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Rep. Chip Roy of Texas introduced legislation Monday that would authorize the federal government to strip naturalized American citizens of their citizenship and deport them based on their political and religious beliefs, a measure civil rights groups and legal scholars say resurrects the darkest chapters of American political repression. The Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous AdherentsContinue reading “Republican proposes law reminiscent of Nazi legislation”

Dozens of veterans and military family members were arrested Monday after occupying the Cannon House Office Building rotunda in a civil disobedience action demanding an end to the war against Iran. U.S. Capitol Police took at least 62 people into custody, zip-tying their hands and leading them away as the protesters chanted anti-war slogans. TheContinue reading “Dozens of veterans arrested on Capitol Hill demanding end to Iran war”

Understand what is actually happening right now, on this planet, in this particular window of human history, before the next wave of missiles makes the accounting more complicated. The United States and Israel have launched thousands of strikes against the Iranian government and military infrastructure, while the biggest land war in Europe enters its fifthContinue reading “Fanatics celebrate as global powers are closing the window on human history”

Amazon residents call illicit economies not only a problem of criminality or security, but an existential threat, and they are asking the United Nations to do something about it. There is a document released Monday that uses the word “existential” to describe what is happening to the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin, and forContinue reading “Amazon residents ask the United Nations to root out criminals from the government.”

April 16, 2026. Ninety-one degrees. Not in Phoenix or Dubai. Right here, in places that used to know the difference between spring and summer. The thermometer on the dashboard says 97, but going by If you think that’s just a freakish little weather hiccup, you weren’t paying attention last month, when March finished as theContinue reading “April showers yield to burning heat amid climate crisis”

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor The special election for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s old House seat is over, but winner Analilia Mejia and chief opponent Joe Hathaway will soon be on the campaign trail again. Mejia, a Democrat who won Thursday’s special election to fill the vacancy left when Sherrill resigned from Congress last year,Continue reading “Analilia Mejia, Joe Hathaway to return to campaign trail as regular primary nears”

Eight children are dead in Shreveport, Louisiana. Shot to death in their own homes, in their own beds, before the sun even thought about rising. And you know what? In certain circles, in certain marble halls and on certain social media pages dripping with flag pins and folded hands, this is being called a win.Continue reading “Second Amendment celebrated with more American children’s bodies”

Just after two in the morning on March 16th, a woman named Susanne “Sue” Clarke picked up her phone and did what every American is taught to do in a moment of crisis. She called 911. She asked for help. Forty-four minutes later, a police officer named Dallas Gant shot her dead outside her ownContinue reading “She called for help. Lacey Township police sent someone who killed her.”

by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor A gun rights advocate has sued the New Jersey State Police for refusing to release anonymized records on how many retired law enforcement officers have gun carry permits. John Petrolino, a firearms instructor and writer who focuses on Second Amendment issues, wants the data to see both how manyContinue reading “NJ state police sued for keeping retired cops’ gun carry permits a secret”

by Jonathan Shorman, New Jersey Monitor The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility that President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections. The remarks at a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee hearing cameContinue reading “National Guard ‘follows the Constitution,’ general says of troops possibly deployed to polls”

The Strait of Hormuz clenched shut again on Saturday, Iran’s military announcing it had reimposed “strict control” over the world’s most vital waterway just one day after Tehran declared it open. The whiplash reversal came with gunfire. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker about 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman, the BritishContinue reading “Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again, citing Trump’s ongoing blockade”

The device in your pocket is a marvel. It connects the isolated, amplifies the silenced, and delivers a dying language’s last speaker to a classroom thousands of miles away. It also, with the same quiet swipe, can drive a 14-year-old to believe she is unloved, unworthy, and utterly alone. Social media has transformed human connection.Continue reading “Social media’s promise and peril for a generation: What’s the cost of connection?”

Democrat Analilia Meijia of Glen Ridge has won a landslide victory in the special election to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s former seat in Congress, Meijia will represent New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, which covers parts of Essex, Morris, and Passaic counties, until Jan. 3, 2027. She must win the June 2 Democratic primaryContinue reading “Analilia Mejia wins 11th District congressional special election in a landslide”

Donald Trump, the forty-fifth and forty-seventh president of the United States, has spent a lifetime treating the truth like a rented mule—work it hard, feed it little, and swap it out when it drops. But somewhere along the line, that casual arrangement with reality curdled into something darker. He stopped bending the truth to suitContinue reading “Trump’s self-mythologizing has crossed from politics to blasphemy”

The warning landed in Washington with the kind of quiet urgency that usually precedes catastrophe. Hours before President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran last Tuesday, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released an advisory that should have stopped the capital cold. Iranian-backed hackers, the agency reported, were actively attacking critical infrastructure onContinue reading “The US isn’t ready for increasing hybrid threats as the Iran war comes home”

As gas prices hover around $4 a gallon across New Jersey, a national advocacy group launched a five-figure ad campaign this week, pressuring Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. to oppose legislation that would grant oil and gas companies immunity from climate-related lawsuits. The ads from Fossil Free Media, a nonprofit that helps lead the MakeContinue reading “Fossil Free Media targets Kean Jr. on Big Oil immunity, but Democrats face questions”

As New Jersey’s political landscape gears up for competitive congressional primaries, a pair of Michigan lawmakers reintroduced a resolution recognizing April as Arab American Heritage Month, drawing attention to a community that represents a growing political force in the Garden State. Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell announced the legislation this week, which seeks toContinue reading “Arab American Heritage Month resolution shows heat in local New Jersey races”

Some of America’s neo-Nazi politicians seem inclined toward conflict, and they’re criticizing the Vicar of Christ for promoting peace in the way taught by Jesus and emphasized throughout the Bible, a book where the word “peace” appears over 400 times in its passages. The Vice President of the United States, a man who came toContinue reading “Hillbilly heretic & the blasphemer-in-chief school Pope on Christianity”

The transaction is complete. The price has been paid. And Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey has sold out the American people once again. When Cory Booker joined nearly every Republican in the Senate to pass the GENIUS Act, he did not merely vote for a piece of legislation. Long ago, Booker picked a sideContinue reading “Barbarians at the bookstore”