“Even the ‘indirect’ financing of ‘political violence’” could provoke liability, they warn.
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Law Firms Say Trump National Security Directive Poses Risk for Tax-Exempt Groups Read Post »
The directive labels common beliefs such as “anti-capitalist” opinions as terrorism “indicators.”
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National Security Directive Declares War on Those Who Don’t Support Trump Agenda Read Post »
It took only minutes after Charlie Kirk was pronounced dead for right-wing figures to begin calling for retribution. “More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state,” Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, posted on X. Despite the motive remaining unknown, pardoned […]
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“Extremely Disturbing”: What Does Trump’s “Antifa” Executive Order Actually Do? Read Post »
When I went out to fetch lunch last Wednesday, three Louisiana Guard members were lounging outside the Mother Jones building, enjoying the perfect weather and watching dialysis patients spilling out of Metro access vans. The soldiers wore handcuffs on their belts and handguns strapped to their thighs, unaware that they were protecting some enemies of […]
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Trump Has Turned the National Guard Into Mall Cops. Cost? $1 Million a Day. 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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The Trump administration’s campaign of vengeance against perceived political enemies escalated Friday morning when the FBI raided the home and office of former national security adviser John Bolton, a vocal Trump critic. That search follows Attorney General Pam Bondi directing federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into whether former President Barack Obama and his […]
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Donald Trump Is Waging a Whole-of-Government Retribution Campaign Read Post »
One year ago today, a would-be assassin tried to kill Donald Trump at a presidential campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. While he survived, one of his supporters, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore, was fatally shot; two other rallygoers were also wounded but survived. The shooter, whose motive remains unclear, was rapidly killed by Secret Service countersnipers. On […]
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One Year After Assassination Attempt, MAGA Reiterates “God Spared Trump” Read Post »
Since March, the Trump administration has dismantled a leading office at the Department of Homeland Security whose mission was averting terrorism and targeted violence. The Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, known as CP3, has been stripped of funding, and most of its 40-plus personnel have been fired, reassigned, or otherwise pushed out. Amid this […]
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As Political Violence Surges, Trump Shuts Down a Top Prevention Program Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In October 1978, two leaders of the Iranian opposition to the British-backed shah of Iran met in the Paris suburbs of Neauphle-le-Château to plan for the final stages of the revolution, a revolution that after 46 momentous and often brutal years may now […]
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Why Iran’s Nuclear Program Is So Essential to Its Identity Read Post »
President Donald Trump insists that accepting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from Qatar’s ruling family would not amount to a huge bribe. That’s because this opulent new Air Force One would go to his “library”—not to him personally—when he leaves office. That, at least, is what the president claimed amid concern that he […]
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The Qatari 747 Is Just the Latest Mega-Donation Flowing to Trump’s “Library” Read Post »
On Sunday evening, The New York Times published details of another potentially damning security scandal involving the chat app Signal and discussions of “detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15″—this time centered on a group chat created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Citing four people with knowledge of the group chat, the […]
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New Report: Trump Administration Just Got Hit With Another Signal Chat Scandal Read Post »
We already have the money for social programs. We just choose to spend it on war instead of on people.
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Why Does “National Security” Always Mean More War, Not More Health Care? Read Post »
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