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From campuses to newsrooms: Trump’s coordinated campaign to crush independent institutions
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From campuses to newsrooms: Trump’s coordinated campaign to crush independent institutions

Suppressing independent thought The Trump administration’s months-long campaign to assert control over higher education paid off this month as multiple institutions capitulated under mounting pressure. The strategy adheres to a now-familiar playbook: first, freeze federal funding over vague allegations of tolerating antisemitism, advancing transgender rights, or prioritizing diversity initiatives,
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Trump and Musk are building an AI-driven surveillance state. This doesn't end well. (Apr. 16, 2025)

Trump and Musk are building an AI-driven surveillance state. This doesn't end well. (Apr. 16, 2025)

Last month, President Donald Trump issued a little-noticed executive order that directs agencies to eliminate “information silos”— data compartmentalized within one system that only certain qualified individuals can access. “Removing unnecessary barriers to Federal employees accessing Government data and promoting inter‑agency data sharing,” the order claimed, “are important steps
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Trump's first week of executive orders: Military at the border, discrimination in the workplace, and an end to clean energy (Jan. 27, 2025)

Trump's first week of executive orders: Military at the border, discrimination in the workplace, and an end to clean energy (Jan. 27, 2025)

Immigration “Declaring A National Emergency At The Southern Border Of The United States”: Declares that a national emergency exists at the southern border to permit the Department of Defense (DOD) to use military funds for border enforcement, including the construction of barriers, expansion of detention capacity, and facilitating transportation (e.
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