President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday that he was directing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland,” escalating his unprecedented use of military deployments to US cities. “I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary,” he added. Trump has already sent the National Guard to […]
On Thursday evening, around the same time the Justice Department overruled career prosecutors in order to bring charges against former FBI Director James Comey, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division sued six states—California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania—for failing to hand over their full, unredacted voter registration lists. The new legal actions signify […]
Commonwealth was dedicated to improving democratic practices. Now it was being wielded to protect a government that had clearly come to power by stealing an election.
Tommy marcus is an activist and online influencer, better known by the Instagram handle “Quentin Quarantino.” He’s worked to get refugees safe passage from Afghanistan, used Airbnb to funnel cash to civilians under attack in Ukraine, and raised over $30 million for a variety of humanitarian causes. Now, he’s on his most ambitious mission yet: to break the Israeli siege of Gaza and bring life-saving humanitarian aid as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla. Live from the deck of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea, he recently joined Current Affairs editor-in-chief Nathan J. Robinson to explain why he's heading for Gaza.
The years-old 1200-name blacklist has ruined professors’ lives, chilled speech, and previewed exactly how the Trump administration is responding to Kirk’s killing today.
On Friday morning, a group of about 20 anti-vaccine activists gathered across the street from the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in support of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and promoted by Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vaccine advocacy group he led before he entered politics. The […]
It took only minutes after Charlie Kirk was pronounced dead for right-wing figures to begin calling for retribution. “More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state,” Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, posted on X. Despite the motive remaining unknown, pardoned […]