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42 House Democrats Join GOP in Passing Warrantless Mass Surveillance Bill
Rep. Ilhan Omar warned that “this bill has no meaningful reforms" to prevent abuses.
AOC Calls on Dems to “Play by Same Rules” Republicans Do on Gerrymandering
“We have to provide balance” to GOP gerrymandering until new redistricting rules are established, Ocasio-Cortez said.
Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory
“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks writer Rebecca Solnit.
Iran Isn’t Begging for Negotiations. It’s Setting the Terms for Ending the War.
“The [Trump] administration is desperate to find some form of an off-ramp,” says Drop Site News' Jeremy Scahill.
Hegseth Dismisses Testimony of US Soldiers Who Said They Were Put in Danger
The secretary combatively said troop deaths were “tragic” but the “consequence of conflict.”
CA Soon May Have Over 300 Data Centers. Locals Worry About Water Supply Threats.
One proposed data center would require 750,000 gallons of water per day and take up 17 football fields’ worth of land.
Conservative SCOTUS Ruling Completely Demolishes Voting Rights Act, Kagan Says
The Voting Rights Act is now essentially a “toothless law,” one legal expert said of the ruling.
“That’s Murder”: Democrat Grills Hegseth on Order to Commit War Crimes
Hegseth pledged that the military is showing “no quarter” to its enemies. Experts say that’s a war crime.
For Decades, Trans People Have Helped Lead the Fight Against Sexual Violence
Today, trans and gender-nonconforming survivors continue a legacy of resistance that goes back longer than we may know.
Chicago Teachers Are Organizing to Fight Beyond a Day of Action on May Day
Jackson Potter, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, wants people to build “organized power at every level.”