The Trump administration is appealing a decision by a federal judge in Oregon temporarily blocking the deployment of 200 National Guard troops to Portland. Last night, US District Judge Karen Imrat, a Trump appointee, delivered a setback for Trump's attempts to use military troops in some Democraticrun cities. Immerut wrote in her ruling that Trump's attempts to federalize the National Guard absent constitutional authority undermines the so the sovereign interests of Oregon. Quote, "This historical traditio ...

Joining me now is Jennifer Finny Boland. She's the Pen America Board of Trustees President. The Prof.. She's a professor. She's an advocate and the author of 19 books including Good Boy, My Life in Seven Dogs, which we featured as part of our band book club. Uh Jennifer, great to see you.Thank you for being with us. >> Hi Ally. It's great to be back.I'm I'm sorry that we have to talk again uh and that we have to talk about this, but uh your report, your important report found what what you call a disturbing ...

Who are the heroes of South Korea’s history and who are the villains? Who built its democracy and who betrayed it?These are the questions that divide the country. 1843 met two popular historians with radically different views https://t.co/djeGtN2lPX ...

Our weekly podcast on democracy in America. This week, how much more power will the Supreme Court grant President Trump this term? https://t.co/BakadbzRlo ...

RT Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho)🚨🇬🇧 The UK Government respond to the Petition to Stop Digital ID which quickly amassed over 2,750,000 Signatures in record timeThe Gov Response - “We will introduce Digital ID anyway”This isn’t a Democracy - nobody voted for it, Digital ID Wasn’t in the Manifesto - this is absolute in your face Tyranny & Keir Starmer is a Dictator managing a Dictatorship ...

The purpose of the EU Democracy Shield is to Shield The EU Against Democracy so people can’t vote their way outADF International (@ADFIntl):Under the Democracy Shield, governments, NGOs, and EU-funded “fact-checkers” would be empowered to monitor, label, and silence speech deemed hostile.Right now, the Shield is in a pre-legislative phase. ...

Every American president in history has addressed the members of the military at vital moments in our country's history with care and intention and deep respect. It sounds something like this. The people of this country do not appreciate how secure we are because of the devotion of men and their wives and children who serve this country in far off places.the sea, in the air, and on the ground, thousands and thousands of miles away from this country, who make it possible for us all to live in peace each day. ...

here’s what they mean by “democratic backsliding” https://t.co/FaNFDHnJpfCharlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer):“In too many countries—including, sadly, right here in the United States—democracy is under siege. The polite phrase for this is ‘democratic backsliding.’ But that’s a euphemism that doesn’t meet the moment. Let’s call it what it is: it’s a power grab. The rule of law isn’t https://t.co/N3yTSBIXni ...

The very first amendment to the US Constitution right here was ratified on December 17th, 1791. It's been around for a while and subject to evolving interpretations. But there is once again today and particularly in the last in the last few weeks and misconception about this most fundamental right that Americans hold, free speech.You know, it's important because it's among the first amendments. It's the called the first one, but it was ratified with a number of other amendments. And we need to start by ridd ...

Joining me now is Matt Stler, director of research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of the book Goliath: The Hundred-Year- War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. Matt, welcome to the show. It's good to have you here.Hey, thanks for having me. Matt, I'm I'm trying really hard to to make sure people understand this this connection that monopolies and corporate control and consolidation are all bad, but they're not just bad for the sake of being bad because your prices go up. They're ba ...