Weekend Edition | Texas Democrats Flee State to Thwart Trump-Led Plot Against Democracy

 

Sunday, August 3, 2025 ■ Today's Top News  Texas Democrats Flee State to Thwart Trump-Led Plot Against Democracy In order to prevent a quorum, state representatives in the Texas House are leaving the state to combat what one Democratic lawmaker called "the rot at the core of our broken political system." By Jon Queally 'Stop Genocide!' 300,000 March Across Sydney Bridge for Gaza "One has to be blind not to see that Israel has completely lost the majority of the world—including in the West." By Common Dreams Staff 'This Is Damaging': Former BLS Chief Slams Trump Firing of McEntarfer Over Weak Jobs Report "Authoritarians always try to control and dominate the information landscape to undermine opposition to their harmful policies," said the head of one consumer watchdog group. By Jon Queally 'Unfit and Unqualified': Senate GOP Confirm Pro-Trump 'Attack Dog' Jeanine Pirro as US Attorney "By confirming Pirro," said one critic, "Senate Republicans made one thing clear: they care more about pleasing Donald Trump than honoring their constitutional duty to advise and consent on presidential nominations." By Jon Queally 'Here It Comes': Leaked Hegseth Memo Suggests More US Troops on US Streets "The worst we've been waiting for," wrote one legal scholar in response to an internal DHS-DoD document reportedly authored by Philip Hegseth. By Jon Queally 'Authoritarian Horrors' of Trump Dealt Blow by Federal Appeals Court The 9th Circuit upholds lower court ruling against ICE raids denounced as 'unconstitutional' by legal plaintiffs in California. By Jon Queally JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News Top UNICEF Official Says Gaza Children 'Being Starved' by Israel In Boost to 'Dictator' Bukele, El Salvador Abolishes Presidential Term Limits 'Stop Starving Gaza': 50 Arrested for Jewish-Led Protest at Schumer and Gillibrand's Offices Trump Deploys Nuclear Subs in 'Reckless' Response to Russian Official's Provocation VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Trump’s Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of Homelessness Won’t Work; Just Ask Kentucky In April 2024, the Kentucky legislature passed HB 5—the bill that paved the way for Kentucky to ticket and arrest people trying to survive outside. Then, homelessness rose 10%. By Shameka Parrish-Wright Ghislaine Maxwell Seems to Have New Friends in High Places Convicted sex offenders typically aren’t eligible for the cushier federal prison camps. Yet here we are. By Steven Harper The Gilded Lie: Trump’s Ballroom, a Ballooning Deficit, and the Reign of Useful Splendor Trump’s defenders will call the ballroom symbolic. They are right. It symbolizes a state that has abandoned the moral obligations of government and replaced them with architecture. By Jesse Mackinnon The Cruelty and Speciousness of Bret Stephens' Denial of Genocide Bret Stephens brings an unprecedented power over the editorial board at The New York Times because he is seen as the voice of the Israeli government-can-do-no-wrong domestic lobby. By Ralph Nader VIEW ALL OPINION

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