AMERICAN WAY FEBRUARY 2020
SPOTLIGHT
PFAW Activists Rally to Reject the Cover-Up in the Impeachment Trial of Trump
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From the very beginning of the impeachment process, congressional Republicans worked to dismiss serious concerns about the president’s corrupt behavior, even though it will have lasting impacts on our national security. By refusing to even hear from key witnesses or require production of crucial documents, Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans made a sham of the trial.
Earlier this month, PFAW members and other activists rallied in Washington, D.C. and in 300 communities across the country to denounce the failure of the Senate to remove Donald Trump from office.
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See also a recent op-ed from PFAW's Diallo Brooks on ways progressives can leverage the energy from the impeachment fight in the coming months - including holding Republicans accountable for their cover-up during the November election. >>
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THIS MONTH
The Sorry State of Our Union
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address provided him with one more opportunity to deliver his favorite bogus claims about how everything in the U.S. under his leadership is bigger than ever, better than ever, stronger than ever. In reality, Trump and his policies are making life harder for millions of people, undermining American ideals, and weakening our ability as a nation to come together around solutions to urgent problems facing the country and the world.
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Democracy For All Amendment Receives Historic First Hearing in the House
Earlier this month, the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held the historic first hearing in the House on the Democracy For All Amendment. This amendment would write core protections for democratic election finance reform into the Constitution to overturn the harms done by the Supreme Court in the 2010 decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C. and related cases.
This hearing marked a crucial milestone in the fight to get money out of politics and speaks to the power of the grassroots movement we’ve been building together over the last decade.
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We Must Reject the Trump Administration's Growing Hostilities to Immigrant Communities
This month the Trump administration escalated its racist attacks on immigrants and people of color on multiple fronts.
Earlier this month, the administration expanded their racist and Islamaphobic travel ban to include seven additional Middle East and African countries, while also aggressively expanding a policy at the Department of Justice that could be weaponized to denaturalize immigrants they deem unfit to be citizens of the United States.
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See a recent press release denouncing the Trump Administration's expansion of denaturalization efforts >>
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Right Wing Watch: James Dobson Gloats That Trump Judges Are ‘Literally Changing the Nature of the Judiciary’
Focus on the Family founder James Dobson celebrated the success of “godly” activists working behind the scenes to get right-wing judges nominated to the federal court, saying, “They’re literally changing the nature of the judiciary.”
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CONFIRMED JUDGES, CONFIRMED FEARS: THE DEVASTATING HARM ALREADY DONE BY CONFIRMED TRUMP FEDERAL JUDGES
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Sotomayor Slams Trump, Conservative Justices for Bias
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Trump Judges Threaten to Strip Protestors’ First Amendment Rights
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Trump Judge Ignores Sentencing Error to Require Man to Spend 10 More Years in Prison
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MORE NEWS & ANALYSIS
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Andrew Gillum: “We can’t afford a voting rights foe on the 11th circuit”
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The 2020 CBC Convening: A Fair Census, Voting Rights and Expanding the Electorate
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Mincberg: Joni Ernst’s Judicial Votes Threaten Iowans’ Health and Safety
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Mitch McConnell Must Take the For the People Act Out of His Legislative Graveyard
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Trump Judge Would Ignore New Evidence to Deny Reopening of Asylum Claim
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Trump Judge Ignores Well-Settled Statutory Interpretation to Deny Spousal Visa
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Trump Judges Try to Prevent Withdrawal of Guilty Plea Despite Court Error
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Trump Judges Bush and Larsen Let Airline Fire Employee Who Made Public Safety Complaints
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Congress Must Enact Substantial Reforms As Surveillance Authorities Expire
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Ninth Circuit Trump Judges Uphold Abortion Gag Rule
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Trump Judges Uphold Man’s Imprisonment Although Police Ignored Request for Counsel
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Trump Judge Would Deny Discovery Requests in Sex Discrimination Case
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Trump Judge Tries to Approve Improper Removal of Juror
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RIGHT WING WATCH
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GOP Rewards Jim Jordan for Trump Defense, Despite Accusations That Jordan Ignored Sexual Abuse
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Ben Shapiro Accuses Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar of ‘Anti-Semitism’ in Holocaust Remembrance
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Hiding in Plain Sight: The White Nationalist Who Toiled Inside a Right-Wing Media Powerhouse
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Rep. Jody Hice: Nancy Pelosi Disrespected American People When She Ripped Up SOTU Speech
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Hank Kunneman: God Will Protect the U.S. From the Coronavirus Because of Trump
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Stephen Strang and Frank Amedia Promote Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory
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Infowars Correspondent Uses Fox News Appearance to Send Trump a Message
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‘The President Was Right to Weigh In’: Right-Wing Lawmakers Defend Trump and Barr’s Handling of Roger Stone Case
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Alex Jones and Pals Are Coming to CPAC
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Charlie Kirk Endorses Sean Feucht, Congressional Candidate Backed by Christian Nationalists and Dominionists
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