4 bone-in or boneless pork chops (each about ¾– to 1-inch thick; 1 ½ to 2 lbs total)
2 tablespoons avocado oil or olive oil
1 sweet yellow onion, thinly sliced
2 cups chicken broth, divided
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour (use gluten-free, if needed)
1 teaspoon ground sage
Optional for serving: mashed potatoes and sprigs of fresh thyme or finely chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
In a small bowl, combine the garlic powder, onion powder, ½ teaspoon salt, and pepper; stir together.
Season both sides of the pork chops generously with all of the seasoning mixture.
Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large heavy nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
When
the oil is hot, add the pork chops to the skillet and cook until
browned on one side, 3-4 minutes. Turn the pork chops over and cook on
the other side for another 3-4 minutes.
Remove the pork chops to a plate and cover with an inverted plate to keep them warm.
Add
the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to the skillet and swirl it around.
Then, add ¼ cup of the broth to the skillet to deglaze it, stirring up
any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet.
Add the sliced onion and saute until browned and tender, 8 to 10 minutes.
When
the onions are softened, sprinkle the flour over the onions and stir
until there is no more white flour showing. NOTE: The onions should be
coated with the flour and thickened.
Add the remaining 1¾
cups broth to the skillet and stir to deglaze again, loosen up the
onions and any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet.
Add
the ground sage and the remaining ½ teaspoon salt. Bring the mixture to
a simmer until thickened, which takes about 1 minute.
Return the pork chops to the skillet, tucking them into the gravy and spooning the onions over top.
Continue
to cook until the thickest part of the pork chops register at 145 on a
meat thermometer, which could take another 2 to 6 minutes, depending on
the thickness of the chops.
Garnish with fresh herbs, such as fresh thyme sprigs or chopped fresh parsley.
If desired, serve the pork chops with mashed potatoes and spoon the gravy over top.
In
the post shared on X, @TheBushArchive quoted Bush as saying that he
stopped playing golf after the invasion of Iraq because he did not want
“some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander‑in‑chief
playing golf.”
Bush made the comments in a
2008 interview with Politico, in which he explained that he gave up the
pastime following the August 2003 bombing of the United Nations
headquarters in Baghdad that killed several people, including the UN’s
top envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
Bush
said he was informed of the attack while he was playing golf in Texas
and decided afterward that continuing to play during the war would send
the wrong signal. He added that he felt he owed military families a
sense of solidarity during the conflict.
Criticism grows around Trump’s golf outings. Beyond optics, the president’s golf trips have also drawn scrutiny over cost. A 2019 U.S. Government Accountability Office report estimated
that each presidential golf trip costs taxpayers approximately $1.4
million, factoring in travel, staffing and security expenses.
Wow. Even Bully Boy Bush had more self-awareness than Chump.
Monday, March 16, 2026. Chump loses is on Air Force One, he begs for
help over the weekend from the US allies that he's been spitting on for a
year now, no surprise none come forward to offer help, the Epstein
Scandal continues, John Oliver reminds us all how awful JD Vance is, and
much more.
This morning, Ben (MEIDASTOUCH NEWS NETWORK) notes Chump's derangement last night on Air Force One.
THE NEW YORK TIMES notes this morning, "Oil prices rose and stocks were mixed on Monday on persistent concerns
that surging energy costs stemming from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran
could drive inflation higher across the world. The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, was about $103 a
barrel on Monday, trading near the day’s highs. On Friday, Brent
settled at $103.14 a barrel, the highest settlement level since August
2022. It gained more than 11 percent last week."
Chump spent 2025 antagonizing our long standing allies -- France,
England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, go down the list. And now? David McAfee (RAW STORY) notes, "President Donald Trump called for international cooperation on Iran
policy in a Truth Social post, arguing that securing the Strait of
Hormuz should be a collective responsibility rather than falling solely
on the United States." He started this war and now? Now he needs the
help of US allies. Russia's sold him out. They're feeding intl to
Iran. Chump needs help. Big time. His request did not go well. David McAfee notes:
"The United States of America has beaten and completely decimated
Iran, both Militarily, Economically, and in every other way," Trump wrote,
before shifting to call for international cooperation. He urged
countries reliant on oil transit through the strait to "take care of
that passage," promising substantial U.S. assistance and coordination to
ensure "everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well." Trump framed the
effort as a long-overdue "team" approach that would foster "Harmony,
Security, and Everlasting Peace!"
The post drew immediate online
backlash, with critics highlighting what they saw as a glaring
contradiction: claiming total Iranian defeat while seeking help to
secure the vital waterway, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil
flows.
Professor Phillips P. O'Brien, a noted historian and strategist,
described the message as "a work of art" worthy of preservation. He
pointed out the irony: if Iran's military capability is "100%
destroyed," why plead with frequently insulted allies to intervene in
the Gulf?
The U.S. is deploying to the Middle East a Marine expeditionary unit that can conduct ground operations if needed.
Multipleoutlets reported Friday that the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli,
which is based in Japan, is being sent to the Middle East, along with
multiple other warships and fighter jets. The attached 31st Marine
Expeditionary Unit has thousands of Marines and sailors and can offer
land, amphibious, and aviation support.
