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Destruction in Gaza
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
Common Dreams is an initiative that documents many, if not most, of the themes that are important and valuable and in the news at any moment in time.
I was an avid reader of their material many years ago, but less so recently ... that is for the last several years.
I have been digging into their material during the past few weeks and am impressed. Or maybe it is simply that I am finding myself largely in agreement with the point of view that they are reporting!
I am exploring different ways to keep myself informed and to organise material so that it is more useful not only to inform but also to actually do something useful with the information.
Several months ago, I made the effort to print out the 900+ pages of Project 2025 published by the Heritage Foundation. Though Trump denied having anything to do with this 'magnum opus', it has been interesting to link the writers of various parts of this work with the positions many of the writers now hold in the Trump Administration. It is not encouraging.
The material I am collating from Common Dreams is actually very comprehensive and likely more relevant than the Project 2025 from the Heritage Foundation. It is not easy to organize because it is fast moving information that is being pushed around by many actors with many different roles.
Pictures of wrecked buildings in Gaza have a lot in common with what Trump, Musk, et al are trying to do with the routine activities of the US Government as they move through Washington with as much destructive power as they can bring to bear!
The power to destroy is quite easy ... putting the broken pieces back together takes a long time and a lot of effort!
Peter Burgess
'Tesla Takedown' Protests Organized Across The U.S.
Tens of Thousands Join in 'Tesla Takedown' Actions Around the World
'Elon Musk is destroying our democracy, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it
Common Dreams Staff
Mar 29, 2025
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Candidate For Wisconsin Supreme Judge Brad Schimel Campaigns Throughout The State
Wisconsin AG Sues to Block Musk's Multimillion Dollar Election Eve Voter Bribe
Attorney General Josh Kaul accused the world's richest person and top Trump adviser of 'a blatant attempt to violate' Wisconsin's election bribery law.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 28, 2025 News elon musk
U.S. President Donald Trump
'Pathetic': Elite Law Firm Blasted for Striking Deal With Trump Administration
'I hope American law firms—Paul Weiss and Skadden—are proud of the cowardice they are instilling and inspiring among the legal profession,' wrote one former state senator.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 28, 2025
News law
Participants cheer as U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders
Majority of Democratic Voters: Current Leaders Failing to Combat Trump, Defend Working Class
'Democratic voters are sending a clear message,' said the head of Data for Progress. 'The base is tired of weak opposition and business-as-usual politics.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 28, 2025
News democratic party
Trump DOJ Turns to Supreme Court to Lift Ban on El Salvador Deportation Scheme
Trump DOJ Turns to Supreme Court to Lift Ban on El Salvador Deportation Scheme
The appeal to the Supreme Court is the latest move in an unfolding battle between the judiciary and the White House.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 28, 2025
News trump adminstration
Elon Musk and DOGE staffers appear together on Fox News
Musk Berated for 'Absurd' Social Security Fraud Lies
'Elon and his all-male team lie about Social Security like other people chew gum,' said one former head of the agency.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 28, 2025
News trump administration
Protesters stand outside a Tesla car dealership
To Combat 'Illegal Coup' by Elon Musk, Tesla Showroom Protests Planned Worldwide
Over 200 actions are expected this weekend at dealership locations across multiple continents.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 28, 2025
News elon musk
the Smithsonian Institution Building
'Unabashed Fascism': Trump Executive Order Targets 'Improper Ideology' at Smithsonian
'First Trump removes any reference of diversity from the present—now he's trying to remove it from our history,' wrote one Democratic lawmaker. 'You cannot erase our past and you cannot stop us from fulfilling our future.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 28, 2025
News donald trump
Tufts Graduate Student Detained By ICE Agents In Somerville, MA
'This Is Authoritarianism': Lawmakers Demand Release of Abducted Tufts Student
Rumeysa Ozturk's case is one of several 'deeply troubling incidents,' they wrote. 'The administration should not summarily detain and deport legal residents of this country merely for expressing their political views.' Jessica Corbett
Mar 28, 2025
News rumeysa ozturk
Federal workers Rally in Washington against firings amid union protest
'Fall in Line or Else': Latest Trump Order Seen as Message to Workers
Executive order issued under cover of darkness, said one labor leader, is 'a clear threat not just to federal employees and their unions, but to every American who values democracy and the freedoms of speech and association.'
