“kidnapped”:-1,000+-protest-after-masked-ice-agents-abduct-tufts-phd.-student-rumeysa-ozturk

Over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University on Wednesday after masked plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar, from the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. Surveillance video shows agents approaching her on the streets near her home Tuesday evening and handcuffing her while sheContinue Reading

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) today released the following statement announcing his intention to bring to the Senate floor two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to block the sale of certain offensive U.S. weaponry to Israel:Next week, I will force Senate votes on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval I have introducedContinue Reading

accountable.us-sounds-alarm-on-supreme-court-cases-that-threaten-to-greenlight-judge-shopping,-weaken-environmental-protections

Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Oklahoma v. EPA (consolidated with PacifiCorp v. EPA) and EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC. These cases pose a major threat to the integrity of the judicial system, and would enable special interest-backed groups to sue the EPA before ideologically-aligned judgesContinue Reading