Demolition of White House’s East Wing Seen as Potent Metaphor for Trump’s Destructive Presidency

Demolition of White House’s East Wing Seen as Potent Metaphor for Trump’s Destructive Presidency

“Healthcare costs are skyrocketing and federal workers aren’t getting paid. What is Trump doing? Building his gold plated ballroom.” A demolition crew on Monday began tearing down the East Wing facade of the White House in order to make way for President Donald Trump’s luxury ballroom, in a project that one journalist said “captures” the president’s approach to leading the country. […]

‘Another Unlawful Extrajudicial Killing’ as Trump Expands Boat-Bombing Spree to Pacific

‘Another Unlawful Extrajudicial Killing’ as Trump Expands Boat-Bombing Spree to Pacific

“This is illegal and endangers America,” said one critic of Trump’s boat-bombing campaign. The Trump administration launched another military strike on a purported drug trafficking boat on Tuesday night, and for the first time expanded its campaign of extrajudicial killing to the Pacific Ocean. In a social media post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed that President Donald Trump had authorized “a lethal kinetic […]

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’

Trump’s ICE Jacks Up Weapons Spending by 700%—Including ‘Guided Missile Warheads’

“ICE was always going to be Trump’s private military to deploy domestically against Americans,” said one critic. The $170 billion in new funding for immigration enforcement operations that the Republican Party included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act earlier this year led some to warn that the Trump administration was ramping up spending at anti-immigration agencies not just to fund its attacks on migrants, but […]

Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Take ‘Unquestioned Power’ Following No Kings Protests

Trump Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act, Take ‘Unquestioned Power’ Following No Kings Protests

Trump claimed that if he invokes the Insurrection Act, “there are no more court cases, there is no more anything.” While the nation was fixated on President Donald Trump’s deranged social media antics in response to this weekend’s “No Kings” protests, he managed to slip under the radar with some ominous threats to substantially expand his power. The […]