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Motherjones.com
- by Nina MartinActivist and educator Loretta Ross didn’t know she was helping to birth a movement. The year was 1994, the place was a crowded hotel room in Chicago, and the impetus was frustration bordering on rage. Pro-choice activists from around the country had just heard a presentation about the historic health care reform initiative led by […]
- by Julia MétrauxComedian Megan Sass has been struggling to get their health insurer to cover intravenous immunoglobulin for more than a year. The treatment, which addresses a genetic antibody deficiency, requires antibodies from blood donors. Without insurance, it’s unaffordable. And with the looming expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, Sass’ insurance will soon cost $1,300 a month. […]
- by Katie HerchenroederThe United States Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold federal funding for food stamps for more than 20 Democratic-led states that have refused to hand over sensitive personal data about millions of participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The agriculture department is seeking personal information like Social Security numbers, birth dates, […]
- by Katie HerchenroederThe Department of Homeland Security officially launched what it’s calling “Operation Catahoula Crunch” in New Orleans on Wednesday, expanding the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in Louisiana. Federal immigration officers, in coordination with local law enforcement, are aiming to arrest 5,000 people in southeast Louisiana and into Mississippi. The wider operation is called “Swamp Sweep.” […]
- by Kiera ButlerLast year, a US district court sentenced Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, to 45 years in prison for drug trafficking. Orlando was convicted of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and importing 500 tons of cocaine into the United States, where he was extradited after completing his second presidential term in 2022. […]
- by Dan GearinoThis story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar, and other […]
- by Mark FollmanAs secretary of health and human services in the second Trump administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed an array of pseudoscience and misinformation, foremost about vaccines. His approach has been to promote claims that are unsupported by evidence or have been disproven by scientific research and to announce that the Department of Health and […]
- by RevealDetroit pastor Lorenzo Sewell is one of the most prominent Black conservatives in President Donald Trump’s orbit. It all started last summer when the president visited Sewell’s 180 Church while campaigning in Detroit. A month later, Sewell spoke at the Republican National Convention. And in January, he prayed for the new president during his inauguration […]
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Crooksandliars.com
- by Susie MadrakDetainees at the infamous Florida immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” were shackled inside a 2 foot-high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Via The Guardian: The human rights group said migrants held at the state-run Everglades facility, […]
- by Susie MadrakPete Hegseth did exactly what we all thought he did with the admiral in charge of military ops in the Caribbean — he forced him out for telling him the truth. The Wall Street Journal has the story: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shocked official Washington in mid-October when he announced that the four-star head of […]
- by Chris capper LiebenthalRep Drunken Van Orden went on CNN to defend fellow booze bottle baby and Secretary of War Crimes, Whiskey Pete Hegseth. His efforts held up about as well as his liver. When the host asked DVO what he was hoping to learn about the second strike on a disabled boat, he replied by saying that […]
- by Steve in ManhattanBark Bark Woof Woof – World AIDS Day (the PLAY!) Crooked Timber – will fewer kids mean fewer scientists? Earthbound Misfit – glad that Acute Schadenfreude isn’t fatal; God’s Spies – Flock camera vulnerability worse than you think; You Might Notice a Trend – the price of arrogance is the blood of others. Send tips, […]
- by HeatherFox's Harris Faulkner wants us to believe that Trump holding more of these Dear Leader meetings with the suck-ups in his cabinet than Joe Biden held somehow means that his "stamina" is "on full display." Here's how Faulkner teed things off after playing a clip of Trump spokespuppet Karoline Leavitt announcing that Grandpa Mush-Brains was […]
- by Steve GreenbergOpen thread below… read more
- by NewsHound EllenA deep dive by CBS News focuses mostly on one school Erika Donalds, the wife of Rep. Byron Donalds, worked to start up, in Fort Myers, Florida. “After enrolling hundreds of students and hiring teachers, the Fort Myers school failed to open, leaving parents scrambling to find a school for their children,” the report said. […]
- by John AmatoSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was found in violation of military regulations by the Defense Department's Inspector General for using his personal phone and transmitting classified documents. Hegseth is already under tremendous pressure and scrutiny for his actions and now lies after he ordered a second strike to kill two surviving Venezuelan boaters that had […]
Medium.com
