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A Coup Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes. Here’s What You Can Do

York Dispatch Editorial Board York Dispatch (PA)
Editorial from the York, Pennsylvania York Dispatch - Donald Trump and his shadow president have worked to undermine our country's founding democratic principles. Here are some things you can and must do.

Tidbits – Feb.6- Reader Comments: Reader Comments: Dictatorial UnConstitutional Power Grab; Anti-Trump Protests Brake Out; USDA IG Was Investigating Elon Musk; Nightmare Over Washington; ICE Raids and Resistance; People’s Guide to Project 2025; More.

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Reader Comments: Dictatorial UnConstitutional Power Grab; Anti-Trump Protests Brake Out; USDA IG Refused To Leave Was Investigating Elon Musk; Nightmare Over Washington (and in the Capitol); ICE Raids and Resistance; People's Guide to Project 2025

Democrats Will Regret Helping To Pass the Laken Riley Act

Michelle Goldberg New York Times
Democrats have a terrible habit, during moments of right-wing backlash, of voting for Republican legislation that they don’t seem to truly believe in and eventually live to regret. The Laken Riley Act, is such a wrong vehicle.

Why Congress Members Face a Lawsuit for Funding Israel’s War on Gaza

Norman Solomon CounterPunch
More than 600 constituents of Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson have signed on as plaintiffs in a class action accusing them of helping to arm the Israeli military in violation of “international and federal law that prohibits complicity in genocide.”

Friday Nite Videos | January 3, 2025

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H-1B ('16 tons' Song Parody). Suze Rotolo Interview: Dylan, NY and Art. Inside a Science Sexual Harassment Scandal. How Elon Musk Is Corrupting the Government. Why the Trumpiest Congress May Not Deliver.

Pelosi Won. The Democratic Party Lost.

Kate Aronoff The New Republic
In sabotaging Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s bid for leadership of the Oversight Committee, party elders have doubled down on a failed strategy. The elderly are not too old to govern; but they may, be too attached to a failed way of doing things.
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