Jon Queally
Mar 28, 2025
News unions
Protesters Rally against DOGE
'Cuts to the Bone': Leaked Trump Doc Shows Feds Plan to Slash Up to 50% of Agencies' Staff
'How does this help the economy become great again, MAGA?' asked one writer. 'I'll wait...'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 27, 2025
News donald trump
Jeff Bezos attends Trump' inauguration with Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk
FEC Rejects Trump Campaign's Allegations of Washington Post Bias
The commission voted 4-0 to dismiss the complaint against the newspaper owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos—who donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration and cracked down on criticism of the president at the paper.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 27, 2025
News election 2024
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazilian Left Welcomes Trial of Bolsonaro for Alleged Coup Attempt
'If Brazil had tried the crimes of the military dictatorship, it certainly wouldn't be trying another coup attempt now,' said one leftist lawmaker. 'We can't fix the past, but we can write a new story!'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 27, 2025
News brazil
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Citing Trump's Push for Ethnic Cleansing, Sanders Says Congress 'Must Act to Block' Arms Sales to Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 'has clearly violated U.S. and international law in this brutal war, and we must end our complicity in the carnage,' said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 27, 2025
News israel
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) speaks during a hearing
Jewish Groups Denounce Latest 'Cynical' GOP Hearing Equating Criticism of Israel With Antisemitism
'Israel is a nation state, not a Jewish person,' said Rabbis for Cease-Fire. 'Criticism of Israel's genocidal assault is not equivalent to antisemitism.'
Julia Conley
Mar 27, 2025
News rabbis for cease-fire
An attendee of a town hall holds up a sign in support of Social Security recipients
'Americans Are Rightfully Furious': Social Security Defenders Not Falling for Partial Trump Walk-Back
'This partial victory shows that when the American people fight for our Social Security, we can win,' said one advocate. 'We are only going to get louder!'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 27, 2025
News social security
A man carries his child near the rubble of a building targeted by the United States' aerial attacks
A Reminder Amid Group Chat Outrage: US Strikes on Yemen Are Unconstitutional
'President Trump has not only launched us into a new military escapade in the Middle East, he's done so in breach of our Constitution,' said one advocate. Julia Conley
Mar 27, 2025
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Trump and Musk.
GOP Estate Tax Plan Could Mean Over $100 Billion Giveaway for Musk and Trump Heirs
'We are seeing the rise of an oligarchy... And yet here we are talking about dismantling the estate tax, the one tax at the federal level that actually slows this concentration of wealth and power,' said one expert.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 27, 2025
News americans for tax fairness
Robert McChesney
Progressive Movement Mourns Loss of Beloved Media Scholar Robert McChesney
'The world of media scholarship, journalists far and wide, and anyone who cares about a free press, a functioning democracy, and a better world has suffered a tremendous loss,' said Common Dreams' managing editor.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 27, 2025
News journalism
Greenpeace protest of LNG tanker.
Greenpeace Protests EU Gas Imports That Empower 'Autocrats' and 'Political Bullies'
'Energy sovereignty through renewables is no longer just an environmental necessity, it is a matter of security,' one campaigner said.
Olivia Rosane
Mar 27, 2025
News greenpeace
Protesters hold signs reading, 'Free Rumeysa Ozturk'
Thousands Protest ICE Abduction of Tufts Student as Trump Attacks at Universities Intensify
'She was abducted by armed agents of the state because she dared take a stand against genocide,' said one supporter of Rumeysa Ozturk.
Julia Conley
Mar 27, 2025
News rumeysa ozturk
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks
'Some Truly Sick Sh*t': Kristi Noem Compared to the 'Gestapo' for Video Featuring Deportees in El Salvador
'If hell exists, Kristi Noem is a shoo-in,' wrote one pastor.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 27, 2025
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Wells Fargo ATMs
'While No One Is Watching,' Senate GOP Makes It Easier for Wall Street Banks to Gouge Working Families
Sen. Warren decried Republicans for helping 'squeeze' struggling families and warned that the 'latest attack on the CFPB would let big banks rake in huge profits by slamming working people with outrageous overdraft fees.'
Jon Queally
Mar 27, 2025
News cfpb
Democratic Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer
Alarm Bells Ring as Delaware 'Radically' Shifts More Power to Corporate Insiders
'The Delaware lawmakers that enacted S.B. 21 are lapdogs for corporations and Musk,' said one expert at the Open Markets Institute.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 26, 2025
News delaware
Federal workers protest outside HHS headquarters
Trump Administration Slammed for Slashing $12 Billion in Funding for State Health Services
'These are not people who want to make America healthy,' said one advocate for people with disabilities. 'They want to make the sick disappear.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 26, 2025
News trump administration
Marjorie Taylor Greene rants against PBS, NPR, drag queens, and other right-wing bugabooss
Free Press Defenders Rip Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'Bullsh*t' Attack on Public Broadcasters
'Elon Musk and Marjorie Taylor Greene are trying to defund Sesame Street and dismantle PBS and NPR,' said one Democratic congressman. 'Not on our watch. Fire Elon Musk, and save Elmo.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 26, 2025
News u.s. congress
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and Charles Scharf, CEO of Wells Fargo
As Anger Over Wealth Inequality Deepens, Wall Street Bonuses Are 4 Times a US Worker's Pay
'Something is very broken and this is why people are so disenchanted,' one commenter said.
