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Republican lawmakers have defended President Donald Trump's lawless and deadly immigration crackdown as federal agents violently round up people of color and hold them in squalid and inhumane detention facilities in an effort to meet an arbitrary deportation quota set by Trump aide Stephen Miller , a wannabe Joseph Goebbels. But as soon as the deportation force comes to their home states, the GOP…

Mainstream media is experiencing a major die-off at the hands of its own billionaire owners. On Wednesday, the Washington Post—at the command of Jeff Bezos—announced it would be laying off a third of its staff in the name of cost-saving measures. According to Executive Editor Matt Murray, the major layoffs have to do with the fact that the outlet isn’t pulling a profit anymore. “These moves inclu…

On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell’s address to the United Nations Security Council was built around the unfounded claim that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was concealing weapons of mass destruction. “Every statement I make today is backed up by sources—solid sources,” Powell told the world. “These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on sol…

A House hearing exposed sharp divisions over whether loosening environmental laws and expanding logging will protect communities from catastrophic fires. Scientists urged a shift toward investing in fire-resilient homes and landscapes. By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News Lawmakers from both parties agreed at a congressional hearing Tuesday that the federal government must act to address the gr…

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As Oliver Willis noted earlier today, President Donald Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan announced that he will be pulling 700 federal immigration agents from Minnesota, a move that’s being billed as deescalation by the administration and faithfully parroted by the media. But Homan’s own facts and figures suggest otherwise, painting a picture of a deeply failed operation. “Over the past two months,…

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Melania Trump held a White House press event with American-Israeli hostage Keith Siegel, who was freed last year after 15 months in captivity. And, of course, she couldn’t help but use the meeting to plug her vanity project , “Melania.” “Why do you feel it’s appropriate to use an official White House event to promote your documentary?” a reporter asked. “This is not promotion. We are here celebra…

President Donald Trump has already received blowback for reportedly turning the White House into a Hobby Lobby version of his beloved Mar-a-Lago. However, now the president is reportedly planning to plop a once-destroyed Christopher Columbus statue on the south side grounds. In this Oct. 9, 1984, photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a ceremony in Baltimore, unveiling a statue of Christopher C…

House Republicans hosted a notorious anti-transgender rights activist to testify at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. The shameful show was the latest in a string of actions from the right meant to platform and advance transphobic bigotry. Former television writer Graham Linehan, who created the “The IT Crowd” and co-created “Father Ted,” testified before the committee at a hearing bill…

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent proved no match for Democratic Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois during a House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. Casten tangled up the aging Howdy Doody impressionist with his own words , citing a letter in which Bessent wrote plainly that “tariffs are inflationary”—which directly contradicted Bessent’s earlier testimony. Bessent’s efforts to dodge the questi…