by Tania Unzueta Carrasco | Jan 7, 2026 | Border Patrol, Chicago, ICE, immigration, Mutual Aid, Op-Ed, Organizing, Resistance, Trump Administration
As the Trump administration expands immigration police surges across the country, what has stood out has been the acts of resistance. Communities and organizations have put together rapid response hotlines, protested outside hotels sheltering federal agents, and carried whistles to warn their neighbors when immigration police are nearby. That resistance has kept me alive and has been so necessary.
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by Julia Conley | Jan 6, 2026 | Denmark, Greenland, Imperialism, News, Nicolás Maduro, Oil, Stephen Miller, Trump Administration, Venezuela
“Belligerent” was how one Democratic lawmaker described a diatribe given by top White House adviser Stephen Miller on CNN Monday evening regarding the Trump administration’s right to take over Venezuela — or any other country — if doing so is in the supposed interest of the US. To Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), however, Miller was simply providing viewers with “a very good definition of…
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by Marianne Dhenin | Jan 6, 2026 | Civil Rights, COVID-19, Disability Justice, disability rights, Donald Trump, education, health care, ICE, Indigenous Peoples, Medicaid, Migrants, Mutual Aid, News Analysis, Racial Justice, Trans Rights, Trump Administration, Voting Rights
Since Donald Trump marched back into the White House in January 2025, his administration has waged an all-out war on disabled people. Trump has issued executive orders rolling back civil rights protections, slashed funding for vital services and support, and advocated for legislation that would ramp up institutionalization. The administration’s actions reflect the cruel and dehumanizing…
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by Maha Hilal | Jan 6, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Courts, Donald Trump, Guantánamo, Guantánamo Bay, immigration, Nicolás Maduro, Op-Ed, Supreme Court, Travel Ban, Trump Administration, Venezuela
At a press conference on January 3, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had carried out strikes on Venezuela and captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Trump alleged that Maduro oversaw the Cartel de los Soles and had sent members of the Tren de Aragua gang to the United States to terrorize Americans. Unlike previous U.S. presidents…
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by Marjorie Cohn | Jan 6, 2026 | Donald Trump, News Analysis, Nicolás Maduro, Trump Administration, UN Charter, Venezuela
The Trump administration’s massive military attack on Venezuela, launched with 150 aircraft, reportedly killed upwards of 80 people, including civilians. In utter defiance of the mandates of the United Nations Charter, U.S. forces launched the attack as they kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores, who have been transported to New York…
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by Amy Goodman | Jan 6, 2026 | Big Oil, Donald Trump, Interview, Nicolás Maduro, Oil, Trump Administration, United Nations, Venezuela
forces attacked Venezuela and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a Saturday night raid. About 80 people were reportedly killed, including 32 Cubans. Democracy Now! speaks with Andreína Chávez, a Venezuelan reporter based in Caracas, who calls the strikes an “imperialist attack.” Trump also said the U.S. would take the oil from Venezuela, which has the world’s largest…
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