Julia Conley
Mar 26, 2025
News wall street
A nurse vaccinates a child against pneumonia
'Abhorrent. Evil. Indefensible.' Trump Cutting Vaccine Alliance Funds Could Kill 1.2 Million Children Worldwide
'This isn't fiscal responsibility. It's a political decision to let preventable diseases spread—to ignore science, lend legitimacy to anti-vaccine extremism, and dismantle the infrastructure that protects us all.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 26, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump
Trump Executive Order Leaves Federal Labor Agency With 'Very Skeletal Crew'
'The way it was told to us is we are effectively closing the agency because it's not possible for us to do our statutory work with the amount of staff that's being allocated,' one employee said.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 26, 2025
News federal mediation and conciliation service
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz (R), takes a question from a reporter
Along With National Security Breach, Leaked Signal Chat Contains 'Confession' of Alleged War Crime
National Security Adviser Michael Waltz and Vice President JD Vance celebrated as a residential building 'collapsed' following a U.S. strike.
Julia Conley
Mar 26, 2025
News michael waltz
Ghost guns manufactured by a Floral Park, New York man
In 'Major Smackdown' of 5th Circuit, Supreme Court Upholds Biden-Era Ghost Gun Ban
'Today, seven members of the Supreme Court followed the law and did not capitulate to special interests like the NRA, and our streets will be safer for it,' said one Democratic senator.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 26, 2025
News gun control
Demonstrators protest the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
Tufts PhD Student and Farmworker Organizer Latest Targets as ICE Agents Operate 'Like Kidnappers'
'Immigrants are not the enemy, we are part of the worker movement towards justice which includes fair wages, healthcare, education, housing, and solidarity,' said one social justice group.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 26, 2025
News immigration
Chris Deluzio and James Malone stand center.
'This Is How It's Done': Dems Flip a PA State Senate District Trump Carried by 15 Points
'Republicans everywhere should be afraid,' wrote Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 26, 2025
News pennsylvania
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) is seen during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting
Call It the 'Dismantling Government Act': House GOP Advances Bill Backing Musk-Led Destruction
'This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further,' said the leader of one government watchdog group.
Julia Conley
Mar 26, 2025
News republican party
President Trump And Defense Secretary Hegseth Speak In The Oval Office
Here Are the Texted War Plans That Hegseth Said 'Nobody Was Texting' on Signal
'A reminder that various administration officials lied under oath in the Senate yesterday,' said one former Democratic congressman, 'which is a crime punishable by imprisonment.'
Jon Queally
Mar 26, 2025
News pete hegseth
President Trump signs EO
Trump Executive Order on Voting Denounced as 'Authoritarian Power Grab'
Pro-democracy critics warn the presidential directive 'represents a significant overreach of executive power and poses a direct threat to the fundamental right to vote.'
Jon Queally
Mar 26, 2025
News voting rights
Elon Musk attends U.S. President Donald Trump's Cabinet meeting
Elon Musk Dropping Millions on Wisconsin Supreme Court Race to Rig Political Maps for GOP
'Wisconsin voters should get to decide this election, not the richest billionaire in the world,' said the Working Families Party.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 25, 2025
News elon musk
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Privatization Warnings Flash Red as Senate Republicans Advance Dr. Oz for Medicare Chief
'Given Dr. Oz's history of basically acting as a salesman for Medicare Advantage, putting him in charge of regulating these middlemen would be like letting the fox guard the henhhouse,' said one Democratic senator.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 25, 2025
News trump administration
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
65+ Progressive Groups Urge Senate to Reject Mike Huckabee as Israel Envoy
'Huckabee uses his Christianity to justify ethnic cleansing,' said one protestor at Huckabee's confirmation hearing.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 25, 2025
News mike huckabee
Frank Bisignano, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration
Social Security Hearing Shows Trump Pick Bisignano Would Worsen 'DOGE-Manufactured Chaos'
'Social Security needs a commissioner whose loyalty is to beneficiaries, not Elon Musk,' said one advocate.
