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

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 fog of fascism descends upon America

Doctor Steven Jonas correctly noted in his 2015 essay, Fascism in the 21st Century: When we are looking at 21st century fascism, in the context of what is happening in certain of the capitalist states, at the present particularly in the United States, it should be noted that it is entirely possible that wholesale violence … Read more

A Republican ‘tyranny of the minority’ white rule

Elie Mystal, The Nation’s justice correspondent, has an excellent piece. Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy: The Republican Party has acquitted President Donald Trump. That result was always the most likely outcome of the impeachment process. The inability of even 20 Republican senators to break free from the cult of Trump was widely assumed. But it … Read more

White supremacists rally on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in Virginia

It’s not accident or happenstance that the radical right chose the Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday holiday to hold its “gun rights” rally in Virginia. It is in reality a white supremacist rally, a sequel to the violent Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally in 2017 (above photo), in support of Trump’s MAGA cult followers’ fantasies … Read more

AZ GOP: no sanctuary for refugees fleeing violence, but sanctuary for guns (Updated)

The Arizona Republican Party, like clockwork, every two years drags out its anti-immigrant hysteria to fire up its nativist and racist base to turn out the Republican vote. Drug seizures and arrests made by the Border Strike Force were key talking points in Gov. Doug Ducey’s re-election campaign. The Governor’s Office did not provide supporting documents … Read more