The power struggles that animate this shutdown are meant to outlast it, leveraging legal ambiguities, executive fiat, and congressional paralysis to redefine “essential” as that which survives unchallenged. What is it about an insidious, long-term plan that causes commercial media to ignore what’s lying in plain sight? With Congress at a standstill, the Republican-led House refusing to return […]
“Yet, they never have the funds for healthcare coverage for all,” said Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Reality once again clashed uncomfortably with Argentinian President Javier Milei’s so-called “libertarian revolution” Wednesday as the Trump administration said it is working to double a $20 billion private sector bailout to prop up the South American nation’s moribund currency amid enduring high poverty and inflation and broader economic […]
“It may be three years from now that he is held accountable, but I think it’s important for them to know… it’s not like we don’t have a record of what they’re doing.” Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is warning top lieutenants of President Donald Trump’s violent and unlawful immigration enforcement policies that they will not always have the […]
“The guardrails are gone,” warned Democratic political strategist David Axelrod Vice President JD Vance sparked alarm on Sunday when he said that President Donald Trump was considering invoking the Insurrection Act under the pretenses of combating violent crime in US cities. During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Vance if Trump was “seriously considering” […]