Archive for January 2026

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[ad_1] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today secured a Senate vote on his amendment to the government funding package to repeal the $75 billion funding increase for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — originally included in Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB). The amendment would use those savings to reverse Medicaid cuts in the OBBB, preventing 700,000 Americans from losing their…Read More

[ad_1] There can be no doubt about this one. The federal arrests of independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering a Minneapolis protest represent a prima facie violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of the press. Without that guarantee, journalists are in danger anytime they produce anything the government doesn’t like. Without that guarantee, we are…Read More

[ad_1] Last night, reports indicated that President Trump, his family, and private businesses are suing the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion. This lawsuit follows a troubling pattern in which Trump and his ideological allies file massive lawsuits against the media and federal government with little chance of success in the courtroom, only to settle out of court for millions…Read More

[ad_1] Sometimes they take the law into their own hands! At the age of 7, Blaska became the editor and publisher of The Blaskie Paper, the leading journal of BugTown. A map of the imaginary country resembled the platbook’s rectangular delineation of our farm east of Sun Prairie WI.  The publication took its name from the […] [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] I got a lot of feedback about my last post about Thom Tillis. Both in replies and in personal emails, people took me to task. But I am going to stand by what I wrote.Most of the criticism implies that I’ve been taken in by Tillis. Many warned, “See how he votes.” I don’t expect Tillis to vote the…Read More

[ad_1] A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors. [ad_2] Source linkRead More

[ad_1] Maine People’s Alliance (MPA), a member organization of People’s Action, is Maine’s largest progressive community action organization. MPA brings Mainers together across lines of difference to find solidarity in fighting for a better world.  As of January 2026, the organization is focused on responding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s operations in the state. ICE’s surge in mid-January in the…Read More

[ad_1] I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave. [ad_2] Source linkRead More