- by Left Wisdomescape from the vicious right wing AmericaNow I have to admit that I doubt that New York will ever be affordable for me. It has always been a horrible expensive city to live where rent control existed, but it was always still very highly priced to live there. As I mentioned in the prior article about […]
- by Left WisdomHarrison Ford made a good solid statement about American Enemy Number 1. The only thing I disagree about is that trump has a plan, I just know that the plan he has is not FOR the American People. In fact, I call him American Enemy Number 1 because his plan seems to be to make […]
- by Left Wisdom**horrible things will happen if the SC continues to reject his playing with tariffs**Everybody by now knows that trump has been playing with tarrifs; as far as anybody observing can tell, getting up in the morning and suddenly yelling with great enthusiasm that he hopes will convince the nation that THIS is the salvation for […]
- by Left WisdomImagine you are in the Jungle. The night is far advanced and the Jungle is nice and calm. The lions have had a good meal and are settled in. The villagers have made sure that the lions have enough. They even went out and killed some smaller animals and left them in a central part […]
- by Left WisdomMamdani ran for mayor on the promise to make sure rent control in the city takes account of the finincial straits of young people just starting out. As we have heard frequently, especially since trump got into the White Houise, while promising to bring costs down and immedately caused most prices to go speedily in […]
- by Left WisdomQuestion: what is the difference bet Fuentes and Maga? And yes, I am happy about the Mayor of New YorkMAs we all know, or should, the same die hard MAGATS didn’t learn a damn think about the rebuke they got in New Jersey, Virginia and New York City. I would say that this outcome may have […]
- by Left WisdomThe right wing lunatics are out in force. The last time these types of lunatics were hot and bothered was in 1957 or so, when John F Kennedy was running for President. What was the upset? Well, he was a Catholic by faith. He was born and raised in that Church and still attended and […]
- by Left WisdomMan in White House with forked tongue throws fit because Doug Ford tops him with Reagan’s free trade policy because ultimately tariffs hurt the consumer most (I DON’T HOLD BACK)Since this disasterly tempermental unstable POS has been in office, lets look at the evil he has wrecked on the American population. He said he was America […]
Democracynow.org
- Amid escalating ICE raids in New York City, Democracy Now!’s Messiah Rhodes spoke to immigrants and advocates supporting newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers from West Africa with hot meals, legal advice and job training. “When I help the people here, the people will help me one day,” Guinean immigrant Abdul Karim, a cook at […]
- Immigrant rights advocate Murad Awawdeh joins us to discuss Donald Trump’s nationwide anti-immigrant crackdown and how it’s manifested in Trump’s hometown of New York City, where hundreds of New Yorkers recently blocked a federal immigration raid targeting street vendors from West Africa before it even started. “This has never been about vetting. This has never […]
- Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the status of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks and new data on the extent of casualties from the now nearly four-year Russian invasion of Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed. “For what did these people die? For what reason were they sent into this horrible meat grinder?” asks […]
- “Pete Hegseth, much like the president he serves, sees himself as, essentially, above the law, as unconstrained by legal procedure.” Foreign policy analyst Matt Duss discusses the brewing conflict within the Trump administration over the leadership of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including his involvement in a leaked announcement of U.S. strikes on Yemen in March […]
- Senate War Powers Resolution Seeks to Block Trump from Unilaterally Attacking Venezuela, Admiral to Brief Lawmakers About U.S. Boat Strikes Condemned by Human Rights Groups as “Murder”, New York Times Sues Pentagon over Press Policy That “Violates the First Amendment”, Israeli Forces in Gaza Kill Seven Palestinians in Latest Violation of October Ceasefire, “An Academic […]
- WTO/99 is a new “immersive archival documentary” about the 1999 protests in Seattle against the World Trade Organization that uses 1,000+ hours of footage from the Independent Media Center and other archives. The historic WTO protests against corporate power and economic globalization were met with a militarized police crackdown and National Guard troops. We feature […]
- As a “Fight Club” of eight senators led by Bernie Sanders challenges Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s handling of President Trump, we speak with Ralph Nader, who has been taking on the Democratic Party for decades. Sixty years ago this week, he published his landmark book, Unsafe at Any Speed, exposing the safety flaws of […]
- Israel has announced it will reopen the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the next few days as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. However, the border will only open in one direction: for Palestinians to exit. Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi says the move validates fears that Israel’s goal is to […]