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Trump drags Bill Clinton and Obama into his feud with Minneapolis mayor, claims they paid “almost nothing” for visits
The president launched a flurry of tweets at Mayor Frey and his escalating war of words took an unexpected turn.
White House refuses to cooperate with impeachment inquiry, arguing president is above the law
Trump argues that the constitutional process for accountability amounts to a kangaroo court.
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Conway trashes Trump for refusing to cooperate with Congress: “an impeachable offense” itself
Kellyanne Conway’s husband responded to the president’s astonishing letter to Congress with a blistering takedown.
Judge warns DeVos: ‘I’m not sending anyone to jail yet’ but it’s an option
The unfit Education Secretary continued to try to collect payments on loans that had been forgiven.
Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack after Trump betrays allies
Turkey has been massing troops for days along its border with Syria and vowed it would go ahead with the military operation and undeterred by Trump’s tweeted threats over its plans against the Kurds.
Trump’s Justice Department stuns judge by arguing that Watergate should have happened differently
Chief Judge Beryl Howell was audibly surprised when Trump’s DOJ trotted out Richard Nixon to protect the current president.
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White House officials reveal Trump’s obsession with giving his staff lie detector tests
The president’s growing frustration with the leaks flowing from the White House is driving him to desperate measures.
China to Trump: No, we won’t investigate Biden for you
The Chinese government let the president know they would not become pawns in his political games.
Carter’s impeachment advice to Trump: ‘Tell the truth…for a change’
The former president said that despite the long odds in the Senate, “of course impeachment [of the current president] is possible, and removal from office is possible.”
For first time ever, US billionaires pay lower tax rate than workers
The Republican tax scam is playing out just like its architects wanted.
Today’s Action: Stop the Uyghur Muslim genocide in China
China has placed over one million Uyghur Muslims into concentration camps. The ethnic minority Turkic Uyghurs number approximately half the population of the resource-rich Xinjiang region of Western China…and they are being disappeared in a real-time genocide that desperately demands global response.
The detained Uyghur Muslims are physically and psychologically tortured, and there are reports of waterboarding and sterilization. Recent reports also suggest the Chinese government is harvesting organs, cutting open the victims bodies for kidneys, hearts, livers, and more while the prisoners are kept alive. Activists say the bodies of the dead in the camps are being cremated, so it is difficult to tell how many have been killed thus far. And all Uyghurs have been forced to renounce Islam, the practice of which has been criminalized.
Trump has stayed silent, along with other world leaders. We must push, not just our government, but corporations and community hard on this issue. Here are several ways to help:
- Urge your Members of Congress to cosponsor the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019 (S.178/H.R.649) and the Uighur Act of 2019 (H.R.1025). Not all Democrats have signed on yet, though some Republicans have!
- Urge the leaders of your religious or civic communities to speak up about this genocide. You can share these resources to help them get started.
- Write to the International Olympic Committee and urge them to demand China cease its horrors or move the 2022 Beijing Olympics to a country not committing genocide. #NoRightsNoGames2022
- Contact 2-3 of these Fortune 500 companies you use most that are currently doing business in the Xinjiang region and urge them to cease operations and sales until the Chinese government ends its concentration camps.
No genocide should be ignored. Help spread the word for Uyghur Muslims today.
PS — Please don’t forget to sign the petition calling on the Senate to revoke Trump’s authority to wage war unilaterally, and check out the brilliant “Don’t Think of an Elephant” by George Lakoff — a quick read that contains the ultimate keys for Democrats to win elections — and arguments.
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