Dear So-Called President Trump: Where’s My Protest Paycheck?

— by Peter Dreier Dear So-Called President Trump: I was among the roughly five million Americans who took to the streets in cities across the country a few weeks ago in opposition to your outrageous policies regarding women, Muslims, school children, immigrants,

Suing the President

Our newly inaugurated president has vowed to repeal 75 percent of all federal regulations, you know those regulations that protect our air, water, food we eat, drugs we take, etc.  As a first step, he release an Executive Edict mandating that federal agencies shall repeal

Gutting Protections for Working People?

Concerns are rising that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are preparing to revoke a suite of Obama-era executive orders that have provided basic protections for U.S. workers. These executive orders raise wages, improve worker safety, and help ensure that taxpayer dollars

House GOP Quietly Moves to Kill Commission Charged with Securing Elections

House Committee also voted to abolish public financing for presidential elections — by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams Amid national outrage over possible foreign interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s own lies about so-called voter fraud, House Republicans on

Meanwhile, in DC … a Tone Deaf GOP is Heading Full Bore Ahead

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that Obamacare enrollments fell short of expectations—the latest example of the law’s failure to deliver on its promises. That’s why Republicans are acting with urgency to repeal Obamacare and replace it

The Fatal Flaw in trump’s Legal Defense of his Muslim Ban

Remember Hobby Lobby? Republicans should have been more careful in what they wished for. — by Ian Millhiser, Justice Editor at ThinkProgress Saturday night, lawyers representing President Donald Trump filed an emergency motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth

‘Spectacular Betrayal’ as Trump Hands Economy ‘Back Over to Wall Street’

‘The Wall Street bankers against whom Trump ran are making policy now,’ says Public Citizen — by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer at Common Dreams President Donald Trump is handing the U.S. economy “back over to Wall Street” on Friday, with a regulatory

GOP to Use CRA to Threaten Public Input for BLM Land Planning

The American Public is fortunate to own millions of acres of incredible public lands, many of which are overseen by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). We all have a say in how these lands are managed through the ability to participate in