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The DOGE deception
The official DOGE website says that its page detailing spending cuts was "last updated on April 20, 2025." In a technical sense, that is accurate.
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Judd Legum
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U.S. citizen wrongly detained by Border Patrol says government account is false
Jose Hermosillo was held in a detention facility for undocumented immigrants for 10 days.
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Judd Legum
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$3 billion yanked from schools to help pay for Trump’s tax cuts
At the end of March, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon sent a letter to state school officials across the country declaring that the federal…
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Federal immigration authorities wrongfully detain U.S. citizens
Immigration law in the United States is based on the idea that all people, regardless of how they entered the country, have rights.
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Judd Legum
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UPDATE: Congressman demands Social Security reverse "potentially illegal" new policy
On March 20, Popular Information revealed that the Social Security Administration (SSA) secretly implemented a policy shift that could impose massive…
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Judd Legum
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UPDATE: North Carolina must restore wrongly invalidated ballots, election board rules
On Monday, Popular Information reported that at least 29 people had their ballots in the 2024 general election wrongly discarded by the North Carolina…
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Judd Legum
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Truth Social launches scheme to profit from Trump's tariff policies
A jaw-dropping conflict of interest.
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Judd Legum
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North Carolina Supreme Court throws out hundreds of ballots based on flawed data
This is a special collaboration between Popular Information and Anderson Alerts, a newsletter about North Carolina politics.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Trump administration cancels program to protect Alabamans from raw sewage
On January 20, President Trump's first day back in office, he issued an executive order requiring the federal government to terminate "all…
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Judd Legum
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UPDATE: After backlash, Social Security scraps plan to restrict phone service
On March 17, Popular Information published an internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo exposing a scheme to end phone service for new claims…
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Judd Legum
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$1,000,000,000,000
President Trump and his allies have told Americans that the federal deficit is an existential threat to the country that necessitates immediate spending…
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Judd Legum
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The five-month campaign to steal a North Carolina Supreme Court seat
In November, Allison Riggs (D) won election to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Trump tariffs, corporations cower
During the Biden administration, corporate executives regularly expressed their displeasure with policies they opposed.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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73 days
Popular Information doesn't just break news; it creates change.
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Judd Legum
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Choosing lawlessness
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador who came to the United States in 2011, when he was around 16 years old.
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Judd Legum
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Trump claims a Michael Jordan tattoo is evidence of Venezuelan gang membership
An internal Trump administration document claims that having a Michael Jordan "Jumpman" tattoo and wearing "high-end urban street wear" makes you a…
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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March 2025

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans
The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention…
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Judd Legum
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Secret Energy Department "hit list" targets renewable energy industry
Today’s edition is a special collaboration by Popular Information and HEATED.
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Emily Atkin
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How the Social Security Administration is dodging a federal court order
The Trump administration has installed a DOGE operative as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in an…
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Judd Legum
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Texas lawmakers advance bill that makes it a crime for teachers to assign "Catcher in the Rye"
Lawmakers in Texas are seeking to impose harsh criminal penalties on school librarians and teachers who provide award-winning works of literature to…
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Trump pumps eponymous meme coin
On Sunday, President Trump used his social media platform, Truth Social, to promote his eponymous meme coin, $TRUMP.
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Judd Legum
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EXCLUSIVE: Secret policy shift could overwhelm Social Security offices with millions of people
On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration (SSA) enacted a new policy that could impose massive demands on the agency's overburdened network of…
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Judd Legum
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Are the people who Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison actually gang members?
On March 15, President Trump signed a proclamation invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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Trump promised to protect access to abortion pills. Things have changed.
In an interview with TIME Magazine published last December, then-President-elect Trump was asked whether he would preserve access to abortion pills.
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Judd Legum
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Rebecca Crosby
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Noel Sims
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