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‘Biased’ conservatives on Supreme Court allow Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule to go into effect pending appeals (updated)

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Back in January, the U.S. Supreme Court let Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule to go into effect pending appeals. On Friday night, the Supreme Court removed the last remaining obstacle to immigrant ‘wealth test’: The Supreme Court on Friday night removed the remaining obstacle to the Trump administration’s plan to implement new “wealth test” rules … Read more

The batshit crazy right-wing insanity going on in Arizona that the GOP-friendly local media entirely fail to report

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I really can’t stand watching local television news programming for anything but the weather report. When the talking heads reading from the teleprompter do what they call their “national news” segment, it invariably means whatever “Dear Leader” tweeted today. This is how Donald Trump controls the content of the news, even though his Twitter missives … Read more

Arizona Supreme Court moves Arizona one step closer to a theocratic state

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First Amendment religious freedom is a shield against governmental infringement. But right-wing lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom have transformed First Amendment religious freedom jurisprudence into a sword in order to infringe upon the rights of individuals who do not share their religious views, i.e., evangelical Christian fundamentalism. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled (.pdf) today in a … Read more

Donald Trump’s anti-Semitic ‘dual loyalty’ trope was actually a threat (Updated)

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Earlier this year, the Republican Jewish Coalition, which receives substantial funding from corrupt casino mogul and GOP megadonor Sheldon Adelson, strategized what they called a “Jexodus” of Jewish voters from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party “with an aggressive campaign painting Trump — who has himself faced accusations of stoking anti-Semitism —as an [unquestioning] … Read more