-
1 month ago | 
juancole.com | Andrea Mazzarino |Juan Cole
( Tomdispatch.com ) – I don’t know about you, but the news continues to stress me out. Trump administration officials are using any excuse they can think of to detain and deport people whose points of view — or whose very existence on U.S. soil — seem to threaten their agenda.
-
2 months ago | 
juancole.com | Andrea Mazzarino |Juan Cole
( Tomdispatch.com ) – The second administration of President Donald J. Trump has already started working its special magic across the Washington, D.C. capital region. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have fired tens of thousands of federal workers, with more to come. Those who have lost their jobs include people who find housing and other support for veterans struggling with mental illness.
-
Feb 21, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Alan MacLeod |Lee Morgenbesser |Andrea Mazzarino
Federal employees along with ordinary citizens rallied and protested at the now-infamous Tesla showroom here on February 19 to express their solidarity to stop Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team from gutting federal services through mass layoffs.
-
Feb 21, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Andrea Mazzarino |T Navin |Phil Pasquini |Todd Miller
President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country,” coupled with Fox News reports on Hispanic-appearing migrants who commit crimes, leave little doubt about what he and his allies think of (non-white) immigrants and their contributions to this country.
-
Feb 21, 2025 | 
juancole.com | Andrea Mazzarino |Juan Cole
( Tomdispatch.com ) – President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. His statements that immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of our country,” coupled with Fox News reports on Hispanic-appearing migrants who commit crimes, leave little doubt about what he and his allies think of (non-white) immigrants and their contributions to this country.
-
Jan 31, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Sally Dugman |Kevin Reed |Eric London |Andrea Mazzarino
The last Friday in August in central Massachusetts was very hot — almost one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (37.778 Celsius). That afternoon, I went out on my front porch to get my mail, and suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous after which I, without any time lapse, immediately fell down in a kind of faint. Then I realized not too much later that I couldn’t walk anymore.
-
Jan 28, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Kevin Reed |Eric London |Andrea Mazzarino |Phil Pasquini
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers dramatically increased daily arrests of immigrants in cities across the US beginning on Sunday under orders from the Trump White House. In a meeting on Saturday, Trump administration officials demanded quotas for ICE arrests be raised from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 people per day.
-
Jan 23, 2025 | 
fpif.org | Andrea Mazzarino |John Feffer
Originally published in TomDispatch.
This country, once a haven for immigrants, is now on the verge of turning into a first-class nightmare for them.
-
Jan 21, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Eric London |Soma Marla |Phil Pasquini |Andrea Mazzarino
by Eric London and Andrea LoboDonald Trump’s second term began with his signing the first in a series of unprecedented executive orders aimed at restricting immigration and democratic rights. Trump signed an initial set of orders in front of a crowd of supporters chanting “USA! USA! USA!” at an arena in Washington D.C. and returned to the White House where he signed further orders. Included among those signed are a ban on birthright citizenship.
-
Jan 20, 2025 | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Andrea Mazzarino |Jay Janson |Bharat Dogra
To the delight of the MAGA crowd, today’s inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States is a dream achieved. In ensuring a peaceful transition, the streets have been flooded with police from across the country, accompanied by road closures and blockades along with security fencing to create a wide perimeter around the Capitol and the White House. The net effect, oddly, is not too dissimilar to that which existed in the aftermath of the J6 insurrection.