The deployment of about 2,500 Marines to
the Middle East represents a new phase in the two-week-old war in Iran,
as Iranian forces increase their attacks on the Strait of Hormuz.
The
unit, officially known as the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, according
to two U.S. defense officials, will be in an unusual position given the
problem vexing the Pentagon: the Iranian military’s ability to mine the
strait, a narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil
passes.
U.S. airstrikes have forced
the Iranians to forego their larger naval vessels and deploy fast boats
carrying mines that can evade aircraft. These boats would likely launch
from an archipelago of islands closer to the strait.
With
the arrival of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit from the Indo-Pacific
region in the coming days, the Pentagon will be able to quickly launch
raids onto the islands with infantry Marines who will have logistics and
air support, said a retired senior defense official with knowledge of
the unit’s capabilities.
The U.S. Embassy
in Baghdad urged all American citizens to leave Iraq immediately on
Saturday after the embassy was attacked overnight for the second time
since the war with Iran started.
The
warning said militias allied with Iran had carried out numerous attacks
on targets associated with the United States, including diplomatic
facilities, American companies and hotels frequented by foreigners. It
recommended Americans travel overland to neighboring countries because
commercial flights were not operating, and warned them not to come to
the embassy or a U.S. consulate in the city of Erbil, in northern Iraq.
Kataib
Hezbollah, one of several Iran-backed militias in Iraq, claimed
responsibility for the attack on Saturday, saying it had fired on the
embassy the previous night. A video verified by The New York Times
showed that a structure on the embassy’s roof was on fire. Two Iraqi
security officials who were not authorized to speak publicly confirmed
the attack but could not give additional details.
He is such an idiot. And no one, no country, took him up on Saturday's offer to join him in securing the Strait of
Hormuz. He's feeling very alone. And he created this. He's the one
who spent all of 2025 attacking our allies, talking about taking over
Canada and Greenland and erupting when other countries said "no." He's
the one who pushed all our allies away. And now he needs them because
he and Netanyahu started this illegal war of choice and it's not playing
out like Chump thought it would. It's actually costing a lot of lives
-- including American lies. And Chump feels he can't pull out because
he'll look like the idiot who started a war for nothing -- which is what
he did, let's be clear.
He did it to help out
Netanyahu and to help out himself -- to get people focusing on something
other than his dead friend Jeffrey Epstein and the way Chump's ruined
the economy.
He didn't listen to military advisors
who warned him about the Strait of
Hormuz or anything else. All that's gone wrong was predicted but Chump
ignored the military and focused on the yes-men and yes-women that make
up his administrations.
They're the one who flatter and
lie to him daily. They're the ones who lie and agree with him that the
polling is wrong and he's beloved across the land. They kiss his ass
daily. And they enable this demented man in his crimes against the
Constitution and against our democracy.
Senator Adam Schiff addressed the war yesterday on NBC's MEET THE PRESS.
KRISTEN WELKER:
It’s
good to have you back. Let me ask you about the big picture argument
that we are hearing from the Trump administration with top officials.
You just heard Secretary Chris Wright argue that the threat from Iran is
so significant, not just to the world, but to the United States, that
invading now will ultimately make the world more secure. Do Trump
officials have a valid point there, Senator?
SEN. ADAM SCHIFF:
No, I don’t think they do. And I
don’t think the President has really leveled with the American people.
First, by promising the American people he wouldn’t bring us into
another foreign war. Then, being unwilling to tell us what the real
costs of this war are going to be. And we still don’t hear from the
Secretary, don’t hear from the president with the real cost of this will
be, how long it will go on. Already we spent billions and billions of
dollars. And more significant, we’ve lost 13 service members as a result
of the war. And we still haven’t heard a clear articulation of why
we’re at war. What was the imminent threat we were facing? They’ve said
it was the nuclear threat, but the intelligence doesn’t back that up.
They said it was the threat of being hit in the United States by
ballistic missiles. That is years and years away. They want regime
change, but then they say they don’t want regime change. And when you
ask how long this war’s going to go on, the secretary can’t tell you,
the president won’t tell you. And it’s because not having a clear object
in mind when we began this war, it makes it very difficult to tell when
its objectives have been accomplished. This is why I think the
president was so vague with you when he wouldn’t describe to you what
kind of a deal is he looking for with Iran — because it just isn’t
clear. And now there’s the prospect with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
force going to the region, that we have boots on the ground. And I don’t
think they’ve leveled with us about that either. So I don’t think the
war is worth the costs, and it has already unleashed a lot of things
that should have been foreseen, like the closing of the strait, like
Iran’s attack on its neighbors. But it’s not clear that the President
had a plan for any of this.
KRISTEN WELKER:
You
did here Secretary Wright say he anticipates the conflict will be over
in the next few weeks. Do you accept that timeline? Do you think that’s
realistic, based on what you’re seeing?
