Saturday’s “No Kings” protests drew millions of Americans out into the streets to voice their opposition to President Donald Trump’s increasingly autocratic, authoritarian governance. On Monday, the ACLU declared that over five million people had assembled across 2,000 demonstrations. That number was echoed by other organizations partnered with “No Kings,” …
Read More »Trump Mobile Is the First Family's Latest Effort to Cash In on the White House
President Donald Trump’s family has launched yet another unscrupulous cash grab attempting to profit off the current president’s name and public image: Trump Mobile, a wireless phone service. If the crypto companies, branded bibles, social media platforms, colognes, sneakers, and other grifty products branded with the face of President Donald …
Read More »Tear Gas, Human Stampedes, and ICE Raids: 100 Hours in L.A.
Have you ever been caught up in a human stampede? You’d remember it. But let’s back up to calmer times. Even social unrest has an internal clock. It is the eighth day of protests in downtown Los Angeles since Donald Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began grabbing immigrants from …
Read More »'Chicago Is Next': Team Trump Plots Another Militarized Crackdown
As President Donald Trump calls on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up arrests and deportations in America’s biggest cities, because they are the “Democrat Power Center,” he and his administration are eyeing Illinois for the next militarized crackdown. “Chicago is next, if they go too far,” a senior …
Read More »Trump's Military Birthday Parade Was a Gross Failure
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, President Donald Trump held a hideously expensive military parade in Washington, D.C., on his birthday. Trump and his top officials stood on a stage at the National Mall behind two tanks, before two large digital American flags. Military bands and troops, some on horses, some in …
Read More »Pussy Riot at L.A. 'No Kings' March: 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Russia'
Pussy Riot showed solidarity on “No Kings” Day, participating in the march in Los Angeles on Saturday. They joined the demonstration while displaying a red banner that read, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Russia.” The march in downtown Los Angeles drew about 20,000 people, and was one of …
Read More »Trump's FAA Nominee Lied About Having a 'Commercial' Pilot License
Bryan Bedford, Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has misled the public, claiming to have a “commercial” pilot license that he does not hold, Politico reported. Bedford, who serves as president and CEO of Republic Airways, was listed on the airline’s website as holding “commercial, multi-engine …
Read More »Internet Trolls Around the World Are Mocking Trump's Military Birthday Parade
Internet trolls are making a mockery of Donald Trump‘s beloved military parade that took place Saturday in Washington, D.C., on the president’s birthday, though it was ostensibly in honor of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. Accounts on X (formerly Twitter) shared video of other countries’ military parades with soldiers marching …
Read More »Sen. Alex Padilla: If Law Enforcement Detained Me, 'Imagine What They're Doing to People Without Titles'
Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla spoke about being detained and handcuffed on the ground by law enforcement while attempting to question Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem during a press conference. “If that’s how they treat a senator trying to ask a question… then imagine… what they are doing to so many …
Read More »Trump Nixed Israeli Plan to Assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader: Report
Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran‘s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, U.S. officials told Reuters and The Associated Press (AP). The Israeli government discussed the proposed plan with the Trump administration in recent days, and the president balked at it, an anonymous U.S. official told the AP. …
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