No More Excuses. Donald Trump Must Be Impeached.

Friday, April 19, 2019 [| Help Truthout tell stories of struggle |]( [No More Excuses. Donald Trump Must Be Impeached.]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout The Mueller report details the parallel and often cooperative course traveled by Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the sophisticated Russian operation devoted to his victory. Mueller's report also lays out the myriad ways Trump obstructed justice through his ham-fisted attempts to either take over the investigation or obliterate it entirely. Impeachment is the only appropriate remedy. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Stop & Shop Strikers Are Standing Up for All Grocery Workers]( John Logan, Truthout If Stop & Shop management succeeds in weakening health care and pension plans, and lowering the Sunday pay rate for its New England workers, it will try to impose similar contracts on workers in other states. Doubtless, such a management victory would also encourage other unionized food retailers to reduce costs and boost profits by slashing employee benefits. We can't let this happen. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [As We Mourn Notre Dame, Let Us Remember Black Churches Also Matter]( Eisa Nefertari Ulen, Truthout As I watched the international coverage of Notre Dame, a chant echoed in my head: Black churches also matter. This was a response to lopsided news coverage that centers white spaces. There is real injury in the Notre Dame story, and a macabre, surreal irony, too: Black bodies bled to provide those spaces where whiteness is centered. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Maintaining our integrity and independence means saying no to advertising money. Truthout relies on your support to keep existing. Will you show your support for courageous, trustworthy news today? [Donate Now →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [ACLU Demands Investigation Into Pro-Trump Fascist Militia Detaining Migrants]( Jake Johnson, Common Dreams On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico demanded an investigation into an armed fascist militia organization that has reportedly been illegally detaining migrants at gunpoint at the U.S.-Mexico border. The ACLU cited videos and photographs posted to social media that appear to show the right-wing militia group, the United Constitutional Patriots, detaining dozens of migrants. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [After Mueller, White House Press Secretary Is Toast]( Sophia Tesfaye, Salon The Justice Department released on Thursday a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited 400-plus-page report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. According to the report, when White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders faced the media at two different press conferences in May 2017 to explain Trump's firing of James Comey as FBI director, she told bald-faced lies. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [It's Time to Transform the Tax Code and Implement a Green New Deal]( Howie Hawkins, Popular Resistance Tax policy has favored the wealthy under both parties, but the Trump administration has brought this tax corruption to new levels. We need to transform tax policy to build the working class base of the economy, shrink the wealth divide and confront the climate crisis. More progressive and ecological taxation is essential to fund the ecosocialist Green New Deal. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston on the Mueller Report]( Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! The Justice Department has released a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report detailing Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, Glenn Greenwald and David Cay Johnston, discuss the findings of the report. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The ICC Shows Colonialism Still Thrives in International Law]( Helyeh Doutaghi and Jay Ramasubramanyam, The Conversation This week, judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's request to open a probe into U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. While human rights advocates condemned this move as amounting to U.S. interference in the workings of the ICC, its more alarming than mere obstruction -- and is rooted in the pre-existing hierarchy and embedded colonial structures in international legal order. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [What the Teapot Dome Scandal Has to Do With Trump's Tax Returns]( Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Brennan Center for Justice Warren G. Harding's 1920s administration -- and the Teapot Dome scandal that tainted his presidency -- makes a great guide to what's going on in the White House today. The scandal also helps address the question of whether Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Richard Neal can lawfully request Trump's tax returns from the IRS. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In Case You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [Mike Gravel Is Running for President -- But He Doesn't Want to Win]( Robert R. Raymond, Truthout The 88-year-old former senator from Alaska declared his candidacy after being approached by two teenage democratic socialists who wanted him to bring attention to a wide variety of policy positions that were being ignored by other Democratic candidates. Without the pressure to win, Mike Gravel is uniquely positioned to stretch the boundaries of acceptable debate and push progressive Democratic candidates further to the left. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Israel Uses Animal Rights to Distract From War Crimes]( Azeezah Kanji, Truthout U.S. media and animal rights organizations have lavished praise on Israel for its leadership in animal rights -- as if kindness toward animals offsets a long record of likely war crimes against humans. Feel-good news stories about animals given sanctuary and medical treatment in Israel only serve to divert attention from Palestinians being denied shelter and medical care under Israeli occupation. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- We need 112 more people to sign up for a recurring donation to Truthout by the end of this month. Will you be one? Just choose "monthly" when you make your gift. [Donate Now →]( Connect With Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Donate]( Truthout is a reader-supported, nonprofit organization; donations are tax-deductible. Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047. Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages. [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy](