The Milwaukee Independent

4 days ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Todd Richmond

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to fast-track permits for building a protective tunnel around an aging Enbridge oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, stoking environmentalists’ fears that the project will escape scrutiny, damage the sensitive region, and perpetuate fossil fuel use. The move comes after Donald Trump issued an executive order in January declaring that the U.S. has become too dependent on foreign energy sources.

2 weeks ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Thom Hartmann

With almost no mention by our mainstream corporate press, Republicans in the House of Representatives are proposing to end all checks on the power of Donald Trump, effectively ending the American experiment of a democratic republic. It’s shockingly anti-American. Since the only branch of government standing against Trump right now is the courts, Republicans believe they’ve found a way to end that resistance. Here’s the backstory.

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1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

En una entrevista transmitida el 4 de mayo en Meet the Press de NBC News, la periodista Kristen Welker le preguntó al presidente Donald J. Trump si estaba de acuerdo con que toda persona en Estados Unidos tiene derecho al debido proceso. “No lo sé. No soy abogado. No lo sé”, respondió Trump. La Constitución de Estados Unidos garantiza que “ninguna persona será privada de la vida, la libertad o la propiedad, sin el debido proceso legal”.

1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their own vision for the United States. That shift burst dramatically into the open last night when Democratic Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker gave a barn-burning speech to Democrats in New Hampshire.