Despite frequently using the cover of “religious freedom” to advance hard-right activism, extremist groups and politicians undermined this common tactic as they responded with verbal attacks against Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde.
Vought seems to embody the reactionary agenda of right-wing legal activists whose goal is to overturn the New Deal and return the U.S. to an era when states’ rights trumped civil rights.
There’s a widespread misconception that American workers’ loss was Mexican workers’ gain. In reality, the only winners were multinational corporations.
On day one of his second term, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of draconian executive orders on immigration, including seeking to end birthright citizenship, a longtime objective of anti-immigrant entities and white nationalists.
As Donald Trump takes office, various factions within the GOP are vying to assert their dominance. Among them are the “Groypers,” the furthest-right fringe of Trump’s coalition, who want the party to adopt an overtly white nationalist agenda.
Eight years after Trump’s first inauguration, everything has changed, including in the Capitol, where the mood among everyday people is tense, still, and sober.
