Blogroll for Wednesday, April 16, 2025
If Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive, how would we know?
El Salvador detention crisis spiraling
Judge finds "probable cause" the Trump admin is in contempt over March 15 flights — Law Dork
El Salvador’s president has reasons to cozy up to Trump — Mother Jones
Van Hollen barred from meeting of speaking with Garcia — The Independent
Inside Democrats' scramble to travel to El Salvador — Axios
The internal war on the federal state
DOGE removes billions in “savings” from website — NOTUS
CDC shutters lab that could help with hepatitis outbreak — NPR
IRS Direct File is dead thanks to Trump — AP
ICE on the march
ICE attempts to kidnap New Bedford man — New Bedford Light
This ICE-snitching app is actually promoting a meme coin — The Verge
Plus:
Abundance is tech’s attempt at buying the Democratic Party — New International
Riggs on track to win NC Supreme Court race — Anderson Alerts
U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law — NPR
After winning Roe, far right goes after birth control — Jezebel
China demands respect — Bloomberg
Pentagon’s “SWAT team of nerds” resigns en masse — Politico
Mourning the end of a nation — Welcome to Hell World
Two Pentagon officials on leave from probe — Politico
Elon Musk’s baby making army — Wall Street Journal
It was never about anti-semitism — The Handbasket
Prison crackdown after self-immolations — The Appeal
Fetterman campaign losing cash — The Intercept