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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘We are the majority': May Day marches challenge Trump's dismantling of democracy
A sign at the "People's Rally" at the state Capitol on Jan. 18, 2025, in advance of Donald Trump's inauguration. Photo by Gloria Rebecca Gomez | Arizona Mirror The mass protest marches slated for May 1 across Arizona and nationwide are just the latest show of people power against the seemingly bottomless pit of White House directives aimed at dismantling our democracy. Organizers predict hundreds of thousands of people will take to the streets in all 50 states on May Day, known globally as International Workers Day. Millions more are set to rally around the world — not necessarily because of President Donald Trump, but because democracy and workers' rights matter. On the May Day 2025 website, organizers posted this: 'Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom — on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. … We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes…' Not a word of that is hyperbole. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Denying the very real threat posed today by Trump and his abettors, not just in Washington but also at the state and local levels, is to live in a fantasy world of empty patriotism where simply pledging blind allegiance to the flag and chanting 'U.S.A., U.S.A.' passes for a meaningful defense of 'liberty and justice for all.' Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost their lives defending our democracy, but we now have a president who is fine with letting people die so long as it furthers his goal of becoming our nation's first dictator. Consider the cutoff of foreign aid that's literally led to more children starving and the premature death of people with AIDS across Africa; or the decision by Trump appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court, whose repeal of abortion rights has fueled a jump in mortality rates for pregnant women in states with abortion bans; or Trump's denigration of vaccines that almost certainly contributed to tens or even hundreds of thousands more COVID-19 deaths that might otherwise have occurred and a subsequent drop in vaccination rates nationwide, including in Texas, where an ongoing measles epidemic has led to the death of two unvaccinated children and the infection of hundreds more. Former Arizona Democratic Party Chair Raquel Teran, an organizer of Thursday's May Day rally in Phoenix, says, 'It's important that we speak up…and rise up against the atrocities happening at all levels of government. [On May Day] we'll be marching with workers. We'll be marching with immigrant communities. We'll be marching with faith leaders. This is a moral crisis.' Indeed. The growth in grassroots activism across the U.S. is in direct response to President Trump's heinous agenda and deep-seated immorality. How else do we account for Trump's willingness to deport U.S. residents, without due process, to a notorious prison in El Salvador, as he has done with alleged, not tried or convicted, gang members, and now three U.S.-born children to Honduras, including a Stage 4 victim of cancer. Let that soak in. U.S. citizens are now being deported. While Teran believes protest marches serve an important role, mainly as a public display of the popular sentiment, marches are just one piece of the puzzle needed to counter the Trump agenda. She praised Gov. Katie Hobbs for vetoing dozens of 'bad bills' proposed by Republicans over the past two-plus years. And Joe Murphy, political director in Arizona for the AFL-CIO, lauded Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes for her work on at least a dozen lawsuits challenging the Trump administration on multiple fronts. In fact, more than 200 lawsuits have been filed against Trump's legally dubious, if not outright unconstitutional, executive mandates. The president's approval ratings, meanwhile, have dipped dramatically during his first 100 days in office. At 41%, a CNN headline reports: 'Trump's approval at 100 days lower than any president in at least seven decades.' Still, the Trump administration had proven time and again it could care less if it's violating federal statutes. That's why, in their pursuit of scapegoating immigrants, there's no concern about deporting them on the flimsiest evidence — or no evidence at all, as happened with a Maryland man named Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the Supreme Court has ordered returned to the U.S., after the Trump administration admitted to deporting him by mistake. Ironically, Trump's opponents may have the law on their side, but their commitment to abide by the law carries inherent disadvantages, said Arizona Director of Mi Familia Vota Monica Sandschafer, another top organizer of this week's rally in Phoenix. 'Change takes time. Community-led change takes time,' she said. 'Unfortunately, there's been an onslaught of terrible actions coming from the White House. [Trump] has the ability to move very fast and our [efforts] to push back are happening at a slower pace, but that doesn't mean they're not working.' In fact, as of April 28, 'at least 123 of those rulings [in court challenges to Trump's executive orders] have at least temporarily paused some of the administration's initiatives,' according to the New York Times. 'If you listen to Trump, he's the most popular president that has ever existed,' Sandschafer added, 'but when we march and say 'hell no' and show we oppose everything he is doing, his attacks on immigrants, citizens, workers, students, the environment, our support systems, like Medicaid and Social Security, this is our way of saying he does not have as much power as we have. 'We are the majority.' SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
USA Today
06-02-2025
- Politics
- USA Today
LETTERS: Hold President Trump to his oath of office
LETTERS: Hold President Trump to his oath of office Hold President Trump to his oath of office The Congress of the United States makes the laws and the president is to see that the laws are carried current president thinks he makes the laws and unless we take him to court he gets to do what he wants. Congress is not acting to stop him, apparently, he has intimidated them into ignoring his behavior.I suggest that Congress enact a law that all executive orders of the president be reviewed by Congress in the Judiciary Committee and if they do not pass two tests by a 60% vote, they are not to be followed. One, the executive order must not violate the Constitution including its amendments. Two, the executive order must not violate the laws of Congress or interfere with the funding authorized to comply with such laws. The president serves to administer the laws of the United States. He took an oath to it. We must hold him to his oath of office. John Justice Northeast El Paso More: El Paso Women's March, People's Rally deliver message of resistance to President Trump Voters did not like the direction America was going President Donald Trump has started his priority of reforming the immigration law by removing criminals who entered illegally. The new Border Czar Tom Homan began by catching and deporting the first of the worst. The far-left liberals continue the resistance and misinformation through TV, social media and rallies. El Paso's Congresswoman Veronica Escobar attended the El Paso's Women's March and People's Rally in San Jacinto Plaza stating to those attending that she is afraid of losing women's rights. Trump's policy denies many genders and only recognizes two genders, male and female. A few senators and many representatives in the House will oppose Trump's policies. Whites, Latinos, Blacks, Asians, some Democrats voted for Trump by a landslide because they did like the direction the previous administration was taking America. With President Trump, America is headed towards a safe, bright, strong, energy independent, innovative, prosperous, transparent, bold, brave, respected, a free sovereign place, a nation under God that will be great again. Samuel Mancillas West Central El Paso More: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth makes first visit to border in El Paso, Sunland Park Green card issue allows China to lead in 5G China currently dominates 5G technology, holding the majority of patents related to the transition from 4G to 5G. The history of its success is intriguing. Erdal Arikan, who was educated at Cal Tech and then MIT, wished to stay in the U.S. and work but was unable to obtain a green card. He then turned to China and began working for Huawei. While employed there, he resolved the complex theoretical issues that enabled the transition from 4G to the significantly faster 5G. This leads me to ponder what the world might look like today if Albert Einstein had been unable to secure permission to work in America before World War II. Robert Vines Horizon City Give us a break So, El Paso Electric wants to increase residential customers' bills. What break will they give customers that have solar panels? Michael Mendez South El Paso
