Comparing Trump Admin to Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s 1984, Judge Orders Slavery Exhibits Restored

Comparing Trump Admin to Ministry of Truth in Orwell’s 1984, Judge Orders Slavery Exhibits Restored

A government agency “cannot arbitrarily decide what is true, based on its own whims or the whims of the new leadership, regardless of the evidence before it,” said the Republican-appointed judge. “Happy Presidents Day!” a journalist declared Monday in response to a federal judge’s opinion that compares President Donald Trump’s administration removing displays about slavery from a […]

Social Security Agency Tells Workers to Give ICE Details About Beneficiary Appointments

Social Security Agency Tells Workers to Give ICE Details About Beneficiary Appointments

“ICE is attempting to infiltrate the Social Security Administration too—using field offices to further round up and detain people, and scaring people out of getting the benefits they need.” Leaders at the Social Security Administration are reportedly instructing agency employees to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement with information about in-person beneficiary appointments. Wired reported Friday that the instructions were “recently communicated […]

‘Unprecedented’: Trump Admin Denies Minnesota Investigators Access to Alex Pretti Shooting Evidence

‘Unprecedented’: Trump Admin Denies Minnesota Investigators Access to Alex Pretti Shooting Evidence

“Minnesota needs impartial investigations into the shootings of American citizens on our streets,” said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. “Trump’s left hand cannot investigate his right hand.” President Donald Trump’s administration has officially denied law enforcement officials in Minnesota access to evidence related to the fatal shooting of Minneapolis intensive care nurse Alex Pretti last month. […]

North Carolina Students Walk Over a Mile to Vote After GOP Shut Down Campus Polling Places

North Carolina Students Walk Over a Mile to Vote After GOP Shut Down Campus Polling Places

“Aggies do what is necessary for our rights, for our survival, and for our people,” said one student organizer at North Carolina A&T State University, the largest historically Black college in the nation. As early voting began for the state primaries, North Carolina college students found themselves walking more than a mile to cast their ballots after […]