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Trump Is Escalating His Rendition of Democracy

Chuck Idelson Common Dreams
Despite repeated legal setbacks demanding an end to these autocratic practices, the Trump administration continues its assault on the rule of law. For some of those snatched off the streets, the ultimate destination is a foreign hellhole.

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Labor Goes All In for Abrego Garcia

Adrian Carrasquillo The Bulwark
AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler condemned President Donald Trump's deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and described the unlawful overreach as an attack on all workers.

Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling The New Republic
A federal judge freed Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, who was part of the pro-Palestine protests. “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,”

Tidbits – May 1- Reader Comments: Children Deported; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply With Unlawful Orders

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Reader Comments: Children Deported ; Judge Arrested; Is America Pissed Off Enough for General Strike-Happy May Day; 12 Unions Launch Labor for Democracy; RFK Jr Ends Narcan Program; Appealing to Military-National Guard Not Comply with Unlawful Orders

Milwaukee, Country Respond to Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan

Henry Redman and Isiah Holmes
“Arresting people out of a courtroom will lead to a breakdown of civil society. We do not support the presence of ICE where it will lead to intimidation against witnesses and victims of crimes, denying everyone involved the justice they deserve."

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

Jeet Heer The Nation
Trumpism is only Bidenism carried to its logical conclusion. Joe Biden was in many ways heir to the militaristic liberalism of Wilson and Truman—especially visible in his efforts to revive the military Keynesianism of the Cold War.
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