Saturday, November 8, 2025
■ The Week in Review
"Steve Bannon motivating Democratic voters," said one historian in response to comments by the former Trump White House advisor.
By Jon Queally • Nov 7, 2025
"Moderate Senate Democrats who are looking for an off-ramp right now are completely missing the moment," said MoveOn's political director.
By Jake Johnson • Nov 6, 2025
“Trump put billionaires in charge of everything," said progressive Congressman Greg Casar. "It’s a disaster.”
By Brad Reed • Nov 6, 2025
ICE, said one organizer, "should rightly be called child abusers."
By Julia Conley • Nov 6, 2025
"If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power. This is not only how we stop Trump. It is how we stop the next one."
By Jon Queally • Nov 5, 2025
Asked to provide evidence supporting her claim of voting fraud in California, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, "It's just a fact."
By Brett Wilkins • Nov 4, 2025
"It's impossible to overstate how much of what ICE is doing on the ground reflects this completely preposterous conflation of hostile speech and hostile conduct," commented one legal expert.
By Brad Reed • Nov 4, 2025
"Inequality is a crisis in need of concerted action," said Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
By Jake Johnson • Nov 4, 2025
"We’re not just in a low hire, low fire environment anymore," said one economist. "We’re firing."
By Brad Reed • Nov 3, 2025
"Can't follow the law when a judge says fund the program, but have to follow the rules exactly when they say don't help poor people afford food," one lawyer said.
By Stephen Prager • Nov 2, 2025