David Dayen

The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.

Senate Democrats don’t have to separate the crackdown in Los Angeles and the Republican bill in Washington. The latter will allow for more of the former.

As soon as Senators tried to do their jobs to propose amendments to legislation, their colleagues didn’t like it. So that’s the end of amendments.

Families spoke about the horrors of having their loved ones snatched off the streets, with no knowledge of their current whereabouts.

Democrats did not withhold votes for pro-crypto legislation even when DHS goons were handcuffing their own colleague.

The Big Beautiful Bill will benefit the rich and hurt the poor, while reducing economic growth and causing mass death. Other than that, it’s perfect.

A provision inserted by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) would exempt many domestic oil and gas drillers from having to pay any corporate taxes.

The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.

Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.

The repeal of the EPA’s fuel emissions standards also got the axe, because of the ‘Byrd Rule,’ which blocks policy decisions from budget reconciliation.