The Stepping Stone

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert Acquisition Logistics LLC has no experience running correction facilities and had never won a federal contract for more than $16 million.

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DHS lays out plans to detain migrants at U.S. military bases

Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening Amid outrage over ‘far-fetched’ plans to revive Alcatraz, Trump is pushing to expand Ice detention to other closed lockups marked by scandals

TRUMP TO TRANSFORN OUR COUNTRY INTO A PRISON COLONY‼️
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Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening
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'Homegrowns are next': Trump hopes to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad

The Not-So-Secret Republican Plan to Destroy Our Climate Future If they win the next presidential election, far-right Republican operatives have a climate plan. It’s a nightmare.

THE GOP HAS NO PLAN FOR HUMANITIES FUTURE
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The Not-So-Secret Republican Plan to Destroy Our Climate Future

Donald Trump: stupid things he's said about the planet | Friends of the Earth Can you believe these quotes by Donald Trump? Let's analyse the stupid things Trump has said about sea level rise, wind turbines and more.

TRUMP IS PROOF HUMANITY HAS NO FUTURE‼️
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Donald Trump: stupid things he's said about the planet

Super Bowl: A Money Machine, But for Whom? Much of the money generated by the Super Bowl is pocketed by the NFL, according to NC State professor Mike Edwards.

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Super Bowl: A Money Machine, But for Whom?
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The Economics of the Super Bowl, By the Numbers - Time Magazine: With more than 60,000 football fans set to watch Sunday's big game in person, Andrew...

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Professional sports: A waste of time, money, and energy? Despite the reasons why it doesn't make sense to expend resources on professional sports, we're stil spending an hour or two each week watching football.

HUMANS ARE THE WORLD'S STRANGEST CREATURES BARE NONE‼️
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Professional sports: A waste of time, money, and energy?

ICE Barbie’s full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem. The initials spell KLAN. Sometimes the universe writes the joke itself.

Amid another wave of Trump lies about 2020 election, note today's analysis from elections security expert David Becker on Face the Nation

“Not only are our elections not rigged, they're as transparent, verifiable and secure as they’ve ever been, whether you like the outcome or not"

Is Trump reshaping the world order? | Brookings Brookings scholars examine how President Trump's recent foreign policy moves mean for the United States and the international order.

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Is Trump reshaping the world order?
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“Empire in Decline”: Historian Alfred McCoy on U.S. Aggression in the world

How are laws changing for asylum seekers? This page provides time-sensitive updates for asylum seekers about: asylum , work permits , social security numbers , immigration court , driver's lic…

THE WORLD'S ASYLUM SEEKERS NEVER PLANNED ON THE TRUMP HORROR.
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How are laws changing for asylum seekers?

Opinion | Trump is implementing an American apartheid David McGrath: Trump has signed orders shockingly similar to those passed by the National Party of South Africa to establish the system of apartheid.

ALL FUELED BY TRUMP'S MAKING DEI ILLEGAL‼️
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Trump is creating a selfish, miserable world. Here’s what we can do | Michael Plant The president is both a symptom and a cause of unhappiness and mistrust. But we can respond by rebuilding our social fabric

TRUMP THINKS HE'S "RUNNING THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD".

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Trump is creating a selfish, miserable world. Here's what we can do...🤙🏼

Trump: ‘I run the country and the world’ President Trump shared his thoughts on how his two terms as president have differed, saying in a new interview with The Atlantic that this time around he’s leading “the country and the …

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE CAPABLE OF DOING A BETTER JOB OF IT THAN TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT ADMIN.
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Trump: 'I run the country and the world'

Trump says he ‘probably should’ get into heaven, needed 2024 win for 'own ego' Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, Trump said he "probably should" get into heaven and questioned how any person of faith can vote Democratic.

TRUMP SEE'S SIGNS THAT RELIGION IS RETURNING.
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Trump, at prayer breakfast, says he 'probably should' get into heaven

Fact check: Trump’s mathematically impossible promise to cut drug prices by ‘1,000%’ | CNN Politics President Donald Trump keeps making a mathematically impossible promise.

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Confidence in Trump Dips, and Fewer Now Say They Support His Policies and Plans Only 27% of Americans say they support all or most of Trump's policies – down since last year, with the change coming entirely among Republicans.

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The Trump Administration Is Erasing American History Told by Public Lands and Waters Through a series of executive orders targeting place names, signage on, and access to public lands and waters, the Trump administration is erasing important chapters of American history.

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Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History is something impossible for the Trump administration‼️

Will that warehouse become an ICE detention center? Locals push back. ICE has expressed interest in purchasing at least a dozen commercial warehouses since December as it seeks to rapidly expand its detention space.

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Will that warehouse become an ICE detention center? Locals push back.

The Murder of The Washington Post Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

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The Murder of The Washington Post

4. The Social Contract - Hegemonic Project Games The state has immense power over the lives of its citizens. Through legislation, the state creates and enforces laws which regulate countless aspects of our lives – what we are taught in schools, what...

TRUMP IS CONDUCTING A WAR AGAINST THE PEOPLE
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4. The Social Contract

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OMG HEAVEN FORBID‼️
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Trump Says He's 'The Most Honest Human Being God Has Ever Created'

The Department of Justice’s Broken Accountability System The Trump administration has dismantled its internal checks on abuses of power, and courts are grappling with the consequences.

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The Department of Justice's Broken Accountability System

Trump wants to ‘nationalize the voting,’ seeking to grab states’ power Trump, who continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has baselessly alleged widespread fraud.

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Trump wants to 'nationalize the voting,' seeking to grab states' power

Star Tribune analysis: Feds disobeying judicial orders on immigration detainees The federal government cites a glut in cases and low staffing as reasons for violating court orders.

The Minnesota Star Tribune has identified 17 instances of federal officials violating judicial orders related to people detained in Minnesota.

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

TOM HOLMAN TO LEAD TRUMP'S SECRET POLICE
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How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Donald Trump Dreams of More Executions The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

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Donald Trump Dreams of More Executions

What the World Could Teach America About Policing Examples abound of reforms that are seen as “radical” in the United States.

AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS MORE LETHAL THAN MOST ESPECIALLY UNDER TRUMP‼️
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What the World Could Teach America About Policing...🚔👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️

Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations (Published 2024)

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Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations
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The Trump administration plans to use New Jersey's Fort Dix to detain everybody‼️

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as the "commander at large" for the U.S. Border Patrol and will return to his former job in California, where he is expected to retire soon, the Atlantic ...

BOVINE BEING RELOCATED TO CA WHERE HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO RETIRE‼️
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