Julia Conley
Mar 25, 2025
News social security
Gray wolves with pups
Conservationists Sound Alarm as Republicans Take Aim at Endangered Species Act
'We are in a biodiversity crisis, and Congress is playing with fire,' warned one wildlife defender. 'These bills would accelerate extinction at a time when we can least afford it.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 25, 2025
News conservation
A protestor holds a sign that says 'Jews Against Deportation'
'This Is a Witch Hunt': Trump Admin Demands Colleges Provide Name and Nationality of Student Protesters
'There is no doubt that it can be used improperly,' said one attorney.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 25, 2025
News trump administration
New York mayoral candidate, State Rep. Zohran Mamdani
'History in Real Time': NYC Dem Socialist Mayoral Candidate Mamdani Maxes Out Fundraising
'I'm now asking New Yorkers for their time as we seek to build the single largest volunteer operation we've ever seen in the New York City's mayor's race,' said state Rep. Zohran Mamdani.
Julia Conley
Mar 25, 2025
News zohran mamdani
A mother cradles the body of her daughter in Gaza
'Child After Child': Israel Has Killed 270+ Gaza Children Since Ditching Cease-Fire Last Week, Says NGO
'Children and families in Gaza have barely caught their breath and are now being plunged back into a horrifically familiar world of harm that they cannot escape,' said Save the Children's regional director.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 25, 2025
News gaza
The four co-directors of 'No Other Land' hold their Oscars
Israel Releases Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Filmmaker Beaten by Settlers
'After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family,' said No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 25, 2025
News palestine
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) speaks during Frank Bisignano's Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing
'Prelude to Privatizing Social Security': Cuts Came Straight From White House
As the Social Security Administration prepared to cut phone services for beneficiaries, the acting administrator admitted: 'The reason that we're on this timeline is because we received a request from the White House.'
Julia Conley
Mar 25, 2025
News social security
Kat Abughazaleh Gen Z Progressive With Massive TikTok Following Launches Congressional Bid in Illinois
Kat Abughazaleh said that her campaign had raised $200,000 in its first 24 hours because 'people believe in our 'far-left' ideas like Existence Shouldn't Be So Difficult.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 25, 2025
News kat abughazaleh
Activists Demonstrate Against Trump Administration's Threats To Privatize The U.S. Postal Service
'The Privatizers Are Coming': DeJoy Is Gone, But US Postal Service Not Safe From Trump and Musk
President of the American Postal Workers Union says any effort by the Trump administration to seize control of the USPS Board of Governors 'is unlawful and only makes clear their goal of breaking up and selling off the Postal Service to private corporations.'
Jon Queally
Mar 25, 2025
News us postal service
Yunseo Chung
Another Columbia Protester Targeted for Deportation Sues Trump
One of Yunseo Chung's attorneys said that the Trump administration's 'efforts to punish and suppress speech it disagrees with smack of McCarthyism.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 24, 2025
News campus protests
Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, speaks during a hearing
Big Oil Doesn't Just Want to Get Rich Wrecking the Climate—They Want Lower Taxes Too
'If this polluter handout is snuck into the GOP tax bill, then cuts to Medicaid and food stamps could well pay for another giveaway to Big Oil,' said the co-author of a new report. 'That's obscene.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 24, 2025
News fossil fuels
US-DEFENCE-DIPLOMACY
'Never Seen a Breach Quite Like This': Journalist Added to Trump Team Group Chat on Bombing Yemen
Reactions included: 'Dangerous.' 'Gross incompetence.' 'Unfathomable.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 24, 2025
News trump administration
Hossam Shabat is seen reporting from northern Gaza
'Everything Is Being Crushed': Journalist Hossam Shabat's Last Story Before He Was Killed by Israel
'His ability to cover one of the most brutal military campaigns in recent history was almost beyond comprehension,' said a colleague of Hossam Shabat.
Julia Conley
Mar 24, 2025
News hossam shabat
Hamdan Ballal holds his Oscar at the Academy Awards
Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Taken by Israeli Soldiers After Attack by Settlers
The condition—and whereabouts—of the Academy Award-winning 'No Other Land' co-director are currently unknown.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 24, 2025
News palestine
A Sharpstown High School junior works on an in-class assignment
Groups Sue Trump for Dismantling Education Department 'By Executive Fiat'
'Education is power,' said one advocate. 'The forceful elimination of thousands of essential workers will harm the most vulnerable in our communities.'
Julia Conley
Mar 24, 2025
News u.s. department of education
Palestinians walk among the rubble of Gaza
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Plan for 'Mass Ethnic Cleansing' of Gaza
'There is nothing 'voluntary' about the program,' said one critic. 'The population of Gaza is to be forced out of their ancestral homeland through deliberate mass starvation and mass killings.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 24, 2025
News gaza
Protesters rally in support of Juliana v. United States
Juliana v. US: Supreme Court Decision Brings 10-Year Climate Case to an End
While the decision was disappointing for those involved with the case, they highlighted that 'Juliana sparked a global youth-led movement for climate rights that continues to grow.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 24, 2025
News juliana v. united states
Law enforcement and immigration agents arrest a man
IRS, ICE Near Deal to Share Confidential Tax Data on Undocumented Immigrants
'No undocumented will trust the IRS ever again, and so they'll stop paying taxes,' said one journalist. 'And that was a pretty sweet deal for the U.S., since they did pay their fair share—billions of dollars each year.'
