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White House Doubles Down on Baseless “Rigged” Claims About Poor Jobs Data

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The shock and outrage over President Donald Trump firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner because of weak jobs numbers seems increasingly bipartisan. Several Republican senators told NBC News that they did not support Trump’s firing of Erika McEntarfer if it was, in fact, motivated by his displeasure over the poor jobs numbers released […]

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Trump’s Panama Canal Chaos

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During his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump talked a lot about pulling America out of international treaties and disentangling from military operations abroad. Once in office, he started talking about the idea of Manifest Destiny—that the expansion of the US was both justified and inevitable. In some cases that’s meant turning the tables on […]

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From the Streets of LA to the National Stage: The Left Must Win the Cultural War

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Trump’s war on dissent can only be defeated by a left that challenges the values sustaining authoritarianism.

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5 Million People Attended “No Kings” Protests. How Can We Build on This?

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The protests were inspired by the idea that 3.5% of a population must rise up to successfully reject authoritarianism.

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Trump Is Rapidly Expanding the Surveillance State as Protests Grow

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Immigrants are only the first target of a rapidly expanding digital dragnet that can track our individual movements.

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Enraged at Judicial Setbacks From His Own Nominees, Trump Is Pushing Extremists

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Trump is trying to pack the courts with inexperienced MAGA loyalists to facilitate his authoritarian agenda.

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Did the US’s Descent Into Authoritarianism Start With Policing in Blue Cities?

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In some sections of Baltimore, for example, “zero-tolerance” policing led to a reconfiguration of the Constitution.

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Poll: Majority of Voters View Trump as “Dictator” Who Threatens Democratic Norms

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Trump has demanded prosecutions against outlets that have published his low polling numbers, calling media “the enemy.”

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Trump’s First 100 Days Show Immigrant Jails Are Authoritarian Testing Grounds

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Trump has a plan to triple ICE’s incarceration capacity, enabling it to detain an additional 84,000 people at any time.

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Rights Groups Detail “Authoritarian” Reality of US Surveillance in Report to UN

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Trump is weaponizing a high-tech surveillance state in violation of international human rights law, experts say.

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