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We Can’t Wait on a Savior to Remove Trump. We Must Resist En Masse.
The GOP is guilty of carrying out the crimes of this regime, but unless we resist, we also become complicit.
The Roots of Fascism and the Seeds for Its Defeat
German revolutionary Clara Zetkin still holds lessons for the left in the fight against fascism.
Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Furlough of Congressional Pay Next Shutdown
153 US House members and 50 US Senators are millionaires.
It’s Beginning to Look Like a (Very Long) Shutdown
Some 400,000 federal employees are still required to work without pay and another 320,000 are furloughed.
Trump 2020 Campaign Used a Controversial Shell Company to Pay Ad Buyers
The campaign funneled money to ad buyers that have facilitated illegal coordination between the campaign and the NRA.
Trump’s Policy of Chaos Sends US Spiraling Toward Shutdown
Bedlam is the policy, confusion is the goal and attention is the byproduct.
Nixing the Affordable Care Act Could Upend the Entire Health System
Canceling the law in full could thrust the entire health care system into chaos.
Will the Government Shut Down Over Trump’s $5 Billion Border Wall?
A shutdown over the holiday season would harm federal employees and the US economy.
Senators Try to Sneak Anti-BDS Measure Into Last-Minute Spending Bill
Senators Ben Cardin and Rob Portman want to cram an anti-boycott bill protecting Israel into spending legislation.
Outgoing GOP Wages War on Democracy
In their last days in office, Republicans pushed bills through the legislature that hurt their constituents.