Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Big Oil Doesn't Just Want to Get Rich Wrecking the Climate—They Want Lower Taxes Too
"If this polluter handout is snuck into the GOP tax bill, then cuts to Medicaid and food stamps could well pay for another giveaway to Big Oil," said the co-author of a new report. "That's obscene." more
Monday, March 24, 2025
Columbia student sues Trump admin over efforts to deport her
Columbia University student Yunseo Chung is suing the Trump administration amid its efforts to deport the 21-year-old, who has been in the U.S. since she was 7 and has lawful permanent resident status.
A lawsuit was filed Monday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) got an administrative warrant for Chung’s arrest and told the South Korean native that her status was being “revoked,” even though only an immigration judge can take away a green card.
“ICE’s shocking actions against Ms. Chung form part of a larger pattern of attempted U.S. government repression of constitutionally protected protest activity and other forms of speech. The government’s repression has focused specifically on university students who speak out in solidarity with Palestinians and who are critical of the Israeli government’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza or the pro-Israeli policies of the U.S. government and other U.S. institutions,” the suit reads.
US appeals court weighs Trump’s deportations under Alien Enemies Act
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has turned to a federal appeals court to lift a block on its ability to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport undocumented immigrants.
But at a tense hearing in Washington, DC, on Monday, one judge on the court appeared to baulk at the lack of due process given to undocumented people under Trump’s use of the law.
'Everything Is Being Crushed': Journalist Hossam Shabat's Last Story Before He Was Killed by Israel
Colleagues of Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat on Monday posted the Palestinian reporter's own words on social media after he was killed in what was reportedly a targeted attack by U.S.-backed Israeli forces in northern Gaza. more
Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Taken by Israeli Soldiers After Attack by Settlers
The condition—and whereabouts—of the Academy Award-winning "No Other Land" co-director are currently unknown. more
Israel's surgical strike on southern Gaza’s largest hospital, assuring that the dying do not survive
Smoke rises from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis following an Israeli air attack
An Israeli military attack on the largest hospital in southern Gaza killed two people, injured several, and sparked a large fire, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.
The attack on Sunday night hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry reported. The attack came just days after the facility was overwhelmed with the dead and wounded, as Israel resumed its war in Gaza with a surprise wave of air raids last week.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
“Send Them to Jail”: GOP Officials Keep Saying Trump Can Arrest People for Protesting
When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, he made a solemn pledge.
“After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, I also will sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America,” he declared. “Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents.”
It hasn’t quite worked out that way. more
Saturday, March 22, 2025
While Washington DC Burns, Trump Golfs
It’s been 61 days since President Donald Trump promised that he would end the war in Ukraine on “day one” of his new administration, and the war is still going strong. Shadow president Elon Musk and his DOGE boys are upending Washington, laying waste to federal agencies and deploying law enforcement to break into the nonprofit Institute of Peace. Consumer confidence is in the toilet, inflation is threatening a resurgence, and the country is possibly headed for a self-inflicted recession. But never fear! The president will be hard at work this weekend, forcing taxpayers to subsidize his New Jersey golf club while he works on his backswing. more
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