“So in DC and Washington, states are going to have to make their own decision, but if somebody kills somebody… it’s the death penalty, OK?” the president said during a cabinet meeting Trump: “Anybody murders something in the capital — capital punishment. Capital, capital punishment. If somebody kills somebody in the capital — Washington DC […]
“The commercial news media, which helped elevate Trump to power, have proven repeatedly that they are ill-equipped to withstand such pressures,” warned one scholar As US President Donald Trump late on Sunday lashed out against the American media and threatened to pull broadcasting licenses from networks for their alleged “biased” coverage of him, media experts said the […]
“This militarized spending comes at the expense of federal programs—like public housing—that actually do prevent crime and improve health and education outcomes,” said researcher Hanna Homestead Last week, when Trump federalized Washington, DC’s police force and deployed the National Guard to occupy its streets, one of his main orders was to “end vagrancy” by destroying homeless […]
“Hospitals count on Medicaid to keep their doors open,” said healthcare advocacy group Protect Our Care. “Medicaid accounts for one fifth of spending on hospitals, one fifth of hospital discharges, and at least one in five inpatient days in nearly every state.” These are all the hospitals in America that are already facing cuts and […]