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Event spotlight: "White House Directs Republican-Led States to Crack Down on Immigration"
Constitutional damage: 58.7/100
Distraction score: 38.8/100
Getting attention, but is it the right kind?
https://distractionindex.org/event/41a7f8a1-8552-4deb-912a-0b901d379ebd
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The White House is coordinating with Republican-led states to implement stricter immigration enforcement policies. This represents a federal-state partnership to expand immigration crackdowns beyond traditional federal enforcement mechanisms.
Tidöpolitiker eldar under hoten mot statsanställda
https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/9pk8GW?utm_source=androidapp&utm_medium=share
NZ ranks 14th in the world for liberal democracy — but 37th for deliberative democracy, the quality of consultation and decision-making. And that's been falling.
V-Dem's latest data shows NZ's deliberation score is at its lowest since the 1980s, with the biggest single-year drop in 2025. The decline has happened almost entirely during the current parliamentary term. (Full analysis in link below)
#Vance already killed one #Pope 😱⚠️
source: nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/poli…
#Freedom of #speech in the U.S., of course, only applies if you say what Vance wants to hear.
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