“This is obviously totally incompatible with liberal democracy and an open society,” said one commentator. Video footage released Friday night showing armed individuals sitting near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona is heightening alarm over right-wing intimidation efforts as early voting kicks off across the United States. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told a local ABC affiliate that it […]
“This is a clear voter suppression tactic,” said one critic after the president urged his backers to show up at polling places and “watch very carefully.” Among the stream of authoritarian remarks President Donald Trump let loose during his disastrous performance at Tuesday night’s presidential debate, one of the most alarming to voting rights advocates came at the […]
“What Trump did tonight is going to be remembered as a significant and grave moment in this horror of an era we are living through.” Hours after President Donald Trump vowed in a White House address Monday to deploy “all available federal resources” against demonstrators protesting the police killing of George Floyd, military helicopters […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] multi-pronged crackdown on the press continued throughout 2018, the Committee to Protect Journalists concludes in a report published Thursday. Imprisonment, intimidation and allegations that journalists produce “fake news” surged in 2016, when U.S. President Donald Trump won the election, CPJ found. Trump has been a vocal critic of the press, often chastising journalists as “very dishonest people.” […]