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17+ min ago (818+ words) Former DC Metro cop'Michael Fanone" who suffered a heart attack after'being assaulted by Trump fans during the Capitol riot " blasted'President Donald Trump and predicted he will end up fleeing the country in his new luxury jet. In a new Substack interview, Fanone talked about his break with CNN, his book "Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul"and the aftermath of the Trump-inspired riot. During one exchange, Fanone said Democrats will retake the House in 2026, and Trump will go on the run at the end of his term: TOMMY CHRISTOPHER: What do you think's gonna happen? MICHAEL FANONE: I mean I think that you know when it unfortunately I think things are gonna get a whole hell of a lot worse before they get any better. You know, I think that you know my experience…...

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23+ min ago (693+ words) Republicans looking to recover after bruising electoral losses in November are sharply divided over one of the next big electoral tests: a statewide judicial race in battleground Wisconsin," Politico reports. Wisconsin voters will head to the polls in April to pick the state's next Supreme Court justice for the fourth time since 2020. In the last three contests, liberal candidates have demolished the GOP-backed ones, sending conservatives " who in as recently as 2023 enjoyed a majority on the court " deep into the wilderness." Drug companies and lawyers for patients have thought for years that the federal program for people injured by vaccines is understaffed and too slow to offer compensation. They've been urging" MAGA entered the year at the apex of its power, but has become mired in its most bitter infighting since its founding by President Trump in 2015," Axios reports. If…...

35+ min ago (388+ words) Rep. Lateefah Simon speaking at a rally.Gent Shkullaku/Zuma "Before our disabled elders secured our rights under the law, disabled kids were locked out of systems and out of their potential," Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-Ca.), who is blind, told me in a statement. "Congress must protect and fully fund the IDEA to ensure future generations of disabled children have the supports and services they need to thrive in school," Simon continued. "Our civil rights are not up for negotiations." This is not to say that all students" needs are adequately met under the IDEA. Jordyn Zimmerman, a nonspeaking autistic person, told me that she did not have access to effective communication via iPad until she was 18. Samantha Phillis, an advocate with Little Lobbyists, told me that her two daughters, who are in public school, are on IEPs, one of…...

37+ min ago (680+ words) The Community Love Fund is a guaranteed income program built and run by abolitionist women. It can also increase personal debt, compounding economic woes. Leaving prison is expensive " many of those who leave prison violate their probation simply because they don't have enough money. These impacts further combine with other socioeconomic characteristics to increase the difficulties for women leaving prison. For example, women in jails (especially women of colour) are already on average poorer than their male counterparts. More than 60% of women in state prisons have a child under the age of 18. Partially as a result of all this, almost two-thirds of all prison leavers are re-arrested and more than half returned to prison within 36 months of their release. For those who do find employment within the first year of their release, a critical window for successful re-entry into society,…...

38+ min ago (320+ words) Andre Easton, a Party of Socialism and Liberation member who launched a campaign against Torres, captured the mood perfectly: 'Mamdani's win absolutely has energized and put a set of excitement for not only socialists and left-leaning people or progressives, but anybody that is desirous of a change.' Further bolstering the movement's strength, Grace Mausser, one of the New York City DSA's co-chairs, revealed that the organisation's membership has doubled in the past year to over 12,000 people. This massive ground force enables them to potentially support an unprecedented number of campaigns in the 2026 election cycle. 'Now that we have a citywide elected official who is coming into office with a very strong mandate, we think we have the opportunity to elect quite a few people who are aligned,' Mausser stated. And even if they don't win, she added, they can 'leverage…...

40+ min ago (814+ words) Trump endorsed right-wing presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura and smeared his progressive opponent Rixi Moncada. The US Congressional Progressive Caucus on Friday accused President Donald Trump of "flagrantly interfering" in Honduras" upcoming presidential election after Trump announced his endorsement of right-wing candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura and repeated threats he"s made previously ahead of other electoral contests in which he sought to secure a conservative win. On the social media platform X, Trump warned that only a victory for former Tegucigalpa Mayor Asfura and the National Party in Sunday"s election will allow Honduras and the US to "fight the Narcocommunists, and bring needed aid to the people" of the Central American country. CPC Deputy Chair Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Whip Jes's "Chuy" Garc'a (D-Ill.) called Trump"s "smearing" of Asfura"s opponents "completely unacceptable," and noted that the president…...

41+ min ago (590+ words) The administration's preemptive assault on history is a desperate attempt to stop new social movements from starting. I looked at the slave shackles in the exhibit. My ancestors wore chains like this one. A bone-deep sorrow hit. When I researched my family history, names began to vanish as I traced it to Indigenous and African slavery. Here, right in front of me was material proof of the horror they survived. What is my responsibility to them? The right wing suppresses Black history because it ignites social movements. Black history transforms rage into activism by putting racist events into a larger story of struggle against oppression. It shines a light on a hidden past. It exposes the hypocrisy of MAGA. Trump and MAGA are waging war on Black America. They have attacked it on three fronts; Black culture, Black economics, and…...

42+ min ago (368+ words) President Donald Trump issued a panicked plea to the Supreme Court early Saturday as it actively reviews the legality of his tariff policy, calling on his followers to "pray" that the court rules in his favor while attacking critics of his trade policy as "evil, American hating forces." "The USA is respected again, respected like never before," Trump wrote Saturday on his social media platform Truth Social. "All of this was brought about by Strong Leadership and TARIFFS, without which we would be a poor and pathetic laughingstock again. Evil, American hating Forces are fighting us at the United States Supreme Court. Pray to God that our Nine Justices will show great wisdom, and do the right thing for America!" Experts have increasingly believed that the Supreme Court may very well rule Trump's tariffs illegal, a ruling that may require…...

43+ min ago (685+ words) Trump's hardball tactics have extorted greater allied cooperation and reasserted U.S. domination over the organization. Following Hegseth's lead, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is now directing a campaign to secure arms purchase commitments. Rutte emphasizes that he is "proud" of the alliance's ongoing assistance to Ukraine, noting that Russia has "lost 1 million people " dead or seriously wounded." Since 1949, members have exploited the alliance to solidify American global leadership, coordinate interventionism, and contain rivals that challenge Western influence. Rather than promote peace, NATO continues to pose one of the greatest threats to international stability by fueling armed conflicts in Ukraine and across the world. For decades, Spain's fascist strongman, Francisco Franco, was also an essential alliance partner. Between 1951 and 1953, the United States negotiated the Pact of Madrid, securing access to Spanish military bases and turning the country into a staging ground for…...