SEN. ADAM SCHIFF:
Well,
the one thing I agreed with the secretary on is when he said there are
no guarantees in war. It may very well have been that when they began
this war they expected it to be over very quickly, that they thought it
would be like Venezuela. Except Iran isn’t like Venezuela. You can’t
simply pick the number two mullah to replace the number one mullah and
expect things to be any different. So the bottom line is they don’t
really know when this war is going to end. And I hope and pray that it
does end very soon. But as we have seen, our enemy also has a vote in
when things end. And if Iran keeps blowing up ships, or trying to blow
up ships in the strait, and gas prices continue to go up and up for
Americans, then it is very foreseeable we could become even more
entrenched in this, to try to keep the strait open. I have a very hard
time believing that China and the other countries the president listed
to you are really going to be escorting ships through the strait. That
just doesn’t add up to me. So the bottom line is, we simply don’t know
how long this war is going to go on. But we know the costs to the
American people are already too high. For a president who promised to
bring down the cost of living for Americans, this is doing exactly the
opposite, and raising the cost and the difficulty of Americans to be
able to afford simple groceries, and lodging, and rent, and energy
prices. It’s simply unsustainable.
Last week, in Stanley, New Mexico, officials began examining
Epstein's former Zorro Ranch. It's now owned by Don Huffines. He's a
Republican politician currently running for Texas comptroller whose his
ads during the primary had to be altered because his voice was judged
'too femmy' and they eliminated his speaking from the latter ads to
avoid alienating potential voters.
To girls without much money who needed help with college or a career,
visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s 10,000-acre New Mexico ranch felt like being
treated to an exclusive resort.
Flown in from around the country
to the gated compound, they rode horses across a mesa dotted with
ancient rock carvings. They posed for pictures at Epstein’s
26,700-square-foot mansion. They hiked, swam, shopped and watched
movies.
Hanging
out with a wealthy middle-aged man was weird, but Epstein made the
girls feel special. He asked about their goals, offered advice and
handed them cash. And then the trips turned dark.
Epstein
touched their thighs, had them strip for a massage or attacked them
with a sex toy, and the girls grew confused and frightened. Alone, far
from home and surrounded by photographs of Epstein with celebrities and
politicians — some of whom had visited the ranch — they believed there
was nothing they could do to stop him.
One
victim, 15 at the time, jumped on an ATV the day after Epstein
assaulted her and went racing across the property with another young
guest and crashed into a tree. “Don’t worry,” the other girl said, the
victim later recalled. “No one gets in trouble for anything here.”
The
victims eventually understood that Epstein had used money and power to
exploit them for sex. Starting in 2006, they began to come forward — not
just the girls, but women as well. At least 10 have alleged that
starting in the mid-1990s, Epstein groomed or abused them at the ranch,
according to an NBC News review of court testimony, lawsuits and other
records. Half were teenagers when Epstein harmed them.
Yet
to this day, no one has fully accounted for the crimes committed at
Zorro Ranch, a failure that confounds victims, local officials and the
public. Decades of missed chances allowed the ranch to escape scrutiny,
prolonging its secrets and delaying justice for the girls Epstein
brought there.
Saturday on MS NOW, Alex Witt reported on the investigation.
FBI information released in January’s Epstein files
by the US Department of Justice included an anonymous tip to
Albuquerque radio host Eddy Aragon. “Somewhere in the hills outside the
Zorro, two foreign girls were buried on orders of Jeffrey and Madam G,”
the anonymous sender wrote, referring to Epstein’s co-conspirator
Ghislaine Maxwell.
“I
don’t know if there are bodies buried out there, but good luck,” said
Sean, a local whose stepfather had leased Epstein’s land for cattle
until ordered off because the billionaire was concerned about them
straying onto his private jet runway.
[. . .]
Several
women have previously said that they were abused as teens or young
adults at the property, including Jane, who testified at Maxwell’s
sex-trafficking trial that she was escorted to see him at Zorro. “I
just, as usual, felt, like, my heart sink into my stomach,” she said.
Another
accuser, Annie Farmer, said she was ordered by Maxwell to perform a
nude massage on Epstein at Zorro ranch when she was 16 years old. The
late Virginia Giuffre said that Epstein trafficked her to have sex with high-profile men there.
President Donald Trump raged in a rambling Truth Social post on Sunday that media outlets that write negative stories about the Iran war should be charged with treason.
Trump issued the threat in response to a report by The Wall Street
Journal about five U.S. military refueling planes being hit by Iranian
forces. The report said the planes were hit at a Saudi airbase. They
were damaged, but not totally destroyed, according to the report.
In his post, Trump accused the Iranians of "feeding" the story to the U.S. press.
Chump
is such a nightmare that it can be easy for some to forget how awful JD
Vance is. On Sunday's LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, John did the
heavy lifting on the realities of JD.
Let's wind down with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:
Washington, D.C. – Today,U.S. Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA) issued the following statement expressing her condolences for
Capt. Ariana G. Savino, who lost her life in the crash of a KC-135 in
western Iraq on Thursday. The official identification of Air Force
casualties was announced late this evening.
“I am heartbroken to learn about the passing of Capt. Ariana
G. Savino from Washington state. I am deeply grateful for her courage
and sacrifice in service to our country. Our servicemembers put their
lives on the line to keep our country safe—remarkable women like Capt.
