Saturday, August 16, 2025
■ The Week in Review
Demonstrators yelled at federal agents to "get off our streets" as they set up a police checkpoint on a popular street in the nation's capital.
By Jake Johnson • Aug 14, 2025
"On the 90th anniversary of Social Security, our job must be to reverse these disastrous cuts, expand Social Security, and make it easier, not harder, for Americans to receive the benefits they have earned and deserve."
By Jessica Corbett • Aug 13, 2025
"Children dying first in a famine Israel caused by restricting food aid also had comorbidities and preexisting conditions," said one journalist. "Of course they did. That is who dies first, as any child can tell you."
By Julia Conley • Aug 13, 2025
In some cases, corporate groups have posed as small business owners besieged by rising crime rates.
By Stephen Prager • Aug 13, 2025
"California will now draw new, more 'beautiful maps,'" wrote Newsom's press office in a Trump-style social media post.
By Brad Reed • Aug 13, 2025
"Bureau of Labor Statistics data is what determines the annual cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security benefits," said Rep. John Larson. "It should alarm everyone when a yes-man determined to end Social Security is installed in this position."
By Jake Johnson • Aug 13, 2025
One critic said Buttigieg's description of Israel's genocide in Gaza as "complicated" is "disqualifying... both as a politician and a human being."
By Stephen Prager • Aug 12, 2025
"Who paid for Cuomo's services? He refuses to say," Mamdani said in a video taunting his rival.
By Brad Reed • Aug 12, 2025
Smithsonian exhibits should be "accurate, patriotic, and enlightening—ensuring they remain places of learning, wonder, and national pride for generations to come," the White House demanded.
By Brad Reed • Aug 12, 2025
"We're not headed toward authoritarian fascist government, we are already there," declared one angry constituent.
By Brad Reed • Aug 12, 2025
"If people aren't allowed to peacefully protest and the elections are being rigged through gerrymandering and voter suppression, how are Americans supposed to respond when they figure out their lives are being actively destroyed by a corrupt, fascist government?"
By Jon Queally • Aug 12, 2025
Railroad Workers United expressed opposition to any further consolidation of the U.S. rail system—unless it was brought under public ownership.
By Jake Johnson • Aug 11, 2025
