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A former CIA officer who once headed American schemes to train right wing contras in Nicaragua in the 1980s has been working with the Israelis to hatch a new aid organization... To say something stinks here is an understatement.

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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation had faced criticism from aid groups even before this week’s chaotic rollout

The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.

Trump targeted the transgender teen as part of a social media post Tuesday threatening California Gov. Gavin Newsom over the state’s law protecting the participation of transgender athletes.

America’s richest earn in hours what ordinary workers earn over lifetimes. As Donald Trump’s tax bill seeks to make the plunder of the filthy rich permanent, “inequality” no longer feels like a strong enough word for what we’re facing.

Reviewer Steigmann-Gall considers what took so long for so many, including some left wing public intellectuals, to publicly acknowledge that Trumpism is fascism.

Resistance anywhere builds resistance everywhere

“It is a slap in the face to every African American and every person in this country who believes in the rule of law,” added Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL).

"I urge Israel to significantly expand the provision of aid through all mechanisms," said Jake Wood.