Source: NurPhoto / Getty Whether it’s the heavily redacted Epstein files or the way it’s handled the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the Department of Justice under the Trump administration seems to specialize in the cover-up. Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has said that the FBI has formally refused to share […]
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“The coalition launches amid growing concerns about warrantless entries, unlawful detentions, and coercive enforcement tactics by federal agents, and it’s intended to ensure that constitutional limits on federal power are actively enforced through lawful institutions,” the statement read. “The coalition will share strategies and best practices among prosecutors, provide regular public updates on efforts to […]
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Source: Scott Olson / Getty On Monday, a Minnesota federal judge heard arguments from Minnesota officials in their challenge to the Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown in the state. According to AP, U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez’s questions showed skepticism toward both Minnesota’s request to halt immigration enforcement in the state and the Trump administration’s […]
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Source: As the U.S. Department of Justice continues to do the Lord’s work — and by “Lord,” I mean its MAGA messiah, President Donald Trump — DOJ prosecutors sent subpoenas to at least six officials in Minnesota, whom the government apparently suspects of conspiring to obstruct immigration agents in the performance of their duties. According […]
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“Instead, he wants to pit us against each other so that we don’t pay attention to the fact that his net worth has more than doubled while families lose their health care and access to essential services,” Johnson continued. Trump’s purposefully unspecific proclamation is yet another example of American politicians whitewashing, sanitizing, or outright denigrating […]
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“Instead, he wants to pit us against each other so that we don’t pay attention to the fact that his net worth has more than doubled while families lose their health care and access to essential services,” Johnson continued. Trump’s purposefully unspecific proclamation is yet another example of American politicians whitewashing, sanitizing, or outright denigrating […]
Read MoreSource: Anadolu / Getty A significant number of Americans are rightfully outraged after an ICE agent fatally shot Minnesota resident Renee Nicole Good on Wednesday. Instead of acknowledging the tragic nature of the events or holding the ICE agent accountable, the Trump administration has unleashed a torrent of lies and begun a smear campaign on […]
Read MorePolitics now play out parallel to conspiracy theories, expressing them and promoting them. This has been building for nearly a decade, while attempts to counter them can barely keep up, and don’t seem to stop them. Fact-checking responds to conspiracy theories as if they are isolated incidents that can be corrected, and not common and […]
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“Unless this provision is added back into the bill to prevent illegal political weaponization of the intelligence community in our elections, I am a HARD NO. I have always voted in support of the defense and intelligence authorization bills, but no more,” Stefanik wrote in a long post. “It is a scandalous disgrace that Republicans […]
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Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]
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Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]
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At this point, it’s the most obvious of “water is wet” news to say it, but it still needs to be said as often as possible: President Donald Trump is an old, white bigot. Not only that, but Trump is an old, white bigot who is possibly suffering from dementia. Not only that, but President […]
Read MoreBetween March 17 and March 22, the bureau spent $851,344, according to a Bloomberg report, and agents racked up 4,737 hours of overtime pay between January and July looking through the DOJ’s evidence on Epstein. This included the investigation into Epstein’s 2019 prison death, as well as “search warrant execution photos,” “street surveillance video,” and […]
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Between March 17 and March 22, the bureau spent $851,344, according to a Bloomberg report, and agents racked up 4,737 hours of overtime pay between January and July looking through the DOJ’s evidence on Epstein. This included the investigation into Epstein’s 2019 prison death, as well as “search warrant execution photos,” “street surveillance video,” and […]
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He notably failed to mention acts of political violence perpetrated by right wingers against the left—e.g., the June shootings of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, which killed State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband; the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, in an attempted kidnapping of Nancy Pelosi (which Trump mocked); the January 6, […]
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He notably failed to mention acts of political violence perpetrated by right wingers against the left—e.g., the June shootings of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers and their spouses, which killed State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband; the 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, in an attempted kidnapping of Nancy Pelosi (which Trump mocked); the January 6, […]
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The Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries—most of them African—to his travel ban list. The Washington Post obtained a Trump administration memo that would give the 26 countries listed 60 days to capitulate to State Department demands. Some countries were flagged for having “no competent or cooperative central government authority to produce […]
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The Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries—most of them African—to his travel ban list. The Washington Post obtained a Trump administration memo that would give the 26 countries listed 60 days to capitulate to State Department demands. Some countries were flagged for having “no competent or cooperative central government authority to produce […]
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Donald Trump wants credit for being at the center of several geopolitical conflicts. In a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday, the president told his followers that he had been the singular solution for calming tensions between Pakistan and India, Serbia and Kosovo, Egypt and Ethiopia, and now, Israel and Iran—and he wants the “people […]
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