Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

April 2025

April 25, 2025

Sidney's Picks: A Union Battles Trump's Job Cuts

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The Best of the Week’s News

A union battles Trump’s federal job cuts. (NYT)
Wisconsin judge arrested for allegedly helping immigrant evade arrest by ICE agents. (MJS)
Republican tax cuts for billionaires might set off the debt bomb. (Atlantic)
DeSantis administration allegedly steered $10 million in Medicaid funds to a political slush fund. (Miami Herald)
Jaw-dropping corruption: The top buyers of Donald Trump’s meme coin get a White House tour and a gala dinner. (Guardian, MoJo)
Secretary of Labor threatens employees if they speak to journalists, which is not a crime. (ProPublica)

April 18, 2025

Sidney's Picks: DOGE may have stolen critical Labor Department data

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The Best of the Week’s News

DOGE took reams of sensitive data from the Department of Labor and tried to cover their tracks. Then the login attempts from Russia started. (NPR)
Closing OSHA offices will not save money, but it will kill workers. (Confined Space)
Appeals court calls Trump’s defiance over Abrego Garcia deportation “shocking.” (AP)
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in NYC are getting emails from the feds ordering them to leave the country. (Gothamist)
Columbia student and Green Card holder was personally targeted by Marco Rubio for deportation after getting a ticket at a pro-Gaza rally. (The City)

April 11, 2025

Sidney's Picks: Trump Must Bring Back Erroneously Deported Migrant

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The Best of the Week’s News

Supreme Court orders Trump to return Kilmar Abrego García, a migrant erroneously deported to a Salvadoran torture prison and held in an affront to due process. (WaPo, NYT)
DOGE may have broken the law to push illegal voting myth. (NPR)
Brooklyn school backed by Jay-Z promised students a debt-free graduation, but now they owe thousands of dollars. (The City)
Trump EPA wants to cancel greenhouse gas reporting program. (ProPublica)
Inside New York City’s homeless shelters for working people. (NYT)