Harmeet Dhillon, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, testified during her Senate confirmation hearing on February 26, 2025. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) “The upheaval and loss of experience will leave the division unable to enforce the nation’s civil rights laws,”… Continue reading
A protester holds a sign reading “Impeach Trump” in Pershing Square during a “Hands Off!” rally on April 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Sarah Morris/Getty Images) “It’s up to Congress to do their job, defend the Constitution, and impeach and remove Donald Trump from office for his grave… Continue reading
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a ceremony on April 17, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) “Any additional money pumped into this system is likely to be wasted,” said one analyst. “The only beneficiaries will be weapons contractors.” JAKE JOHNSON Apr 28, 2025 (CommonDreams.org) Congressional Republicans on… Continue reading
© THE INTERCEPT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education. Jon Schwarz August 25 2022 (TheIntercept.com) Gov. Ronald Reagan explains his requested shutdown of California’s higher education system in Sacramento, Calif. on May… Continue reading
FRI, 5/2/2025 – BY STEVE RUSHTON (Occupy.com) Donald Trump’s—and many other authoritarians’—attacks on education mimic the measures taken by the first fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, against the Italian education system a century ago. Nazi Germany would soon follow. Books were banned and burned. Curricula were revised. Subjects that encouraged critical thinking… Continue reading
THU, 5/1/2025 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, it is objectively true to say the United States is captive to a fascist regime. But there is a silver lining — the more blatantly illegal acts Trump commits, the more opposition to his regime solidifies,… Continue reading
By David Hernandez, Molly Burke Updated May 2, 2025 (SFChronicle.com) A May Day protest march heads south on Polk Street in San Francisco. Scott Strazzante/S.F. Chronicle Thousands of demonstrators rallied in San Francisco and Oakland on Thursday in defense of worker and immigrant rights and opposition to the Trump administration. In San Francisco,… Continue reading
The White House has launched a new Drudge Report-like website devoted to promoting pro-Trump news stories. Why it matters: The site, called White House Wire, represents the administration’s latest effort to circumvent the mainstream media and present itself in a positive light. Driving the news: The White House Wire, which has the url link WH.gov/wire,… Continue reading
