Twenty-five years after Hugo Chávez took office and began the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, US officials have still not tired of dreaming up new plots to overthrow the country’s government
Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme
Tag: Fourteenth Amendment
[2010] Texas secretly gave newborns’ blood to federal DNA database
A shocking new report in the Texas Tribune reveals that state health officials illegally turned over 800 infant blood samples to a federal DNA database to be used not for medical research but forensic crime fighting.
Texas secretly gave newborns’ blood to federal DNA database
H/T: Steve Lehto
Previously:
NJ’s Creepy Baby Blood Bank is Out of Control
Without informed consent from newborns’ parents, officials must destroy blood samples, lawsuit says
Civil rights group sues New Jersey to stop secret storage, use of baby blood spots
Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’
Americans must unite to reject 21st Century ‘alien land laws’
Now, taking a page from DeSantis, Congress is considering inserting an amendment into the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban visa holders from targeted countries from making certain agricultural purchases. These restrictions would apply to all 50 states, and be based solely on national heritage. This is wrong and legislators must reject it.
Related:
Banning foreign ownership of land doesn’t protect US. It just scapegoats Asian Americans.
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
This article was originally written as a private letter addressed to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Unanswered since it was sent in early June 2023, it is now published as an open letter.
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
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When a U.S. president demanded inspections of a nuclear facility in the Middle East (and failed)
Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China
Li Tang “Henry” Liang, a hotel worker active in his Boston local union, was suspended from his job after being indicted on federal charges
Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China
DHS has a program gathering domestic intelligence — and virtually no one knows about it
For years, the Department of Homeland Security has run a virtually unknown program gathering domestic intelligence, one of many revelations in a wide-ranging tranche of internal documents reviewed by POLITICO.
DHS has a program gathering domestic intelligence — and virtually no one knows about it
U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act. What is it, and what does it do?
If signed into law by President Biden, the bill would authorize the federal government to bring a civil lawsuit against anyone who violates the statutory rights of gay, lesbian or interracial couples.
U.S. Senate passes the Respect for Marriage Act. What is it, and what does it do?
The Flaw in the Progressive Stance on Guns + AOC Suggests Checking Juvenile Criminal Records To Be Able To Buy A Gun Could Be Racist
The flaw in the progressive stance on guns
Fulminating at congressional inaction in the face of spree killers may be satisfying and even necessary. But it is unlikely to persuade them to change the law. Continuing to insist on new rules while shying away from enforcing existing ones, meanwhile, burns credibility with conservative voters, who see a left that’s eager to penalize their hobby and reluctant to punish criminals.
Considerable progress against gun violence is politically and logistically feasible with more quality-of-life policing and vigorous prosecution of illegal gun possession — and the increased levels of incarceration both would require. If progressives want to make guns harder to get but don’t want to prosecute those who have guns illegally, then … it’s almost as if they’re inviting a future in which only outlaws will have guns.
Related:
AOC Suggests Checking Juvenile Criminal Records To Be Able To Buy A Gun Could Be Racist
The racial politics of gun control
Gun control’s racist reality: The liberal argument against giving police more power
THE (REALLY, REALLY) RACIST HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA
The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws
Marksman who is Asian American says gun control laws are racist, puts Asians at risk
How the 14th Amendment Made Corporations Into ‘People’
Under U.S. law, some essential rights of the 14th amendment belong not only to American citizens, but also corporations—thanks to a few key Supreme Court cases and a controversial legal concept known as corporate personhood.
How the 14th Amendment Made Corporations Into ‘People’
Related:
‘Corporations Are People’ Is Built on an Incredible 19th-Century Lie
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