The bravery of citizens in Minneapolis is the only kind of resistance to occupation that has a chance of working.
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Reining In Trump’s Goons
With the apparent murder of Renee Good, our thugocracy has outed itself for all to see. We cannot let them escape the consequences.
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Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud
As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players.
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How Bad Slavery Was
Donald Trump joins a long line of apologists for America’s peculiar institution.
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The ICE Sweeps Are Classic Racial Profiling
Trump’s ‘post-racial’ war on DEI notwithstanding
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Trump’s War on Gay, Lesbian, and Trans People
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is gay and married. Hello?
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Trump Would Torch Magna Carta
For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.
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Warrantless Spying Report Signals Expansion of Domestic Surveillance
Not only are more communications being swept up as part of the war on drugs, but dissenters against government activities could also be targeted.
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This One Weird Trick Could Keep the Feds Out of Your City
Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.
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Trump’s Simple Racism
The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government.