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Sasha Abramsky

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Trump Is Using the Government Shutdown to Wreck Public Health

Trump Is Using the Government Shutdown to Wreck Public Health

The Trump administration is keeping the money flowing to ICE and the military while canning workers at health agencies.

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No Kings Day Was a Joyous Carnival for Democracy

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Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies

17.10.2025 4

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The Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing

10.10.2025 2

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Government Shutdown Gives Trump Yet Another Opportunity to Expand His Power  

Government Shutdown Gives Trump Yet Another Opportunity to Expand His Power  

Project 2025 architect Russell Vought wants to seize the shutdown to further slash spending with mass federal layoffs.

07.10.2025 20

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Did Trump End National Hunger Survey to Hide Growing Hunger Under His Policies?

Did Trump End National Hunger Survey to Hide Growing Hunger Under His Policies?

Over 47 million Americans are already food insecure, and that number is expected to increase thanks to Trump’s budget.

02.10.2025 2

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The Moral Hollowing Out of the United States

01.10.2025 2

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Meet Rodney Taylor, the Double Amputee the Trump Regime Has Locked Up, Ready for Deportation

26.09.2025 3

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State GOP Officials Seize Trump’s “War on Crime” to Disempower Blue Cities 

GOP officials have long sought to erode Democratic-led cities’ autonomy on abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and more.

25.09.2025 8

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Trump Dials Up the Authoritarianism to 11

22.09.2025 20

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Don’t Let Trump’s Henchmen Rewrite History. They’re the Ones Inciting Violence.

17.09.2025 20

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Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy

12.09.2025 4

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Farage’s Visit to DC Underscores Alliance Between Far Right and Tech Titans

Silicon Valley is bankrolling the far right’s attacks on global democracy and getting anti-regulatory allies in return.

09.09.2025 10

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California Lawmakers Fight Back Against Trump's Secret Police Force

05.09.2025 4

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The Terror and Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Machine

02.09.2025 20

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FEMA Employees Speak Out After Attacks on Workers Warning of Looming Disaster

“The danger posed to our collective communities ... is very real,” said one employee who signed a public letter.

30.08.2025 30

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He’s Sued Trump 39 Times—And Keeps Winning

29.08.2025 4

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Trump Is on a National Tirade Against In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

Currently 23 states and D.C. give in-state college tuition to undocumented students. Trump is on a rampage against them.

24.08.2025 2

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Why Did ICE Arrest This North Carolina Family? They Were Home.

22.08.2025 2

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Trump’s FEMA Guts Disaster Mitigation While Funding Migrant Jails

As climate disasters increase, the hamstrung agency’s response efforts will be impeded when they’re needed most.

16.08.2025 5

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“This Is a Hunting of People”: LA Protesters Turn Out to Resist ICE

15.08.2025 20

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We’ve Officially Entered Kafka’s America

06.08.2025 4

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Forced Starvation Is a Grotesque Inversion of Jewish Traditions

01.08.2025 7

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From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque

25.07.2025 3

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Experts See Echoes of the 1930s Amid Trump’s Tariff Tantrums

If a US-European tariff war really does kick off in earnest, the consequences could be hugely damaging.

24.07.2025 5

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Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce

18.07.2025 4

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Spineless Republicans Are Part of a Bigger Problem

04.07.2025 30

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Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding

Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.

03.07.2025 4

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Trump’s Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe

Trump wants to destroy the ability of states to chart their own course on combating climate change.

29.06.2025 10

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The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to "Third Countries"

27.06.2025 4

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Trump Is Delivering on Project 2025’s Promise to Gut the NLRB

20.06.2025 10

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After Massive Cuts to Forest Service, US Enters Fire Season Woefully Unprepared

The results could be catastrophic, especially in states that have experienced unprecedented fires in recent years.

14.06.2025 3

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Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight

13.06.2025 20

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Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger.

10.06.2025 40

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Trump’s Dangerous Escalation in LA

08.06.2025 30

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The Trump-Musk Feud Heard Round the World

06.06.2025 20

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The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible

31.05.2025 4

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Los Angeles Passes US’s Highest Minimum Wage as Labor Prepares for 2028 Olympics

Meanwhile, unions organize as over 100 hotel and catering contracts in the area expire in the run-up to the Olympics.

28.05.2025 7

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A Competitive Reality TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn't Put It Past Them.

23.05.2025 7

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The “Oligarch’s Budget” Wages War on Poor Americans

Unless you’re very wealthy, this bill will ultimately leave you worse off and more economically vulnerable.

22.05.2025 4

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Republicans Should Be Angrier Than Anyone About Trump’s New Plane

16.05.2025 20

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Trump Looks to Libya in His Latest Deportation Scheme

10.05.2025 7

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Is California’s Plan to Trump-Proof the State Enough?

09.05.2025 9

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NIOSH Upheld Workplace Safety for Millions in the US. Trump Is Dismembering It.

Trump is destroying the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, sacrificing workers on industry’s altar.

04.05.2025 20

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The First 100 Days of Self-Dealing Trump's Thugocracy

29.04.2025 3

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Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals May Be the Next Front in Trump’s War on Public Health

Trump and his commerce secretary are threatening to make medications more expensive by slapping tariffs on them.

26.04.2025 2

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Trump Shreds the Constitution to Better Hound Immigrants and Eviscerate Universities

25.04.2025 10

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Trump, Bukele, and the Growing Assault on the Rule of Law

18.04.2025 4

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America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment

11.04.2025 3

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America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment

11.04.2025 20

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