March 2025 | Hillman Foundation

Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

March 2025

Sidney's Picks: Social Security in Peril

The Best of the Week’s News

  • “I don’t want the system to collapse,” says acting Social Security Administrator as DOGE rampages through the system. (ProPublica, NYer)
     

  • Can the Trump administration empty your bank account? (Notes on the Crises)
     

  • Faceless no more: Administrative judge Karen Ortiz stands up to DOGE (AP)
     

  • Why Ruth Marcus left the Washington Post (NYer)
     

  • The Army Corps of Engineers knew Trump’s directive to empty California reservoirs would waste water and endanger residents. (WaPo)

 

Sidney's Picks: NLRB Chair Reinstated

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The Best of the Week’s News

 

  • Federal judge reinstates NLRB chair fired by Donald Trump, says the president is not a king. (Reuters)
     

  • Vitamin A and Cod Liver Oil: HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy touts worthless measles remedies while muffling pitch for vaccination. (WaPo)
     

  • DOGE wanted to cancel the lease on a key nuclear waste storage facility. (TPM)
     

  • At least nine inmates have died during an illegal strike by New York prison guards. (NYT)
     

  • LA Times AI bot defends the KKK. (DailyBeast)
     

  • The right wants to kill Times v. Sullivana pillar of press freedom. (NYT)
     

  • Join us to commemorate the 114th Anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire Tuesday, March 25, 2025 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Washington Place and Greene Street.