Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Democrats Grill Officials on Insider Profits From Trump’s Tariff Reversal
Leading Democrats are raising questions about whether insiders profited from the market swing that followed President Donald Trump’s sudden reversal on sweeping tariffs he recently announced on imports from foreign countries. more
'Enough Is Enough': Dems Aim to Force GOP on Record as Trump Tariffs Wreak Havoc
"Republicans can't keep ducking the vote on these taxes," said Rep. Gregory Meeks. "It is time they take a vote and show their constituents whether or not they support the 'economic pain' President Trump is inflicting." more
Trump Signs 'Breathlessly Stupid' Orders to Boost Polluting Coal Industry
"Coal is a disaster for our health, our wallets, and the planet," said one environmental lawyer. more
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Immigration judge to rule Friday on detained activist Mahmoud Khalil
A Louisiana immigration judge on Tuesday gave the Trump administration a little more than 24 hours to turn over evidence it says it has against Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student it is trying to deport over his pro-Palestinian activism.
Judge Jamee Comans said she will then rule on Friday whether the 30-year-old legal permanent resident can be deported or whether he must be freed. If the government's evidence doesn't support Khalil's deportation, she said, she will "terminate" the case against him.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants’ tax data to ICE, AP sources say
The acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S., according to two people familiar with the decision.
Melanie Krause, who had served as acting head since February, will step down over the new data-sharing document signed Monday by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The agreement will allow ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.
The Right's Entire Political Agenda
I am here to remind you all: we are not powerless in this moment. People are starting to put the pieces together.
And that’s important, because the same billionaires that are taking a wrecking ball to our country specialize in getting working people to turn on one another.
I understand that this disdain for working people, by some of the most powerful people in this country, doesn’t just come from them not being raised right.
There’s a word for this kind of thing: corruption.
I understand what it feels like to watch all of this stack up. When the system is stacked against you, it’s hard to feel like anything you do matters.
But that’s no way to live.
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The Unseen Cost of Political Crackdowns
In recent weeks, the Trump Administration has intensified its crackdown on foreigners inside the United States, with tourists, green card holders, and even U.S. citizens caught up in the operations. Academics and students linked to the pro-Palestine movement have become prime targets of the administration. Last month, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested several of these individuals, including Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown University who was arrested in front of his family, and Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University PhD student who was ambushed in the middle of the street. more
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Patriotic Millionaires Unveil Platform to 'Beat the Broligarchs'
"Our economy should be judged on how well it takes care of working people, not on how many billionaires it mints in a calendar day," said the founder of the economic justice group. more
Monday, April 7, 2025
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
One evening in March 2017, Hoan Ton-That, an Australian coder building a powerful facial recognition system, emailed his American business partners with a plan to deploy their fledgling technology. “Border patrol pitch,” the subject line read. He hoped to persuade the federal government to integrate their product with border surveillance cameras so that their newly formed company, later named Clearview AI, could use “face detection” on immigrants entering the United States. more
'We're Turning Into a Dictatorship': Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power
Analysts puzzling over the bizarre formula the Trump administration used to calculate its country-by-country tariff rates are wasting their time, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said in a response to the American president that has gone viral in recent days as global markets continue to nosedive. more
Sunday, April 6, 2025
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With US Now a 'Pseudo-Democracy,' Sanders Says Democrats Have to Answer One Key Question
"I think that the Democratic Party has to make a fundamental decision," says the independent Senator from Vermont, "and I'm not sure that they will make the right decision." more
Saturday, April 5, 2025
In Pictures: Anti-Trump 'Hands Off' Demonstrations Nationwide
"Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country who are standing up and speaking out for our voting rights, fundamental freedoms, and essential services like Social Security and Medicare." here
The Barons Who Rule What We Eat
Growing up, Austin Frerick recalls the fields of Iowa as lush and full of farm animals. Now, when he visits his hometown of Cedar Rapids, he sees a more barren landscape. The shift, or as he describes it, “the collapse of Iowa,” inspired the seventh-generation Iowan to look into the wealth and power that’s shaped the state, and subsequently, the American agriculture and food systems. Frerick’s widely-praised book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry, explores the titans who have amassed near monopolistic market domination of what we eat every day–and the systems that enabled them to amass power. MORE
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