Savino represent the absolute best of our state and country.
“I also want to express my sincerest condolences to the
family and loved ones of Capt. Savino and join them in mourning her
loss. I, of course, also extend my condolences to the families and loved
ones of the other five brave Air Force Airmen we lost in this tragic
incident. As we mourn the passing of these heroes, we must remember our
commitment to honor them not only with words but by supporting the
families they leave behind. The families and friends of Capt. Savino are
in my thoughts during this difficult time.”
Heat
a 14-inch, flat-bottomed wok over high heat until a bead of water
vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact. Swirl in the oil, add the
garlic and red pepper flakes, and stir-fry for 10 seconds or until
fragrant. Add the asparagus and parsnips, sprinkle on salt and pepper,
and stir-fry for 1 minute, until the asparagus is bright green. Add the
peas and tomatoes, swirl the prepared wine mixture into the wok, add the
scallions, and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, until the vegetables are
tender-crisp. Remove from the heat, sprinkle on cheese, and stir until
cheese just begins to melt.
About
one in three American adults have cut back on certain expenses to pay
for their health care, according to a West Health-Gallup Center on
Healthcare in America survey.
The survey,
released on March 12, found that more than 80 million Americans have had
to make at least one daily life trade-off in the last year to cover the
cost of health care. The most common trade-offs were prescription
rationing or non-adherence, meaning prescribed medical advice is not
followed, and borrowing money.
Both of these actions
were taken by 15 percent of survey participants. Other trade-offs
involved cutting back on meals and utilities.
Friday, March 13, 2026. Four more US service members killed in Chump's
illegal war, ICE gets rebuked in court again, the Epstein scandal gets
pooh-pahhed by Dan Abrams, and much more.
Four of six crew members died after a
U.S. military KC-135 refueling aircraft that was part of the American
war against Iran crashed in neighboring Iraq, United States Central
Command said on Friday.
In
a statement, it said that rescue efforts were continuing and that the
circumstances of the crash were under investigation, but added that “the
loss of the aircraft was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
The deaths brought the number of U.S. service members killed in operations related to the Iran conflict to at least 11.
Iranians
are being killed daily in this war. One of the worst known attacks was
at the start of the war when the US bombed a girl's school. And this
week, we did learn that it was the US who bombed the school. Katie Herchenroeder (MOTHER JONES) notes:
The United States is responsible
for killing at least 175 people, many of them children, in a Tomahawk
missile strike on an Iranian elementary school on the last day of
February, according to US officials and others familiar with the ongoing
military investigation who spoke with the New York Times. The death toll was reported by Iranian officials.
The deadly strike on the girls’ school, Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary,
followed incorrect targeting intelligence about the area. The school is
nearby buildings used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Navy—which
the US also targeted on the same day it decimated Shajarah
Tayyebeh. Before it was a school, the site was connected to the base.
But, according to a visual analysis for the Times, the school
area has been sectioned off from the base for at least a decade. US
military intelligence, the preliminary report findings indicate, might
have been operating off of old data.
The investigation isn’t over and more information is poised to come
out about how the school became designated as a target. While there have
reportedly been instances of the US using Claude, the AI model created by Anthropic, in their offensive against Iran, it is unclear if the AI was used in the strike against the school. Government officials told the Times that it may have been the result of human error.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made
contempt for what he calls “stupid rules of engagement” — limits meant
to reduce risks to civilians — central to his political identity, and
has boasted that he unleashed the military to use “maximum authorities on the battlefield” in the Iran war.
“Our warfighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly,” Mr. Hegseth said at a briefing four days after the war started. “Our rules of engagement are bold, precise and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it.”
This and similar statements are now the backdrop to a body of evidence
that the destruction of an Iranian elementary school during the opening
hours of the war was likely caused by an American missile strike. The
preliminary finding of an ongoing military investigation has determined
that the United States was responsible, The New York Times has reported.
Long before this war, Mr. Hegseth’s
opposition to stricter versions of limits on what U.S. forces need to
see and know about a potential target before they may open fire drew criticism.
Retired commanders argue that the point of such constraints is not just
law, morality and honor, but strategic self-interest. Mistakes that
kill civilians stoke anti-Americanism — alienating allies, creating new
enemies and making wars harder to win.
“You
don’t want to turn the entire population against the United States,”
said Mark Hertling, a retired three-star Army general. “If you are
bombing indiscriminately — like may have happened on several occasions,
to include the girls’ school — that would negate any opportunity to have
a positive regime change.”
On Monday, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus, said: “Damage to petroleum facilities in Iran risks
contaminating food, water, and air—hazards that can have severe health
impacts especially on children, older people, and people with
pre-existing medical conditions.”
Iran’s deputy health minister, Ali Jafarian, told Al Jazeera that the
soil and water supplies around Tehran were already beginning to be
contaminated by the fallout from the weekend’s explosions.
The black rain that fell across Tehran in the hours after the
bombings was a mixture of soot and fine particulate matter from the
explosions with rain from a storm that was already moving across the region, according to Dr Akshay Deoras, a research scientist at the University of Reading.
