Trump administration takes aim at the free press and congressional authority in one move

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote a letter of his own, while the group letter was signed by Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray, Chris Van Hollen, Jon Tester, Richard Blumenthal, Doug Jones, Tammy Duckworth, Sherrod Brown, Maggie Hassan, and Kyrsten Sinema, as well as Republican Sens. John Boozman, Jerry Moran, Shelly Moore Capito, and Susan…

Q&A: Education organizer Zakiyah Ansari discusses advocacy, hope, and the current movement

As time passes, and especially now when demonstrations and uprisings are taking place in the middle of a global pandemic, the way people advocate evolves and adapts. Career organizers are accustomed to needing to shift and recalibrate amid legislative setbacks when advocating for important issues. Zakiyah Ansari, the advocacy director for the Alliance for Quality…

Police support for armed far-right groups and Trump’s creeping fascism are a terrifying mix

In some places it’s been individual police expressing their support, as in Hood County, Texas, where an elected constable and member of the far-right paramilitary group Oath Keepers called on that group to “provide security” for a Dallas hair salon. In other places it’s appeared to go up the chain of command, as in Salem, Oregon, where a police…

Amid uncertainty around program, more companies are turning DACA-protected applicants away

But it’s only “contentious” because the impeached president is making it that way, even pissing off a federal judge earlier this month after the administration claimed that the Supreme Court’s decision ruling that it illegally ended the program had “no basis in law.” A Justice Department attorney walked back that claim in ongoing court proceedings, but then lied by claiming that…

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has big plans for the Postal Service. None of them are good

Williams called removal of the blue boxes “the most interesting of all,” saying his understanding was that “Secretary Mnuchin wanted that done.” Williams said: “I asked the Postal Service about it, and they said it wouldn’t save anything. And there would be no reason to remove those. I’m not sure how it went from that, several…

Barr makes first charge against someone involved in the Russia investigation

The five-page document describing the charge against Clinesmith shows that he did in fact speak with officials at the unnamed agency and learned that Page had been a source up until 2013. Clinesmith was told that Page was not currently a source—a fact that no one disputes—and provided an email that included information about Page’s past activities. When…

Judge slams Trump official’s claim that Supreme Court’s DACA ruling ‘has no basis in law’

It doesn’t take a law degree to see that the Trump administration has defied court orders by refusing to fully reopen the program as it was in 2012. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pushed out a memo not only stating that USCIS would “reject all” first-time applicants, it would also slash protections for current beneficiaries. So Pezzi’s…