"You're seeing a level of violence that we've never seen in Iranian protests, both on the part of the state and on the part of protestors."
“The Insurrection Act was always the plan,” warned one critic of the president.
Over 11,000 Palestinians have gone missing in Gaza since October 2023. Relatives don’t know if the missing are dead or alive, under the rubble, or in Israeli detention centers.
As the US president moves from bombing one country to another, liberal-washing of Trump continues apace.
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on January 23.
“I was scared. I was devastated,” said a Somali-American citizen who was accosted by ICE as part of what the agent called a “citizen check.” No such thing exists in American law.
“Last night, more than 250,000 Maryland children went to bed freezing, and this morning they woke up freezing. But BG&E, they made $2.4 billion last year!”
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro is “a performance” of the kind of US imperial power “that [Trump] knows is waning” on the global stage, scholar and author Geo Maher tells us.
“Get your neighbors organized, get your friends organized… ‘cause we outnumber the fascists completely, and if we all stick together, we can really stop this from getting worse.”
“If the Federal Reserve loses its independence, the stability of our markets and the broader economy will suffer.”
“No nurse should be asked to accept less pay, fewer benefits, or less dignity for doing lifesaving work,” said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Members of Minneapolis Federation of Educators and community allies gathered in South Minneapolis to condemn the detention of school staff at dismissal.
Ali Primera sang songs of resistance to inequality and injustice—songs of resistance to the United States. And he had reason to be wary of the US: He says his torturers were instructed by US officials.
“As mayor, I call on ICE to end all operations in Portland until a full investigation can be completed,” said Keith Wilson, the Democratic mayor of Portland, Oregon.
“This is starting to look disturbingly like Germany in the 1930s.”
“Trump cutting ties with the world’s oldest climate treaty is another despicable effort to let corporate fossil fuel interests run our government.”
“Children are skipping school because they’re afraid of ICE. Parents are unable to go to the grocery store because they’re afraid of ICE. Workers are losing their jobs… because they’re afraid of ICE.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar demanded that ICE agents “stop terrorizing our communities.”
The New York Times and The Washington Post reportedly sought to “avoid endangering US troops.”
