Trump Tech Requests

Can the Internet fix imaging problems? The view from the White House tech desk.

What’s an H-1B Visa?

Gabrielle Clark The Conversation
Photo of Trump and Musk from waist up.
A Brief History of the Controversial Program for Skilled Foreign Workers

Bring In the Clowns

Jean Chacona
Poet Jean Chacona offers a satirical view of the hucksterism at the heart of the new administration.

Trump-Three Days of Wannabe Presidency or Dictatorship

Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American
Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes was a spur of the moment decision designed to get the issue behind him quickly. “Trump just said: ‘F*ck it: Release ‘em all,’” an advisor recalled.

Federal Judges in Jan. 6 Cases Slam Trump’s Pardons

Kyle Cheney Politico
A prominent federal judge on Wednesday ripped President Donald Trump’s mass clemency for Jan. 6 rioters, saying the justification he offered in his proclamation was “flatly wrong” and a “revisionist myth.”