Julia Conley
Mar 24, 2025
News immigration
Daily Life In Greenland, The Autonomous Danish Territory Coveted By Trump
'Only Purpose Is to Demonstrate Power Over Us,' Says Greenland PM About Trump Delegations
'We are now at a level where it can in no way be characterized as a harmless visit from a politician's wife,' said Prime Minister Mute B. Egede in reaction to planned trip by Second Lady Usha Vance.
Jon Queally
Mar 24, 2025
News greenland
Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu Charged With Corruption Amid Wave Of Protests
Popular Fury Grows in Turkey Against Tyrannical Erdoğan Emboldened by Trump
The imprisonment of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the far-right president's top political rival, has unleashed a new wave of protests against increasingly autocratic rule. Jon Queally
Mar 24, 2025
News turkey
U.S. President Donald Trump
'Chilling and Unprecedented': Trump Memo Threatens Law Firms That Cross His Administration
'Good lawyers, regardless of ideology or party, will remain undeterred in the honorable pursuit of our profession,' wrote the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 23, 2025
News rule of law
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house
Death Toll in Gaza Surpasses 50,000 as Israeli Strikes Persist
'It's displacement under fire,' one Gazan said on Sunday.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 23, 2025
News gaza
Trump Called 'Pathetic' for Demanding Apology From Maine Gov. Janet Mills
Trump Called 'Pathetic' for Demanding Apology From Maine Gov. Janet Mills
'On what legal basis can he treat the people of Maine differently depending on if their governor apologizes to him? None,' wrote one Georgetown University professor. Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 23, 2025
News maine
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of tens of thousands.
Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight 'Oligarchy' in Denver
'The American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism. We will fight back. We will win,' said Sanders.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 22, 2025
News bernie sanders
Columbia University's library building
'Columbia Has Lost Something It May Never Regain': Outrage as the University Yields to Trump's Demands
'Columbia's capitulation to fascist government intervention is so severe when you really look at the details,' wrote an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 22, 2025
News
Israel resumes ground operations in Gaza along the North-South corridor
Israel Bombs Gaza's Only Cancer Hospital in 'US-Backed War Crime' as Death Toll Grows
One group noted that Israel 'bombs hospitals, kills healthcare workers, blocks medicine, and destroys clinics—leaving Palestinians without treatment as disease spreads, starvation worsens, and people suffer.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 21, 2025
News gaza
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
Trump's Billionaire Commerce Secretary: Only 'Fraudsters' Will Complain If Social Security Checks Don't Arrive
One group noted who would actually complain: 'Someone who depends on Social Security to buy groceries. Someone who depends on Social Security to pay rent. Someone who depends on Social Security to survive.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 21, 2025
News howard lutnick
Sunrise Movement leads a protest against Trump-Musk attacks on the Department of Education
'They Will Have to Come Through Us': Sunrise Protests Trump Attacks With Education Department Study-In
'Trump and Musk want to defund public schools so they can give their fellow billionaires a bigger tax break,' warned one organizer. 'We won't let them rob us of a good education.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 21, 2025
News education
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
Ethics Complaint Filed Over Trump Commerce Secretary's Public Push for Tesla Stock Purchases
Campaign Legal Center wants ethics officials to probe the 'apparently flagrant violation of federal law.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 21, 2025
News howard lutnick
A customer shops for eggs at a grocery store
As Economic Indicators Point to Recession, Trump Moves to Hide Key Data From Public
'Unfortunately tossing a scarf over the GDP numbers doesn't change the fact that their policies have us careening toward a downturn.'
