The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a regulatory agency whose leader was chosen by President Donald Trump, granted preliminary approval on Friday to […]
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Where Is Our Strong Leader, Like Alexi Navalny, To Guide The Opposition Movement To End Trump’s Presidency?
How can our democracy allow for this kind of president be immuned from crimes against humanity and the Constitution? WE SHOULD NO LONGER HAVE A […]
Conservative judge rams brakes on Trump trucker project amid rage-fueled fight with states
President Donald Trump’s Freedom Haulers program was dealt a major setback by a conservative federal judge who froze his administration’s sweeping records demand, newly revealed […]
‘Bizarre scene’ behind Todd Blanche’s swearing-in detailed by former DOJ attorney
Former Justice Department pardon attorney Liz Oyer described the “bizarre scene” that took place at Attorney General Todd Blanche’s swearing-in. During a Saturday interview with […]
Trump Promised Transparency. His Administration Keeps Finding New Ways to Hide Records.
President Donald Trump claimed in 2019 that he was “the most transparent president in history.” Throughout his second term, Trump’s spokespeople have used that phrase […]
Through War and Heat, Energy Is the Story
The United States’ negotiations to end its war with Iran are at yet another standstill. Nearly six months after President Donald Trump announced military operations […]
Trump can’t take no for an answer on his ballroom
President Donald Trump lashed out Friday night at the preservation group challenging his White House ballroom project, calling its members “TREASONISTS” just hours after his […]
Fox News tried to dunk on the WNBA. It missed
Every summer, conservative television hosts and influencers suddenly discover women’s professional basketball, which they insist they don’t care about, and then they spend weeks explaining […]
Canada sanctions five Iranian officials over blockade of Strait of Hormuz
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced new sanctions today on five Iranian officials for undermining “international peace, security and stability” with the blockade […]
How Trump’s unprecedented effort to prosecute noncitizen voters fell apart
It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling […]
White House aide hurls ‘vile’ slur at podcaster over Karoline Leavitt question: report
A White House aide responded to a request for comment from The Daily Beast by describing one of its podcast hosts with a slur. In […]
Trump’s new ‘highly unusual’ demands add strain to Navy already ‘under the gun’: report
President Donald Trump is making matters worse for already embattled Navy sailors with his latest demand for steam catapults, per Politico. According to reporting on […]
How Octopuses Won a Fight Against Factory Farming
This story was originally published by Sentient. Plans to build the world’s first commercial octopus farm are dead. On July 22, the Port Authority of Las […]
ICE terror can be stopped – and restarted – at any moment. It’s up to the working class to end it for good.
We must be abundantly clear: these deaths were a deliberate policy choice by both the Trump administration and every single Congressperson, Democrat or Republican, who […]
It Gets Harder Every Day For Americans To Put Up With Trump’s Corruption And Criminality.
PROTEST TO IMPEACH, REMOVE, AND PROSECUTE SHOULD BEGIN NOW. Trump and Blanche do not care about protecting police. PROOF: THEY SAY THEY ARE BOTH COMMITTED […]
Objections Considered: Objection I.—Such Cruelties Are Incredible
At the end of the 1830s, three antislavery activists mounted an innovative book project, out of determination to overcome what may seem a peculiar problem: […]
The Odyssey Belongs to All of Us
In many ways, Christopher Nolan’s film is not a faithful adaptation. But it takes seriously both what the text is doing and how it has […]
Israeli Settlers Cut Off Palestinian Farmers’ Water to Fill a Swimming Pool
Israeli settlers seized the water supply from a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank earlier this summer, preventing Palestinian farmers from growing crops in […]
Film Follows US Doctors to Gaza as Israel Bombs Hospitals, Kills Staff, Patients
The new documentary American Doctor tells the story of how the besieged hospitals of Gaza have continued to treat the sick and wounded throughout Israel’s […]
Trump Supporters Need The Policies of The Democrats. THEY MUST VOTE BLUE EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO LIE ABOUT IT.
The top ten poorest states are Republican dominated states who continue to support Trump and his elitist, pro rich policies. Is this what Trump would […]