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Political Spectacle: Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Jeans”

Political Spectacle: Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Jeans”

Americans Want Immigration Reform—Here's What It Should Look Like

Americans Want Immigration Reform—Here's What It Should Look Like

Poll: Democrats In Crisis Amid Shifting Voter Sentiment

Poll: Democrats In Crisis Amid Shifting Voter Sentiment

How the Savannah Bananas Are Battling America’s Loneliness Epidemic

How the Savannah Bananas Are Battling America’s Loneliness Epidemic

California Is Doing What Congress Can’t on Immigration

California Is Doing What Congress Can’t on Immigration

We the People's Forum: How Can We Fix America's Immigration System?

Emily Greco
By Emily GrecoAug 12, 2021
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Organizer: Braver Angels

Location: Virtual

Build a wall? Open borders? Something else? What would a fair and orderly immigration system look like in America?

We know the slogans. It's a political hot-button issue. But what do immigrants -- those voted for Trump and those who voted for Biden -- themselves think about how we could make America's immigration system work?

Join us for a fascinating conversation with two immigrants and friends who have much in common -- but also differing perspectives on immigration. During Discussion, anyone with direct experience on this issue may comment, and anyone may ask a question.

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Texas Redistricting Showdown: Why the Fight Over Five GOP Seats Reveals a Broken System

A person views a map during a Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting public testimony hearing on August 07, 2025 in Austin, Texas

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Texas Redistricting Showdown: Why the Fight Over Five GOP Seats Reveals a Broken System

The fight over congressional redistricting in Texas continues to simmer. Democratic state representatives fled the state to block the passage of a rare mid-decade, Republican-drawn map that would give the GOP an additional five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives if put into effect before the midterms. In response, Governor Greg Abbott threatened to remove the absent members from their seats and arrest them.

The Texas Democrats responded with “come and take it,” an overt reference to a slogan from the Texas Revolution. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who welcomed the fleeing Texas legislators to his state, called Abbott a “joke.”

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Who’s To Blame: Epstein Files Scandal Reveals Racism and Classism in U.S. Anti-Trafficking Discourse

A billboard in Times Square calls for the release of the Epstein files on July 23, 2025 in New York City. Attorney General Pam Bondi briefed President Donald Trump in May on the Justice Department's review of the documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, telling him that his name appeared in the files.

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Who’s To Blame: Epstein Files Scandal Reveals Racism and Classism in U.S. Anti-Trafficking Discourse

The past several weeks have produced a 24/7 churn of speculation surrounding the lack of transparency from the White House on President Donald Trump’s relationship to the late convicted pedophile and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The scandal dominating the news cycle and social media appears for the first time to have driven a wedge between members of the MAGA community and elected Republicans.

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An illustration of AI chat boxes.

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In Defense of ‘AI Mark’

Earlier this week, a member of the UK Parliament—Mark Sewards—released an AI tool (named “AI Mark”) to assist with constituent inquiries. The public response was rapid and rage-filled. Some people demanded that the member of Parliament (MP) forfeit part of his salary—he's doing less work, right? Others called for his resignation—they didn't vote for AI; they voted for him! Many more simply questioned his thinking—why on earth did he think outsourcing such sensitive tasks to AI would be greeted with applause?

He's not the only elected official under fire for AI use. The Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson, recently admitted to using AI to study various proposals before casting votes. Swedes, like the Brits, have bombarded Kristersson with howls of outrage.

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How Abnormal Are the Revisions in This Month’s Jobs Report?

Seasonally adjusted data. Graph excludes March to August 2020, initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the reported jobs numbers were especially volatile. Shows difference between the preliminary estimate and the final revision for each month. Includes initial revision for June 2025 (BLS often issues a second revision).

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How Abnormal Are the Revisions in This Month’s Jobs Report?

On Friday, President Trump announced that he was firing Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Earlier that day the BLS had issued its monthly national jobs report, which showed lackluster growth in employment, and a slight uptick in the unemployment rate.

The report showed a relatively small increase in employment for July: +73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs. The BLS also included revisions to the preliminary jobs numbers reported earlier, stating: “Revisions for May and June were larger than normal. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for May was revised down by 125,000, from +144,000 to +19,000, and the change for June was revised down by 133,000, from +147,000 to +14,000.”

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