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Major Firms Suck Up To Sponsor WH Easter Egg Roll

The Daily Beast reports: On Monday Meta will join a strange crew of sponsors hopping to the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll, just blocks from the courthouse that will decide the company’s fate.  Melania Trump on Friday announced how eggcited she is for the partnership, which includes Meta’s “AI-Powered Experience and Photo Opportunity.” But critics say it’s …

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Economists: Trump Is Lying About Daily Tariff Revenue

FactCheck.org reports: President Donald Trump has added to his unsupported claim that the U.S. is making “$2 billion a day” from tariffs by saying that the country was losing $2 billion or $3 billion “a day” under President Joe Biden. Economists told us that Trump appears to be wrongly comparing a very high – and unlikely – estimate of potential …

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High Egg Prices Spur Promotion Of “Easter Potatoes”

From the potato marketing group Potatoes USA: Why put all your eggs in one basket? With food prices rising, families are embracing a playful, budget-friendly tradition— Easter potatoes! Potatoes USA is celebrating the growing Easter trend by painting, crafting, and cooking potatoes, proving that creativity and tradition go hand in hand. Durable, versatile, and already a pantry staple, potatoes make …

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Judge Blocks Policy Against “X” Markers On Passports

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Friday partially blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, sided with the American Civil Liberties Union’s motion …

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Federal Judge “Astounded” That Florida State Police Defied Order Against Enforcing New Law On Migrants

The Miami Herald reports: A federal judge on Friday said she was “astounded” that Florida authorities violated her order blocking them from enforcing a new state law that targets undocumented immigrants who enter the state. During a hearing in Miami federal court, it was disclosed that as many as 15 arrests have been made by Florida law enforcement officers over …

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The DOJ Is Now Going After Medical Research Journals

Forbes reports: In the Trump administration, even academic journals of medical research are being scrutinized for being too woke. On April 14, the peer-reviewed medical journal CHEST, which focuses on respiratory diseases and sleep medicine, received a letter from Edward Martin, Jr., the U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia, probing whether the publication is “partisan,” and asking a …

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SCOTUS Orders Block On Deportations Of Venezuelans

NPR reports: The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. In a brief order, the court directed the Trump administration not to remove Venezuelans held in the Bluebonnet Detention Center “until further order of this court.” Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented. The high …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Haley Joel Osment has apologized after he used an antisemitic slur while being arrested earlier this month for alleged public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance. On April 8, Osment was allegedly acting belligerent at a California ski lodge and was blocking people from getting on the ski lift, according to bodycam footage and other videos obtained …

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ACLU Petitions SCOTUS To Stop Imminent Deportations

Politico reports: The Trump administration is on the verge of deporting another group of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, lawyers for the immigrants told federal courts Friday. The lawyers said the administration is directly defying a Supreme Court order by attempting further deportations without due process. They filed an emergency appeal at the high court …

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