Bill Lueders

3 days ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

The call that woke Judy Karofsky in the middle of the night on May 18, 2015, was from a hospice nurse, who got right to the point: “I’m calling to tell you that your mother has died.” Karofsky, deeply shaken by the unexpected news, managed to ask, “Did she struggle?”  Karofsky’s important new book, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, does not mention the hospice nurse’s response to this question.

1 week ago | progressive.org | Bill Lueders

In early February, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order calling for the creation of a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” and “protect the religious freedoms of Americans” by ending “the anti-Christian weaponization of government.” It fits the narrative that religious conservatives, including Christian nationalists, have sought to create about how radical leftists are allegedly trying to take away people’s religious freedom.

2 weeks ago | thebulwark.com | Bill Lueders

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FEARED THE WORST about the second coming of Donald J. Trump, yet no one—absolutely no one—expected this. The level of chaos, confusion, incompetence, and sheer unvarnished cruelty, it’s safe to say, has exceeded all expectations. As Trump’s approval ratings plunge and his lunacy levels fly off the charts, it’s getting gosh-darn hard to keep up. Perhaps this quiz can help sort things out. Consult the footnotes for answers. A.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bill Lueders

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FEARED THE WORST about the second coming of Donald J. Trump, yet no one—absolutely no one—expected this. The level of chaos, confusion, incompetence, and sheer unvarnished cruelty, it’s safe to say, has exceeded all expectations. As Trump’s approval ratings plunge and his lunacy levels fly off the charts, it’s getting gosh-darn hard to keep up. Perhaps this quiz can help sort things out. Consult the footnotes for answers. 1.

3 weeks ago | thebulwark.com | Bill Lueders

ON MARCH 25, RÜMEYSA ÖZTÜRK, a Turkish national working on her Ph.D. at Tufts University, was snatched off the street near her apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, by masked, plainclothes federal immigrant agents. She was placed under arrest, handcuffed, chained at the waist, put in ankle shackles, and shipped off to a series of immigration detention facilities before ending up at one in Louisiana, where she remains.