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1 month ago | therealnews.com | Stephen Janis |Taya Graham |Stephen Janis Host |Taya Graham Host

We’ve been reporting from the US Capital over the past several weeks, hoping to document how Congress is responding to the authoritarian impulses of the Trump administration.  It has been fruitful, albeit chaotic. There have been colorful press conferences and illuminating back-and-forths with Republican legislators, but not in the way we expected.  Republicans, it seems, are happy to dispense with democracy, provided liberals go with it into the dustbin of history.

1 month ago | therealnews.com | Taya Graham |Stephen Janis |Taya Graham Host |Stephen Janis Host

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2 months ago | therealnews.com | Taya Graham |Stephen Janis |Taya Graham Host |Stephen Janis Host

Last week, we attended a protest outside the US treasury to oppose Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal purse. It was raucous and impassioned but also revealed something that we had not fully grasped until we tried to peek our cameras over the surging crowd: the current lethargy of the left is more than just a temporary illness. Several key Democratic legislators, along with a federal workers union, called the demonstration to push back against Trump’s historic executive overreach.

2 months ago | therealnews.com | Taya Graham |Stephen Janis |Taya Graham Host |Stephen Janis Host

On the campaign trail and beyond, Donald Trump and MAGA right have repeatedly presented themselves as the true representatives of America’s beleaguered working class. And yet, like the Capitol rotunda on Inauguration Day, Trump’s administration is filled with billionaires, mega-millionaires, and corporate oligarchs whose staggering wealth is increasing year after year while working people struggle to get by. How are people, voters and nonvoters alike, supposed to square this seeming contradiction?