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Trump Hikes Global Tariffs to 15 Percent Following Supreme Court Ruling
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (694+ words) Trump "just announced a NEW 15% TAX on the American people. He does not care about you," said Gov. Gavin Newsom. Shortly after the US Supreme Court on Friday ruled against President Donald Trump's use of emergency powers to impose sweeping…...
The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (456+ words) Black anti-fascists have long warned about creeping fascism, from slavery to mass incarceration to ICE terror. Back in 2016, I was asked what I thought about Donald Trump. Even back then, I saw him as an aspiring fascist, and I responded:…...
EPA Repeals Regulations for Mercury and Toxic Air Pollutants From Power Plants
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (595+ words) This story was originally published by The New Lede. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) repealed Biden-era regulations that forced power plants to cut harmful pollutants including brain-damaging mercury and particulate matter, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Friday. At…...
US Attacks in Venezuela and Greenland Lay Groundwork for Billionaire Fiefdoms
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (193+ words) Trump's foreign interventions may pave the way for techno-fascist city-states to seize sovereignty. In the last weeks, we have witnessed an authoritarian assault on communities in Minnesota and across the nation. The need for truthful, grassroots reporting is urgent at…...
Loophole in Illinois Sanctuary Laws Lets ICE Hold Immigrants in County Jails
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (890+ words) Illinois is a sanctuary state " but 17 of the state's counties still have contracts to detain immigrants for ICE. For a short time, they were both held in the same county jail in Phelps County, an hour and a half away…...
Warren Says Americans Should Get a Refund After Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (593+ words) Any refunds must end up in the pockets of the Americans who were illegally cheated out of their money," said Warren. Scores of Democrats are calling for Americans to receive refunds on expenses incurred from President Donald Trump's sweeping global…...
As Trump Threatens Iran, We’re On the Brink of a Generational Catastrophe
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (559+ words) A US war with Iran would be illegal, immoral, and dangerous. We can still stop it. Trump has demanded that world leaders pony up $1 billion for a permanent seat on the ostensible peacekeeping body, even as he defunds the actual…...
Trump Attacks Justices as “Unpatriotic and Disloyal” After Tariffs Ruling, Vowing New Tariffs Will Come Soon
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1124+ words) Allowing the tariffs to stand would be a "transformative expansion" of unchecked presidential powers, the court ruled. The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that most tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on nearly every country in the world…...
USCIS Aims to Expand Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants and US Citizens
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (931+ words) An expert warns this will aid the Trump administration's stated goal of screening people for speech it doesn't like. This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New…...
Public Health Experts Sound Alarm as Feds Keep Deploying Tear Gas Near Kids
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1772+ words) We don't know the long-term effects. We don't understand their effects on children," said a pediatrician. From the roof of the "Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Portland, Oregon, federal agents late last month watched as thousands of people…...