US Supreme Court Affirms the Imperial Presidency
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/03/us-supreme-court-affirms-the-imperial-presidency/
Justices stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the U.S. when the president breaks the law, writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Continuing in their shameful deference to the president, Donald Trump’s lackeys on the U.S.…
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As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Soldiers Have Duty to Disobey
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/12/as-trump-sets-military-against-civilians-soldiers-have-duty-to-disobey/
The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control, writes Marjorie Cohn. People are likely to get hurt. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Four and a half months after his inauguration, Donald Trump is exercising his authoritarian chops, targeting immigrants in…
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US Veterans Fast Against Israel’s Starvation of Gaza
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/30/us-veterans-fast-against-israels-starvation-of-gaza/
Fasters are demanding full humanitarian aid to Gaza under U.N. authority and an end to U.S. weapons shipments to Israel, Marjorie Cohn reports. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout As the death toll of Palestinians continues to rise and more than a…
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The Bogus Habeas-Corpus Argument
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/15/the-bogus-habeas-corpus-argument/
Suspending the right to challenge the legality of one’s detention in court would shred a core tenet of the Constitution, writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout If White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is to be believed,…
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At ICJ, Only US & Hungary Back Israel Starving Gaza
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/07/at-icj-only-us-hungary-back-israel-starving-gaza/
Thirty-seven states, the U.N. and international NGOs all condemned Israel’s denial of aid to the starving people of Gaza at the International Court of Justice last week, Marjorie Cohn reports. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Since March 2, Israel has blocked…
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Vietnamese Still Uncompensated for Agent-Orange
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/05/vietnamese-still-uncompensated-for-agent-orange/
Fifty years later, the impacts of the war on victims of the U.S. defoliation operation have never ended, writes Marjorie Cohn. U.S. Rep. Tlaib is trying to provide recompense. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout April 30 marked 50 years since the…
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US Taxpayers Appalled at Funding Genocide Turn to UN
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/16/us-taxpayers-appalled-at-funding-genocide-turn-to-un/
With no recourse in U.S. courts or Congress, the Taxpayers Against Genocide movement pivots to the U.N. Human Rights Council, Marjorie Cohn reports. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Taxpayers Against Genocide (TAG), a nongovernmental grassroots mass movement comprised of more than…
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Taxpayers Suing US Reps for Funding Genocide
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/08/taxpayers-suing-us-reps-for-funding-genocide/
Plaintiff Tarik Kanaana says the lawsuit “has given people something to rally behind and a renewed sense of hope.” writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout On Dec. 19, 2024, more than 500 federal taxpayers from 10 northern California counties…
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Trump Doesn’t Hide Plan to Use Military Against Protestors & Immigrants
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/11/13/trump-isnt-hiding-plan-to-use-military-to-quash-protests-deport-immigrants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-isnt-hiding-plan-to-use-military-to-quash-protests-deport-immigrants
The recent Supreme Court decision granting presidents nearly absolute immunity for official acts leaves fewer guardrails to prevent Trump from abusing his authority, writes Marjorie Cohn. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout “The next time, I’m not waiting” before committing troops to suppress…
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'... the U.S. role in the 2014 coup ... helped to overthrow Ukraine’s elected president. In 2013, President Viktor Yanukovych had resisted economic reforms sought by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to make Ukraine more enticing to investors...lowering wages and reducing the education and health sectors (which comprised most of Ukrainian employment), as well as cutting natural gas subsidies that facilitated affordable energy ... .'
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-stokes-tensions-with-russia-by-building-military-base-100-miles-from-border/
#MarjorieCohn

' #russia is seeking a legally binding agreement.. that Ukraine will not be invited to join.. (NATO), a historically anti-Russia military alliance... “A #NATO #Ukraine could mean moving Romanian and Black Sea US missiles still further north into Ukraine right up to Russia’s border,” Rasmus noted. “With similar NATO forces in the Baltics on its border, Russia would be surrounded with NATO missiles just a few minutes from Moscow." '
https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-stokes-tensions-with-russia-by-building-military-base-100-miles-from-border/
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