If Trump sends the US military into states, it will ignite a peoples’ revolution
Can America and its Democracy withstand the attacks that are being made upon it from forces, not from without, but from within this country? What we desperately need, at this time, is a peoples’ revolution.
Secretary of Defense opposes invoking Insurrection Act, a rebuke to President Trump
"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations—we are not in one of those situations now."
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law urge officials to withdraw law enforcement, National...
“We are sounding an alarm regarding the potential deployment of the National Guard, state police and local law enforcement on Tuesday as voters prepare to cast ballots in primary elections."
Democratic senator offers amendment ending transfer of military equipment to police forces
“The cycle of police brutality sparking unrest, and that unrest being met by the militarized police is increasingly familiar in modern American society.”
Why new infrastructure is a national imperative
A long-term infrastructure program is now a national imperative, essential to protect Americans from failing bridges and dams, ensure the steady flow of commerce and jump-start an economy hobbled by COVID-19.
Election spending boosted by secret money tops $100M as IRS ends donor reporting rules
By choosing to keep their donors secret, these groups leave voters in the dark as to exactly who is funding their political activities. And the IRS won't know either.
Who are the secret puppet-masters behind Trump’s war on Iran?
A shadowy group stoking U.S. hostility with Iran and the evidence that it is funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
‘Grotesque’: While 41 million people lost jobs due to COVID-19, US billionaires grew nearly...
"This is a grotesque indicator of the deep inequalities in U.S. society."
Watching American lemmings as they prepare to follow Trump over the cliff
These lemmings see him ignoring the Rule of Law, dismissing the Constitution as being irrelevant.
Will the left leverage today’s stock surge/unemployment gap shocker?
Fat cats play the system like hungry lions stalking prey. The progressive challenge is to educate more voters how our predatory system helps the rich get richer.