“The airstrikes on oil depots released soot, smoke, oil particles,
sulfur compounds, and likely heavy metals and inorganic materials from
the buildings, whilst a low‑pressure weather system, which typically
sweeps across Iran and west Asia around this time of year, created
conditions favorable for rainfall,” Deoras said.
“In terms of atmospheric chemistry, the oil fires produce sulphur and
nitrogen compounds that could form acids if they dissolve in
rainwater,” he said. “The risks to human health come from inhaling or
touching the smoke and particles. Immediate impacts can include
headaches, irritation of the eyes and skin, and difficulty
breathing—particularly for people with asthma, lung disease, older
adults, young children, and those with disabilities.”
Brenda is confounded that while so many people are struggling to eat
and staring down major cuts to federal nutrition assistance, the U.S.
government is spending billions of dollars on a war with Iran. “What I
see every day in my community is there are hard-working, single-parent
households out here,” says Brenda, who is going by a pseudonym to
protect against retaliation. “They’re struggling to afford basics, just
like I am. Groceries are costing more. Rent costs more. A lot of people
are having to choose between paying their electric bill or buying
medication or keeping a roof over their head … Our own people are dying
because of a lack of necessities.”
“The government could end all of the suffering in our country,” she
continued. “We could have health care and access to food, healthy foods,
fresh food, we could have good doctors. We should be asking, ‘Why are
we investing billions of dollars into another war across the seas?’”
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon stretches into its second
week, it is bringing death and destruction across the region. On the
first day of the war, the United States bombed
an elementary school in Minab, in southern Iran, killing 168 people,
110 of them children. The U.S.-Israel coalition went on to heavily bomb residential areas in Iran and Lebanon, and strike oil depots around Tehran, filling the air
with thick, black smoke that blots out the sun and unleashes oily,
toxic rain. Trump administration officials are openly boasting about the
death toll. When asked whether Russia’s involvement endangers American
personnel, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told CBS that “the only ones that need to be worried right now are Iranians that think they’re gonna live.”
The Pentagon estimates that the war costs $1 billion a day, according to Atlantic
journalist Nancy Youssef, who cites “a congressional official.” For
that amount, the United States instead could be paying the daily cost of
food stamps for the 41 million people who need them, or the daily costs
of Medicaid for the 16 million people who are expected to lose their
coverage due to recent cuts, according to Alliyah Lusuegro and Lindsay Koshgarian of the National Priorities Project, an organization that researches federal budgets.
“The primary concern is the death in Iran,” says Koshgarian, who is
NPP’s program director. “Having a foreign government come and invade
your country and bomb it is not giving you self-determination. And then
it’s not protecting Americans, but it is preventing Americans from
having enough resources.”
The American people are strongly against this illegal war.
President
Donald Trump is posting his weakest approval numbers yet with
independent voters, a warning sign for a White House heading toward a
volatile midterm election cycle, according to CNN’s chief data analyst.
[. . .]
Independent
voters often decide close elections, and their growing disapproval is
historically severe at this stage of a second term.
If it holds, it could shape turnout and congressional control in the midterms.
Independent
voters sit at the political center of the electorate, and Trump is
losing them by a wider margin than any recent president at the same
point in a second term, according to CNN’s chief data analyst Harry
Enten.
Speaking on CNN News Central, Enten said
Trump is now “38 points underwater” with independents, a level of
unpopularity that exceeds the second-term standings of both Barack Obama
and George W. Bush.
“That is worse than Obama by 20 points,” Enten said. “That is worse than George W. Bush by double digits.”
CNN
anchor John Berman noted that Bush’s second term eventually unraveled
amid Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq war and the Great Recession, adding
that the historical comparison is not one any White House would want.
The
problem, Enten argued, is not just partisan polarization but a growing
sense among voters in the middle that the administration is focused on
the wrong priorities.
President
Donald Trump’s approval ratings on immigration and the economy have
sunk to new second-term lows, according to data from a national polling
series.
[. . .]
The latest numbers point to mounting dissatisfaction during Trump’s second term as voters weigh economic pressures, immigration policy and election concerns.
With midterms approaching, sustained weakness on core issues could shape turnout and control of Congress.
In
fairness to Chump, he has done one thing that most Americans agree
with: Fire Kristi Noem as Secretary of Homeland Security. Sarah Davis (THE HILL) reports:
Kristi Noem’s ouster at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the beginning of March was widely lauded by Democrats in Congress — and some Republicans. A new poll finds that the majority of Americans also agree with the move.
Fifty-five percent of respondents in a YouGov survey released Tuesday said they approved of President Trump’s decision to fire the DHS secretary.
The move garnered bipartisan support, with 64 percent of Democrats and
54 percent of Republicans indicating support for her firing.
Chump is caught in a death spiral when it comes to polling. Nick Lichtenberg (FORTUNE) notes what Morgan Stanley has offered regarding the upcoming mid-terms:
President
Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran is rattling global oil markets,
threatening to reignite inflation—and according to Morgan Stanley’s
Global Investment Office, it could cost Republicans their Senate
majority and send the national debt into overdrive.
