Governor Gavin Newsom and other California leaders have vowed to fight back against President Donald Trump’s threat to deploy the National Guard to San Francisco, calling the move illegal, dangerous, and a direct assault on constitutional governance.
Mayor Daniel Lurie of San Francisco has rejected President Donald Trump’s suggestion to deploy the National Guard to the city, citing the lack of authority of the National Guard to arrest drug dealers and the city’s progress in reducing crime with the help of local, state, and federal law enforcement.
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been accused of sharing sensitive government information with unauthorized individuals, facing 18 counts of transmission and retention of national defense information.
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff initially supported President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to San Francisco for security, but later apologized, highlighting the blurring of power between private wealth and political force.
Trump’s threat to democracy is not that he will become a king, but that he has become a kleptocrat, exploiting national resources and stealing from the public treasury to enrich himself, his family, and his allies.
President Trump’s trade policy of tariffs has had a negative impact on American soybean farmers, leading to a decrease in exports to China and a potential bailout for the agriculture industry.
Richard Kahlenberg and Priya Jayachandran discussed how exclusionary zoning laws have caused economic and racial segregation in the US, and how reform could lead to more equitable and affordable communities.
Rejecting Columbus Day is not about erasing history, but about refusing to perpetuate a national holiday rooted in myth, conquest, enslavement and sexual terror, and instead honoring the survival, resilience, and cultural continuity of the Indigenous Peoples who endured.
The Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) has condemned the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing the Trump administration of using the Department of Justice to silence critics and undermine democracy.
In a world of digital distraction and entertainment, citizens are more likely to be controlled by pleasure and distraction than by pain and surveillance, making it easier for authoritarianism to creep in and take hold.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and nine other attorneys general have condemned President Trump’s attempts to suppress nonprofits’ freedom of speech and association, and have vowed to fight against any attempts to weaponize the government to suppress legitimate activities and constitutional freedoms.
The Davis Hate Free Together program needs to evolve beyond addressing individual prejudice and focus on fostering shared understanding and dialogue between groups, rather than using a “hate eradication” model that can be polarizing and counterproductive.
Florida is leading a coalition of 15 state attorneys general urging Attorney General Pam Bondi to support executions for pedophiles, in defiance of the 2008 Kennedy v. Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that bars the death penalty for child rapists.
The Trump administration is arming USCIS special agents with firearms and allowing them to make arrests, in an effort to weaponize the agency and make it harder for immigrants to obtain legal status and citizenship.
The ACLU has released a report detailing the Trump administration’s alleged retaliation against the Associated Press for refusing to adopt the administration’s preferred terminology for the Gulf of Mexico, warning that such actions place the US “in dangerous company”.
Activist George Galvis joins Pamela Price to discuss double standards in the justice system, while Pamela breaks down Trump’s weaponization of the Department of Justice and unmasks the hypocrisy of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
The Trump administration has deployed 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to restore law and order, a move that has been denounced by Illinois leaders and civil rights advocates as an unlawful and politically motivated show of force.
The University of California is facing a serious threat from the Trump administration, which is demanding concessions that would cede control of core university functions and compromise academic freedom, leading to a potential loss of significant research and other federal funding.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld a nationwide injunction against President Trump’s executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship, affirming the constitutional right to birthright citizenship and blocking the order from being enforced.
Vera’s research reveals that ICE is detaining more than 59,000 people across the US, with 17 private facilities holding over 1,000 people per day and 2 facilities exceeding 2,000 people, and the Trump administration has allocated an unprecedented $45 billion for detention and $30 billion for additional enforcement.