Kuttner on TAP March 21, 2025 Trump’s Attack on Social Security Backfires The requirement of in-person visits and Elon Musk’s fishing expedition into Social Security data have awakened a torpid AARP, docile federal judges—and public opinion. As a candidate, Trump promised not to cut Social Security. So the administration is trying… Continue reading
POSTED INEDGE OF SPORTS TV In this special episode, Edge of Sports returns to the question of sports gambling, and the NCAA’s past stances on women’s basketball. BY DAVE ZIRIN MARCH 21, 2025 (therealnews.com) JuJu Watkins #12 of the USC Trojans controls the ball against Chance Gray #21 of the Ohio… Continue reading
POSTED INPOLITICS AND MOVEMENTS: US “We won’t be silent as anti-public education politicians try to steal opportunities from our students, our families, and our communities to pay for tax cuts for billionaires,” said the head of the nation’s largest labor union. BY BRETT WILKINS MARCH 20, 2025 (therealnews.com) Demonstrators gather outside… Continue reading
Protesters hold signs targeting billionaire Elon Musk at a Tesla dealership in New York City on March 13, 2025. (Photo: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) “Rather than comply with a lawful court order, he wants to see millions of families, retirees, and disabled individuals go hungry, suffer, and potentially… Continue reading
President Donald Trump claims he’s cutting wasteful government spending but there are billions of dollars a year lying in wait that he could push Congress to cut in corporate subsidies.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images By Chris Edwards March 19, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) In his recent address to Congress, President Donald Trump lauded Elon Musk’s efforts to… Continue reading
Ray Bogan Political Corresponden MAR 11, 2025 (SAN.com) By Ray Bogan (Political Correspondent) Full Story The Department of Education is investigating 60 universities for possible antisemitic discrimination and harassment. The department sent the institutions letters warning them of potential enforcement actions under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. “The Department is deeply disappointed that Jewish… Continue reading
Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to eliminate the Department of Education. Emphasis on “aims to.” Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal department created by Congress. Let’s be clear about what this executive order will do: it instructs Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to facilitate the department’s closure while… Continue reading
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent monitors hundreds of asylum seekers being processed upon entering the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on June 6, 2023 in New York City. (Photo: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images) One of Badar Khan Suri’s lawyers called the case “emblematic of a broader strategy by the… Continue reading
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) leaves a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus about the candidacy of then-President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Committee on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) A group of youth-led organizations released an open letter calling on Minority Leader… Continue reading
by XUEER LU MARCH 20, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. Donate today! Days after President Trump used the the wartime Alien Enemies Act to deport some 200 Venezuelans to prisons in El Salvador — in defiance… Continue reading