Julia Conley
Mar 21, 2025
News donald trump
A sign says 'Don't let Elon Musk Buy Wisconsin; Vote for Susan Crawford'
Musk Accused of 'Bribing Wisconsin Voters' Ahead of State Supreme Court Election
Groups linked to world's richest man are spending big on a state-level race that has been called the 'first referendum on Musk-ism' since Trump's return to White House. Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 21, 2025
News wisconsin supreme court
A woman exits an ice cave in the Swiss Alps
Scientists Warn Major Glaciers Won't 'Survive This Century,' With Grave Impacts for Billions
'Preservation of glaciers is not just an environmental, economic, and societal necessity,' said one expert. 'It's a matter of survival.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 21, 2025
News glaciers
Amazon
Amazon Rebuked for 'Reckless' Lawsuit Against Product Safety Agency
'Amazon wants to eliminate the Consumer Product Safety Commission so it can sell dangerous, poisonous, and defective crap with no consequences,' said one critic.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 21, 2025
News consumer safety
A protester holds a signs that read: 'This billionaire stole your social security number'
'Despicable': Trump Official Threatens Total Social Security Shutdown Over DOGE Ruling
'Rather than comply with a lawful court order, he wants to see millions of families, retirees, and disabled individuals go hungry, suffer, and potentially lose their homes all to curry favor with anti-worker billionaires.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 21, 2025
News social security
Children enjoy a soap bubble performance at Malmi Suburb during Helsinki Day
Social Democracies Keep Top Spots on World Happiness Report as US Falls to Record Low
In the U.S., 'the downward trend in life satisfaction is particularly steep among young people under 30, especially women.'
Julia Conley
Mar 21, 2025
News world happiness report
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), left, joins Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
AOC, Sanders Rallying 15,000 Arizonans—With Thousands More Watching Online—Makes Clear 'The Moment We're In'
'People are starting to put the pieces together, and ironically the most divisive forces in this country are actually starting to bring more of us together,' said Ocasio-Cortez.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 21, 2025
News bernie sanders
Sticker on Tesla says: 'I Bought this Befoer Elon Went Crazy'
'Delusional' Trump Threatens to Send Tesla Vandals to Prison for 20 Years... in El Salvador
'If genuine steps are taken to remove U.S. citizens convicted of crimes to prisons in El Salvador,' said one legal expert, 'this removal would violate not only U.S. law but the U.S. Constitution.'
Jon Queally
Mar 21, 2025
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Tavis Forsyth naked
Naked Kennedy Center Staffer Rips 'Villainous Liar' Trump and 'Nazi Wannabe' Musk
'I have called Trump out on his bullshit and dare him to fire me for being unapologetically queer, and critical, for showing up everyday in my best red lip and woke gender ideology that says don't fuck with me.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 20, 2025
News trump administration
sign says, put a leash on DOGE
Judge Blocks DOGE 'Fishing Expedition' in Sensitive Social Security Data Systems
'The court saw that Elon Musk and his unqualified lackeys present a grave danger to Social Security and have illegally accessed the data of millions of Americans,' said one union leader.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 20, 2025
News social security
Jesse Watters and Howard Lutnick
Lutnick Urging Fox Viewers to Buy Tesla Stock Decried as 'Abuse of Power for Personal and Family Gain'
One critic noted that the billionaire commerce secretary 'conveniently forgot to mention his family business empire holds nearly $840 million in the company' led by government-gutting Elon Musk.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 20, 2025
News howard lutnick
People rally for the fully funded public schools outside the Colorado State Capitol
'No More Cuts': Colorado Teachers Rally for Quality Education
'We must take action to protect funding for education in Colorado to ensure that the budget is no longer balanced off the backs of students,' the state's largest teachers' union said.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 20, 2025
News education
People rally for the fully funded public schools outside the Colorado State Capitol
'No More Cuts': Colorado Teachers Rally for Quality Education'
We must take action to protect funding for education in Colorado to ensure that the budget is no longer balanced off the backs of students,' the state's largest teachers' union said.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 20, 2025
News education
'We Want You to Show Fight': Dems Get an Earful at Town Halls as Spending Bill Fallout Continues
'We Want You to Show Fight': Dems Get an Earful at Town Halls as Spending Bill Fallout Continues
A group of youth-led organizations released an open letter calling on Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York 'to fight for our generation or step aside for someone who will.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 20, 2025
News democratic party
United States Marine Corps troops patrol the U.S.-Mexico border area
Trump Scheme Would Turn US Border Into Sprawling Military Base as Loophole to Detain Migrants
One journalist warned the proposal would create vast 'buffer zone' in which 'no normal U.S. laws apply.'
Julia Conley
Mar 20, 2025
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Judge James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.,
Alarm as Federal Judges Face Threats of Violence After Ruling Against Trump
'When you can't win in court, set loose your flying monkeys to intimidate judges and their families?' asked one Democratic senator. 'That's the America we want?'
Julia Conley
Mar 20, 2025
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Israeli forces destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
Israel's Takeovers of Gaza Hospitals Amount to 'War Crimes,' Says Human Rights Watch
'The Israeli military's denial of water and electricity left sick and wounded people to die, while soldiers mistreated and forcibly displaced patients and health workers, and damaged and destroyed hospitals.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 20, 2025
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Protest for public education
Teachers Say 'See You In Court' as Trump Tries to Abolish Department of Education
'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.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 20, 2025
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent monitors
Georgetown Academic 'Abducted by Masked DHS Agents' at Risk of Deportation
One of Badar Khan Suri's lawyers called the case 'emblematic of a broader strategy by the Trump administration to suppress voices—citizens and noncitizens alike—who dare to speak out.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 20, 2025
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French Minister of Higher Education and Research Philippe Baptiste
French Scientist Denied Entry to US Over Anti-Trump Messages
'The purpose is to create fear and self-censorship everywhere,' said one pro-democracy advocate.
