Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Tag: Barbara Lee

Ro Khanna and Barbara Lee could defy “the madness of militarism”...

Such destructive patterns can’t be effectively challenged while deferring to hidebound party leaders.

Sanders, Lee, and Tlaib lead effort to tax huge CEO-worker pay...

The House-Senate companion bill addresses corporate America’s extreme disparities, giving firms an incentive to lift up the bottom and bring down the top of their pay scales.

Reign in the ‘recklessness of Wall Street:’ Bernie Sanders and Barbara...

"It is long past time for Congress to rein in the recklessness of Wall Street billionaires and build an economy that works for all Americans."

Congresswoman Barbara Lee passes defense amendment that would repeal 2001 endless...

Rep. Lee has offered this amendment several times over the years and has long championed the need to repeal the outdated and overly broad authorization and force a debate and a vote on current wars.

Progressives outraged as House Democrats elect ‘big money’ centrist Hakeem Jeffries...

"Our caucus today denied Barbara Lee the honor she deserved of being Chair. But the petty politics of members of Congress will never be able to deny her her place in history. She towers above those who rejected her."

When Barbara Lee doesn’t speak for me

Lee now seems to have cast aside her beliefs expressed in her historic 2001 speech.

‘Think through the implications of our actions’: An open letter to...

We must get off a partisan bandwagon when it is heading toward military catastrophe.

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How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?

Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.

Why is Trump slowly losing his mind? Epstein bombshell coming, jail cell awaits him

Right now, Trump is operating like a madman, ripping and tearing our democracy apart and having the Supreme Court turn our Constitution into nothing more than a useless wad of paper.

Major study finds Americans bear overwhelming cost of Trump’s tariffs

An analysis of more than 25 million shipment records shows US consumers and businesses pay 96 percent of tariff costs, contradicting repeated claims that foreign exporters foot the bill.

Judge blocks ICE retaliation in Minnesota as protests escalate and federal force looms

A federal injunction curbing ICE conduct follows the killing of a legal observer, mounting allegations of constitutional violations, and threats of military deployment under Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Musk’s $10 million Senate donation reignites debate over billionaire influence in elections

Elon Musk’s $10 million super PAC donation to a MAGA challenger seeking Mitch McConnell’s seat renews scrutiny of campaign finance law and billionaire influence in U.S. elections.