Trump is “perpetuating the lie that America is a Christian nation and that religion is under attack,” critics said.
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Trump Vows to “Protect” Prayer in Public Schools, “Bring Back Religion” to US Read Post »
Speaking at the Museum of the Bible on Monday, President Donald Trump repeated one of his favorite falsehoods as of late: That his deployment of the National Guard in Washington, DC, has virtually eliminated crime in the nation’s capital. That is, of course, not true. But if that outright falsehood was not egregious enough, consider […]
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The One Crime Trump Doesn’t Seem to Have a Problem With? Domestic Violence. Read Post »
President Trump is planning to ramp up his federal reach into local enforcement after first flooding the streets of DC with National Guard troops, and this week he promised to send troops to more cities—including Baltimore. Despite a federal judge ruling that Trump broke the law when deploying the National Guard in Los Angeles earlier […]
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President Donald Trump’s DC takeover has proven to be broadly unpopular among residents and seemingly counterproductive. But the president has never been deterred by facts—and he is now setting his sights on additional cities where violent crime has already been falling. The Washington Post first reported on Saturday that the Pentagon has for weeks been […]
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Trump Threatens to Invade More American Cities Read Post »
Watch out, Chicago drivers. A recent collision of a red-light-running, 14-ton, mine-resistant armored vehicle with an SUV on Capitol Hill isn’t the biggest news involving the federal takeover of Washington, DC, but it’s a tidy metaphor reflecting the counter-productive, heavily militarized, anti-crime display that President Donald Trump has embarked on. Overriding Washington, DC’s, democracy in […]
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Trump’s Military Occupation of DC Crashes Into Reality—Literally Read Post »
On August 3, someone was shot about five blocks from my house in Washington, DC. Just two nights before, we had called 911 because of gunfire nearby—not an unusual occurrence. A week later, someone was murdered six or seven blocks away, in broad daylight. My neighborhood also has the usual urban scourges: porch pirates, the […]
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I Live Where DC Crime Actually Happens. Here’s What Trump Is Missing. Read Post »
In a small park in northwest Washington on Friday, a group of what appeared to be eight federal agents posed for a picture in front of an anti-ICE banner. Then they tore down the sign and departed with it. In its place they appeared to have left a dildo. We can’t be sure how much […]
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As Feds Flaunt Trump’s Takeover, DC Pushes Back Read Post »
Despite official data that shows crime in D.C. is at record lows, Trump says the city is overrun with violence.
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Trump to Send National Guard Troops Into D.C. and the Military “If It’s Needed” Read Post »
In 2019, Susan Bowlus got a text from a friend that caught her off guard. “I’ve been watching the coverage on the Golden State Killer,” her friend wrote, referring to the California serial killer who’d been arrested in 2018. The killer’s name was Joseph DeAngelo, a cop-turned-criminal who’d broken into homes to rape and kill […]
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There’s a good chance the United States will see the lowest murder rate it has ever recorded this year, a major change from the early pandemic, when killings skyrocketed. In 2023 and 2024, homicides fell at what appears to be a record pace—and they’re continuing to plummet so far in 2025, according to a recent […]
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Murder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, but Killings by Police Are Rising Read Post »
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