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Behold the U.S.’s 250th birthday, brought to you by corporate behemoths, via Trump
WASHINGTON—Behold the United States’ 250th birthday celebration, brought to you by a cavalcade of corporate behemoths, via Donald Trump. And much of it will be paid for by you and me. At least $103 million in taxpayer dollars were funneled to favorite Trump companies via no-bid contracts from the Trump-established celebration committee, Freedom 250. It has also collected tens of…Read More
The Mladenov distraction: Behind the screen, Netanyahu is annexing Gaza ‘step-by-step’
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the vast majority of Gaza, with consequences that require little elaboration, considering what we already know about the ongoing genocide. Currently,…Read More
Protect English Learners in Nation’s Schools
Multilingual education is not merely workforce preparation. It is about equal opportunity. Opinion,Department of Education,Trump Administration,John Pascarella,Language Source link progressive.orgRead More
He's a U.S. Citizen and Combat Veteran. ICE Tear-Gassed, Jailed, and Falsely Accused Him.
George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend…Read More
New Foreign Aid Rules Will Threaten Lives
The Trump Administration is expanding foreign aid restrictions on abortion, transgender health care, and DEI initiatives. Opinion,Trump Administration,Susana T. Fried,Foreign Policy,Health Care,Alicia Ely Yamin Source link progressive.orgRead More
How Street-Level Direct Action Is Challenging Trump’s Authoritarianism
Community-based rapid response networks and irreverent performers are disrupting ICE at the source. Source linkRead More
Why the GOP Can’t Dissuade the Dems on the Shutdown
Carl Hulse of the New York Times does a good job of highlighting two major factors that have convinced the congressional Democrats to force a government shutdown. Both of them are based on trust. The first relates to President Trump’s threat to retaliate by firing federal workers. Democrats believe they have a powerful message on health care, with some Americans set…Read More
A Lesson from Tacitus and Thomas Jefferson
One of the great passages from Roman history comes right at the beginning of Book One of Tacitus’ Annals, where he is discussing how Augustus seized power and ended the Republic for good. When after the destruction of Brutus and Cassius there was no longer any army of the Commonwealth, when Pompeius was crushed in Sicily, and when, with Lepidus pushed…Read More