#501
March 23, 2025
Inside story of how Paul Weiss, a major Democratic law firm, capitulated to Trump
El Salvador offers its gulag for US deportees of any nationality, including Americans
What the Venezuelans abducted to Salvadoran gulag experienced
Excerpt: They entered their cold cells, 80 men per cell, with steel planks for bunks, no mats, no sheets, no pillow. No television. No books. No talking. No phone calls and no visitors. For these Venezuelans, it was not just a prison they had arrived at. It was exile to another world, a place so cold and far from home they may as well have been sent into space, nameless and forgotten.
Trump wants to force immigrants to share their social media handles when applying for citizenship
WAR ON SCIENCE AND SAFETY
FEMA hiring overhaul drives fears of agency dismantling as hurricane season nears
Why did Elon Musk go after bunkers full of seeds?
LIFE IN THE REPUBLICAN REPUBLIC
They were arrested during routine ICE check-ins. Then they disappeared.
“On Wednesday night, my visa was revoked by the Department of State.”
Green Card holder is jailed by ICE after returning from Philippines
Pennsylvania officials say ICE abducted 5 legal residents
Migrants deported to Panama ask: ‘Where am I going to go?’
Attorney general to US Rep Jasmine Crockett: ‘Tread very carefully’ with your Musk critique
‘DOGE’ takes a sledgehammer to American libraries and museums
Wells Fargo is plotting to privatize the Post Office
Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS
AND ALSO
White House seeks corporate sponsorships for annual Easter-egg hunt
MLB ‘evaluating’ Diversity Pipeline Program, strikes ‘DEI’ references from its website
The Marines’ Bea Arthur is latest victim of Defense department ‘DEI’ purge
And that’s the way it is,
and nothing will
meaningfully improve
until billionaires fear for their lives
3/23/2025
Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Toad’s Lily Pad, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.
Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.
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