The
firm’s investment strategist and head of U.S. policy, Monica Guerra,
published a detailed analysis Thursday warning about the obvious: The
incumbent’s party tends to lose seats in midterm elections, and this
particular conflict has triggered one of the most consequential
energy-supply shocks in recent memory. The implications stretch from the
Federal Reserve’s interest rate path all the way to November’s midterm
ballot box.
On Feb. 28, U.S. and Israeli forces
launched coordinated missile strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities,
military infrastructure, and senior leadership. Iran retaliated against
Israel, U.S. bases, and regional allies—and the Strait of Hormuz,
through which roughly 20% of global oil supply flows, or approximately
21 million barrels per day, effectively shut down.
Crude
prices surged above $100 a barrel almost immediately. Oil is now up
over 51% for the year to date. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has
jumped 27 basis points since the conflict began, reflecting renewed
inflation fears and growing concern about deficit spending.
[. . .]
Here’s
the political math Morgan Stanley lays out: Since 1922, the sitting
president’s party has lost an average of 30 House seats and four Senate
seats in midterm elections. Republicans currently hold a 53–47 Senate
majority—a margin Morgan Stanley says could narrow significantly with a
prolonged energy shock.
The firm’s base case
is that the GOP loses the House and keeps the Senate. But a sustained
oil shock could tighten the Senate race in ways that scramble that
forecast.
The reason is simple and visceral:
gas prices. The bottom 20% of consumers spend four times more of their
budget on energy than the top 20%. Rising prices at the pump, Morgan
Stanley notes, are “one of the most visible signs of daily affordability
for most voters”—and affordability is the top voter concern heading
into the midterms.
Appearing as a guest on All In (via YouTube),
Krugman dissected the ongoing supply shock of oil that the U.S. is
currently facing. He explained that the situation is “potentially really
terrible” because the current price of oil is still uncertain, as the
war might last for another week or two.
The
problem arises because this 20% of the oil is stuck at the Strait of
Hormuz, which is significant enough to “shock world oil supplies.” He
added, “That’s a much bigger shock to world oil supplies than the oil
shocks of the 1970s. This is just a gigantic disruption to world energy
supplies.”
The economist feared
that the oil prices could easily go much higher than they are now, “if
it’s sustained.” However, he ruled out that possibility because it is
“basically impossible, and that’s nasty.” He assured that the world is
less oil dependent than it was in the 70s, but if they added all the bad
things that have happened in the past six decades of US economic
history, it would lead to what is currently happening right now.
A
federal judge in Utah dealt the Trump administration a loss after
immigration agents attempted to deport a man who was arrested for an
alleged drug crime that turned out to be nothing of the sort.
The
nine-page order offers a novel variation on a recent theme of numerous
district court judges rejecting controversial efforts to reshape how
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) classifies immigrants in order
to detain them.
The
petitioner, Lorenzo Chavez Rascon, won a temporary restraining order in a
habeas corpus case by convincing U.S. District Judge Robert J. Shelby, a
Barack Obama appointee, that "emergency relief" was necessary "to
ensure" that his "due process rights are not violated."
In
2017, Chavez – then a minor – entered the country with his family and
immediately applied for asylum. Then, during the litigation of the
asylum case, Chavez applied for a U-visa, which the court refers to as
"a type of temporary visa available to certain undocumented persons
within the United States who cooperate with law enforcement."
In
early February, U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS)
determined his visa petition was "bona fide," the judge notes. During
the waiting period when such a determination is made, the government is
allowed to grant deferred action status – a form of status that will put
a halt on any deportation proceedings.
In late February, Chavez was arrested by authorities in Utah over a suspected drug sale. That arrest proved unnecessary.
"However, the narcotics involved in the suspected sale were later determined to be dried pinto beans," the court explains.
At which point, ICE seized him. The judge said no:
The court makes short work of the underlying arrest.
"While
Chavez was arrested by state police on charges related to selling
narcotics (in and of itself grounds for detention and removal), Chavez
was not charged by the State of Utah with any crime," Shelby goes on.
"The alleged narcotic proved to be pinto beans."
To
that end, because the initially alleged crime literally amounted to a
pile of beans, the court says the government does not really have any
actual reason to suggest that Chavez's deferred action status "has been
revoked or is expected to be revoked." And that means his deportation is
far from happening – if it ever comes at all.
Author
Amy Wallace — who co-authored and posthumously published Virginia
Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody's Girl — claimed that Ghislaine Maxwell was
"fully involved" in Jeffrey Epstein’s predatory schemes.
Speaking
at the All About Women event titled “Inside the Epstein Files” in
Sydney, Australia, Wallace described Epstein’s convicted co-conspirator
as the "apex predator" of the operation, emphasizing that her role
extended far beyond mere recruitment.
“She [Maxwell]
had the connections,” Wallace said on Sunday, March 8. “Virginia
referred to her as an ‘apex predator,' because remember, this is not a
woman who just recruited, she had s-- with the girls, she forced them to
service her sexually. This is not someone who just wanted to keep him
[Epstein] happy… She was fully involved in the predation.”
