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ABC News:
Organizations file suit challenging Trump's effort to overhaul election system

Trump has signed an executive order requiring stricter voting regulations.

A group of advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging Donald Trump's recent executive order seeking to overhaul the U.S. election system, accusing the president of trying to enact "unlawful actions" to enforce "lawless mandates."
abcnews.go.com/US/organization

ABC News · Organizations file suit challenging Trump's effort to overhaul election systemBy Olivia Rubin

MSNBC
'People are disgusted': Musk pours money into Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Strategist and Pollster Cornell Belcher:
“This is a government, and the Republicans are people who are owned and operate by and for the very wealthy and special interests of this country.”
youtube.com/watch?v=9hWtx_AKaR0

David Blight, president of the Organization of American Historians, weighs in on MAGA history.

“The order is nothing less than a declaration of political war on the historians’ profession, our training and integrity, as well as on the freedom — in the form of curious minds — of anyone who seeks to understand our country by visiting museums or historic sites.”

nytimes.com/2025/03/31/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | Trump’s Order to the Smithsonian Distorts Teaching of American HistoryBy David W. Blight

NBC News:
There’s no such thing as a fully American-made car

Even U.S.-assembled automobiles by major American brands rely heavily on complex global supply chains for the roughly 30,000 parts that make up the average car. Overall, the percentage of auto parts that are sourced abroad hovers around 40%...
nbcnews.com/business/autos/tru

NBC News · There’s no such thing as a fully American-made carBy Alexandra Byrne

Raw Story:
'Biggest tax rise in history': Trump gets brutal coverage in conservative newspaper

The Telegraph, one of the most conservative newspapers in the United Kingdom, has published a scathing editorial...

Trump's second term has gotten off to a much worse start than his first...

"...much of the increased cost will be passed onto consumers in the form of higher prices," ...
rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-267

Raw Story · 'Biggest tax rise in history': Trump gets brutal coverage in conservative newspaperBy Brad Reed

The future

Forthcoming:
👉 Federal payroll system ▶️ Musk go-between payment App$$$ ▶️ federal employees

The Guardian:
Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warnings

Members of Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) reportedly gained access to a payroll system over the weekend that processes salaries for about 276,000 federal employees across various government agencies
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Musk’s Doge gains access to federal payroll system despite staff warningsBy Anna Betts

👉 SS payments ▶️ Musk go-between payment App$$$ ▶️ SS recipients

Chris Norlund:
"massive conflict of interest...

Musk just had his company XAI buy X...and... he wants to do a payments app over there… essentially like a banking thing, he also made a deal with Visa recently, and now... he's… getting his hands on data over social security payments.

... they also talk about privatizing everything... it's pretty obvious what's going on"
youtube.com/watch?v=cP4aNfLRjbA

#News #Democracy #Trump ElonMusk

Over the months I've been repeatedly disappointed by James Gleick's opinions on democracy, human rights and genocide

Real shame as his Chaos book was one of about 4 books from the library that inspired a very young me into a life-long fascination with mathematics and computers

:(