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  • An Unchecked Trump Rapidly Remakes U.S. Government and Foreign Policy

    02/15/2025 1:00:41 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Feb. 15, 2025, 12:16 p.m. ET | Luke Broadwater
    The president’s swift moves underscore the confidence of an administration with a much firmer grip on the levers of government than during his first term.The last time President Trump held office, he tried to make deep cuts to foreign aid, but was blocked by Congress. He is finding little resistance from fellow Republicans this time to his move to freeze such funding.During a special counsel’s inquiry in his first term, Mr. Trump expressed a desire to fire the investigator, but White House lawyers stopped him. This term, Mr. Trump has swiftly forced out a slew of federal officials who had...
  • Reuters: 'No thanks', White South Africans turn down Trump's immigration offer

    02/10/2025 9:02:57 AM PST · by RandFan · 63 replies
    Reuters ^ | Feb 9 | Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo & Catherine Schenck
    JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to rehouse white South Africans as refugees fleeing persecution may not spur quite the rush he anticipates, as even right-wing white lobby groups want to "tackle the injustices" of Black majority rule on home soil. Trump on Friday signed an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South Africa, citing an expropriation act that President Cyril Ramaphosa signed last month aiming to redress land inequalities that stem from South Africa's history of white supremacy. The order provided for resettlement in the U.S. of "Afrikaners in South Africa who are victims of unjust...