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Former Army Sergeant Bajun Mavalwalla II survived a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. He built a family, earned his GI Bill, and on the morning he was moving into his new home, Trump’s FBI agents showed up and put him in shackles. His “crime” was locking arms with fellow protesters against jackbooted ICE raids and standing for human rights. Mavalwalla is an American hero who carried top secret clearance and served as a crypto-linguist on special operations. He was trusted with sensitive intelligence that kept missions alive and fellow soldiers breathing. After Kabul fell, he used his skills and connections to guide Afghan allies and their families to safety and out of the Taliban’s grasp. This hero deserves as many medals as they can pin on him but instead   Trump’s traitorous prosecutors want to brand Bajun a criminal and lock him away for six years. That is how they treat a veteran who risked his life overseas and came home to keep fighting for what is right. Let me put this as plainly as I can: this is fascist bullsh**. Trump and his bootlickers are building a police state, one arrest at a time. They are criminalizing dissent, and they are using veterans as the test case. And anyone could be next. I have led troops under fire, and I know what it means to fight for freedom. That fight continues here and now, and I need you in it with me. Taking back a House majority is how we rip the teeth out of this police state garbage. It is how we stop Trump’s stooges from weaponizing the DOJ against protesters and veterans. And it is how we retire MAGA billionaire’s favorite bootlicker Richard Hudson once and for all. Chip in today and help me bury Hudson’s career, torch Trump’s police state, and stand with veterans like Bajun who show more guts in a single act of protest than Trump and Hudson could muster in their entire lives. DONATE TO FLIP THIS SEAT! Sappers clear the way, Airborne all the way! Maj. Richard Ojeda (Ret.) Candidate for Congress, NC-09

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Wednesday, September 23, 2026 With 'Blood-Soaked War Criminal' Set to Land in Mamdani's NYC, Calls Grow to Arrest Netanyahu The mayor has said New York can’t enforce the ICC warrant against Israel’s prime minister, but one human rights lawyer argued it’s “not the only tool available to the US when it comes to holding Netanyahu accountable.” Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends.   In Defiant UN Speech, Iranian President Says US and Israel Are the Real Terrorists Masoud Pezeshkian delivered his address after the president of the United States—which one progressive commentator called "the world's biggest terrorist"—again threatened to "annihilate" Iran.   Sanders, Casar Unveil Bill to Ban AI Superintelligence That 'Could Kill Countless Numbers of People' "When the future of humanity is at stake, we cannot let a handful of Big Tech CEOs write their own rules."   How Greedy Corporations Are Weaponizing AI to 'Squeeze' Consumers and Working Class Families "It's another attack on household budgets that add up, and which working people certainly shouldn’t be on the hook for."   'We Don't Waste Our Time' With Courts, Says Trump, Bragging of Extrajudicial Murders in Pacific and Caribbean Critics have described Trump's boat strikes as extrajudicial killings that violate due process. At a meeting during this week's gathering of the UN General Assembly, he seemed to agree.   'Sickening and Unacceptable': Anger Mounts as Trump and Vance Gleefully Rip Healthcare From 750,000 "Just six weeks out from the election, the Trump administration continues to kick working Americans while they’re down."

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MORE FROM OUR NEWSROOM • 'Historic': Seattle Passes First City Ban on AI-Enabled Surveillance Pricing • Critics Warn Trump-Backed Diesel Export Ban Could Further Drive US Economy Into the Ground • 58% of US Women Who Need Cheap Birth Control Could Lose Access Due to GOP Attacks on Planned Parenthood • ‘Trump Vanity Calculator’ Spotlights President's Abuse of $1.8 Billion in Taxpayer Funds Golden Donald Trump statue is seen at Trump National Doral on April 30, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images) “Trump’s abuse of taxpayer dollars is especially egregious at a time when families are grappling with high costs for rent, groceries, childcare, and other necessities,” said US Sen. Maggie Hassan. Democrats on the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday released a report calculating that taxpayer funding for President Donald Trump’s vanity projects has soared to more than $1.8 billion. Renovations made to the White House—including the president’s luxury ballroom—are the biggest projected expenses, as the analysis cites reporting from The Washington Post last month to estimate that they will cost $927 million. RECOMMENDED... ‘What a Disgrace’: Trump Treasury Dept. Refuses to Close Billionaire’s Private Jet Loophole Watchdogs Sue to Stop Wall Street’s ‘Pay-to-Play’ Access to Trump Truth Posts After the White House renovations, the second-most expensive Trump vanity project highlighted in the report is the estimated $400 million that will be required to provide security upgrades to the luxury jet the president received as a gift from the Qatari government. The report finds that taxpayers will also be on the hook for $257 in renovations to the the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, which the president has threatened to tear down unless he is allowed to slap his name on the side of the building. The president’s “Triumphal Arch” monument is another big-ticket item, as the report calculates it will cost $100 million to construct. Trump’s infamously botched attempt to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, meanwhile, is set to cost taxpayers $16 million. The Democrats on the JEC also released a Trump Vanity Calculator, an online tool that shows the opportunity costs of the president’s assorted projects. Among other things, the calculator shows that the $1.8 billion spent on the projects would be enough to pay for more than 607 million school lunches, or 117,000 additional Head Start slots, or 246,000 Pell Grants. Redirecting the spending on the Trump projects would also be enough to restore funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—which were cut as part of the Republican Party’s 2025 budget law—for over 429,000 families. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), ranking member of the JEC, said the report shows that Trump “has wasted taxpayer dollars on projects that benefit himself instead of the American people.” “Trump’s abuse of taxpayer dollars is especially egregious at a time when families are grappling with high costs for rent, groceries, childcare, and other necessities,” Hassan said. “President Trump admits that he doesn’t think about the financial situation of Americans, and the American people can see that; instead, he thinks about how he can use their money to build gold-plated monuments to himself.” During the 2024 presidential campaign, Trump promised to cut Americans’ energy costs in half while keeping the country out of foreign wars. In February, Trump launched an illegal war against Iran without any congressional authorization that has sent energy prices skyrocketing, including record-high prices for diesel fuel. Through it all, Trump has continued touting his vanity projects, including the aforementioned ballroom and arch, even as polls show that the high cost of living is American voters’ biggest concern. With the midterm elections just six weeks away, a survey released by CNN on Wednesday shows that just 24% of Americans say that Trump has the right priorities as president, while two-thirds say he has worsened economic conditions in the country. • 'The Powerful Fear Us': Spain's Sánchez and NYC's Mamdani Join Hands Against Right-Wing Fascism VIEW ALL NEWS Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up for free to receive daily news & progressive opinion delivered straight to your inbox.

OPINION House Republicans Pitch a Plan to Cut Social Security to Billionaire Donor Harlan Crow If Republicans want to cut our earned benefits, the American people deserve for them to tell us that to our faces, rather than weaseling around the job they were elected to do, and for which they earn a handsome salary. By Alex Lawson Stop Mad King Donald’s Iran War: An Open Letter to Members of the US Congress The war with Iran is Trump’s folly but Congress’s disgrace for not stopping it. By Jeffrey D. Sachs We May Never Know Who Bought the 2026 Midterms This critical 2026 midterm election may be decided by dark money, big money, tech money. Above all, secret money. The money storm is now gathering. It could tip the outcome of many races. And we may never really know what happened. By Michael Waldman The Urgency of Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in Yemen Recognition of Ansar Allah as the legitimate interim or transitional government of Yemen would be an important step to align the international response with the reality on the ground and with the Yemeni people’s desperate need for peace and self-determination. By Medea Benjamin,Nicolas J.S. Davies VIEW ALL OPINION

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