Saturday, June 14, 2025

■ The Week in Review

'As We Protest, We Build Solidarity': Millions Expected at 2,000+ 'No Kings' Rallies Nationwide

"No Kings. No Raids. No War," wrote one of the leaders behind the protests.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Jun 13, 2025

'It's Time for Kristi Noem to Resign,' Say Lawmakers After Assault on Padilla

"Every day," warned Sen. Elizabeth Warren, "Donald Trump is making this nation look more and more like a fascist state."

By Jon Queally • Jun 13, 2025

Trump-GOP Budget Bill 'Takes From the Poor and Gives Most to the Rich,' CBO Analysis Confirms

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the Republican legislation would cut household resources for the bottom 10% and boost them for the richest 10%, making it "uniquely regressive."

By Jake Johnson • Jun 13, 2025

'Netanyahu Is Sabotaging Diplomacy': Israeli Attack Kills Top Iranian Nuclear Negotiator

"This action ordered by Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to deliberately undermine ongoing American diplomatic negotiations about Iran's nuclear program," said one Democratic senator.

By Jake Johnson • Jun 13, 2025

'Horrifying Moment in Our Nation's History': Fellow Senators Denounce 'Assault' on Padilla

"Senator Padilla is a respected leader of great dignity and he has every right to ask a question of Secretary Noem without being slammed down and handcuffed," said one Democratic senator.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Jun 12, 2025

'Wow. Just Wow': New Poll Has Mamdani Ahead of Cuomo in NYC Mayoral Primary

"Everyone who is serious about defeating Andrew Cuomo needs to endorse Zohran Mamdani immediately," wrote one Democratic state senator.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Jun 12, 2025

'Don't Believe It': Senate GOP Claims Huge Public Land Sell-Off Would Alleviate Housing Crisis

"This isn't about building more housing or energy dominance. It's about giving their billionaire buddies YOUR land and YOUR money."

By Jake Johnson • Jun 12, 2025

'That's a Dictator': Trump Threatens Force Against Military Parade Protesters

"Worth stressing that he's not threatening rioters or people who are violent or lawless but literally just 'protesters.'"

By Jake Johnson • Jun 11, 2025

Tax the Rich, Cut Corporate Fraud: Khanna Details Progressive Path to Trim Deficit by $12 Trillion

"Do they think Americans can't do the math?" the California Democrat asked of Republicans in Congress. "We can—and we know their numbers don't add up. Ours do."

By Jessica Corbett • Jun 10, 2025

Hegseth Lays Out a Case for Troop Deployments in 'Any Jurisdiction in the Country'

"The standoff on the streets of Los Angeles," warned critics, "shows how truly eager Trump and his administration are to turn America's vast warmaking powers inward on the president's domestic foes."

By Jake Johnson • Jun 10, 2025

'What People Have Feared': ICE Impersonator Zip-Tied Woman and Stole $1,000

"Any criminal can now put on a mask, say he is from ICE, and conduct any crime," one group warned.

By Jessica Corbett • Jun 10, 2025

1,800+ 'No Kings' Rallies Planned Across US as Trump Deploys Military to Crush Protests

"We'll rise together and say: We reject political violence. We reject fear as governance. We reject the myth that only some deserve freedom," wrote the coalition behind "No Kings" rallies planned for June 14.

By Eloise Goldsmith • Jun 9, 2025

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■ Opinion

Israel's Unprovoked Bombing of Iran Violates International Law. Full Stop.

Trump himself paved the way to this war by trashing the 2015 nuclear deal, but now he must condemn—not support—this brazen and unlawful military campaign.

By Juan Cole • Jun 13, 2025

Reclaiming the Flag for No Kings Day

The flag represents the imperfect but essential mechanisms of democracy that Trump’s regime so profoundly threatens, ones that allow us to keep working for justice.

By Paul Rogat Loeb • Jun 12, 2025

Measuring Corporate Power by the Number of Marines in Los Angeles

Trump's authoritarianism didn't come from nowhere. It came from decades of corporate power building a system of exploitation, then using their media and political influence to blame the exploited for everyone's problems.

By Corbin Trent • Jun 11, 2025

Authoritarianism Isn't Coming—It's Here

What's playing out on the streets of Los Angeles and in the halls of Washington, D.C. is not a metaphor. This is a turning point.

By Joseph Geevarghese • Jun 11, 2025

This Flag Day, Find a 'No Kings' Protest Near You

American colonists revolted against George III, the “mad king” who governed them, 250 years ago. This year, a new mad king plans to celebrate his birthday on Flag Day with an expensive, over-the-top military parade, paid for by you the taxpayer. Don't stand for it.

By Marc Edelman • Jun 9, 2025

Is the US on the Path to Becoming a Failed State?

The deliberate undermining of democratic norms and the conflation of personal power with national interest are consistent with patterns seen in states that have tipped into authoritarian rule.

By Jesse Mackinnon • Jun 9, 2025