It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists’ phone records with approval from two internal officials — far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures.
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Quebec City Mosque Killings Were Fuelled By Trump's and Le Pen's Racist Rhetoric
Alexandre Bissonette was a recent convert to rightwing nationalist ideology following Marine Le Pen's visit to Quebec City in March, and became known online for defending Trump’s nativist, anti-immigrant positions.
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Spokane Climate Activists Sue U.S. Government For Constitutional Violations
The lawsuit known as Holmquist et. al. v. United States asserts that the federal law preempting city health and safety laws over fossil fuel rail shipments violates residents’ constitutional right to a healthy climate and local self-government.
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Time to SwingLeft: Turning Activist Energy Into Electoral Power
Donald Trump's surprise win in November has sparked what liberal groups say is unprecedented activism, with droves now seeking to run for office.
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Black Workers Accuse Nissan of Civil Rights Abuses in Mississippi
"Workers are getting hurt at Nissan in Mississippi, but the company threatens to fire workers or close the plant if we organize a union," said Everlyn Cage, who worked at the carmaker's plant for 10 years and was fired after getting injured on the job.
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Want to Stop Trump? Take a Page From These Dockworkers, and Stop Work
The day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, perhaps the most dramatic and important action was taken by dockworkers in Oakland, California: They stopped working. Their strike demonstrated the potential power ordinary people have on the job, when organized.
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One Week of Fear and Loathing: The World Reacts to Trump
“If he follows through – and people have to come to terms with the fact he may well do what he says he’s going to do – then it’s the end of the post-World War II, post-Cold War order and the beginning of a new phase."
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1.5 Million Sign Petition to Cancel Trump's State Visit to the UK After Travel Ban
A petition to stop President Trump's planned visit to the U.K. has more than doubled in less than a day.
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Iowa Pipeline Spills 138,000 Gallons of Diesel Fuel Mix
The accident happened roughly 200 miles northeast of where the Dakota Access Pipeline would enter Iowa from South Dakota.
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Tech Executives Say the Muslim Ban is Bad for Business — and the Country
Business leadership at Netflix, Facebook, and Apple say the ban will hurt their companies and won’t make the U.S. safer.
