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July 31, 2021

Cori Bush spends night protesting outside US Capitol, gets support from Squad allies Omar, Pressley

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush said late Friday she plans to spend the night on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to protest the impending end of the coronavirus eviction moratorium.

July 29, 2021

Van linked to Nina Turner's campaign calls for 'dismantling the Pentagon'

A van associated with the campaign of progressive congressional candidate Nina Turner called for health care to be paid for by “dismantling the Pentagon,"

July 29, 2021

AOC, Bush slam lack of diversity among infrastructure bill negotiators

A pair of "Squad" members criticized the lack of diversity among a bipartisan coalition of mostly White senators who have spent weeks negotiating a $1.2 trillion package to rebuild the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

July 26, 2021

Greenwald: 'Staggering' Detroit poll exposes 'wide gap' between media and 'everyone else' on policing

Journalist Glenn Greenwald shared a new poll out of Detroit, Mich., that he argued ripped a hole in the narrative from certain "media elites" who have appeared to try and paint the police as systematically racist or suggest they should be defunded.

July 25, 2021

‘Hypocrite’ Rep. Bush wants to defund your police, while dishing out $70k on private security: Gowdy

Trey Gowdy tore into Rep. Cori Bush Sunday for spending $70,000 on private security while advocating to defund the police.

July 22, 2021

Tlaib's campaign paid out over $100K to a firm founded by defund the police, anti-Israel activist

The campaign of "Squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has paid out over $100,000 for "fundraising consulting" to a Florida-based progressive firm founded and operated by a defund the police and anti-Israel activist, campaign filings show.

July 20, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rails against CRT opposition: Teachers should be 'fluent in how to dismantle racism'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., railed Monday against efforts to ban the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in schools, questioning why Republicans didn't want students to be taught "anti-racism."

July 20, 2021

Defund the police Dems are silent after DC passes 100 homicides in 2021

Washington, D.C., reached its 100th homicide earlier on July 9, and since then Democrats who have pushed for defunding the police have been silent.

July 16, 2021

Joey Jones calls US embargo on Cuba a 'pretty reasonable response'

Joey Jones joined ‘America Reports’ to weigh in on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Black Lives Matter blaming the US for supposedly contributing to the problems Cuba is having.

July 16, 2021

'Squad' member Cori Bush, a 'defund the police' advocate, recently spent $70,000 on private security

Missouri Rep. Cori Bush has tapped into her campaign coffers to spend nearly $70,000 on private security over the past three months as she advocates for defunding the police, filings show.