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Reader Comments: All Out for April 5th - Hands Off!; Thousands Protest ICE Abductions; Trump Signs Order Ending Union Bargaining Rights for Federal Employees; The New Definition of Antisemitism; Public Sector Labor Struggles, Then and Now; and more..

Reader Comments: Latest Trump Shit Show and War Crimes Made Public; Resistance Alive, Growing; Bernie-AOC Anti-Oligarchy Tour; ICE Abductions; Trump’s Anti-Voter Executive Order; Massive Palestinian Demonstrations for Peace Against Israel and Hamas;

"This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further," said the leader of one government watchdog group.

Trump/Musk are pursuing the collapse of the American constitutional model, fundamentally altering the terrain on which the US left operates, requiring an oppositional politics the country has not seen since the time of FDR.

Organizers are calling for 500 demonstrations at all 277 Tesla showrooms, as well as Supercharger stations, on March 29th.

Project 2025 puts forward a total attack on education, closing the Dept. of Education, including book bans and curricular limitations on classes. They want to cancel the federal student loan program; revoke Title IX policies; and end faculty tenure.

Reader Comments: Schumer Capitulates; Trump and Musk Getting Whooped in Courts; Bill to Ban Federal Labor Unions; Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail; Greenpeace Responds; NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY, APRIL 5 - Tools and Resources; and more...

While the senators claim to be fighting for the working class, their actions—like voting for a government funding bill that slashes social spending while protecting corporate interests—show they’re just focused on keeping the same old machine running