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With George Santos, Trump finds another convicted congressional Republican to reward The president has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.

"Trump has now pardoned or commuted the sentences of most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century...."

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Trump’s changes to Parent Plus student loans may limit college options New caps on Parent Plus loans leave some parents of high school seniors worried they will no longer be able to afford their school of choice.

Starting July 1, 2026, parents can only borrow $20,000 a year, or a total of $65,000 per student, from the Parent Plus loan program.

High school seniors applying to college will now face borrowing restrictions.

The Justice Department Had 36 Lawyers Fighting Corruption Full-Time. Under Trump, It’s Down to Two. The Public Integrity Section is the latest casualty in the administration’s attacks on Nixon-era good-government reforms.

If you wanted to clean up the proverbial swamp by, say, going after corrupt politicians, this is not how you'd go about it.

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Textbook George / Choppin’ Broccoli.

Drexel/Kline Law Review’s Annual Symposium is coming up September 25-27. Called “Weaving It All Together: Hair, Health, Law & Policy.” If you attend Friday and Saturday, 14.5 CLE Credits can be had (2.5 ethics). More information and register:
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Unfortunately, the ICEBlock app is activism theater At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others r...

This is your regular reminder that if you are developing an app that is supposed to help a vulnerable population, you need to do it WITH CONSIDERABLE INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE YOU ARE TRYING TO PROTECT.

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ICEing the U.S. Economy Mass deportations will hurt more than people realize

Deportations and detentions will inflict a lot of damage on the US economy 1/ paulkrugman.substack.com/p/iceing-the...

Can Pennsylvania Lead the AI Revolution? Pennsylvania has a huge opportunity to lead in AI — this century’s railroad moment. But will PA seize the moment?

The head of Drexel’s Metro Finance Lab says the Commonwealth has a huge opportunity to lead in this century’s railroad era. But will Pennsylvania seize the moment? 

Donald Trump has nominated a January 6th rioter to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, raising new questions about Tom Daschle’s failure to declare free car rides as personal income.

Pretty sure you can time travel from the MFL Spring Garden stop.

Who were the other bidders and what were their bids?

the constitution has blocks on presidential grifting/emoluments. it would have to he enforced.

The History of Birthright Citizenship : Throughline Wong Kim Ark was born in the U.S. and lived his whole life here. But when he returned from a trip to China in August of 1895, officials wouldn't let him leave his ship. Citing the Chinese Exclusion Ac...

The History of Birthright Citizenship via Throughline podcast @npr.org - www.npr.org/2025/02/06/1...

phrasing.

rss feeds are infinitely better than this email newsletter hellscape we’ve created.

Silicon Valley was, somewhat lowkey, on the Veep tier of "this sitcom was actually a documentary." The smart fridge episode was so far ahead of its time

Weirdest closet IIED claim I’ve heard yet.

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

NEW: The US government has collected DNA from over 100,000 migrant children—including a 4-year-old—and uploaded their genetic profiles into a national biometric database meant for sex offenders and violent criminals.

www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

It has been 0 days since Tottenham Hotspur won a cup.

bonsai, Longwood Gardens

🚨 Pa.'s primary election is TOMORROW 🚨

Need a last minute primer? Here’s everything you need to know to cast your vote 👇

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CFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.

NEW: “By withdrawing the CFPB’s data broker rulemaking, the Trump administration is ensuring that Americans will continue to be bombarded by scam texts, calls and emails," says Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress.

A scoop:

You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President

From The Archives: You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President theonion.com/you-peo...

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

The United States has an autocratic leader, limited civil liberties, a secret police force that grabs people off the streets and send them to torture camps, unusually high rates of infant mortality, and an economy that’s about to start contracting. So why doesn’t Canada want to join?

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

ICYMI: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

The Government Is Mass-Emailing People Telling Them To ‘Leave the United States’ Within 7 Days. It’s A Mess, And It Might Be DOGE’s Fault. Over the weekend, I got a WhatsApp message from Mr. A. Mr. A and I have been in touch since he was trying to get out of Afghanistan after American troops withdrew in 2021. After finally escaping with ...

NEW FROM ME:

There's a huge mess over letters telling people to "leave the United States" bc they're losing parole. Mistakes, panic, bad legal advice, "how did they get my email?"

Totally coincidentally, DOGE's first job on immigration? Parole revocation. immigrationimpact.com/2025/04/17/t...

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”

Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.” www.wired.com/story/massiv...