Department of Education launches investigation into UC Berkeley, alleging failure to properly disclose foreign funding

The U.S. Department of Education initiated a Notice of Investigation and Records Request into UC Berkeley on Friday, alleging that campus’s foreign funding disclosures to the department may be “incomplete or inaccurate.” The investigation comes as the department has resumed enforcement responsibilities relating to disclosure of foreign gifts and contracts… Continue reading

Trump signs executive order to dismantle the Civil Rights Act of 1964

by VPS Reports Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Thursday, April 24, 2025  (DailyKos.com) In a sweeping move that civil rights advocates say could unravel decades of progress toward racial and gender equity, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday… Continue reading

‘Authoritarianism in Action’: Trump Orders DOJ Probe of Democratic Donation Platform ActBlue

U.S. President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi listen during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24, 2025.  (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Rep. Jamie Raskin called Trump’s memorandum “the kind of edict you’d expect from a power-mad dictator in a Banana Republic.”… Continue reading

Here’s the first U.S. citizen who is a political prisoner under the Trump regime

Here’s the first U.S. citizen who is a political prisoner under the Trump regime

The only question is how we defeat this! DEAN OBEIDALLAH APR 26, 2025 Donald Trump and his rogue regime have just taken their next step in embracing fascism with the arrest Friday of Wisconsin state Judge Hannah Dugan on BS charges. And that’s not just my view, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen wrote in response… Continue reading

Proud Billionaire Helps Young Son Open First Offshore Bank Account

Published: March 14, 2018 (TheOnion.com) VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES—Welling with pride as the child made his initial $2 million deposit, hedge fund billionaire Seymour Gansthorpe reportedly helped his son Elwin, 8, open his first offshore bank account, sources reported Tuesday. “These are the kinds of things you live for as a dad:… Continue reading