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Trump: Iran asked me to be Supreme Leader, but I said no thanks

Trump’s “Iran asked me to be Supreme Leader” joke at an NRCC fundraiser uses a real, deadly leadership crisis in Iran to normalize assassination-as-policy and blur what’s confirmed about the war and succession.

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‘Men need to be perp-walked’ after Epstein files release, Massie tells BBC

A GOP lawmaker says the Epstein document releases are still falling short—because redactions and withheld material may be blocking accountability and survivor-centered justice.

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Trump fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary

A Cabinet secretary was forced out amid contracting and oversight scrutiny, signaling that executive control—not transparent accountability—can dictate leadership of the agency driving mass detention and deportation.

Mar 5, 2026

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The Trump gold coin is not normal : Consider This from NPR

A federal design panel OK’d a Trump portrait for a commemorative gold coin, but the key question is whether Treasury can legally bypass long-standing limits meant to keep living politicians off U.S. money.

Mar 23, 2026

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White House Confronted Over Huge Bets Made Minutes Before Trump’s Big War Move

A $580 million burst of oil-futures selling minutes before Trump’s Iran “talks” post raises a basic public-interest question: did anyone trade on advance knowledge of a market-moving national security decision?

Mar 24, 2026

US judge says University of Pennsylvania must give agency lists of Jewish faculty, students

A federal judge ordered UPenn to comply with an EEOC subpoena seeking names and contact details for Jewish affiliates in an antisemitism probe—while narrowing parts of the request—raising sharp questions about privacy, compelled identification, and how discrimination investigations are scoped.

Judiciary

Mar 31, 2026

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https://ground.news/article/trump-admin-subpoenas-univ-of-pennsylvania-to-get-list-of-jews-on-campus

Summary

On March 31, 2026, a federal judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to turn over records about Jewish employees to the EEOC as part of an antisemitic-discrimination investigation, while limiting some requested disclosures. Coverage often frames this as either a routine civil-rights subpoena or a Trump-era “list of Jews” dragnet, but the key story is the court’s partial narrowing and the investigation’s stated purpose versus the risk of compelled identification. The case matters because it tests how far federal civil-rights enforcement can go in demanding sensitive identity-linked records from universities—and what safeguards courts will require.

Reality Check

The court did not order UPenn to publish a “list of Jews”; it ordered production of records to a federal civil-rights agency under subpoena in an antisemitic-discrimination investigation, and it expressly limited at least one sensitive category (affiliation with specific Jewish-related groups). ([abcnews.com](https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-penn-turn-information-jewish-employees-us-discrimination-131590993)) At the same time, the subpoena’s practical effect—government-compelled identification of Jewish individuals for outreach—creates predictable fear about privacy, chilling effects, and misuse, which is why the scope limits and the appeal posture are not side details but the core of the dispute. ([nytimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html))

Detail

On March 31, 2026, U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert ordered the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) administrative subpoena tied to an antisemitism/anti-Jewish discrimination investigation. ([abcnews.com](https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-penn-turn-information-jewish-employees-us-discrimination-131590993)) The judge required Penn to provide records identifying Jewish employees, but said the university did not have to disclose any employee’s affiliation with a specific Jewish-related group/organization. ([abcnews.com](https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/judge-penn-turn-information-jewish-employees-us-discrimination-131590993)) Reporting describes the subpoena as seeking names and contact information so investigators can contact potential witnesses or victims; employees can decline to participate, but the EEOC argued it needs a chance to contact them directly. ([local10.com](https://www.local10.com/news/national/2026/03/31/judge-says-penn-must-turn-over-information-about-jewish-employees-in-us-discrimination-probe/)) The ruling followed months of litigation over whether the EEOC had authority to enforce the subpoena, which was issued in 2025 (reports variously place it in June/July). ([politico.com](https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/31/upenn-trump-subpoena-jewish-groups-00853076)) Multiple outlets note strong objections from Penn and/or Jewish groups, including comparisons to historical persecution; the judge criticized Nazi comparisons as inappropriate. ([jta.org](https://www.jta.org/2026/03/31/united-states/penn-must-turn-over-list-of-jewish-employees-to-trump-administration-federal-judge-rules)) Penn indicated it intends to appeal the ruling. ([thedp.com](https://www.thedp.com/article/2026/03/penn-eeoc-decision-judge-oral-arguments-antisemitism))

‘I have no recollection of anything’ Epstein survivor says she was drugged and raped

A new Epstein survivor account is paired with a political transparency fight that still leaves major DOJ files unreleased and survivors worried about both secrecy and privacy failures.

Executive

Mar 26, 2026