Julia Conley
Mar 20, 2025
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Israel attacks on Gaza, breaking ceasefire: 35 dead
'Nothing Short of Genocide': Israel Kills 200 Children
'This is a war on children,' said one child advocate working to end the carnage and suffering in Gaza.
Jon Queally
Mar 20, 2025
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks
Economist Says Fed Warning Shows Trump Driving US Economy 'Toward Disaster'
'Launching chaotic trade wars with our allies and gutting Social Security, Medicaid, and other vital programs in order to fund tax breaks for his billionaire donors isn't making life more affordable for working-class families.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 19, 2025
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Trump float depicting 'Drill, Baby, Drill'
'The Threat Is Extremely Real': Advocates Sound Alarm Over Trump 'Energy Emergency'
'We truly urge policymakers, stakeholders, and the public to see these executive orders for what they truly are: an unnecessary and counterproductive retreat to outdated energy strategies.'
Olivia Rosane
Mar 19, 2025
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French activists support Greenpeace USA
'Travesty of Justice': Jury Finds Greenpeace Must Pay Over $660 Million in Dakota Access Pipeline Case
'We will not be silenced,' the green group said in response to the verdict.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 19, 2025
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Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.) leaves the U.S. Capitol
GOP Lawmaker Drowned Out by 'Tax the Rich' Chant at Town Hall in Deep-Red Nebraska District
Voters were not impressed with Rep. Mike Flood's claim that massive cuts to public spending are needed to achieve a 'balanced budget.'
Julia Conley
Mar 19, 2025
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Leonard Leo
Alito and Thomas Urged to Recuse From Key Case Over 'Cozy Ties' to Right-Wing Kingpin
'Americans deserve a legal system that isn't influenced by billionaires and special interest backers pushing an agenda at the expense of working families,' said a watchdog group leader.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 19, 2025
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U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman
Trump Federal Reserve Pick Called 'Gift to the Banking Industry'
'At a time when climate-related financial risks are only growing, the Fed should be stepping up to protect the economy—not retreating,' said the head of the Sierra Club's sustainable finance campaign.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 19, 2025
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People march in a protest calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil
In Rebuke to Trump, Court Orders Mahmoud Khalil Case Moved to New Jersey
'This is a first step, but we need to continue to demand justice for Mahmoud,' said Khalil's wife. 'His unlawful and unjust detention cannot stand.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 19, 2025
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)
'It's Only 'Free Speech' If You Agree With Them,' Says AOC of GOP-Only Town Hall
'The fact is, we work for everybody. If Republican politicians can't get that we work for the public, then the public should give them the boot,' said the Democrat from New York.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 19, 2025
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Retiree John Allaire stands in front of the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass liquefied natural gas export terminal in Cameron, Louisiana
'Disaster for Local Communities': Trump DOE Conditionally Approves CP2 LNG Terminal
'Greenlighting this terminal is simply selling out the American public to further boost the profits of fossil fuel companies,' said one environmental attorney.
Julia Conley
Mar 19, 2025
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Lawyers from around the world take part in the launch of Global 195
International Legal Coalition Launched to 'Pursue Israeli War Crimes Suspects'
'Under international law, states have a duty to investigate and prosecute war crimes, yet these obligations have been systematically neglected,' one of the initiative's founders lamented.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 19, 2025
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American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten speaks at a rally
Teachers Union Sues Over Trump Attack on Student Loan Repayment Programs
'By effectively freezing the nation's student loan system, the new administration seems intent on making life harder for working people.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 19, 2025
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Mar-a-Lago
Exactly Who Are Trump and Musk Meeting at Secretive $1 Million Per Plate Dinners?
'The American people have a right to know who was there and whether the Million Dollar Dinner menu for fat cats included a deep dish of juicy government contracts, a side of tasty tax breaks, or a sweet dessert of ending investigations and enforcement actions against their companies.'
Jon Queally
Mar 19, 2025
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Waves crash
'Never Happened Before': WMO Finds Past 10 Years Have Been 10 Hottest on Record
'While a single year above 1.5°C of warming does not indicate that the long-term temperature goals of the Paris agreement are out of reach, it is a wake-up call,' wrote the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 19, 2025
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Trump Admin Lays Out Plan to 'Sabotage' Social Security by Cutting Phone Services
'One has to ask why the world's richest man—who has received in the tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts—is targeting the agency that helps so many Americans keep their heads above water,' said one advocate.
