“Their goal is to destroy our Social Security system,” one advocate for seniors said of Republican politicians. Social Security defenders have long argued that former Republican U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office could spell disaster for seniors, and a nonpartisan government analysis released Wednesday bolsters their warnings. U.S. House Budget Committee Ranking Member Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) […]
“This Trump fellow is an obvious, unrepentant fascist without the slightest understanding of what the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution demands and requires.” U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is under fire this week for suggesting that critics of federal judges, including justices on the nation’s top court, should be thrown in jail. During a Monday […]
“This is what state-authorized election interference looks like,” said the ACLU of Florida. Floridians and reproductive rights advocates responded with alarm on Friday to Tampa Bay Times reporting that Florida law enforcement officers have been sent to the homes of multiple voters who signed a petition to get an abortion rights measure on the November ballot. While […]
“Decisions about healthcare belong to patients, their doctors, and their families—not politicians,” said Rep. Mark Pocan. As LGBTQ+ rights advocates prepare for oral arguments in a U.S. Supreme Court case about bans on gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth, 164 members of Congress on Tuesday urged the justices to strike down Tennessee’s 2023 law. Tennessee is one […]
