WEEKEND EDITION: Violent Threats Against FBI Soar as Trump Lies About Mar-a-Lago Search

 

The Week in Review 'Game-Changer and Reason for Hope': House Passes Inflation Reduction Act "We've got more to do," Rep. Pramila Jayapal said on the House floor. "But today, let's celebrate this massive investment for the people." Read more → 'Let's Send Ron Johnson Packing': Mandela Barnes Wins Wisconsin Senate Primary "We're going to the Senate to rebuild the middle class," said Barnes. "We're going to protect the right to choose. We're going to fight to make the American Dream an American reality." Read more → Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years Military contracting "obscures where and how taxpayer money flows," and "makes it difficult to know how many people are employed, injured, and killed," said the Costs of War Project report's author. Read more → 'Lock and Load': Trump-Loving Extremists React to FBI Search of Mar-a-Lago "None of this demonstrating in the snow shit," one commenter wrote in a MAGA forum. "Summertime was made for killing fields." Read more → Sinema Received Over $500K From Private Equity Before Shielding Industry From Tax Hikes "Remember the days when taking half a million bucks from an industry, and then passing legislation that only benefits that industry, while passing the costs onto everyone else, would be called corruption?" asked one critic. "Today it's just lobbying as usual." Read more → Violent Threats Against FBI Soar as Trump Lies About Mar-a-Lago Search Menacing messages posted online "include a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of FBI Headquarters" and "general calls for 'civil war' and 'armed rebellion,'" officials warned. Read more → VIEW ALL NEWS Quality journalism. Progressive values. Our new media model is simple: we rely on our readers and thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward. No ads; no paywalls: our content is free, and our readers sustain us. DONATE TODAY Opinion In Ukraine, Nuclear Catastrophe Looms Instead of focusing on who is to blame for creating this dire situation, Ukraine, Russia, and the international community need to work together to figure out how to stem the danger of a strike on Zaporizhzhia or its supporting safety systems. by William Hartung Read more → Partisan Gerrymandering Is Carving Up US Democracy To reverse the long-term decline of compet­it­ive districts, reforms to create fairer, more inde­pend­ent map-draw­ing processes will be essen­tial. by Michael Li, Chris Leaverton Read more → What the GOP Really Loves Is Money, Power, and Hate If this was just routine political corruption by a few rogue politicians, it would be a problem but not a crisis—however—this cynical embrace of strongman oligarchy has put America itself at risk. by Thom Hartmann Read more → VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194