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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Silencing the Defenders: Trump's War on the Last Line of Resistance

If Trump can destroy America's biggest law firms, who will be left to stand against him? read more


Senate Republicans want Elon Musk to stop talking about Social Security, and the Department of Government Efficiency to leave it alone.

Musk's statement that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme," and his plans to cut up to 12 percent of the Social Security Administration's workforce, are giving GOP lawmakers heartburn.

They warn that Social Security reform is known as the "third rail" of politics for a reason: Any party that touches it is likely to get zapped come Election Day.


I told you so. For months leading up to the 2024 election, I and others sounded the alarm about Project 2025, a far-right blueprint aiming to reshape America into an authoritarian state, and one that is reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's book and the subsequent Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale.


Attorney General Pam Bondi and top Justice Department officials said the government may invoke states secret privilege to block a federal judge from viewing specific information about two deportation flights of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members, court filings Wednesday show. read more


Wednesday, March 19, 2025

"President Trump also discussed Ukraine's electrical supply and nuclear power plants. He said that the United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise,"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said in a statement after the Trump-Zelensky call.

"American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure," the statement said.


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