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1 day ago | alternet.org | Robert Reich

When it comes to non-Americans, Trump and his regime are clear: Foreigners — especially if they’re Chinese — are no longer wanted here. Nor are their products. Nor are we prepared to sell them our advanced technologies. But foreign bribes? Hell, they’re welcome at the highest levels, even if they result in some critical technologies reaching China. First, consider all the front doors now closing to China.

2 days ago | alternet.org | Alex V. Henderson

Education Secretary Linda McMahonFrontpage featuredDuring a congressional hearing on Wednesday, June 4, progressive Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pennsylvania) aggressively grilled Education Secretary Linda McMahon about education policies under the second Trump Administration — including President Donald Trump's vehement opposition to DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs. Lee tried to nail McMahon down on what specifically would be a violation of the Trump Administration's anti-DEI policies.

2 days ago | alternet.org | Alex V. Henderson

President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" — which narrowly passed in the U.S. House of Representatives in a 215-214 vote and is now being hotly debated in the U.S. Senate — is drawing intense criticism from both the left and the right, albeit for different reasons. Many Democrats vehemently oppose the bill's draconian cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but Elon Musk and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) believe the cuts don't go far enough.

2 days ago | alternet.org | Alex V. Henderson

Four and one-half months into Donald Trump's second presidency, two of his prominent critics on the left — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), both self-described "democratic socialists" — are touring the United States together and bringing their anti-MAGA agenda to large audiences. The fact that they come from different generations is no coincidence. Sanders, at 83, is a member of the Silent Generation, while the 35-year-old AOC is a Millennial.

2 days ago | alternet.org | Alex V. Henderson

Evangelical singer/preacher Sean Feucht has been a prominent figure in the MAGA movement, preaching far-right Christian nationalist views and heading the nonprofits Sean Feucht Ministries and Light a Candle.