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The Theocratic Takeover of U.S. Democracy – What Dems Should Be...

AdLib - June 28, 2022 3

John Roberts Says He Doesn’t Have An Agenda. And Trump Doesn’t...

Steppenwolf - January 15, 2020 0

Civil Rights

Plutocratic Rot

Steppenwolf - July 16, 2019 3

Music Thread

Weekend Music Thread – Same Old Song and Dance

AdLib - September 22, 2018 22

2018 Elections

Three Ways to Stop Kavanaugh If He Gets on the Supreme...

AdLib - September 19, 2018 1

2016 Elections

It Was the Best of Us…It Was the Worst of Us…

funksands - June 28, 2015 23

Democracy

The Court Ruling that Could Kill ACA

MurphTheSurf3 - July 5, 2014 216

Civil Rights

Hobby Lobby, Contraception and Bearing False Witness

Misterbadexample - June 30, 2014 83

Activism

Corporations Are Religious Extremists Too!

AdLib - June 30, 2014 195

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Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

The order will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties. [...]

The University of California Will Stop Requiring Diversity Statements in Hiring

The statements had risen in popularity as colleges sought to improve campus culture, but they drew criticism from conservatives who argued they were a political test. [...]

D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national teaching on a student visa, was deemed “deportable,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. [...]

Threats Rise Against Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases, Fueling Safety Concerns

Federal judges are worried that online threats against those who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence. [...]

Videos of Shackled Venezuelan Migrants Have History in El Salvador

A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s. [...]

Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

Judge James Boasberg has asked the government to tell him what time two planes took off from U.S. soil and from where, what time they left U.S. airspace and what time they landed in El Salvador. [...]

Zelensky Agrees in Call With Trump to Halt Strikes on Russian Energy Targets

President Trump also floated the idea of the United States taking control of Ukrainian power plants, according to U.S. officials. The Ukrainian president said he was not pressured about the proposal. [...]

Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts

Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States. [...]

Fed Holds Rates Steady and Predicts Higher Inflation, Slower Growth Ahead

The central bank penciled in two rate cuts for 2025, but President Trump’s sweeping agenda has injected “remarkably high” uncertainty into the outlook. [...]

Stocks jump as Fed stays on a predicted path.

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Trump suggests US could run Ukraine's power plants

The US president says peace efforts are "very much on track", a day after Russia's president declined to agree a full ceasefire. [...]

Houthi missile fired at Israel intercepted as fresh air strikes hit Gaza

A ballistic missile was fired toward Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, with sirens sounding in several areas of Israel. [...]

Protests erupt in Turkey after Erdogan rival arrested

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, has been arrested just days before becoming presidential candidate. [...]

Iran releases French tourist held since 2022

Olivier Grondeau, 34, was arrested on security charges, which his family have always denied. [...]

Whistleblower reveals oil giant's 'awful' pollution

Colombia’s Ecopetrol polluted hundreds of sites, including water sources and wetlands, the BBC finds. [...]

'It's him, it's him!' - Mother spots son deported from US in mega-prison footage

Some relatives of accused and deported gang members say their sons have been wrongly swept up in a Trump administration crackdown. [...]

Hungary bans LGBTQ+ Pride marches

The move from Orban's conservative government is the latest in a crackdown on the LGBT community. [...]

Finland named happiest country for the eighth year

Experts release this year's World Happiness Report - which also ranks the world's happiest countries. [...]

Four key takeaways from newly released JFK files

Experts praised a move towards transparency, but there are no major revelations in the documents - and some still have yet to be released. [...]

Trump administration withdraws from Russian war crime investigations

The Trump administration has defunded a programme documenting the abduction of children from Ukraine. [...]

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Lobbyists…Good or Bad?

It Was the Best of Us…It Was the Worst of Us…

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Hobby Lobby, Contraception and Bearing False Witness

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