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    Meet the far-right extremist plotting Trump's second term

    America First Legal founder Stephen Miller was behind some of Donald Trump's harshest policies, from family separations to the Muslim ban. "Hatemonger" author Jean Guerrero and New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb discuss how Miller plans to overhaul the Justice Department and build a "white nationalist America" if Trump is re-elected.

  • ‘Danger to our democracy’: fears over Trump allies’ summit with far-right sheriffs

    Mike Flynn, Mike Lindell and others to attend event on election fraud by Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers AssociationA group of far-right sheriffs is set to meet Donald Trump allies in Las Vegas on Wednesday for talks with dozens of Republican state officials and candidates focused partly on potential election fraud by non-citizens, which experts say is wildly overblown.The far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which the former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack...

  • ‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right

    Richard Grenell’s shadow foreign policy campaign is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interestsFor Donald Trump, he is “my envoy”, the man apparently anointed as the former US president’s roving ambassador while he plots a return to the White House.To critics, he is seen as “an online pest” and “a national disgrace” – and most importantly, the dark embodiment of what foreign policy in a second Trump administration would look like. Continue reading

  • Powerful conservative funds hand out millions to pro-Trump far-right groups

    Groups led by Stephen Miller and Charlie Kirk among recipients of large sums from Bradley Foundation and Bradley Impact FundTwo powerful conservative non-profits have donated millions of dollars to a number of pro-Trump groups led by the key far-right allies Stephen Miller, Charlie Kirk and others that have promoted election denialism, extremist anti-immigrant policies and legal challenges to bolster the Maga movement.Based in Wisconsin, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Bradley...

  • ‘Good news’: Mary Trump says ‘spotlight’ now being put on uncle’s bond deal

    Mary Trump said Friday she applauds New York Attorney General Letitia James for vetting the $175 million bond her uncle former President Donald Trump tried to file in his civil fraud trial. Trump also skewered Don Hankey — "the king of the subprime auto loan" who backed the bond James now seeks to investigate — in the most recent issue of The Good In Us."This is all good news for those who value transparency, accountability, and the rule of law," Mary Trump wrote. ALSO READ: 11 ways Trump...

  • UN rights body adopts first resolution to protect rights of intersex people

    The United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday voted to adopt a resolution designed to protect the rights of intersex people, the first initiative of its kind that diplomats and rights groups described as an landmark moment for human rights. Twenty-four countries voted in favour, twenty-three abstained and none voted against the resolution, which was spearheaded by Finland, South Africa, Chile and Australia. The U.N. has cited experts as saying that 1.7% of babies are born intersex,...

  • Vice President Kamala Harris blasts Trump saying he is to blame for Arizona abortion ruling during visit to the state as Trump says court's decision 'went too far'

    Harris traveled to Tucson on Friday just days after the AZ court's ruling. Donald Trump wrote Friday the state's Supreme Court 'went too far' with ruling but has praised the overturning of Roe and said issue should be left to states. READ MORE:

  • On the Right to Resist! Then and Now

    Are the Israelis carrying out crimes as did the German government in the 1940s? Yes. Did the Jews of that era have a right to resist these crimes? Yes. Do the Palestinians have a right to resist their oppression and persecution? Yes. Should the people of the world support the Palestinians? Yes again. Should Jewish people support Palestinians? Absolutely. If we are to uproot the soil on which antisemitism and all forms of racism flourish, we must oppose this racialized nationalism and racial...

  • It’s Not What the World Needs Right Now

    "It’s 2016. I’m a contemporary artist and have been living off of Medicaid, food stamps, and $20k annually since graduating from art school five years ago."

  • What the hell is going on with Tesla right now?

    Layoffs, project cancellations, Cybertruck delays and a bad fiscal quarter. Tesla once looked invincible, now it looks merely mortal.

  • Letter to the editor: Trump is right about abortion

    There is a fundamental flaw in Everett Piper’s argument in “The heart of Donald Trump and the immutable truth” (web, April 13).

  • How Retail Needs to Change Right Now

    On The Small Business Radio Show this week, I talked with Gary Hawkins who has been described as a visionary and retail industry expert.