Wallace stated that the former British socialite made Epstein's access to high-society circles and young victims possible.
Contrary
to defense arguments that she was a "scapegoat," Wallace alleged
Maxwell was a hands-on participant who personally abused victims.
Wallace
explained that Maxwell used her status as a sophisticated Oxford
graduate to build trust with young women, often offering them
"mentorship" or "travel opportunities" before the relationship shifted
into exploitation.
British journalist Emily
Maitlis, whose 2019 BBC interview with the former Prince Andrew was
described by media and public alike as a "car crash" and was a turning
point in the Epstein scandal, agreed and characterized Maxwell as far
more than an accomplice, describing her as a "central "architect" and a
"driving force" who was "fully involved in the predation" of the
s--trafficking network.
“If you’re trafficked,
you do not get to choose,” Maitlis said. “If you’re underage, you do not
get to choose. If you’re a child, it’s not prostitution. It’s rape.”
That's
Chump's friend they're talking about. The woman he may pardon because,
hey, sexual exploitation, is no big thing to Chump. He's already moved
her to from the secure prison she was in to Club Fed in Bryan, Texas
back in August. She's not supposed to be there, it's too low of a level
for someone with her hard convictions. But she reached out to Chump,
he sent Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche to chat with her and she
got moved to Club Fed.
One hour and five minutes in on the video
above, Katie Couric speaks with THE ATLANTIC's Sarah Fitzpatrick about
developments in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation including that many
witnesses are not seeing their complaints among the released files from
the FBI. Katie and Sarah are covering the last two weeks of Epstein
news including the news that Donald Chump has never been questioned by
the FBI regarding Jeffrey Epstein.
Dan
Abrams? He did an 'Epstein' segment yesterday. He's never done a
segment on NPR and MS NOW's reporting that resulted in the release of
three FBI files on a woman who told the FBI in 2019 that when she was a
teenager Epstein sexually trafficked her to Donald Trump. She had four
interviews. The first one was released. In it she spoke only of
Epstein. The other three only were released after NPR began reporting
on the fact that they weren't released.
TAMARA KEITH: And we're back. And NPR political reporter Stephen Fowler is here with us. Hey, Stephen.
STEPHEN FOWLER, BYLINE: Hello.
KEITH:
There were a number of developments in the long-running Epstein files
story this week. And Stephen, I want to start with your latest reporting
on files that were missing or redacted from the original public
release. Some of those files have now been posted by the Justice
Department. What do they have in them?
FOWLER: Just to
recap, we found that there were 53 pages that appeared to be missing
from that public Epstein files database. They all related to an
allegation that President Trump sexually abused a minor in the early
1980s. There was a mention of this explicit allegation found in a
Justice Department PowerPoint from last year that was in the files and
also an FBI email kind of recapping all of the claims made about Trump,
but we couldn't find it anywhere else in these files. Looking at some of
the other documents, we were able to find that the FBI interviewed this
woman as an adult in 2019 four separate times. Only one of those
interviews was initially published in the Epstein files, and it didn't
mention Trump at all.
Now, we do have some of those files,
16 pages covering three other interviews, plus a two-page sheet
detailing the initial tip that was called in. These interviews do go
into more explicit detail about what Trump was alleged to have done to
her when she was a teenager, forcing her head down onto his penis. She
allegedly bit it. He said foul words and hit her head. There's also an
interview, which was the final one in 2019, and this woman was asked
whether she, quote, "felt comfortable" detailing her contacts with
Trump, and she reportedly asked, quote, "what the point would be of
providing this information at this point in her life when there was a
strong possibility nothing could be done about it." And remember, these
interviews took place during Trump's first term in office.
KEITH: Stephen, how is the White House responding to this?
FOWLER:
We should also note here that Trump denies any wrongdoing related to
Epstein and has not been charged with a crime. The White House has
repeatedly said that Trump is, quote, "totally exonerated" by the
Epstein files. The latest statement from White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt says that these are completely baseless accusations,
backed by zero credible evidence. They also point on background to two
different articles that claim to discredit the woman's accusations, but
we haven't verified those things. In fact, Tam, looking at the release
of these documents, it doesn't actually shine any more light on how
credible federal investigators viewed these claims or how they were
resolved, or why these allegations were included in the Justice
Department slide presentation summarizing the cases against Epstein and
his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
KEITH: But there are still records that haven't been released. What has the government said about the delays in the release?
FOWLER:
It's been a shifting story. I mean, back when the Epstein files were
released on January 30, the Justice Department said they were all done
in accordance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act law Congress
passed. When we asked specifically about these documents, the Justice
Department would not comment on them directly and said anything that
might've been withheld was because of privilege, or they were
duplicates, or they were part of an ongoing federal investigation. After
more people reported on the documents and there was more of a public
backlash, the story changed again. The Justice Department said they were
reviewing to see if anything was accidentally mistakenly tagged as
duplicate, and if they found something, of course, they would publish
it.
