
More vacuous than an endless vacuum — The Guardian
Here’s something fun
I went on I Hate Bill Maher, it was fun — I Hate Bill Maher
Plus:
The Roots of Musk’s war on Washington — Washington Post
No pronatalism for the left, please — New York Magazine
Palantir working with ICE — 404 Media
GOP lawmakers continue to face angry voters at home — New York Times
Cuomo takes on AOC — Daily Beast
Zuckerberg uses TikTok as way to fight monopoly allegations — The Hill
SCOTUS knows Trump doesn’t care — Balls and Strikes
Trump’s approval rating decline is nothing new — MSNBC
Trump has been planning to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell for months — Wall Street Journal
Carville suggests he will sue David Hogg for primarying safe Dems — The Independent
Tariffs dragging on Trump approval — CNBC
Universities betrayed students, no surprise — The Intercept
Vance, Musk connected startup lands $700 million federal contract — ProPublica
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts — Reuters
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards — Washington Post
Where Palestine advocacy gets the most heat — The Appeal
“I'm in ruins,” teary Mike Lindell tells judge in Smartmatic sanctions hearing — ABC News
Abrego case based on crooked cop testimony — Baltimore Beat
Hakeem Jeffries rakes in the cash — Sludge
Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether Trump can implement birthright citizenship plan — NBC News
The war on the liberal class — Ideas Letter