by Common Dreams | Jun 24, 2023 | Quick Facts
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Julia Conley When Ohio voters go to the polls in August for a special election to decide on the threshold needed to pass a constitutional referendum, they will be voting on whether to weaken direct democracy in their...
by The Conversation | Jun 22, 2023 | Quick Facts
Special Counsel Jack Smith may have wished he could indict and try former president Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where Trump is disliked, rather than in southern Florida, where Trump is popular. But based on my experience as a scholar of criminal law and...
by The Conversation | Jun 15, 2023 | Quick Facts
When Donald Trump pled not guilty on June 13, 2023, to federal criminal charges related to his alleged illegal retention of classified documents, it was his first opportunity to formally answer charges that he violated the Espionage Act. The Justice Department alleges...
by Fact Keepers | Jun 10, 2023 | Quick Facts
History was made on June 8th, 2023 when a Federal Grand Jury voted to indict Donald Trump on a variety of charges stemming from his illegal actions with classified documents. It was not until the next day when the indictment was unsealed that we learned of the depth...
by Florida Phoenix | Jun 8, 2023 | Quick Facts
More than 1,200 hate and anti-government extremist groups were active across the United States in 2022, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s latest report on the nationwide prevalence of extremists who target people of color, LGBTQ people, Jewish communities...
by The Conversation | May 28, 2023 | Quick Facts
A tentative deal to raise the debt ceiling may finally end the game of chicken Republicans and Democrats have been playing over the government’s spending limit—with the nation’s financial stability at stake. The deal, announced on May 27, 2023, would raise the...