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Gaby Del Valle

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    Is Elon Musk using his government job to bully businesses into buying X ads?

    Big brands are advertising on X again, and some Senate Democrats are worried their return to the platform is due to coercion. In a letter addressed to Attorney General Pam Bondi, five Democratic Senators asked the DOJ to investigate whether Musk is using his influence to retaliate against companies that refuse to do business with his platform.

    Musk’s role at DOGE, combined with his ownership of X and other businesses, amount to a “significant conflict of interest,” reads the letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal. “The apparent attempt to strong-arm the federal government to advance his business dealings could violate federal ethics laws and, depending on the specific facts, the federal extortion statute.”

    Elon enters the circus

    The GOP big tent gets even bigger, but not everyone at CPAC loves the tech oligarch’s hold over Trump.

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    The war on DEI is a smoke screen

    MAGA’s attacks on ‘wokeness’ and diversity, equity, and inclusion are a thinly veiled attack on the Civil Rights Movement itself.

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    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

    The ACLU sued the Trump administration on behalf of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG National earlier this month. The suit, filed in Maryland federal court, argued that Trump’s executive order withholding funding from groups that “promote gender ideology” or provide trans people under 19 with gender-affirming care was unconstitutional since Congress had already appropriated the money.

    In an oral order issued Thursday, Judge Brendan Hurson prohibited federal agencies from holding back funding for organizations that provide gender-affirming care to patients younger than 19. The case is ongoing.

    DOGE wreaked havoc on the government in just one week

    Firings, unfirings, forks, and lawsuits.

    Lauren Feiner and Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    Gaby Del Valle
    Is ICE gaming SEO to create an illusion of mass arrests?

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly updated the timestamps on dozens of old press releases touting arrests — some of which happened over a decade ago. The result? The releases ranked high on Google Search, creating the impression that the agency had arrested more people than it actually has.

    Still, there have been mass raids since Trump took office. ICE claims to have arrested more than 7,400 people in Trump’s first nine days in office, though it hasn’t provided many other details. In some instances, the people questioned — and even arrested — by the agency have been US citizens.