“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 […]
“If Trump wants to take his ego trip on tour, he picked the wrong city,” said one senior Illinois official. “Chicago doesn’t bow down to kings or roll out the red carpet for dictators.” US President Donald Trump said Friday that Chicago is the next city in his crosshairs for the kind of federal invasion and occupation […]
[content id=”79272″] The attorney general of Washington, DC said recently that contrary to the president’s claims, “violent crime in DC reached historic 30-year lows last year, and is down another 26% so far this year.” Trump: “Mayor Bowser better get her act straight or she won’t be mayor very long because we’ll take it over […]