By Ayush Deshpande In August 2025, “The Stanford Daily”—Stanford University’s student-run newspaper—filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio, arguing that the federal government’s use of deportation to threaten foreign activists poses an active threat to free speech. Their decision to sue was primarily motivated by a responsibility to protect staff and students who fear speaking out due to threats from the government. If students and staff cannot voice their per

By Lauren Law “The Polar Express” is a magical, upbeat holiday song that captures the wonder, warmth and excitement of Christmas. However, instead of celebrating the festive cheer, the song was used in a TikTok video posted by @whitehouse—the official White House TikTok account—about ICE’s crackdown on deportation. The account first went live on Aug. 5, 2025. Its early posts included montage-style videos of Trump at rallies and official events, applying a soundbite where he s

By Dylan Xie On a cold, brisk winter afternoon in Minneapolis, MAGA YouTuber Nick Shirley and whistleblower David Hoch walk up to a row of Somali-run daycares with a camera in hand. Despite the bright “Daycare” signs, there is not a child to be seen, leading Shirley and Hoch to question how these care centers have been allegedly collecting over $9 billion in federal funding and thus condemn Minnesota’s Democratic government, led by Governor Tim Walz. Shirley’s 40-minute video