Rep. Ro Khanna said the vote was about: “Are you on the side of America’s children? Or are you on the side of the rich and powerful who have had their thumb on the scales and shafted Americans for decades?” Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted against forcing the Department of Justice […]
“By putting a professional tax dodging consultant in charge of their tax law, Republicans are continuing to make their intentions crystal clear—this law is a gift to billionaires and huge corporations.” A corporate lobbyist who for decades has helped major companies and rich Americans dodge taxes is now serving as the U.S. Treasury Department’s top […]
“No one wants to defend Trump’s bullshit policies before the courts,” said one critic of the president. Reuters reported Monday that nearly two-thirds of attorneys in the section of the U.S. Department of Justice charged with defending President Donald Trump’s policy have voluntarily left the unit or announced plans to resign since his November election. The list […]
“I saw 32 people per cage—about 6 cages in one tent. People were yelling, ‘Help me, help me’,” said Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost. For the first time, Democratic lawmakers were allowed to tour U.S. President Donald Trump’s sprawling Everglades immigrant detention center on Saturday. They said what they witnessed was “disturbing” and “disgusting.” After Democrats […]