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Saw the !usa@lemmy.ml comm and has a... suspicious amount of negative articles and specific people who submit things and stuff. Just want to get some actual news up in a /c/ that Americans can refer to if they would like.

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The policy would prevent veterans and their dependents from accessing abortions following rape, incest, or life-threatening emergencies.

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Former Fox News host boosted lies that Trump lost 2020 election because of electoral fraud

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Georgia firebrand recently broke from her party to condemn Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza – one of the few positions she’s taken in opposition to her party

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In order to prevent a quorum, state representatives in the Texas House are leaving the state to combat what one Democratic lawmaker called "the rot at the core of our broken political system."

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President’s net golf score indicates he has an impressive handicap of around two

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ANALYSIS: The firing of bird flu experts while Trump’s team boasted about the federal response to the crisis was a misleading self-own by the White House

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Over 3,200 union machinists around St Louis expected to strike at midnight on Monday as they seek new contract

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In May reports revealed that White House officials had set goals for Ice agents to arrest 3,000 people per day

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Authorities say a former US soldier suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar is still at large and believed to be armed.

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DOJ Citizenship Revocation Plans Raise Constitutional Concerns

The Justice Department issued a June 11, 2025 memo directing attorneys to "maximally pursue denaturalization proceedings," sparking concerns about potential political targeting of naturalized citizens[^1]. While the memo lists priorities like national security threats and criminal conduct, it includes broad language allowing cases deemed "sufficiently important to pursue"[^1].

Legal experts warn this discretion could enable politically motivated denaturalization. "The politicization of citizenship rights is something that really worries me, I think it's just flatly inconsistent with our democratic system," said Cassandra Burke Robertson, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University[^7].

Recent events highlight these concerns:

  • The White House press secretary indicated support for investigating NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's citizenship based on rap lyrics[^6]
  • Trump suggested examining Elon Musk's citizenship status after Musk criticized his spending bill[^14]
  • Trump threatened to revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship, though this is legally impossible as she was born in the U.S.[^14]

Constitutional scholars emphasize that denaturalization through civil proceedings "lacks many constitutional protections," with no right to court-appointed lawyers or jury trials[^14]. The Supreme Court previously restricted denaturalization in 1967, ruling it "inconsistent with the American form of democracy, because it creates two levels of citizenship"[^1].

"Denaturalization is exceedingly rare and has occurred for people who concealed information of war crimes, Nazi membership, criminal histories, or immigration fraud such as using a stolen identity," said Michelle Mittelstadt of the Migration Policy Institute[^14].

[^1]: NPR - DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship

[^6]: MSNBC - Trump's DOJ issues memo on plan to strip citizenship

[^7]: CNN - Law used to kick out Nazis could be used to strip citizenship from many more Americans

[^14]: PolitiFact - Can Donald Trump revoke Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship?

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Actor has been registered in Florida with one of the two main parties since June 2024, according to public voting records

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The Dollar is Dead (mathmeetsmoney.substack.com)
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Some facts, trends and projections that spell its demise.

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Debate over turning public national park land into private profit dates back more than a century.

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A surprising figure is celebrating Figma’s successful IPO: Lina Khan, former chair of the Federal Trade Commission, who said the offering demonstrates the value of "letting startups grow into independently successful businesses."

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Texas is on its way to gerrymandering its own gerrymander. On Saturday, Republicans on the state house of representatives’ redistricting committee approved a new plan to add five Republican seats—part of a radical mid-decade scheme to help Republicans keep control of the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections. The plan could go to a full vote in the chamber early next week, after which it will move on to the Republican-controlled state senate.

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