Roberts told me that, after invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 for deportation power the Trump DOJ had found the Sedition Act of 1798 very appealing because it made it a crime to criticize the government or the President. Justice Roberts had made a statement condemning calls to impeach Judge Boasberg who ruled against Trump and that “criticism” prompted the indictment.
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Here at the United Nations in New York City, the Security Council is expected to vote on a resolution calling on all parties to respect an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
America’s democracy isn’t being destroyed by foreign enemies—it’s being slowly dismantled by elected officials from within. Today’s Republican leaders, driven by fear of a more diverse society, are trading democratic values for authoritarian control.
The slaughter goes on, usually in the name of war, which reduces human life to, at best, a strategic abstraction. Dead civilians – dead children – are collateral damage, which means they’re nothing at all.
When ICE and other agencies began arresting, detaining, and deporting immigrants this past January under orders from Donald Trump, unions stepped up to support immigrant workers. They called for the release of workers detained and imprisoned without due process, offered know-your-rights workshops and legal assistance, accompanied workers to their ICE check-ins, and gave public displays of solidarity, such as the May Day marches this year.
Fire has always helped shape our forests, especially in the West. But those forests have evolved around natural frequencies and intensities of fires. What we are seeing now is new. This early-season smoke is a stark reminder that fire season is no longer confined to the West or wild areas, and more intense and longer-lasting fire seasons are the new normal.
As Florida prepares for the 2025 hurricane season, the safety of our residents remains our top priority. The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) plays a vital role in this effort, with our dedicated High Water Response Task Force (HWRTF) standing ready to respond.
America’s Founding Fathers, to the discredit of humanity, established Democracy, based on a white supremacy ideology, as its form of government and enshrined their laws in a racist document hailed as the U.S. Constitution. Their white supremacy ideology perpetuated the belief, grounded in idiocy, that white people were inherently superior to people of other racial backgrounds. They should, therefore, dominate them politically, economically, and socially.
Now I may be some dumb but I aint plum dumb ain’t nobody giving up that kind of money or gift without expecting something.
In hard times, people look for answers. The decimation of American manufacturing starting in the 1990s with trade agreements like NAFTA led to decades of downward economic mobility for working families. That creates ripe conditions for demagogues to come out of the woodwork offering an easy answer for people’s pain. And if history teaches us anything, that answer is usually someone else to blame.