WTF is Happening To The US

Rampant corruption, totalitarianism, and swift decline into fascism: where is the soul of the American people?

By Kat K

Trump Administration
Is it time to disband the White House press corps?
dailykos.com - Eric Boehlert for Daily Kos
To the surprise of no one, the White House recently moved to purge reporters by taking away or restricting their daily press passes to 1600 …
Liberal View
Trump may pardon US war criminals, including Blackwater security guard who killed 14 unarmed Iraqis
ThinkProgress - Elham Khatami
"What message is he really trying to send to the military?” President Donald Trump is expected to pardon U.S. military service members who have been …
Lindsey Graham
Is Lindsey Graham really a hypocrite on impeachment? A look at the record
myrtlebeachonline.com - By Emma Dumain
Is Lindsey Graham really a hypocrite on impeachment? A look at the record On January 16, 1999, a Southern politician with a mop of faintly graying …
War Crimes
NYT: Trump Appears Ready to Pardon Several Americans Accused of War Crimes
slate.com - By Daniel Politi
It looks like President Donald Trump wants to make news around Memorial Day by pardoning several Americans who have been accused or convicted of war …
Constitutional Law
Trump Doesn't Care About the Law
The Atlantic - Garrett Epps
No president I know of has asserted a blanket power to reject any request that doesn’t suit him—until Donald Trump. In my long career as an academic jack-of-all-trades, I sometimes teach law students is,
Justin Amash
CNN Pundit: 'Republicans Have Been Cowards And Debased Themselves'
crooksandliars.com - Red Painter
BLACKWELL: Tara, i don't know the answer to this question. maybe you've answered this since the release of the Mueller report, but do you believe …
Citizenship
More immigrants became US citizens last year amid Trump immigration policies
Quartz - Youyou Zhou
As US immigration policies get more aggressive, citizenship becomes an ever more valuable asset. More than 544,000 immigrants became US citizens in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2018, overall
Houston, TX
Dad shoots man in his daughter’s bedroom — then the man stabs himself, TX cops say
kansas.com - By Kaitlyn Alanis
Dad shoots man in his daughter’s bedroom — then the man stabs himself, TX cops say When a Texas homeowner saw an armed man entering his daughter’s …
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Police release video of woman pushing elderly man off bus, leading to his death
news3lv.com - Phillip Moyer
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released video of a woman, identified by police as 25-year-old Cadesha Bishop, pushing an elderly …
The Bronx, NY
Bronx Cops Celebrated A Copwatcher’s Arrest. They Had No Idea They Were Caught On Tape.
theappeal.org - Ashoka Jegroo
New York City just paid Jose LaSalle of the Copwatch Patrol Unit nearly $900,000 over claims of false arrest related to the 2016 incident, but his …
UPDATE: Councilman Eric Barber sued over social media comments
wtap.com - Todd Baucher
A Parkersburg city councilman now faces a lawsuit, over yet another comment made on social media. A Parkersburg man has filed suit against Eric …
Brett Kavanaugh
WV Councilman On Kavanaugh's Confirmation: 'Get Your Coat Hangers Ready’
mavenroundtable.io - JakeThomas
A Republican elected official in West Virginia said Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court means liberals should get their “coat …
‘Better Get [Your] Coat Hangers Ready’: Pro-Kavanaugh Councilman from West Virginia Deletes Facebook Post After Complaints
newsweek.com
A councilman in West Virginia has deleted a Facebook post in which he said “get you’re [sic] coathangers ready” after Kavanaugh’s confirmation by the …
Liberal View
The Federal Government Has Poured Millions into Failing Charter Schools in Louisiana
commondreams.org - Jeff Bryant
When Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education under President Barack Obama, said Hurricane Katrina was the “best thing that happened to the …
Alabama
Investigation finds Alabama prison conditions are "unconstitutional"
CBS News - Jeff Pegues
Birmingham, Ala. — Officials in Alabama have until next week to make changes to the state's troubled prison system. A Justice Department …
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
US suspends all flights to Venezuela citing safety and security
ABC News - ABC NEWS
U.S. flights to Venezuela are being suspended due to safety and security concerns, officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said …
Mexico
Deported After Living In The U.S. For 26 Years, He Navigates A New Life In Mexico
NPR - Lulu Garcia-Navarro , Peter Breslow
When 29-year-old Gilberto Olivas-Bejarano first returned to his birth home, the Mexican city of León, he didn't speak the native language. He arrived in León alone, and today, nearly two years since his
Liberal View
The Evidence Against Trump Mounts, and Mounts, and Mounts | The Smirking Chimp
smirkingchimp.com
Mueller's obstruction count against Generalissimo Trump remains firmly at 10 — irrefutably. A federal judge ordered the release of a "public …
Kidnapping
Texas police find 8-year-old girl safe after she was kidnapped walking down the street with her mother
ABC News - Mark Osborne
Authorities have found an 8-year-old girl following a desperate overnight search after she was ripped away from her mother and pulled into a …
Eric Trump
501 Days in Swampland
New York Magazine - Joy Crane
On the day he took the oath of office, Donald Trump delivered two messages about what to expect from his administration. First came the lofty promise …
Omarosa Manigault Newman
‘The numbers don’t lie': Omarosa on gender pay lawsuit against Trump campaign
MSNBC - Weekends with Alex Witt
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former senior White House official, is backing a lawsuit filed by a former Trump campaign worker that claims the …
Abortion
'Women will die': how new abortion bans will harm the most vulnerable
Guardian US - Erin Durkin in Montgomery, Alabama, and New York
On the floor of the Alabama state senate this week, a robotic voice read nine pages of legalese that would define a new reality for women in the state: abortion would be a crime, starting from the moment
Ronald Reagan
‘Strongly pro-life’ Trump tweets on abortion
POLITICO - By DAVID COHEN
President Donald Trump on Saturday night indirectly addressed the nation’s recent spate of new abortion legislation, saying he was “strongly pro-life.” “As most people know, and for those who would like
Donald Trump
The House now has a constitutional duty to impeach Trump
Salon
Robert Reich: The House now has a constitutional duty to impeach Trump Donald Trump is causing a constitutional crisis with his blanket refusal to respond to any subpoenas. So what happens now? An impeachment
Joe Biden
Joe Biden rejects Democrats' anger in call for national unity
cbc.ca - The Associated Press ·
His party may be enraged by Donald Trump's presidency, but Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden insisted Saturday that Democrats will not …
Dallas, TX
'Heroes' lead police to Texas girl who was abducted while walking with her mother, police say
CNN - By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Faith Karimi, CNN
(CNN) — Authorities rescued a Texas 8-year-old Sunday after a vigilant duo saw the Fort Worth Police Department's description of the car suspected in her kidnapping and went hunting for it, police said.
Opinion (UK)
The Trump economy is hurting most Americans. Statistics won't fool voters
The Guardian - Robert Reich
The award for this year’s Biggest Backhanded Compliment to Trump goes to White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who recently predicted a Trump victory in 2020 because “people will vote for somebody
Donald Trump
No holds Barred: Trump and his troops push for imperial presidency
Guardian US - David Smith in Washington
He’s attempting to create a counter-narrative based on conspiracy theories in which the FBI is cast as the villain Sidney Blumenthal Barr says Trump’s campaign was ‘spied’ upon. Trump claims treason. are
Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers
NBC News - Mary Emily O'Hara
With little notice, President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that advocates say rolls back hard-fought victories for women in the workplace. Tuesday's "Equal Pay Day" — which highlights