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Trump Reportedly Mulling Plan to Declare ‘National Emergency’ Paving Way for Major Power Grab

submitted by tonytins to news
341 points | 87 comments
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-reportedly-mulling-plan-to-declare-national-emergency-paving-way-for-federal-elections-takeover/

The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.

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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

submitted by silence7 to technology
459 points | 87 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/

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Best apps for private messaging

submitted by Maragato to opensource
115 points | 87 comments
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/

Hello. I am looking for an alternative to Telegram and I prefer an application that uses decentralised servers. My question is: why is the xmpp+omemo protocol not recommended on websites when it is open source and decentralised? The privacyguides.org website does not list…

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Why Isn't News of Trump Building Vast Concentration Camps Being Treated as a National Emergency?

submitted by bytesonbike to politics
857 points | 87 comments
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-isn-t-news-of-trump-building-vast-concentration-camps-being-treated-as-a-national-emergency

Cable news people call them “prison camps” or “Trump prison camps,” but look in any dictionary: prisons are where people convicted of crimes are held. As Merriam-Webster notes, a prison is:

“[A]n…

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