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Donald Trump Brings Back “Degenerate Art”

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A federal judge has just cleared the way for Trump to continue his federal employee purge. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided against the National Treasury Employees Union and multiple other unions who sued the Trump administration last week to stop

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is launching a probe into leading technology companies' content policies and user bans, Chair Andrew Ferguson announced Thursday, suggesting their actions could amount to illegal censorship. "Big Tech censorship is not just un-American, it is

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