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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far

On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.

A Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy

Since June, many Haitian Temporary Protected Status holders have received letters advising them to report to local ICE offices, where they are fitted with ankle monitors. Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died by suicide after being fitted with the device. ‘That ankle monitor is what killed him,’ a family friend said.

Trump’s ‘Golden Age’? Well, Yes—for Dollar Stores

Lacking their own Natalie Harps, Americans are not experiencing the Trump Boom in quite the same way that Trump is. Sales are up at the modern-day bargain basements, as more financially stressed Americans are compelled to shop there.

Another Monopoly Allowed to Stand

Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?

Big Tech Crashes Headlong Into American Democracy

The AI oligarchs thought they could stuff data centers down the throats of the American people. They thought wrong.

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