Causing ‘Profound’ Trauma, Trump Administration Detained Recording-Breaking 70,000 Children in 2019
The U.S. held a record 69,550 migrant children in detention facilities in 2019, a Tuesday report from The Associated Press and PBS Frontline found, leading to major psychological and physiscal harm and lasting trauma.
"No other country held...
Flaming FAIL: Trump Fires at DACA and Makes a Total Ash of Himself
On Tuesday morning the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) case. They are determining whether or not to uphold the decisions by lower courts to overturn Donald Trump's...
In Statement That ‘Reads Like a Chilling Warning of More Coups to Come,’ Trump...
U.S. President Donald Trump made official his administration's support for the military coup in Bolivia with a celebratory statement late Monday that one observer said "reads like a chilling warning of more coups to...
Bill Moyers rebukes PBS over network’s decision not to air impeachment proceedings in prime...
The Public Broadcasting Service is our country’s channel. When President Richard Nixon’s impeachment hearings took place in 1973, PBS ran replays of the hearings all evening long. It proved a rousing success as millions of American households, home...
Uber CEO Under Fire for Downplaying Saudi Kingdom’s Murder of Khashoggi as a ‘Mistake’
Uber's ultra-millionaire CEO Dara Khosrowshahi came under fire Sunday for downplaying the Saudi kingdom's gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a "mistake" comparable to technological malfunctions in self-driving cars.
"It's a serious mistake," Khosrowshahi...
Somebody’s Hiding Books Away In the Coeur D’Alene Idaho Public Library.
Anyone with even just sufficient powers of observation can see that Trumpists have a inherent aversion to acquiring knowledge, and at least one in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho is determined that no one else will be able to...
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman to be removed from National Security Council
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified on October 29 concerning his reaction to Donald Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Zelensky, was removed from the National Security Council on Sunday. In an interview on...
Trump pulled out of Paris climate pact. A new president will rejoin. It’s still...
As promised, climate denier Donald Trump has made it official: On the first day he legally could, his administration declared that it wanted out of the landmark climate agreement adopted nearly four years ago.
After...
Well This is Stupid
Dinesh D’Souza is not just a right-wing stooge and convicted felon, he is also apparently dabbling in competitive stupidity. Remember Nuclear Winter? The study that postulated that a full out nuclear war would be even more...
‘Simply Barbaric’: Trump Administration Proposes Charging Asylum Fee for Refugees Fleeing Violence and Poverty
The Trump administration this coming week will formalize a proposal that could make it one of just four countries in the world that charge asylum-seekers for entry.
As the New York Times reported late Friday,...
