Ronnie Cummins

A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.

But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.

The North Dakota jury’s decision against Greenpeace raises concerns over SLAPP lawsuits, corporate influence on the courts, and the broader threat to free speech and peaceful protest in the U.S.

Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”

Protests will not directly convince Trump to change his views. But they can create an activated base of opposition.