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The big news outlets used to say settlements would encourage more lawsuits. Trump is already targeting smaller newspapers.
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America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror

Nick Turse

For more than two decades, the U.S. has flown drones over the heads of millions of people — watching, recording, and even killing some of them.
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Federal Labor Unions Steel Themselves for Trump and DOGE’s Mass Firings

Jessica Washington

Trump wants a bloodbath for the federal employees, but government workers aren’t the only ones who will suffer.
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Republicans Said the FTC Was Too Politicized. Now Trump’s FTC Pick Says It Should be Politicized — by Trump.

Matt Sledge

“When you imagine what the FTC is willing and able to do in the service of an authoritarian Trump administration, that takes you to some really terrifying places.”
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Senate Approves Defense Bill Blocking Health Care for Thousands of Trans Youth 

Jessica Washington

Biden appears ready to sign the NDAA, despite objections from advocates and some Democrats about an insidious anti-trans rider.
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Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump

Matt Sledge

Everyone from janitors to the Geek Squad could be forced to help the NSA spy — and Democrats barely put up a fight.
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