Sasha Abramsky

Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 3, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce

Progressive politicians must commit to expanding the court, or voters should pledge their support to other candidates who will.

Jul 18, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks with reporters as she boards the Senate subway after a vote in the US Capitol on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Spineless Republicans Are Part of a Bigger Problem Spineless Republicans Are Part of a Bigger Problem

Issues once thought long settled are now up for grabs again. But “they’re not going to get what they want,” says Omar Jadwat of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project.

Jul 4, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Migrants from Guatemala are deported to their country with a United States military plane at the Fort Bliss facility in El Paso, Texas, on January 30, 2025.

The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries” The Supreme Court Allows Trump Officials to Deport Migrants to “Third Countries”

The Supreme Court ruled from its emergency docket that the Trump administration could temporarily send immigrants to third-party countries with which they have no connection.

Jun 27, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

The National Labor Relations Board seal hangs inside a hearing room at the headquarters in Washington, DC.

Trump Is Delivering on Project 2025’s Promise to Gut the NLRB Trump Is Delivering on Project 2025’s Promise to Gut the NLRB

If there is a silver lining, it is that blue states and municipalities are doubling down on protecting workers.

Jun 20, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Signs are left on the ground including two that read “This was a kidnapping” and “Bring Kilmar home now!” as protesters break outside the US District Court for the District of Maryland on May 16, 2025, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Protesters rallied outside the court during a hearing for a Maryland resident from El Salvador, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was detained in a notoriously violent maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is just the latest example of cases in which the administration is finding the flimsiest of reasons to label undocumented immigrants as “criminals.”

Jun 13, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

National Guard soldiers stand in front of a federal building on June 9, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.

Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger. Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger.

The president is creating fake emergencies and then implementing real military interventions.

Jun 9, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

LAPD clear the street outside the Metropolitan Detention Center as demonstrators gather in response to ICE raids in Los Angeles.

Trump’s Dangerous Escalation in LA Trump’s Dangerous Escalation in LA

Federalizing the National Guard in response to ICE protests risks bloodshed—which is exactly what this administration wants.

Jun 8, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Friday, May 30, 2025.

The Trump-Musk Feud Heard Round the World The Trump-Musk Feud Heard Round the World

Quite frankly, I’m rooting for each of them to destroy the other.

Jun 5, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025.

The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible

Politics / May 30, 2025 The Week That Proved Trump Is Far From Invincible Court rulings this week suggest Trump’s lawless actions will not go unnoticed. Sasha Abramsky Share Co…

May 30, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump attends a town hall, moderated by then–South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center and Fairgrounds in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024.

A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them. A Competitive Reality-TV Show for Citizenship? I Wouldn’t Put It Past Them.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson called the idea “a celebration of being an American.”

May 23, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

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