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#autocracy

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DrALJONES

Report: "Sen. Cory Booker Holds All-Night Filibuster Against Trump Agenda"

"New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker is continuing a marathon speech from the Senate floor warning the U.S. faces a crisis over President Trump’s disregard for the rule of law and his efforts to dismantle entire government programs and agencies."

democracynow.org/2025/4/1/head

#corybooker #trump #filibuster #uspol #resistance #autocracy .

Democracy Now!Sen. Cory Booker Holds All-Night Filibuster Against Trump AgendaOn Capitol Hill, New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker is continuing a marathon speech from the Senate floor warning the U.S. faces a crisis over President Trump’s disregard for the rule of law and his efforts to dismantle entire government programs and agencies. Booker’s all-night filibuster came after the State Department formally notified Congress that it is dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID. Also on Monday, the Trump administration announced it would place the entire staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services on administrative leave. The independent federal agency provides grants to libraries and museums across the U.S. Meanwhile, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has ordered the closure of the National Environmental Museum at the EPA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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DrALJONES

Interview: "Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts"

Chicago Teachers Union reached a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools that reaffirms sanctuary school protections, protects the ability to teach Black history, gives veteran teachers a raise, & more.

“The collective bargaining agreement is a very powerful tool... to ensure that people are protected."

~Stacy Davis Gates

democracynow.org/2025/4/1/stac

#teacherunions #education #collectivebargaining #uspol #dei #trump #autocracy .

Democracy Now! · A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative ContractBy Democracy Now!
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DrALJONES

Interview: "We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”

A former head of Doctors Without Borders speaks out after NYU canceled her Gaza presentation.

Some of her slides mentioned Trump's cuts to foreign aid & the deaths of humanitarian workers in Gaza, slides which NYU said could be viewed as “anti-governmental” & “antisemitic”.

democracynow.org/2025/4/1/joan

Democracy Now! · “We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. Joanne Liu on <span class="caps">NYU</span> Canceling Her TalkBy Democracy Now!
#trump#autocracy#censorship
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DrALJONES

Interview: "Workers vs. Musk"

"Trump has pushed to end collective bargaining rights for nearly half the federal workforce in a new executive order that calls them “hostile” to his agenda."

"Unions say the order is the biggest attack on the labor movement in U.S. history...designed to silence workers"

~Everett Kelley, American Federation of Government Employees,

Check out mass rallies on April 5

democracynow.org/2025/4/1/ever

#trump #musk #uspol #laborrights #usunions #april5rally #autocracy .

Democracy Now! · Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential ServicesBy Democracy Now!
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DrALJONES

Panel: "How dangerous are the tensions between the US & Iran?"

"Trump threatens to bomb Iran, while Tehran says it would respond."

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Hassan Ahmadian, University of Tehran

Ali Vaez, International Crisis Group

Ellie Geranmayeh, Middle East and North Africa Programme

aljazeera.com/video/inside-sto

#iran #us #uspol #trump #us-iranrelations #usimperialism #autocracy #islamophobia .

Al JazeeraHow dangerous are the tensions between the US and Iran?US President Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iran, while Tehran says it would respond.
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DrALJONES

Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"

The order includes:

* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;

* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;

* preventing millions from registering to vote;

* severely limiting voting by mail.

Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker

motherjones.com/politics/2025/

#uspol #trump #votersuppression #autocracy #musk .

Mother JonesTrump’s new executive order is an “astonishing and iunprecedented voter suppression” effortOne voting rights group called it a “MAGA fever dream.”
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DrALJONES

Interview: "The US Is Certainly Not the Greatest Democracy on Earth"

Legal expert Elie Mystal on how "US laws are designed to be ‘racist, sexist, and anti-democratic’ and how Trump is weaponizing them.

"The US Constitution was written nearly 240 years ago, laying the foundations for an independent, successful, democratic country. But, like most of the nation’s laws, it was written by and for wealthy white men."

zeteo.com/p/the-us-is-certainl

#autocracy #uslaws #uspol #trump #racism #sexism .

Zeteo · The US Is ‘Certainly Not the Greatest Democracy on Earth’By Mehdi Hasan
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Nonilex

#DOGE also announced drastic cuts at depts that provide critical #SocialServices including #VeteransAffairs [#VA], which administers #healthcare for #veterans, & the #SocialSecurity Administration, which sends out checks to #retired, #disabled & #widowed Americans [money Americans put into the #SSA out of their own paychecks].

#OPM …has laid off >200 of its own employees & allowed >400 to *opt in* to *voluntary* exit programs since #Trump took office…

#law#kleptocracy#autocracy
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Nonilex

…One of #Trump's first acts…was to create #DOGE, [supposedly] to root out waste, fraud & abuse, slash govt spending & purge the federal workforce of low-performing, *disloyal* & unnecessary workers.

…In practice,…DOGE has mostly pursued long-time #Republican #policy objectives, shuttering agencies such as #USAID & the #CFPB, which provide a lifeline to the world's needy & protect Americans from unscrupulous lenders respectively.

#law#corruption#kleptocracy
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Nonilex

"Authorizing a #Musk-controlled agency like #OPM to hire a driver while slashing essential #FederalWorkers who actually help Americans in need is a good example."

The #Trump admin, #DOGE, Musk & Ezell did not respond to requests for comment. An OPM spox said in a statement that the agency "has ongoing security concerns" requiring a driver, w/o providing further detail.

#USpol#law#corruption
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DrALJONES

Interview: "The US Is Certainly Not the Greatest Democracy on Earth"

Legal expert Elie Mystal on how "US laws are designed to be ‘racist, sexist, and anti-democratic’ and how Trump is weaponizing them.

"The US Constitution was written nearly 240 years ago, laying the foundations for an independent, successful, democratic country. But, like most of the nation’s laws, it was written by and for wealthy white men."

zeteo.com/p/the-us-is-certainl

#autocracy #uslaws #uspol #trump #racism #sexism .

Zeteo · The US Is ‘Certainly Not the Greatest Democracy on Earth’By Mehdi Hasan
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Geriatric Gardener

“Peace-loving Quakers under state attack”

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

“The [London Metropolitan] police raid on #Westminster Quaker Meeting House violated the principle of religious sanctuary and evoked the brutal state persecution of Quakerism in the past”

open.substack.com/pub/anothera

Another Angry Voice · Peace-loving Quakers under state attackBy Another Angry Voice
#Press#UK#Britain
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jackhutton 🇺🇸

[The Philadelphia Inquirer]: Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in America. By Will Bunch.

Trump's pardons for big donors, political allies and even swindlers of the Sioux people have shattered any notion of justice.

inquirer.com/opinion/commentar

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Trump’s insane pardons are killing any faint flicker of justice in AmericaBy Will Bunch
#pardons#presidentialPardons#devonArcher
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DrALJONES

Analysis: Trump’s New Executive Order Is an "Unprecedented Voter Suppression Effort"

The order includes:

* allowing Elon Musk to subpoena voting records;

* giving Trump king-like power to make it harder to vote;

* preventing millions from registering to vote;

* severely limiting voting by mail.

Trump is "trying to stop American voters from participating in elections" ~Eliza Sweren-Becker

motherjones.com/politics/2025/

#uspol #trump #votersuppression #autocracy #musk .

Mother JonesTrump’s new executive order is an “astonishing and iunprecedented voter suppression” effortOne voting rights group called it a “MAGA fever dream.”
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