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With Wounded Knee Medals, Trump Admin Suggests There’s Valor in Genocide 

The call to rescind those medals is not about erasing history, but about refusing to let lies and conquest define it.


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Hegseth Uses Extraordinary Meeting to Fat-Shame Generals

More than 800 members of the US military’s top brass, including hundreds of generals and admirals, gathered for an extraordinary meeting in Quantico, Virginia, on Tuesday, where they were greeted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to return to “the highest male standard” in military fitness tests and training exercises. In the same breath, Hegseth […]


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If Only Pete Hegseth’s Military Shaving Crusade Was Just Stupid

On September 17, Pete Hegseth—newly dubbed our Secretary of War—announced that any member of the US military who needs a shaving exemption for more than a year will be forced out of the service, tossing out a decades-old policy created for mainly Black and brown troops with pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that makes daily […]


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Press Freedom Defenders Sound Alarm on Pentagon’s New Restrictions for Reporters

“Journalists who venture beyond reporting official propaganda now risk having their credentials revoked,” said a critic.


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The Full Weight of the Federal Government Is Being Used to Memorialize Charlie Kirk

After the shocking murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk on Wednesday afternoon, tributes and expressions of grief poured in from conservative politicians and activists, along with expressions of sympathy and denunciations of political violence from both sides of the aisle. Now, however, numerous government and elected officials are taking their protection of Kirk’s legacy a […]


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Trump Admin, GOP Continue to Weaponize Bible to Punish Poor, Defend Imperialism

Willfully misinterpreting the Bible to justify what passes for “law and order” has only intensified in recent decades.


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Federal Judge Said Trump Can’t Be National Police Chief. Will His Word Be Final?

A court held that Trump “willfully” violated the Posse Comitatus Act by sending troops to enforce immigration law in LA.


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Organizers Plan Labor Day Mass Mobilization Against Trump’s Threats to Chicago

“We’re not going to normalize fascism,” says a Chicago alderperson as Trump threatens to send troops to the city.


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Trump’s Defense Secretary Seems to Admire Men Who Want to Stop Women From Voting

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a fan of a Christian nationalist pastor who believes women should no longer be allowed to vote. On Thursday, Hegseth, who oversees the US military, reposted a CNN video on the social media site X about Doug Wilson, co-founder of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches. The video notes that […]


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