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#Twitter #ElonMusk #GiftArticle #DSA #EU

'European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, for breaking a landmark law to combat illicit content and disinformation, said four people with knowledge of the plans...

The penalties are set to include a fine and demands for product changes, said the people, who declined to be identified discussing an ongoing investigation. '

nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technol

European authorities have been weighing how big a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing President Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine.
The New York Times · E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s XBy Adam Satariano

👀 😥 In Toronto Library contract negotiations "Key bargaining points were 'safety & security', 'harassment' & 'workplace violence.' … public libraries have been pressed into service as de facto homeless shelters & support service locations. They’ve become hotbeds of people in crisis.

It's #homelessness all the way down."

Trump is about to make the Toronto homelessness crisis worse:
#giftArticle #cdnPoli #cdnPolitics #onPoli
#housingCrisis #librarians #tariffWar
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Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record

The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957.

nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/poli

Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Tuesday.
The New York Times · Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on RecordBy Tim Balk

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The #Trump admin acknowledges that it grabbed a Maryland father with withholding of removal protected legal status & mistakenly deported him to #ElSalvador on March 15.

The US govt told a court on Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back.

"What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told Nick Miroff.

#immigration #law #CivilRights #HumanRights #AlienEnemiesAct #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #kakistocracy
theatlantic.com/politics/archi

The Atlantic · An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran PrisonBy Nick Miroff

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Secret #Pentagon memo on #China, #HomelandSecurity has #HeritageFoundation fingerprints

An internal guidance memo from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth focuses on deterring China’s seizure of #Taiwan & shoring up homeland defense. In some instances, the document is nearly a word-for-word facsimile of a report from the conservative think tank behind #Project2025.

#Trump #USpol #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #leak
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The Washington Post · Secret Pentagon memo on China, homeland has Heritage fingerprintsBy Alex Horton

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When #Trump Talks About #Greenland, He’s Talking About #ClimateChange

Trump has made his fixation on Greenland abundantly clear—enough so to unnerve many of the people who live there.…. #JDVance is traveling there today…. As part of the trip, *#NationalSecurity* Adviser #MikeWaltz [#signalgate] & #Energy Secy #ChrisWright were scheduled to visit a US military base; Greenland’s PM, Mute B. Egede, called the visit a “provocation.”…

#USExpansionism
theatlantic.com/science/archiv

The Atlantic · The Truth About Trump's Greenland CampaignBy Brett Simpson

#HillaryClinton NYT OpEd
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It’s not the #hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the #stupidity. We’re all shocked—shocked!—that Pres Trump & his team don’t actually care about protecting #classified info or federal record retention laws. But we knew that already. What’s much worse is that top #Trump admin ofcls put our troops in jeopardy by sharing #military plans on a commercial messaging app & unwittingly invited a journalist….That’s dangerous. And it’s just dumb.
nytimes.com/2025/03/28/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just DumbBy Hillary Clinton

#Twitter #ElonMusk #India #GiftArticle

"This month, X, formerly known as Twitter, filed a lawsuit in an Indian court accusing the government of misusing a law to block content on the site. While Mr. Musk has portrayed himself as a champion of free speech, it is a touchy subject for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has faced allegations of stifling dissent and clamping down on expression. A hearing in the lawsuit is expected Thursday."

nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/a

Elon Musk, second from right, during a meeting between President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, left, at the White House in February.
The New York Times · As Musk Makes Some Headway in India, He Is Also Suing Its GovernmentBy Anupreeta Das