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Daily News Digest - Summary for April 02 2025

Daily News Digest - Summary for April 02 2025
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Finds Massive Social Security Fraud Scheme. Will Anyone Be Arrested?

by X and ZeroHedge, needtoknow.news

Billionaires Elon Musk and Antonio Gracias have sparked new worries about the sharp increase in in Social Security Numbers issued to non-citizens. They displayed a “mind-blowing” chart during their presentation. Gracias said, “In 2021, 270,000 non-citizens got social security numbers. In 2024, 2.1M non-citizens got social security numbers.” He said that the system has been set to default for “maximum pay” to the migrants with the new Social Security numbers. He added that 1.13 million of them are on Medicaid.

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FBI Weaponizes Background Checks To Enforce California Gun Ban

When you go to a gun store to buy a new gun, you can expect a few things to happen. First, some paperwork. Second, you can expect to have to pass a background check before leaving with your gun.

by Tyler Durden

When you go to a gun store to buy a new gun, you can expect a few things to happen. First, some paperwork. Second, you can expect to have to pass a background check before leaving with your gun. And third, you can expect that the gun store will keep a record of your purchase for as long as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ("ATF") requires. After all, that is how the government traces crime guns back to their original purchasers…

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More than 300 Palestinian children killed by Israel in ten days of war on Gaza

UNICEF revealed an average of around 100 children have been killed or maimed over the past 10 days as Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire.

Eid al-Fitr in Gaza amid Israeli attacks

by The New Arab Staff

Israel’s renewal of its war on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 322 children, according to UNICEF, who say the figure constitutes a daily average of around 100 children killed or maimed.

The organisation says most of the children were displaced, living in makeshift tents or damaged houses…

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Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs are a Mistake

Today, April 2, 2025, is what Donald Trump and his team are calling “Liberation Day.”…

by Mises Wire•Connor O'Keeffe

Today, April 2, 2025, is what Donald Trump and his team are calling “Liberation Day.” Because later, the president will host an event in the Rose Garden to sign reciprocal tariffs that, in the words of his press secretary, “will roll back the unfair trade practices that have been ripping off our country for decades.”

The prospect of sweeping new taxes on the goods, capital, and resources Americans buy from producers in several other countries has caused some panic throughout the economy in recent weeks—seen most clearly in the declining stock market…

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