While He Was Tweeting: The Puerto Rico Edition, Week 36
This week the Mayor of San Juan begged for help. Trump stayed on brand, attacking her while golfing and took to twitter to bait North Korea. Here’s what else happened.
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Lisa Needham is an attorney who has worked in the areas of First Amendment, education, and labor law. She is a contributor to Rewire, where she writes about LGBTQ and reproductive-health legal issues, and Shareblue, where she writes about politics. She is ride or die for Dionne Warwick, Doris Day, and the Oxford comma.
The Trump Tax Plan Is Exactly What We Expected.
Short on details, big on misleading information, the GOP and No. 45 have found another way to fill the coffers of the ultra rich—and starve everyone else. Again.
While He Was Tweeting: The Take a Knee Edition, Week 35
The chaos President was in peak form this weekend, baiting Kim Jong Un and stirring racial tensions, while the rest of America fought to save healthcare.
While He Was Tweeting: Please, Someone Take His Phone Edition, Week 34
Just when we thought he was being restrained, Trump pulls us back in with 15 unhinged tweets. Here's all the important news you may have missed last week.
Of Course Racist AG Sessions Is Refusing to Prosecute Freddie Gray’s Murderers
The Department of Justice’s highest-ranking official—a proud, lifelong white supremacist—has the power to criminalize and imprison Black people. And he is using it to the fullest extent.
While He Was Tweeting: Mother Nature’s Revenge Edition, Week 33
This week the Climate Denier-in-Chief trashed DACA and told us Ivanka calls him "daddy". Here's the important news you missed while he was using too many exclamation points.
DeVos Makes Good on Bad Promise to Protect Campus Rapists
A year ago, the Education Secretary promised to rewrite the Obama-era legislation that once policed campus sexual assault. Now, she’s ensuring the protection of the rights of abusers, and dooming the safety of victims.
Are We Actually Surprised Trump Is Ending Equal Pay?
If it's legislation Obama enacted, No. 45 will destroy it—especially if it means hurting women and people of color the most.
While He Was Tweeting: Hurricane Harvey Edition, Week 32
While the fourth largest U.S. city drowned this week, Trump proved his incompetence handling a natural disaster. Meanwhile, a lot of other really important news happened. Here’s what you missed.