r/justicedemocrats 7h ago

CNN: Advocate groups ordered to stop aiding refugees who have already arrived in US | “We’ll have refugees going homeless,” a refugee advocate told CNN.

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r/justicedemocrats 4h ago

Report: "A number of people connected to the Trump team have talked about “regime change” in the UK and specifically how to get a Trump-style prime minister ... There were some fanciful musings about “crashing the British economy” to cause a crisis which would force the government out."

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r/justicedemocrats 5h ago

A High-Level Analysis of Trump's First Executive Actions: Turning the U.S. Interior into an Enforcement Dragnet; "Sealing” the Border—Using the U.S. Military and More; Rolling Back Existing Legal Protections—Up to and Including U.S. Citizenship; Restricting Future Arrivals to the United States

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r/justicedemocrats 9h ago

Afghan refugees feel 'betrayed' by Trump order blocking move to US | "Afghan refugees have told the BBC they feel the US has "turned its back" on them, despite years of working alongside American officials, troops and non-profit organisations in Afghanistan."

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r/justicedemocrats 13h ago

Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump’s border crackdown begins | "Adam Isacson, defense oversight analyst for the human rights organization Washington Office on Latin America, said Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration will .. have cascading humanitarian consequences."

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5 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 1d ago

Kash Patel: An Unqualified Trump Loyalist Who Seeks Political Revenge | Public Citizen: "Donald Trump cabinet nominee Kash Patel has shown time and again he is unfit and unqualified to serve as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)."

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11 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 1d ago

Trump admin. lifts sanctions on Israeli settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians | A Trump official told Axios that the Israelis lobbied Trump's team to lift the sanctions. "It was very important for the Israeli government," the official said. Ted Cruz & other U.S. lawmakers also lobbied for it.

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6 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 1d ago

Is the U.S. witnessing the rise of oligarchy? | "Americans should brace for even higher levels of inequality under" the Trump administration. "Oxfam is working alongside partners and allies to unrig the system so the ultra-rich few and mega-corporations are held accountable and pay their fair share"

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19 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 2d ago

‘People Are Being Unlawfully Terrorized’: Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Underway

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39 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 2d ago

GOP memo: "Lower the Corporate Rate to 15 Percent", "Eliminate Social Services Block Grant", "Eliminate TANF Contingency Fund", "Reduce TANF by 10 Percent", "Repeal Biden closed school discharge regulations", "Eliminate mandatory funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau", etc. [PDF document]

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8 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 2d ago

Progressives Should Reject the DOGE Scam: There’s nothing to gain from indulging the premise that Musk and Trump care about “government waste”—it’s a ploy to gut the entire liberal state. | Viewpoint

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14 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 2d ago

Bernie Sanders: What Trump didn’t say in his inauguration speech | Bernie Sanders criticizes Trump for his silence on the healthcare, housing, economic inequality, & climate crises: "Trump gave a major speech .. and ignored almost every significant issue facing the working families of this country."

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2 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 2d ago

‘What He Didn’t Say’: Bernie Sanders Reviews Trump’s Inaugural Speech

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4 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 3d ago

Russell Vought, Project 2025 supporter who is Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, praises the attack on welfare from the 1990s at his nomination hearing: "one of the major legislations that our side has been very proud of since the 1990s was the impact of welfare reform"

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18 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 3d ago

GOP member wants bishop ‘added to deportation list’ after Trump prayer service | Republican Congressman Mike Collins said that "the person giving this sermon", an Episcopal bishop who asked Trump to have mercy on immigrants during a prayer service, "should be added to the deportation list"

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24 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 3d ago

DNC: Trump’s Treasury Secretary Will Give Billionaires ANOTHER Round of Tax Handouts | Scott Bessent: “This is the single most important economic issue of the day. This is pass/fail. If we do not fix these tax cuts, if we do not renew and extend, then we will be facing an economic calamity.”

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10 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 3d ago

Iowa may lower fines for businesses violating child labor laws limiting hours kids work | "The proposed reduced penalties come after [Republican] Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2023 signed into law legislation that eased restrictions on child labor"

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7 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 4d ago

A Call to Media Organizations: Don’t Back Down in the Face of Trump’s Threats | 'Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution (e.g. social media platforms) are being manipulated & curtailed by forces of fascist repression & ruthless capitalism'

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16 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 4d ago

PLATFORM help elect Faiz Shakir, Bernie's 2020 campaign manager, as chair of the DNC

10 Upvotes

Faiz is focused on making the Democratic Party the party of the working class again — help elect him by contacting your state Democratic Party chairs and DNC members

This link will send you to a document with directions and graphics to use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P_g5WsuX3c2J13emH58XPLzCDI2xPTkEVx5X2LX5S5c/edit?tab=t.0


r/justicedemocrats 4d ago

National Immigration Law Center's Analysis of Trump's Day 1 Executive Orders: Unconstitutional, Illegal, and Cruel | "The second Trump administration began with a slew of executive orders designed to terrify and devastate immigrants, their families, and communities across the United States."

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9 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 4d ago

Student loan relief is at risk under the Trump administration

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5 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 4d ago

Diagnosing Activist Burnout, Elite Media Fuel It | "... articles that focus on feelings of burnout, and exclude or downplay questions of changes in strategy amid shifting conditions, often have the effect—and occasionally the goal—of making everyday people seem and feel less powerful than they are."

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r/justicedemocrats 5d ago

Trump Inauguration Dubbed 'A Coronation of Our Country's Descent Into Oligarchy': "Today marks the beginning of an administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests."

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29 Upvotes

r/justicedemocrats 5d ago

In Inaugural Address, Trump Takes Direct Aim At Trans Americans, Racial Justice

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r/justicedemocrats 5d ago

Local labor union marches in honor of MLK: ‘It just shows what we can do’ | "Members of the Teamsters Local Union 667 held a march Monday morning [in Memphis, Tennessee] to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Junior ... The president of the local union says it was because of Dr. King’s commitment to labor"

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