An Impeachment Smoking Gun: The Damning Letter Trump Can’t Cover Up
Donald Trump with Rudy Giuliani in 2016Carolyn Kaster/AP Smoking guns ain’t what they used to be. Last week, one such smoking gun emerged that should have been a turning point in the Ukraine episode, for this was proof—confirmation—that Donald Trump pressured Ukraine not for any official policy aims, but for his own personal benefit. Yet…
Torture, Rape, and Kidnapping at the Border: A New Report Lays Bare the Horror of Trump’s Asylum Plan
Migrants applying for asylum in the United States wait in a holding area at a new tent courtroom in Laredo, Texas. Eric Gay/AP Homeland Security officials sent a seven-year-old asylum seeker and victim of sexual assault back to Mexico because she failed a fear screening interview that took place over the phone. A Cuban migrant…
Evangelicals Love Donald Trump for Many Reasons, But One of Them Is Especially Terrifying
The enemies of Israel have unleashed a massive air attack on the Promised Land. Hundreds of fighter jets streak across the sky. But before Israel can be destroyed, fire rains from the heavens and the enemy jets explode in mid-air with no explanation. Hailstones the size of golf balls follow the fire. The ground shakes.…
Van Jones Isn’t Ready to Give Up on Finding Common Ground With Trump
Mark Wilson/Getty As the Senate impeachment trail gets underway, lawmakers are sticking closely to the marching orders for their chosen tribe. Partisanship hangs over the nation, heavier than ever. But Van Jones says he hasn’t give up on meaningful bi-partisan cooperation. The CNN star worked in the Obama White House as the “Green Jobs Czar”,…
Hey, Voters, Send Us Your Political Mail!
Scott Varley/Digital First Media/Torrance Daily Breeze via Getty Images The 2020 Democratic primary is already underway. In less than two weeks, Iowans will convene in houses and gymnasiums for the first-in-the nation caucus. In Minnesota, early voting has already begun for the state’s March 3 primary. Which means that, across the country, mailboxes are starting…
A Brave Journalist (And Friend of Mine) Just Got Arrested…For Going to a Public Meeting
Philip Jacobson, an editor at MongabayCourtesy of Mongabay Yesterday I woke up to horrible news, a Facebook message alerting me that a good friend had been arrested and detained while working in Indonesia. Philip Jacobson, 30, is an editor for Mongabay, a US-based nonprofit that covers environmental news in the Southeast Asian archipelago and around…