UN rights chief says Trump’s boat strikes are illegal as death toll reaches 61
UN human rights officials, independent experts, and rights groups say U.S. airstrikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific violate international human rights law, amount to extrajudicial killings, and may constitute a crime against humanity.
Rage Against the ICE Machine
Trump’s ICE forces are facing militant and organized opposition everywhere they turn.
Senators say Trump administration hid ACA premium surge as open enrollment nears
Democrats accuse CMS of withholding information about “the biggest premium hike in history” as leaked documents show 30 percent increases and millions risk losing subsidies.
Supreme Court to weigh same-sex marriage challenge from former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis
At a Nov. 7 conference, justices will decide whether to revisit the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges ruling that legalized marriage equality nationwide.
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police
“When is it that we just decided to do things a different way? There’s due process, there’s a legal way, and it just doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”
Was the GOP sponsored shutdown crafted to provide cover for Trump as he neuters...
”If there’s no access to the courts–there’s no functioning government.”
Abundance 2029?
A skeptical look at the Democrats’ ‘abundance agenda,’ from housing shortcuts to AI hype and labor’s place in the plan.
Int’l Court of Justice finds Israelis broke law by starving Palestinians of Gaza
Now America is tearing down the edifice of law that it helped build. And that will come back to bite us on the posterior.
Millions risk losing food stamps next month as shutdown drags on
With USDA warning funds will be depleted and states halting enrollments, pressure mounts on the Trump administration to avert a national SNAP disruption before November.
Unfettered and unaccountable: How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police force
And even when its investigations didn’t fix problems, the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties provided an accounting of allegations and a measure of transparency for Congress and the public.









