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Weekly jobless claims surge to 241,000, more than expected, in latest sign of economic trouble.
May 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
First 100 Days, an economic recap.
May 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952.
April 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
86 years ago today a group of American Nazi's celebrated the elevation of the fascist party at Madison Square Garden.

#neverforget
Field of Vision - A Night at the Garden
In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York's Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism -- an event largely forgotten from U.S. history. A NIGHT…
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February 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
House GOP Plots Billions In Cuts To Medicaid

Republicans are considering billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening healthcare coverage for 80 million U.S. adults and children under the safety net care of Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care)
February 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
February 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked President Trump’s attempt to restrict birthright citizenship. The judge halted the President's executive order from going into effect later this month (February) due to its blatant unconstitutional conflict under the Fourteenth Amendment (Section One).
February 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A senior administration official says 20,000 federal workers have already accepted the Trump administration's “Buyout” offer. The offer is open through Thursday (2/6/2025). The total number of anticipated buyout takers is expected to rise despite heavy opposition from unions.
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A federal judge issued further restrictions and a more robust restraining order to block the federal spending freeze.

The temporary restraining order expands the scope of the initial pause the court put in place last week, just as the funding freeze was set to take effect.
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
President Trump signed an executive order directing the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund and announcing that the fund may purchase TikTok.
February 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How Trump Could Snatch A Third Term

Around the globe, when rulers consolidate power through a cult of personality, they do not tend to surrender it willingly, even in the face of constitutional limits. Trump already has a track record of trying to remain in office beyond his lawful tenure.
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ICE detained a Puerto Rican family, including a toddler, in Milwaukee after they were overheard speaking Spanish. All U.S. citizens were taken to a detention center before officials admitted the mistake and apologized.
January 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A leaked memo reveals the Defense Intelligence Agency ordered staff to halt observances of MLK, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Black History Month, and Pride Month—effectively erasing holidays that don’t honor white men—the result of electing a leader backed by Christian Nationalists and the KKK.
January 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
White House, in reversal, rescinds freeze on federal grants

The budget office came under immense pressure over the impacts on a sudden pause in key government spending
January 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The White House gave federal workers a choice: return to the office full time or resign and get paid for the next eight months.

In a Tuesday night email, the Office of Personnel Management told federal workers that they have until Feb. 6 to decide how to proceed.

Read more below.
January 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a proposal requiring parents to report their immigration or citizenship status when enrolling their children in school.

The board discussed the proposal for about 20 minutes before approving it and others in a 6-0 vote.
January 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In the wake of the Trump administration's move to freeze budgeted funds, many organizations that depend on federal health department funds, including state Medicaid programs, say they have been locked out. Websites warn that, due to an executive order...

You can read more at the link below.
January 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Trump administration ordered a federal funding freeze on all public loans, grants, and aid.

This includes aid to nonprofits, universities, and small business loans.

It is not yet clear if this impacts student loans or loan forgiveness.
January 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Scott Bessent became the 79th Treasury Secretary of the United States and as fifth in line to the presidency is the highest ranking openly gay federal official in history. He is married with two children.
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
MUST READ

HOW HITLER DISMANTLED A DEMOCRACY IN 53 DAYS
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

By Timothy W. Ryback for the Atlantic

Available Here: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Trump's DEI orders may halt progress for disabled workers.

The attack on DEI from the Trump administration could set back recent progress for disabled workers, particularly within the federal workforce, according to advocates and legal experts.
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
President Trump revokes President Johnson’s Landmark 1965 Civil Rights Order.

The sweeping executive order revoking diversity and affirmative action practices in federal government. This takes the current pushback on diversity, equity and inclusion into the next stratosphere.
January 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My friend and mentor Cecile Richards has passed after a hard fight with cancer. A women’s rights crusader who served as president of Planned Parenthood as the nation approached a critical inflection point over reproductive freedom passed Monday on today. She was 67, far too young.
January 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
President Joe Biden announced a significant opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified.

The amendment, passed by Congress in 1972, enshrines equal rights for women. An amendment to the Constitution requires the ratification of three-quarters of states, or 38.

#28th Amendment
January 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
An American hero and champion who redefined what a post presidency looks like has passed at age 100

In the decades after, his presidency along with his wife Rosalynn Carter worked at the Carter Center in Atlanta and his philanthropic causes such as Habitat for Humanity.

A great American is gone.
December 29, 2024 at 11:34 PM