PA-Gov: Trump's Political Godfather Is Back & This Time He's Running For Governor

Here’s the latest news today out of Pennsylvania: Lou Barletta, the Republican Party’s Donald Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, is running for governor of Pennsylvania. Barletta, 65, becomes … Read More

TX-AG: Corrupt Idiot Attorney General Also Pulled A Ted Cruz (R) While Texas Froze During A Crisis

Texas really is full of dumb GOP fuckers: x NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton left the state during the deadly power outages last week to meet with his counterpart in … Read More

ICE Agents gave a choice: Accept deportation, or get locked up in COVID wing

Detainees at two different ICE detention centers were threatened by ICE agents that they would be exposed to inmates with COVID unless they submitted to a transfer. The guard made … Read More

IL-Sen: “Anyone who bravely serves our country should have an opportunity to gain citizenship.”

Received this e-mail yesterday from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s (D. IL) re-election campaign: Put simply, our military is made stronger by our immigrant servicemembers. That’s why, for over 200 years, … Read More

Looks Like ICE Is Already Trying to Make Biden Look Bad

Something strange is going on over undocumented immigrants. President Biden’s acting secretary of Homeland Security, David Pekoske, issued a memo on January 20 halting almost all deportation proceedings for 100 … Read More

To my Latino Friends and voters

Don’t make funeral plans for you or your family because of Trump’s lies and incompetence. I appreciate the POC vote.  I appreciate the seniors who are flipping to Biden.   I … Read More

How would you know that Trump disrespects military service

Cadet Bone Spurs's campaign can't help itself, it is like the candidate, lewd and crude, but it looks like there’s more to the iceberg. What is obvious is Trump’s ultimate … Read More

KY, SC & ME-Sen: GOPers Who Denounced Obama's “Executive Overreach” Are Now Praising Trump

Ok, so we know about Trump’s “executive order” on the coronavirus stimulus relief package: President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Saturday in an effort to bypass congressional negotiations and … Read More

After Maria passed in 2017, Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico in its greatest moment of need.

“Quit being so emotional, Elaine, it’s not about the people, it’s about the money.” Mick Mulvaney to Elaine Duke, acting director of Homeland security in 2017. Of course, he did. … Read More

After Maria passed in 2017, Trump suggested selling Puerto Rico during its greatest moment of need.

“Quit being so emotional, Elaine, it’s not about the people, it’s about the money.” Mick Mulvaney to Elaine Duke, acting director of Homeland security in 2017. Of course, he did. … Read More

KY, CO, MT, IA, KS, AZ & AL-Sen: Slate Magazine's The Surge Highlights These 7 Races To Watch

Received this e-mail today from Slate Magazine’s The Slurge that highlights seven U.S. Senate races to keep your eye one: 1. Kentucky The national Democratic establishment gets its way in … Read More

IL-Sen: Sen. Dick Durbin (D) Pushes The Senate To Pass Permanent Protections For Dreamers

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin’s (D. IL) re-election campaign: Big news: the Supreme Court just granted 700,000 young people in America a new lease … Read More

Trump faces credible accusations of knowingly spreading coronavirus to the Maya of Guatemala.

We already knew that the Trump regime is the vilest administration this country has ever had to endure, but this raises his evil to another level. Central American leaders have … Read More

ICE deportation squads demand 45K masks as nurses have to make their own

In the final days of World War II, when the Allies were surrounding Germany and even landed in France, Hitler diverted critical and increasingly shrinking military resources to accelerate the … Read More

The 2020 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” Year End Summary Report

Overview Since the earliest days of Donald Trump’s Presidency, we have attempted to catalog all of the harmful actions committed by his administration. Furthermore, by categorizing these actions by policy … Read More

MoveOn asked progressives around the country what they think about the 2020 election as part of a fundraising appeal. Here’s what they said.

Progressives around the country strongly urge the 2020 candidates to take bold and fearless stances on several policy issues from immigration to a Green New Deal to Medicare for All. … Read More

So Economist Austan Goolsbee Is For Buttigieg? Here Is a Little Story About Goolsbee.

Sometimes you can tell something about a politician by their supporters.  Oh, I am not necessarily talking about the every day voter but the big time movers and shakers.  Take … Read More

Joe Biden to immigrant rights activist: Vote for Trump

Certain personal attributes are not transferable. Joe Biden attempting to channel Trump shows why he is incompatible with a Democratic Presidency. Joe Biden has a way of showing a disregard … Read More

The 2019 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” 3rd Quarter Report

Since the Trump Presidency began back in January 2017, we have endeavored to maintain a comprehensive listing of all the administrations misdeeds in the Everything Awful The Trump Administration Has Done … Read More

Brazilian Colorist Marina Amaral Shows What Truly Made America Great – “Ellis Island 1907”.

Marina Amaral is an artist from Brazil who adds color to historic photographs.  To my mind the above is one of her best works, along with her text, but you … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 141)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

USCIS Tells Kids with Cancer They Have 33 Days to Leave the US (Updated)

 TRMS last night: Trump admin targeting families of ailing children for deportation Anthony Marino, immigration legal services director of the Irish International Immigrant Center, talks with Rachel Maddow about the … Read More

SC-Sen: CREDO Action Goes After Leningrad Lindsey For Jamming Through A Racist Anti-Asylum Bill

Received this e-mail today from CREDO Action: While Donald Trump attempts to use the El Paso and Dayton massacres to supercharge his anti-immigrant agenda, Republicans are breaking Senate rules to … Read More

Stephen Miller IMO is the stringpuller and leading this country into ruin.

