Tag: border wall
Public Citizen: Trump’s national emergency declaration paves way for sweeping authoritarianism
The bill includes nearly $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers out of steel, far less than the $5.7 billion requested by President Trump.
The psychology of the wall
Wall are cropping up all over the world. But as with guns, the sense of safety and security that comes from a wall is almost entirely illusory.
Court allows Trump to bulldoze environmental laws for border wall
"Congress has ceded its authority to Trump, who has swept aside fundamental public safety and environmental laws to build walls that won't work."
Nearly 15,000 counter Trump event with El Paso rally to reject...
"The only threat to our border community is Donald Trump's lies. A border wall is a threat to our environment, our economy and everyday lives as fronterizos."
Progressives call to #DefundHate, tell Democrats not to fund Trump’s aggressive...
"We don't want money for an institution that is demonizing and criminalizing our immigrant neighbors."
City in Arizona approves resolution for removal of ‘irresponsible’ and ‘inhumane’...
The resolution called the razor wire "not only irresponsible, but inhumane" and argues that this type of wall "is only found in a war, prison or battle setting."
How not to build a ‘great, great wall’
As long as the United States keeps coming up with new ways to fortify the border, people will keep coming up with new ways to beat the border.
Bernie Sanders responds to Trump’s border wall address, debunking president’s lies...
Sen. Bernie Sanders called out the president for lying to the American people and creating a false crisis at the border.
Bernie Sanders rebukes Trump for Stoking ‘fear and hatred’ with lie-soaked...
"Mr. President, we don’t need to create artificial crises. We have enough real ones. Let us end this shutdown and bring the American people together around an agenda that will improve life for all of our people."
Trump’s delusion about the wall that never was
Let’s be clear on one thing: There is no Wall. There never has been a serious plan to build a Wall. And there never will be a Wall.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.