Latest News on Trump, the Republican Party and Politics
Feb 22, 2022 | Opinion
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Motherjones.com
- by Katie HerchenroederMinnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled over her son this weekend and asked him to prove his citizenship. In an interview with WCCO, a CBS affiliate based in Minneapolis, the Somali-born congresswoman said she’s feared for her 20-year-old son since President Donald Trump and ICE began […]
- by Katie HerchenroederAt least 15 people were killed, and more than three dozen hospitalized, in a shooting at Australia’s famous Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday in what authorities are calling a terrorist attack at a Jewish holiday celebration. One gunman has been killed and a second suspect, his 24-year-old son, is in custody and in critical […]
- by Sigal Samuel, Rachel DuRose, Sam Delgado, and Sara HerschanderThis story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking. […]
- by Alex NguyenThe Food and Drug Administration is considering whether to place a “black-box” warning—a high-danger label only used to flag risk of death, severe harm, or incapacitation—on Covid vaccines, CNN has reported. According to the Friday CNN report, the initiative to include the warning—part of a range of efforts by Trump administration health officials to limit […]
- by Alex NguyenThe Transportation Security Administration is forwarding passenger lists to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to detain and deport travelers while denying them the chance to challenge the process, according to documents obtained by the New York Times. A Times report Friday revealed that information furnished by TSA provided the basis of ICE’s high-profile detention […]
- by Helena HortonThis story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have been detected by researchers, in a study thought to be the first time a statistically significant link has been found between rising temperatures and […]
- by Sara HyltonKaren Gleason, a veteran reporter, lit a cigarette as she steps out of her white sports car into the sweltering dry heat of the South Texas summer. It took her a few minutes to reach the border wall then recently expanded by Gov. Greg Abbott to deter migrants from Central America. The wall, despite having […]
- by RevealChicago has been one of the latest stops on the Trump administration’s deportation tour. “Operation Midway Blitz” started in September and, for months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents have been roaming the streets and detaining hundreds of people. This week on Reveal, host Al Letson and producer Ashley Cleek visit Chicago to […]
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Democracynow.org
- Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday. We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who reiterated her call during the hearing for Noem to resign and announced that she would begin taking steps for […]
- As the Trump administration expands its immigration crackdown nationwide, President Trump is simultaneously creating new pathways for wealthy noncitizens to obtain U.S. visas. Earlier this week, Trump officially launched a program allowing affluent visitors to fast-track permission to live and work in the United States. For a $1 million payment, applicants can receive a so-called […]
- Award-winning Palestinian reporter Mohammed Mhawish, who left Gaza last year, joins us to discuss his new piece for New York magazine about Israel’s surveillance practices. It describes how Palestinians throughout the genocide in Gaza have been watched, tracked and often killed by Israeli forces who have access to their most intimate details, including phone and […]
- As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dramatically reshapes U.S. immunization policy, we speak with Dr. Fiona Havers, a former top vaccine expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who resigned in June. Last week, Kennedy’s handpicked advisers on a federal vaccine panel voted against universal hepatitis B shots for newborns, reversing 35 […]
- U.S. Tightens Sanctions on Venezuela and Plans to Seize More Oil Tankers as Trump Threatens War, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Won’t Rule Out Regime Change in Venezuela, 12 Die in Gaza Strip Amid Winter Storm and Israeli Ceasefire Violations, Health Insurance Costs Are Set to Explode After Republicans Reject Extended Tax Credits, Hundreds Quarantined […]
- "Slower Form of Death": Despite Ceasefire, Israel Keeps Killing in Gaza as Winter Storm Floods TentsPalestinians were battered with rain and freezing temperatures overnight as winter storm Byron hit the Gaza Strip. Soaked tents and makeshift shelters flooded, causing some mattresses to float and improvised roofs to blow away. An 8-month-old baby girl, Rahaf Abu Jazar, died from hypothermia. Moureen Kaki, an aid worker living in Gaza, says conditions at […]
- The acclaimed academic and writer Mahmood Mamdani speaks with Democracy Now! about the rise of his son, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. The professor cites Zohran’s “refusal to budge, to soften his critique of the state of Israel” as a critical aspect of his rise to power. “His refusal to change his stance told […]
- We speak with the acclaimed academic and writer Mahmood Mamdani, who has just released a new book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State. Mamdani, who has taught at Columbia for decades, was raised in Uganda and first came to the United States in the 1960s to study. He […]
Crooksandliars.com
- by John AmatoEveryone in physics that came after Max owes him a debt of gratitude. History: German physicist Max Planck publishes his groundbreaking study of the effect of radiation on a “blackbody” substance, and the quantum theory of modern physics is born. Through physical experiments, Planck demonstrated that energy, in certain situations, can exhibit characteristics of physical […]
- by HeatherSaturday Night Live Weekend Update started things off with some of their usual skewering of Trump's latest absurdity: Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update wondered if there was another reason for Donald Trump’s chosen winners of the Kennedy Center honors, while also jabbing the 79-year-old president about his health. Trump, who installed himself as chairman of […]
- by Red PainterThis is a weird FAFO, but in the end, the FO phase was swift, brutal and utterly well deserved. The Kansas Reflector reports that the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe entered into an absolute disgusting contract with ICE to design detention centers. The year-long contract was worth $29.9 million dollars and was between the business division […]
- by Chris capper LiebenthalGiven the atrocious track record for Republicans this year and the popularity of Rep Jasmine Crockett, naturally, the GOP and Fox had to team up to attack her. Ironically, they chose the inept Rep Tim Burchett and the even more inept Kayeigh McAninny to launch the attack. MCNINNY: Let's bring in one of Jasmine's colleagues, […]
- by Conover KennardOne of the gunmen who launched a terror attack at a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, was tackled and disarmed by a bystander. The media has identified the man as a 43-year-old Muslim father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, a fruit seller. Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon of the New South Wales […]
- by Ed ScarceOne of the hottest toys this Christmas is apparently approved by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Source: NBC News Miiloo — manufactured by the Chinese company Miriat and one of the top inexpensive search results for “AI toy for kids” on Amazon — would at times, in tests with NBC News, indicate it was programmed […]
- by HeatherSen. Mark Warner threw cold water on any talk of bipartisan cooperation on Cassidy's ridiculous assertion that a one-time payment into an HSA is somehow going to fix the upcoming crisis with insurance premiums when the extended ACA subsidies expire. Here's Warner's response to Face the Nation host Margaret Brennan, who, rather than pointing out […]
- by Conover KennardSouth Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham appeared on Maria Bartiromo's Fox News show to spin out the usual Republican talking points: Everything is Joe Biden's fault. However, Linds has other problems: over 600,000 South Carolinians on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace will now face significantly higher premiums, with estimates suggesting 100,000 to 200,000 people might […]
Medium.com
- by Left Wisdom(the “man of peace” causing paid and misery)“Obama, admittedly got the Nobel Peace Prize a bit early. It would have looked far better if they had waited a year and see what things he did. The Peace is usually submitted with a particular deed that recommends him. Now, Obama was my very familar President in the […]
- 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 […]