Julia Conley
Mar 19, 2025
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'We're Working On It': Bannon Says Planning Underway for Trump 2028
'We'll see what the definition of term limit is,' said Steve Bannon, the far-right podcast host and former top advisor to the president.
Jon Queally
Mar 19, 2025
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FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya
'Constitutional Crime': Outrage as Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners
'The FTC is an independent agency founded 111 years ago to fight fraudsters and monopolists,' said fired commissioner Alvaro Bedoya. 'Now, the president wants the FTC to be a lap dog for his golfing buddies.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 18, 2025
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A rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil in Times Square
'I Am a Political Prisoner': Mahmoud Khalil Shares Letter From ICE Detention
'My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which resumed in full force Monday night.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 18, 2025
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Supporters of unionization efforts by Amazon workers in Alabama
'What Oligarchy Looks Like': Trump Reportedly Picks Union-Busting Lawyer for Labor Post
Crystal Carey is a partner at Morgan Lewis, the 'top choice of union-busting rat bastards everywhere,' one labor journalist said, highlighting how 'Amazon has taken full advantage of their evil talents.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 18, 2025
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Bodies of Palestinians killed in renewed Israeli strikes are seen wrapped white sheets
Entire Families Wiped Out as Israel Resumes Genocidal Assault on Gaza
'All of this is made possible by the U.S. government, which has funded and fueled these atrocities,' said Jewish Voice for Peace.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 18, 2025
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Keep
'Time to Step Up or Step Down': Our Rev Finds 9 of 10 Progressives Want Schumer Out
'These survey results point to an undeniable crisis of confidence in Chuck Schumer and Democratic leadership,' said the head of Our Revolution.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 18, 2025
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People protest outside the former SpaceX headquarters
Judge Rules Musk's DOGE Acted Unconstitutionally by Dismantling USAID
'This case is a milestone in pushing back on Musk and DOGE's illegality,' said Norm Eisen of the State Democracy Defenders Fund.
Julia Conley
Mar 18, 2025
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Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
'Not Acceptable': Trump EPA Teases Evisceration of Scientific Research Office
'Every decision EPA makes must be in furtherance of protecting human health and the environment, and that just can't happen if you gut EPA science,' said one Democratic lawmaker.
Julia Conley
Mar 18, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump salutes his supporters
'Completely Delusional': Trump Calls for Reinvigorating Domestic Use of US Coal
'Donald Trump is not concerned with Americans' health or economic wellbeing. He is only concerned with helping out his billionaire buddies in the fossil fuel industry,' said one climate advocate.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 18, 2025
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives at court in Wilmington
In Key State of Delaware, 'Corporate Insider Power Grab' Quietly Underway
'Delaware's Senate just chose billionaire insiders—like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg—over pension funds, retirement savers, and other investors by passing S.B. 21.'
Jessica Corbett
Mar 18, 2025
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and other billionaires at Trump's inauguration
US Voters Sour on Trump Economic Agenda 'Of, By, and For Billionaires'
'There is no mystery as to why Americans are angry about Republicans' handling of the economy,' said one economic justice campaigner.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 18, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump greets Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Chief Justice Rebukes Trump Over Calls to Impeach Judges Who Rule Against Him
'For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision,' said John Roberts, the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Jake Johnson
Mar 18, 2025
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A view of the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Peace Institute Vows Legal Action to Oppose 'Illegal Takeover' by DOGE
'If DOGE can do this to USIP, what's to stop them from breaking into offices of other NGOs that receive U.S. funds? Or law firms or media that annoy the president?' said one humanitarian advocate.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 18, 2025
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Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the Bob Casey Federal Courthouse on June, 24, 2022, in Houston,
Alarm as Texas Files State's First Criminal Abortion Charges Against Midwife
'Republicans are strategically targeting people they think the public won't rally behind,' said rights advocate Jessica Valenti. 'Let's make sure to prove them wrong.'
Julia Conley
Mar 18, 2025
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi
'Constitutional Crisis' Feared as Trump DOJ Seeks Ouster of Judge in Deportation Case
Lee Gelernt, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, called the Trump administration's open defiance of federal court orders 'a real slippery slope to a different kind of country.'
Jake Johnson
Mar 18, 2025
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Israeli airstrikes on Gaza continue
Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal With Deadly Attacks Across Gaza
'This return to violence does not come as a surprise,' said one advocacy group.
'Netanyahu has, from the beginning, signaled his intention to abandon the cease-fire process before it could become a lasting peace.'