Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans

Story by Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 5/19/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/papers-please-trump-employs-proof-of-identity-tactic-to-monitor-americans/ar-AA1F4dkF?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=f23c249edebc438a84a6b1742d0268a5&ei=43 The Trump administration has instated all sorts of requirements to monitor Americans, particularly immigrants in its first months. The big picture: From…

Congress began losing power decades ago — and the Trump admin has made it irrelevant | Opinion

Opinion by The Conversation, Alternet, 5/16/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-began-losing-power-decades-ago-and-the-trump-admin-has-made-it-irrelevant-opinion/ar-AA1ETMDC?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=98645038d23c493b824f11e98318edb6&ei=51 Republicans in Congress have been making behind-the-scenes efforts to pass major domestic legislation via the federal budget process. They include…

How Social Security cards will soon change to digital

Story by Diego Pérez Morales, MiBosilloComombia, 5/16/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/how-social-security-cards-will-soon-change-to-digital/ar-AA1EV0hK The Social Security Administration (SSA) of the United States has announced a groundbreaking change: the ability to access Social…

Software engineer lost his $150K-a-year job to AI—he’s been rejected from 800 jobs and forced to DoorDash and live in a trailer to make ends meet

Preston Fore, Fortune, 5/14/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/software-engineer-lost-his-150k-a-year-job-to-ai-he-s-been-rejected-from-800-jobs-and-forced-to-doordash-and-live-in-a-trailer-to-make-ends-meet/ar-AA1EKyt0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=ad4b5a2586bf46b9958f194859bb35a6&ei=31 Tech layoffs are nothing new for Shawn K (his full legal last name is one letter).  The software engineer first lost his job…

Defenders of Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Offer an Implausible Take on a 127-Year-Old Precedent

Jacob Sullum, Reason, 5/13/25 SOURCE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/defenders-of-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-order-offer-an-implausible-take-on-a-127-year-old-precedent/ar-AA1EE0ov?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=b9259ab380a64d63b40b2e88b90cea41&ei=65 On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding three preliminary injunctions against a January 20 executive order that purported to eliminate birthright citizenship except for…