Rachel Maddow equates Trump admin’s reported immigration plans to WWII-era internment camps

Rachel Maddow equates Trump admin’s reported immigration plans to WWII-era internment camps

“Rachel Maddow equates Trump admin’s reported immigration plans to WWII-era internment camps” MS NOW host Rachel Maddow compared the Trump administration’s reported plans to construct several large-scale holding centers for deportees to the internment camps built for Japanese Americans during World War II. During a Thursday appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Maddow was asked about…

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America Ferrera Calls on Hollywood to “Find Our Courage” in Current Political Moment: “Be as Brave as the Characters We Write”

America Ferrera Calls on Hollywood to “Find Our Courage” in Current Political Moment: “Be as Brave as the Characters We Write”

The Critics Choice Association held its 5th annual Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television in L.A. on Friday, coming at a particularly fraught time for a community that is being specifically targeted by the Trump administration. That was the subject of several of the luncheon’s acceptance speeches, as America Ferrera, Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Anthony…

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#Trump commends Greene for Laken Riley SOTU interruption

#Trump commends Greene for Laken Riley SOTU interruption

At a rally Saturday, former President Trump applauded Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for the impromptu exchange she had with President Biden during his State of the Union address over Laken Riley, a college student who was killed last month by an illegal migrant. The rally was held in Rome, Ga., Greene’s district. Trump invited…

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#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

During his time as the U.S. ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if he faced a choice between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Jefferson would be disappointed with today’s trends. Increasingly, we are seeing government without newspapers, especially at the…

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