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| | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | π Ukraine accepted a US-led ceasefire plan with Russia. Ukraine has agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire proposal that would freeze current battle lines in exchange for security guarantees and reconstruction aid. The plan requires Russian acceptance and includes provisions for eventual NATO membership discussions, though Moscow has not yet responded. While Ukraine may be shifting toward a more pragmatic approach to ending the conflict under US pressure, Russia sent a significant message by launching its largest drone attack on Ukraine to date. | π Education Department cut nearly half its workforce. The Department of Education is laying off nearly 50 percent of its staff, in line with President Trump's proposal to potentially eliminate the agency altogether. Hundreds of employees will be affected, with many already taking voluntary buyouts. The president is moving quickly on his promise to drastically scale down the Education Department, and the decision will inevitably spark dissent. While some of Trump's cuts, like USAID, are popular, others may require more careful handling to avoid alienating large swaths of the American public. | π° Trump doubled tariffs on Canadian metals. President Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum, starting today, citing Ontario's electricity export tax as the immediate catalyst. However, Ontario Premier Doug Ford backed off his planned 25 percent surcharge on electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota, and New York following a productive conversation with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Trump also warned that if Canada doesn't drop its "Anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250 to 390 percent on various US dairy products" by April 2, he will impose tariffs on Canadian automobiles that could "permanently shut down" their manufacturing sector. | π₯ USAID employees were told to burn or shred classified documents. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) ordered its employees to destroy classified and sensitive documents, including those potentially relevant to ongoing litigation. Critics, including legal experts and unions, argue that this action could violate federal law and compromise transparency, especially in light of lawsuits challenging the administration's efforts to shut down the agency. Such a move raises alarms about potential cover-ups of actions that could undermine accountability in the face of legal scrutiny. |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Massachusetts Rep. Bill Keating (D) had a meltdown when transgender-identifying Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) was addressed as "mister." Gas prices have fallen to $3.03 per gallon, reaching their lowest March level since 2021. A federal judge ordered the urgent release of records from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), citing its "unprecedented" power and "unusual secrecy." ICE arrested 543 criminal aliens in Houston raids, including 140 charged with violent offenses and 34 with sex crimes.
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| | | EDITOR'S NOTE | DOGE makes themselves at home | Elon Musk is serious about his work. So serious, in fact, that he's willing to skip going home to sleep. Why bother when you can just sleep at work? | Whether it was crashing under his desk in the early PayPal days, setting up a bed in Twitter's headquarters, sleeping in the Tesla factory to keep up with production, or now, dismantling America's overgrown bureaucracy while sleeping in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building β Musk has always led by example. | Now, the young, precocious twenty-somethings at DOGE are following their leader to war. They've moved into government buildings, set up IKEA beds, and are allegedly grinding through 120-hour workweeks. | It's 1776 energy, and the DOGE team has made themselves at home. | |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | ICE detained a pro-Palestine activist. He's the Left's new martyr. | | WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently detained Syrian-born Mahmoud Khalil β a Palestinian activist and the spokesman for the Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) β for his involvement in pro-Palestinian protests. Khalil was arrested under the Trump administration's "Catch and Revoke" effort, which targets foreign nationals supporting Hamas, a US-recognized terrorist organization. | His arrest has prompted many on the political left to create a martyr of Khalil, arguing that he was arrested merely for exercising his right to free speech. | | _THE FACTS_ | Khalil acted as the negotiator for students who established a tent city on Columbia University's campus and who illegally occupied a campus building last year, in opposition to Israel's campaign in Gaza. Khalil's movement featured pamphlets containing pro-Hamas propaganda titled "Operation Al-Aqsa Flood: Our Narrative." "Al-Aqsa Flood" is the code name used by Hamas for October 7 massacre. ICE detained Khalil at his Manhattan apartment. It was reported the arrest was ordered by the State Department, which revoked his green card and student visa. A New York federal judge temporarily blocked Khalil's deportation. President Trump's executive order on combating anti-Semitism, signed in January, empowered the State Department and ICE to take action against terror-supporting students. Critics on the left β and even some on the right, like Ann Coulter β have portrayed the arrest as a violation of Khalil's First Amendment rights. The Trump administration is seeking to deport Khalil under Immigration and Nationality Act Section 237(a)(4)(C), which allows deportation if an individual's activities compromise US foreign policy interests. This provision, rarely used, gives the Secretary of State broad authority to deport an alien based on their potential impact on US foreign relations, without the need for a criminal conviction. The protests led by Khalil were disruptive and violent β specifically against Jewish students. Just last week, a new pro-Palestine protest took over a Columbia University library, violating students' civil rights. The students could be heard yelling, "Burn it down."
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| | | THE DAILY DEBATE | π The biggest obstacle to a permanent ceasefire in Ukraine will be:Results will be in tomorrow's newsletter | | | POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | How are you feeling about the current deportations operation? | π¨π¨π¨π¨π¨β¬οΈ π Great (375)
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β¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈβ¬οΈ π¬ Other (25) | π Great: "It's a learn-as-you-go effort, an uphill battle, and they are doing very well." β B.N. π So-So: "cI was hoping to see deportations laser focused on criminals rather than on all migrants. Some truly need and deserve asylum." β Rich π‘ Pick Up The Pace: "The courts are constantly creating barriers." β James π¬ Other: "It's no easy task to deport millions of people spread out over the country! We need to be patient." β Anonymous | | | | 1,024 votes |
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