Jake Johnson

The RAISE Act: Trump Takes Aim At Legal Immigration

The RAISE Act would shut the door on hundreds of thousands of families and refugees. It’s cruel and un-American.

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Adding yet another wrinkle to his already "inhumane" immigration agenda, President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed a piece of legislation that would drastically curtail legal immigration, a move that sparked a torrent of criticism from activists and immigrant rights groups. The bill—titled the Reforming American Immigration for Strong

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Poll: Nearly Half Of Republicans Support Court-Ordered Press Censorship

45 percent of Republicans favor giving courts the power to shutter “biased” media outlets—a number commentators argued should be “scary for anyone concerned about the future of American democracy.”

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Jake Turx, a reporter for Ami Magazine, asks President Donald Trump a question at last week's press conference. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

As the Trump administration continues to make headlines for its attacks on the press and its attempts to prevent journalists from adequately covering White House press briefings, a recent YouGov/Economist poll (pdf) found that 45 percent of Republicans support giving courts the power to shut down "biased" media outlets—a result commentators

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Trump Openly Calls For Police Brutality In Long Island Speech

“America is once again a nation of laws, says Trump, who just told cops to beat the shit out of people they arrest.”

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In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be "rough" with those they detain—a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police brutality. "Don't be too nice," Trump said after

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Thank Disability Rights Activists, Not John McCain For Defeat Of Trumpcare

“Folks praising Murkowski, Collins, and McCain: I think you misspelled Hirono, ADAPT, and every activist resisting the Republican agenda.”

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Protesters supporting people with disabilities gather outside the White House in Washington, May 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Following the Senate's vote on Friday that dealt a crushing blow to the GOP's hopes of repealing Obamacare, major media outlets, Democratic lawmakers, and high-profile pundits singled out Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) vote against the so-called "skinny repeal" measure as the decisive factor in its downfall. But many are objecting strongly to this

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Trump Considers Expanding War In Afghanistan To Exploit Minerals

Trump is reportedly being encouraged by corporate executives to take advantage of Afghanistan’s mineral wealth

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Trump appears committed to the belief that mineral extraction "could be one justification for the United States to stay engaged in" Afghanistan, the New York Times reported. (Photo: DVIDSHUB/Flickr/cc)

As the 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan approaches, President Donald Trump is reportedly being pressured by a billionaire financier and a chemical executive to extend the scope of the conflict for one simple, greedy reason: to exploit Afghanistan's mineral reserves. According to James Risen and Mark Landler of the New York

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Since 1978 CEO Pay Soared 937%, Worker Wages Remained Flat

New analysis shows how corporate bosses rake in huge salaries and bonuses as inequality continues to soar.

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Wages for most American workers have remained basically stagnant for decades, but a new report published on Thursday by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows that the CEOs of America's largest firms have seen their pay soar at a consistent and "outrageous" clip. Between 1978 and 2016, CEO pay rose by 937 percent, EPI's Lawrence Mishel and

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Poll: Americans Oblivious, But Not Uncaring, To Overseas Suffering

“Near-famine, which is affecting 20 million people in Africa and the Middle East, is likely the least reported but most important major issue of our time.”

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A young boy who lost his leg in the Yemen war uses a prosthetic limb at a government-run rehabilitation center in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, March 5, 2016. Yemen's conflict pits the government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis allied with a former president. Yemen's war has killed at least 6,200 civilians and injured tens of thousands of Yemenis, and 2.4 million people have been displaced, according to U.N. figures. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

The vast majority of Americans are "oblivious" to the fact that more than 20 million people are on the brink of starvation in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan, and Nigeria, according to a recent survey conducted by the International Rescue Committee (IRC). A "staggering" 85 percent of Americans simply don't know that these nations are facing such

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