Rights

Democratic Socialists Organize Nationwide for 'Medicare For All'

Displaying 'Hostility' Towards Women's Rights, Trump's State Dept. Omits Reproductive Freedoms From Annual Report

Julia Conley, staff writer

"From the beginning, this administration has sent the message that the United States will no longer prioritize efforts to hold the global community to account for human rights."

As International Outrage Grows, Israeli Soldiers Kill and Injure More in Gaza

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman was among those to express concern...

Marijuana Decriminalization Strides Forward as Schumer Announces New Federal Bill

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"The time has come to decriminalize marijuana," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday. (Photo: Elston/flickr/cc)

Schumer, the top Senate Democrat, says it's "simply the right thing to do."

Showing 'Total Disregard for Indigenous Rights and Public Wishes,' Trump Moves to Open Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Drilling

Memo Says Trump Suggested Journalists Be Raped in Jail To Make Them "Talk" and James Comey Just Laughed

Ahead of Nationwide Walkout, Study Shows More Mass School Shooting Deaths So Far This Century Than Entirety of Last

Where Is the Body of This Man Tortured to Death by the CIA?

'Total Failure of Governance' by Trump: Blackout Deepens Puerto Rico Crisis

Net Neutrality Advocates Hopeful as California Bill Advances Despite Lobbyists' Attack

In Effort to 'Strengthen' Democracy, New Jersey Enacts Automatic Voter Registration

California Democrats Under Fire for Siding With Telecom Lobbyists Against Net Neutrality Bill

For Intentionally Acting to 'Exacerbate Climate Crisis,' Youth Filed Suit Against GOP-Led Florida Government

Warning of 'Serious Consequences' If US Attacks Syria, Russian Says Chemical Attack Possible False Flag Operation

Outrage Over Puerto Rico's Plan to Close Nearly Third of Its Public Schools

'Live Luxuriously for Cheap – Like Scott!': Green Group Trolls EPA Chief Pruitt With Fake Rental Ads

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Trump Through the Looking Glass

After another up-is-down proclamation from the alternative reality of Trump World - his Earth Day claim that heedless capitalism will save the planet - it's enlightening to view two wildly divergent videos from his weekend trip to Key West. The first shows furious crowds screaming FUCK YOU! at his passing motorcade. The second, posted by Trump, shows the same scene but with slo-mo, waving, adoring crowds to the rhapsodic anthem, "God Bless the USA." Just think: He really does live there.