Demand Trump lift his restrictions on the National Institutes of Health before bird flu gets out of control!

BREAKING: Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters announces he will not be running for re-election

Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of ALL federal aid
A leaked memo reveals that the Trump administration has ordered the Office of Management and Budget has ordered all federal agencies to suspend payments — with the exception of Social Security and Medicare. He can't do this; the funding has already been allocated by Congress, this is a wildly illegal order that should spark a major constitutional crisis the likes of which we've never seen before. The lives of millions upon millions of Americans will be upended in an instant; millions won't be able to buy food if their SNAP payments are frozen and countless more people will be forced to drop out of college. "Congress approved these investments and they are not optional; they are the law," said Senator Chuck Schumer in a statement. Whether anyone will have the guts to do anything about it is another question. This should be an immediately impeachable offense.

Take Action: Tell your senators: Oppose Trump’s pick for EPA administrator!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump's secret plan blows up in his face
Brian Tyler Cohen breaks down Trump's plan to "flood the zone" and overwhelm the resistance with an avalanche of outrage, corruption and cruelty — and how Democrats are fighting back.

Take Action: Tell Congress to provide IMMEDIATE relief for LA fires!

Trump unleashes terrifying assault on immigrant families
United We Dream Action: On his first day in office, Donald Trump launched an all-out attack on our immigrant communities, signing an executive order to repeal birthright citizenship and began preparations for mass deportation raids in major American cities. These deportation raids will upend people’s lives, tear families apart, disrupt businesses and communities, and will forever be a black stain on our nation’s history. But United We Dream Action is fighting back to keep our communities safe — will you chip in to support their efforts to stop Trump's mass deportations?

Donald Trump pledges sweeping tariffs on steel, semiconductors and other imports
On Monday, the president vowed to impose ssweeping tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imported to the U.S. as well as goods such as computer chips, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals in a push to increase U.S. production of the products. Is he deliberately trying to tank the US economy? Because if you were trying to tank the economy, this is what you'd do.

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Trump said the military "turned on the water" in California
In a completely nonsensical and imaginary display of "Only I Can Fix It," Trump proclaimed that he had sent the military into California to "turn the water on," the implication being of course that those dastardly Democrats had turned the water off because of, woke, or something. What actually happened is that the state of California restarted three major water pumps that had been offline for three days for maintenence. The military was not involved. Just another reminder that there is no lie to stupid for Trump to take credit for — and no lie too stupid for his followers to latch on to.

Take Action: Tell Congress to provide IMMEDIATE relief for LA fires!

Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers
Eager little bootlickers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams fanning out to government agencies to check for “Make America Great Again” bona fides and carefully examining social media posts to ensure they're the right level of stupid, cruel, and morally degenerate enough to satisfy Trump's rigorous standards. It's almost like a DEI program for assholes!

"It will kill people:" Chaos, confusion after Trump halts US foreign aid
The repercussions of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's unilateral move to halt ALL U.S. foriegn aid is causing deadly crises across the world. Money for HIV medicine for poor countries is frozen, as is money to pay land mine removers, US counterterrorism experts, and oh, by the way, the guards currently keeping watch over thousands of ISIS fighters in special Syrian detention centers. There is no rhyme and no reason to the second Trump administration, just nihilism and spite.

BTC leads collective of progressive creators with plan to take back the internet from Joe Rogan and the right-wing machine
Chorus: This election has made it painfully clear that Democrats' messages are just not getting through the tsunami of right-wing propaganda and lies flooding through social media, and we have no real answer to a Joe Rogan or a Ben Shapiro...until now! Chorus Collective is a new collaborative founded by creators like Brian Tyler Cohen, Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl), Roland Martin, David Pakman, Elizabeth Booker Houston, and Adam Mockler, who are bringing their audience of 40 million people together to create a new infrastructure to scale their voices and build support for more creators like them. Chorus aims to not only amplify progressive voices but also uplift new creators and build a left-wing social media ecosystem that supports its voices ALL the time, not just in the months leading up to an election. Will you chip in to help Chorus get off the ground and help break the right-wing stranglehold on social media?

Former Sanders, Fetterman campaign consultants start new firm aimed at winning back working-class voters
The partners of Fight Agency, which will be based in Philadelphia, include Rebecca Katz, the lead strategist for Fetterman and Gallego’s campaigns; Julian Mulvey, a key member of Sanders’ 2016 brain trust; and Tommy McDonald, an admaker for Fetterman and groups backing progressive House insurgents, like former Rep. Cori Bush, who successfully challenged incumbents.They're going to focus on connecting with working-class voters and will represent “anti-establishment, economic messaging, populist messaging.” It's about time, because it's pretty clear the old stuff wasn't working.

Tucker Carlson's son Buckley lands cushy nepo job with JD Vance's staff
Buckley will be Vance's deputy press secretary, because of course he is. What is the modern Republican Party if not an affirmative action program for baby-faced failsons?

Trump expected to sign executive orders to reshape the military, including banning transgender troops
Oh sure, just fire 14,000 hard-working servicemembers at the drop of a hat, and for what? Appeasing heartless bigots and making our country that much weaker. That's Trumpian patriotism for you.