Stephen Miller is behind all of the carnage we are facing.  We have known Trump is a puppet and I read and reread Miller’s biography and I wonder why Mueller … Read More

A warning about Trump's rhetoric about “invasion”

that, when one considers as well his packing of the judiciary from District courts to the Supreme Court, that screams out from the  Constitution. It is found in Article I, … Read More

FFS – Obama had no ability to decrease the number of deportations

The dumbest argument that I heard in the last Democratic Debate was the notion (and attack on Joe Biden) that fmr. President Obama should have reduced the number of deportations. … Read More

DUE WARNING!!!!

and yes by using ALL CAPS I am SHOUTING No, I am SCREAMING. By now everyone knows about the improper/illegal arrest of an American born citizen by ICE who even … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 128)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

ICE Detention Center: We're not responsible for staff sexually abusing migrants

Monsters. From two senior staff attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union: ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees Although the employee pled guilty … Read More

MoveOn members demand Congress Close the Camps

Every day immigrants are suffering from intentional inhumane conditions created by the Trump administration. News continues to pour out that the Trump administration’s escalation of brutal attacks against immigrants and refugees has … Read More

'Highlights for Children' becomes the enemy of the people

Et tu, Highlights? Et tu? This pretty much leaves Guns & Ammo, Boys’ Life, InfoWars, and Fox News all alone in the “patriot” camp. x At Highlights, our core belief … Read More

Pelosi's statement on Trump's deportation threat: 'Utter malice and bigotry'

She’s not mincing words, folks. Nor should she. The statement: “The President’s new threat of a mass deportation dragnet is an act of utter malice and bigotry, designed solely to … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 119)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

Hero Police Chief on child, fleeing violence, ordered back alone: Only Nazis follow orders blindly.

Normal, healthy people can all agree that you don’t torture children to punish adults. You don’t rip children from their parents to serve as a deterrent or warning to others.  Yet … Read More

Hero police chief on deporting 11-year-old child alone: 'Nazis enforced their laws as well'

Most people can agree that you don’t torture children to punish adults. You don’t rip children from their parents to serve as a deterrent or warning to others.  Yet Trump followers … Read More

The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 115)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see … Read More

Dispatches from The National Emergency. The Horror. The Horror.

x Dearest Emily,The sadness in the woman's eyes beggared the imagination. With desperate heart, I seized her hand. “Do not despair, friend! For we shall outlive these horrors!”“Sir,” she responded … Read More

MoveOn Statement on Deal to End the Government Shutdown with No Wall

“Congress must not give into Trump’s demand for increased funding for a wall, his deportation machine, or border militarization in the next round of this fight” WASHINGTON, DC — Moments … Read More

The 2019 “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done” Year End Summary Report

Overview Since the earliest days of Donald Trump’s Presidency, we have attempted to catalog all of the harmful actions committed by his administration. Furthermore, by categorizing these actions by policy … Read More

What A Week It Was!

photo: PDA Activists In Solidarity With The Women’s March Say:Healthcare is a Human Right / We Need Medicare For All In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Dan, … Read More

Tell Congress: “No Racist Border Wall”

Join DREAMers Saying “Build Bridges Not Walls!” In solidarity,  Debra Schrishuhn and Dan O’Neal for Alan, Mike F., Mike H., Janis, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Team … Read More

Trump is trying to pull a fast one. And we can't afford to let him get away with it.

What, oh what is a fledgling dictator to do when the masses won't just blindly obey what he orders?!? The Trump administration is caught between a rock and a hard … Read More

A Bit of Good News: A CA Sheriff Terminates Contract with ICE to Hold Detainees.

Contra Costa County, across the Bay and northeast from San Francisco, will not longer be keeping ICE detainees in its jail facilities.  In particular, the West County jail, in Richmond, CA … Read More

The moment Ricardo Mercado sees his daughters, who had no idea he'd been released from ICE custody.

x The moment Ricardo Mercado of Oakland sees his daughters, who had no idea he had been released on $5,000 bond from ICE custody after 9 months. He is still … Read More

ICE Blockade!

x Protesters form a giant human chain outside ICE office in San Francisco, denounce immigration raids.  Video: https://t.co/t0Blc0KCQ3 pic.twitter.com/zBte4DFxsR— Sara Bueno (@TVwebproducer) February 28, 2018 Hundreds of people have gathered … Read More

Oakland Deports ICE.

On the day Homeland Security announced planning for a major immigration raid in the Bay Area in response to sanctuary city laws… U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a … Read More

Just In: #DACA recipients can start applying for renewals.

x BREAKING: #DACA recipients can start applying for renewals. Follow @NILC_org for guidance soon! #ProtectDreamers  https://t.co/eRiDWsF1tw — Marielena Hincapié (@MarielenaNILC) January 14, 2018 Jan. 13, 2018, Update:  Due to a … Read More