WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Washington, D.C., and cities across the nation on Saturday, to protest what they characterize as the increasingly authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. “We’re here representing normal people — regular, peaceful Americans — who are against what this administration is …
Read More »Trump Implies That Domestic Violence Isn't a Real Crime
President Donald Trump seemed to complain today that crime had not been totally eradicated in Washington, D.C., because local statistics continued to include domestic disturbances and incidents of domestic violence. During an extended speech at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Trump claimed that his deployment of federal …
Read More »No Kings Unveils a Big New Trump Protest, and the Stakes Couldn't Be Higher
America’s pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Trump administration — which has sent armed troops to occupy the nation’s capital and is threatening to do the same in large cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Popular resistance in …
Read More »Blue-State Governors Warn Trump May Use Military to Disrupt Elections
Blue-state governors are sounding the alarm that an increasingly “authoritarian” President Donald Trump has designs to disrupt upcoming elections with military assets. J.B. Pritzker, the governor of Illinois, is exhorting Americans to treat Trump’s stated goals for deploying the National Guard to blue cities like Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and …
Read More »Judges, Juries Aren't Buying Trump Admin's D.C. Prosecutions
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office dismissed felony charges on Thursday against a man accused of threatening to kill Donald Trump. It’s one of several recent cases where grand juries have rejected the Trump administration’s charges in Washington, D.C., which have come amid his deployment of military personnel to the nation’s …
Read More »Judge Finds Trump Is Illegally Using the Military As a 'National Police Force'
As President Donald Trump threatens to deploy federal troops to Chicago in a continuation of his attempted power grab within prominent Democratic cities, a federal judge has ruled that his deployment of military personnel to Los Angeles in June violated the Posse Comitatus Act. On Tuesday, Northern District of California …
Read More »Fake Armies of the Night: Trump Unleashes Show and Awe on Washington
A quarter mile from the White House, the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in downtown Washington was once Abraham Lincoln’s place of worship. A black hitching pole where he would tie up the family carriage is still here. Lincoln would come here most Sundays during the Civil War, burying his …
Read More »Trump's Military Birthday Parade 'Illegally' Used Hit Song: Cease-and-Desist Letter
In the run-up to Donald Trump’s military “birthday parade,” the event organizers offered $750 to use a famous ballad for Trump’s Army celebration. As the tank-heavy parade rolled into Washington, D.C., the hit 1960s song, “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” boomed in our nation’s capital, providing part of the …
Read More »Trump Continues Poaching From Fox, Taps Host Jeanine Pirro as D.C. Prosecutor
President Donald Trump tapped Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, a former county prosecutor and elected judge, to serve as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C. Trump announced the news after dropping his previous nomination for the position, Ed Martin. The president lauded Pirro as “a powerful crusader for victims …
Read More »Anti-Trump Protesters Assemble in Every State and Cities Worldwide
WASHINGTON — From Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles, Topeka, Kansas to Chicago and several of its suburbs, in all 50 states and in many cities worldwide, hundreds of thousands of people assembled to protest against Donald Trump and his billionaire financier and adviser Elon Musk on Saturday. The “Hands Off” …
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