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#Musk minions purposefully declared thousands of #immigrants officially dead, hoping this daunting ploy would send them running for the border to leave US.

Instead many have shown up to prove themselves alive, including minors, forcing #SocialSecurity to undo their deceased status.

The initentional bureaucratic errors were clearly #illegal, by purposefully falsifying US #government records, but to #DOGE admin lackeys creating erroneous nuisances for lowly brown skinned immigrants seems like a brilliant #bullshit ploy that would behoove their #WhiteHouse masters Stephen Miller and #DJT.

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#GiftLink US v. California: California prevailed when the first Trump administration targeted it for having sanctuary cities. Same basic idea here; feds can't withhold money b/c of state laws/policies the feds don't like.

The Fight Between Trump and Public Schools Over DEI Escalates - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/dei-

Public schools in the United States receive only about 10 percent of their funding from the federal government.
The New York Times · The Fight Between Trump and Public Schools Over DEI EscalatesBy Sarah Mervosh

Toronto Star’s @benspurr.bsky.social : The NY Times has published an investigation into the Therme development at Ontario Place. It found that while the company told the province it had a proven track record of operating six spas around the world, at the time it had only ever operated one.

nytimes.com/2025/04/16/world/c

The West Island of Ontario Place in Toronto.
The New York Times · European Spa Company Therme Misrepresented Itself in an Effort to Expand Into CanadaBy Matina Stevis-Gridneff