This is how oligarchy destroys democracy - Alternet.org
Today we don’t know if the United States government will shut down tomorrow because, first, Elon Musk followed by his co-president Donald Trump, persuaded House Republicans to vote against a compromise bill, and then, last night, Republicans couldn’t summon enough votes for a stripped-down continuin...
This has not been the holiday season that so many of us had planned.Just two months ago, the good and righteous among us fervently hoped that America’s worst days would finally be put behind her, and a period of endless possibility would begin.Glass ceilings would be broken, and maybe for the time e...
Elon Musk’s latest legal filing against OpenAI marks his fourth attempt in less than a year to reframe his claims. However, his own words and actions speak for themselves—in 2017, Elon not only wanted, but actually created, a for-profit as OpenAI’s proposed new structure.
Time for Truthful Narratives on Immigration - CounterPunch.org
A quiet panic has broken out within immigrant communities across the United States ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Mixed-status families are expecting to be separated, DACA recipients foresee their status being revoked, those with Temporary Protected Status are pessimistic about the program remaining valid, and asylum seekers fear the worst. Indeed, if Project 2025’s anti-immigrant agenda is fully enacted, the horrors of family separation that the nation witnessed in 2018 under Trump’s first term will pale in comparison to what’s coming.
'Extraordinary situation': How Musk could personally reap billions from 'efficiency' panel - Alternet.org
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — the world's richest man with more than $320 billion in net worth — is openly planning an effort to gut federal budgets for virtually every agency. But he also stands to personally profit to the tune of potentially billions of dollars if some of those proposed cuts co...
It's not just Queer People who face threat if Project 2025 is activated.
Project 2025 also threatens other marginalized groups (people with disabilities, the elderly, immigrants, people dependent on government benefits for survival, and basically anyone who's not cis, white, straight, male, and Christian). Really… Project 2025 threatens ALL of us.