Thursday, June 12, 2025

Trump sends more troops to Los Angeles than to Iraq and Syria, escalating crackdown...

As thousands of troops descend on Los Angeles to suppress demonstrations against ICE raids, critics warn the unprecedented deployment signals a shift toward authoritarian rule and militarized governance.
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LA under siege: Trump sends in National Guard as protests continue over militarized ICE...

“If we organize ourselves, if we resist, we can defend our communities from ICE terror, from the Border Patrol or from any federal agency that wishes to separate our families.”

Trump and Republicans want taxpayers to fund their pet project: Private schools

A proposal for a nationwide federally supported school voucher program is just another of President Trump’s schemes to give advantages to the rich at the expense of the rest of us.
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Chaos & cruelty: Trump deploys thousands of soldiers to put down anti-ICE protests in...

Trump’s budget bill would fund a massive expansion of federal immigration enforcement and turn it into a threat to the civil rights of everyone.

Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...

Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.

Khanna unveils $12 trillion progressive plan to cut deficit and invest in working families

As Republicans push tax cuts for the wealthy, Rep. Ro Khanna releases a sweeping economic blueprint that targets Pentagon waste, corporate fraud, and billionaire loopholes to fund national priorities.

Freedom of movement and global apartheid

We might summarize the entire history of the human race in two words: people move. Everything else is just elaboration on that basic plot.

How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks, jack interest rates,...

In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.

The 3 questions every democratic candidate should be required to answer

But this requires electing Democrats who understand the gravity of the moment and who are prepared to expend serious political capital to make big changes possible.

Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and...

Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables—all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public