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More than 1,500 "No Kings Day" events have been planned across the U.S. this Saturday, June 14, with some also taking place in Europe and South America. Their goal is to protest the Trump administration and the president's military parade in Washington D.C. @abc has more details.

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ABC News · Progressives holding 'No Kings Day' protests across the US to counter Trump and military paradeBy Oren Oppenheim
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“The knowledge infrastructure that used to anchor American governance is fraying,” writes @Daojoan in her story for her Index newsletter. People in senior positions often have limited understanding of their roles, responsibilities, the law and the U.S. Constitution, and it doesn’t seem to matter. “The crisis we face — not only in America but worldwide — isn't a knowledge gap. It's a moral gap. A deficit of virtue. And the only remedy for that is cultural, not political,” she writes.

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The Index. · The Unlearning of AmericaHow the war on expertise hollowed out public service and rewired the political brain.

A federal judge has struck down U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie, saying it “violates the Constitution and is thus null and void.” "No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in this lawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adverse actions to be executed by all Executive branch agencies but, in purpose and effect, this action draws from a playbook as old as Shakespeare, who penned the phrase: 'The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,'" U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell wrote in her opinion, in which she issued a permanent injunction.

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NBC News · Judge strikes down Trump order targeting Perkins Coie law firmBy Ryan J. Reilly
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Last December, Bashar al-Assad was toppled as leader of Syria by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and fled to Moscow. Syrians celebrated, but now, some are worried that life after Assad may be no better. @damemagazine’s Ryan Biller talked to Syrians about their fears of religious extremism, foreign interference and misinformation. “Somewhat discreetly, I disclosed to [a Yazidi woman named] Gulizar that I was an American,” writes Biller. “To this, she smirked. ‘Oh, so you must feel the same way as me.’ ‘What do you mean?’ I asked. Gulizar reminded me that it wasn’t just her new government that people ought to fret over regarding the treatment of women and minorities. ‘I think you kind of have your own version of HTS in America,’ she laughed. ‘It is called Donald Trump.’”

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Dame Magazine - · Syria’s New Government Might Be a Lot Like the Old Threat - Dame MagazineInside a dimly lit, smoke-filled bar in Damascus, a Syrian woman sitting to my left told me she was frightened. “Of what?” I asked. “Of our new government. Religious extremists, you must understand, are terrifying people,” explained the woman, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. “Most of them are like that. Religious extremists,
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The Trump administration talks about its desire to protect children, but many of its actions are harming them. @ProPublica looks at how: Cuts to programs that keep kids warm, fed, educated and safe. “Everyone’s been talking about what the Trump administration and DOGE have been doing, but no one seems to be talking about how, in a lot of ways, it’s been an assault on kids,” says Bruce Lesley, president of advocacy group First Focus on Children.

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ProPublicaThe Trump Administration’s War on Children
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