“Giving a general order to kill any survivors constitutes a war crime,” wrote Reps. Jamie Raskin and Ted Lieu. “Outside of war, the killing of unarmed, helpless men clinging to wreckage in open water is simply murder.” Making clear that the Trump administration’s “entire Caribbean operation,” which has killed more than 100 people in boats […]
“Trump is losing his grip on the dictatorial power he so covets,” said one legal analyst. The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt President Donald Trump a major loss by rejecting the administration’s request to strike down a temporary restraining order that barred him from deploying the National Guard in Chicago. In a 6-3 ruling that featured dissents from Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel […]
“Trump is killing jobs, raising energy costs, and harming the planet,” said Sen. Tim Kaine. “Grinch!” The Trump administration’s efforts to thwart a transition from climate-wrecking fossil fuels to renewable energy continued on Monday with a halt on five wind farms along the US East Coast under the guise of national security concerns. The US Department of the Interior announced that […]
“During a disaster… Waymos would be blocking evacuation routes. Hard to believe no one asked these questions, until you realize that good governance is suspended when billionaires knock on the door,” said one observer. A citywide Pacific Gas & Electric power outage Saturday in San Francisco paralyzed Waymo autonomous taxis, exacerbating traffic chaos and prompting […]