by Chris Walker | Oct 20, 2025 | Donald Trump, Insurrection Act, militarization of U.S. cities, National Guard, News, Polls
Two sets of recent polling data demonstrate that Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s actions in office so far — particularly his mobilization of the National Guard in U.S. cities. A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday found that Americans largely disapprove of troops being deployed to U.S. cities when there isn’t an external threat. Nearly 6 in 10 Americans, 58 percent…
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by Jessica Corbett | Oct 19, 2025 | Military Spending, National Guard, NDAA, News, Pentagon, Republicans
Senate Democrats are blasting President Donald Trump’s increasingly authoritarian behavior and congressional Republicans for shutting down the US government to preserve devastating healthcare cuts, but over half of them voted with the GOP late Thursday to give nearly $1 trillion to the Pentagon, which has never passed an audit. The final vote on the Senate’s $925 billion version of the…
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