by Lauren Parker | Jan 21, 2026 | Activism, Avelo Airlines, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation, Deportations, DHS, FEC, ICE, mass deportation, mass deportations, Op-Ed, PACs, Resistance, SEC, subsidies
In response to the terrifying intensification of ICE over the past year, both in their expanded presence and violence in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles, communities are mobilizing to protect each other, publicly denounce ICE, and form campaigns to peel away corporate support of ICE to weaken the various sources of ICE’s financial, political, and reputational power.
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by Derek Seidman | Jan 20, 2026 | AI, Banks, big tech, Billionaires, Cryptocurrency, data centers, Deregulation, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Fossil Fuels, News Analysis, Palantir, Private Equity, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Trump Administration, Venezuela, Wall Street
The first year of Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president has been a most profitable one for the Trump family and its inner circle. By now, much has been reported about the web of conflicts — the unapologetic ethical morass — that defines the second Trump administration and the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures, foreign business deals, military contracts, and more.
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by Sasha Abramsky | Dec 17, 2025 | Donald Trump, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, FEC, Federal Election commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Op-Ed, Regulation, Regulations, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Supreme Court, Trump Administration
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this month in a case that could dramatically strengthen presidential authority over federal regulatory agencies for the decades to come. The case, Trump v. Slaughter, grew out of President Donald Trump’s firing of a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) board member, Rebecca Slaughter, a Democrat — whom Trump himself had appointed during his first term in…
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