Inside Trump’s Reversal on ICE

President Trump woke up this morning with an urgent message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed on U.S. streets: They were to pay no mind to the internal memo, issued barely a day earlier, telling them to suspend vehicle stops amid a public outcry over two fatal shootings by ICE officers in less than a week. Trump was issuing his own orders. “We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!,” the president wrote on his Truth Social network. “Once we…

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Time to Bury Blanche’s Nomination as Deep as He Buried the Epstein Files

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a confirmation hearing today in response to President Donald Trump’s nomination of his personal lawyer Todd Blanche to become the next U.S. attorney general, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Katie Bethell released the following statement: “Todd Blanche’s record of blind loyalty to Trump over allegiance to the law and his country is disqualifying, full stop. As Trump’s Epstein fixer and personal lawyer, Blanche spent years keeping Trump out of prison and has zero credentials or credibility to run the agency meant…

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What Lindsey Graham Wanted

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died unexpectedly last night, was a pivotal citizen of the Washington conversation. He loved being in the mix, slapping bipartisan backs off camera, and then, when the lights came on, cracking wise, weighing in, and, yes, currying favor with a certain Audience of One. What could be more fitting, then, for Graham—unable to be a participant on this fateful Sunday morning—to actually become the only thing better: the main topic of the news. He died as he lived. Graham was a complex character—his private life, sudden…

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Organizing 101: Know Your Rights: A Protest Guide for Activists and Organizers

This blog is part of a larger series called “Organizing 101: Outrage to Organizing”  Knowing Your Rights Matters Now More Than Ever Protests and demonstrations are a way people show the powers-that-be they are mighty and deserve to be heard. Throughout history, protests have helped create real change, pushing leaders to make changes that improve people’s lives. But attending a protest can feel uncertain, especially if it’s your first time. To be fully prepared and stay safe, read up on your rights during protests. Knowing-your-rights trainings and educational materials exist…

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