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New York State Politics · New York

Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court

46% Center coverage: 336 sources

New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a courtroom.See the Story

Donald Trump · United States

Trump organization announces Trump-branded cellphone, mobile service

40% Center coverage: 176 sources

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US Immigration · United States

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids: Report

40% Center coverage: 110 sources

The Department of Homeland Security on Monday told staff that it was reversing guidance issued last week that agents were not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels and restaurants — a decision that stood at odds with President Donald Trump’s calls for mass deportations of anyone without legal status. See the Story

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Major U.S. Airlines Have Sold Traveler's Flight Records to CBP, New Report Finds

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Major U.S. Airlines Have Sold Traveler's Flight Records to CBP, New Report Finds

Get the Facts: Are California National Guard Members Being Pulled From Wildfires to Go to LA?

55% Left coverage: 20 sources

California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said that the Trump Administration's deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles has left firefighting crews short-staffed as the state enters fire season.Donald Trump · Los Angeles See the Story

Nintendo Just Banned a Ton of Switch 2 Consoles, Turning Them Into Offline-only Bricks

80% Left coverage: 5 sources

Nintendo is taking serious action against Switch 2 owners who use MiG hacks: The hardware will be banned from connecting to the web.Nintendo See the Story

SCOTUS Simply Ignores Precedent, Rather Than Overruling It, In Allowing Trump To Fire Officials Congress Deemed Independent

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didn’t get a second – or even first – glance from most Americans. But this not-quite-two-page ruling, as technical and procedural as they come, potentially rewrites a major principle of constitutional law and may restructure the operation of the federal government. The case is dry in a way only lawyers…United States · United States Read Article

In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So The Chain Can Keep Suing Over Trademarks

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Here we go again. We have talked for years now about famed burger chain In-N-Out and its strategic, and very bullshit, practice of opening up pop-up locations in countries where it does not, and does not appear to plan to, have any real brick and mortar presence. This sort of trademark tourism is not unheard of, of course, but In-N-Out tends to take things to absurd levels. It’s gotten stupid enough that local press outlets in some countries hav…In-N-Out Burger · Sydney Read Article

Yes, The FTC Wants You To Think The Internet Is The Enemy To The Great American Family

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

This is a combo piece with the first half written by law student Elizabeth Grossman about her take on the recent FTC moral panic about the internet, and the second part being some additional commentary and notes from her professor, Jess Miers. The FTC is fanning the flames of a moral panic. On June 4,…Internet · United States Read Article

How The Republican Party Became A Party That Believes The Constitution Only Applies To Its Enemies

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Let’s talk about constitutional hypocrisy so brazen, so comprehensive, so morally bankrupt that it would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous to the republic. I’ve learned something about modern Republicans that crystallizes everything wrong with our current political moment: they care more about the constitutionality of Biden’s student debt forgiveness than they do about…Read Article

Agent Mulder Was Right! (Sort Of)

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

It's one of those things I don't discuss on main. I'm not really sure why. Maybe it was my strict religious upbringing, which made discussing anything outside of preferred interpretations of the Bible sacrilegious, if not actually blasphemous. Or maybe it was a concern about being a bit outside of the mainstream, which might result…Read Article

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets' Addresses

100% Left coverage: 3 sources

The shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.FBI · Minnesota See the Story

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Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court

Trump organization announces Trump-branded cellphone, mobile service

Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids: Report

Blindspots

Major U.S. Airlines Have Sold Traveler's Flight Records to CBP, New Report Finds

Get the Facts: Are California National Guard Members Being Pulled From Wildfires to Go to LA?

Nintendo Just Banned a Ton of Switch 2 Consoles, Turning Them Into Offline-only Bricks

SCOTUS Simply Ignores Precedent, Rather Than Overruling It, In Allowing Trump To Fire Officials Congress Deemed Independent

In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So The Chain Can Keep Suing Over Trademarks

Yes, The FTC Wants You To Think The Internet Is The Enemy To The Great American Family

How The Republican Party Became A Party That Believes The Constitution Only Applies To Its Enemies

Agent Mulder Was Right! (Sort Of)

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets' Addresses

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