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The Justice Department Whistleblower
"If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone," Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department lawyer who has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Senate Judiciary Committee told The New York Times. "It should be deeply, deeply ...Read more
It's Too Damn Hot
Speaking of his budget bill, which will kick millions of people off the health insurance rolls, give tax breaks to the wealthy and add $3 trillion to our kids' debts, President Donald Trump said last Thursday in Des Moines:
"(Democrats opposed the measure) only because they hate Trump. But I hate them, too. You know that? I really do. I hate ...Read more
The Big Losers: Our Kids and Grandkids
There are so many losers and so few winners in Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" that it's a minor miracle that, as of this writing, Republicans appear poised to pass it. I'm old enough to remember when Republicans were deficit hawks who would chafe at adding trillions of dollars to what future generations will have to spend just paying off...Read more