So fast-forward to Thursday night, where there were a
thousand new pages uploaded, including some documents that it discovered
were, quote, "incorrectly coded as duplicative" and a few more
documents related to prosecution memos that the Southern District of
Florida determined could be published while protecting privileged
materials. That said, we still know based on looking at the serial
numbers stamped onto these documents and the logs of files turned over
to Ghislaine Maxwell's attorney in her case, that there are still 37
pages, at least, that still haven't been published.
KEITH:
Domenico, this is a story that is just not going away for the
administration, and it comes when they have all kinds of other issues
related to their base and possible disillusionment with respect to the
war with Iran. You know, it's one thing to be fighting a messaging
battle on one front, but this is now two fronts that they're on. Where
do you see this going?
MONTANARO: Well, certainly, this
isn't going to go away anytime soon. You know, it's going to continue to
be a thorn in the Trump administration's side. I mean, Trump would very
much like this to go away, but there are a lot of people on both sides
of the aisle who don't want that to be the case, and it's not
necessarily because they're targeting Trump. You know, there are lots of
men with power and influence who are named in these files, many of whom
have not faced any consequences whatsoever. You have lots of victims
who are continuing to speak out and are trying to make sure this story
doesn't go away.
Dan's never felt the need to
cover that story. In fact, he largely ignores the Epstein files and
the scandal. But yesterday he brought on Ankush Khardori -- the
POLITICO reporter we were calling out yesterday morning.
The two lie and spin about how there's nothing there and there's no
special favors going on and there's no to one arrest and blah blah blah
this is how it happens.
No.
People
are being protected and have been protected. There was Epstein's
sweetheart deal. There was the 2019 decision -- yesterday's snapshot
quoted James Comer of the House Oversight Committee talking about this
-- by the US Justice Dept to call off New Mexico's investigation into
Epstein and his ranch. There's the fact that Ghislaine Maxwell -- a
product of upper society -- got moved from the prison she was in to a
cushy prison that her crimes don't allow her to be in. There's the fact
that the three statements about Donald Chump were not released until
NPR began calling them out on not releasing them.
This isn't minor.
The Epstein Class has been protected throughout.
And for Dan and Ankush to pretend otherwise is sickening and shameful.
A top Justice Department official currently “leading investigations”
into Jeffrey Epstein was hit with accusations Thursday of holding a
“very personal interest” in limiting the scope of the agency’s probe
into the disgraced financier and any potential co-conspirators, The
Lever reported.
That official is Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, a position he was nominated for by President Donald Trump last November.
“Jay
Clayton has a very personal interest in seeing the Epstein story as a
cabined-off story involving a mysterious ‘who could have ever known it’
villain, rather than the story of interconnected immoral elites it
appears to be to impartial people,” said Jeff Hauser, the executive
director of Revolving Door Project, a government watchdog group,
speaking with The Lever.
“That’s a really paralyzing bias to bring to the role of prosecutor.
We should want professional skeptics to serve our prosecutors, not the
credulous.”
Accusations of Clayton harboring a “personal interest”
in narrowing the scope of the probe into Epstein stem from a series of
newly released emails from the DOJ that revealed communications between
Epstein and leadership at the asset management firm Apollo Global
Management, communications that took place as recently as 2016, nearly a
decade after Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor.
And, according to financial disclosures,
Clayton continues to hold somewhere between $1.5 million and $6 million
in Apollo holdings, as well as tens of thousands of dollars in stocks
from banks currently being investigated for potentially facilitating “suspicious financial transactions tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Epstein.”
Let's wind down with this from Senator Patty Murray's office:
The Fair Wages for Home Care
Workers Act would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for
home care workers and domestic workers
As Trump and Republicans strip home
care workers of their right to minimum wage and overtime pay, Murray
and Democrats fight to protect fair wages
Washington, D.C. – Today,U.S. Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA), a senior member and former Chair of the Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, introduced the bicameral
Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, alongside Senator Andy
Kim (D-NJ), in response to Trump ripping away home care workers’ right
to minimum wage and overtime pay. Representative Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) introduced companion legislation in the House.
The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act addresses a
longstanding injustice in our country—home care workers have been
unfairly excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act. This legislation
would codify minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers
in federal labor law, and expand overtime protections to domestic
workers as well. Senator Murray and Senator Kim were also joined by
Miranda Bridges, a caregiver from Moses Lake, Washington, and SEIU 775
member, and Jenn Stowe, Executive Director of the National Domestic
Workers Alliance.
In the U.S., there are more than 3 million home care workers who
support almost 10 million people with disabilities and older adults with
everyday tasks like eating, dressing, and bathing. In July 2025, the
Trump administration took action to roll back a 2013 rule – seeking to
strip home care workers’ rights to minimum wage and overtime pay. If the
Trump administration’s proposal is finalized, home care workers who
reside in states with no additional wage protections will lose their
right to minimum wage and overtime protections. If passed, the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act
would codify home care workers’ rights to minimum wage and overtime pay
in statute and expand overtime protections to domestic workers as well.
“In Washington state and across our country, home care
workers ensure that seniors and people with disabilities can live in
their homes with dignity and respect. They play a vital role in our
communities and too many of them are struggling to make ends meet on the
low wages they’re receiving,” said Senator Murray. “Instead
of supporting these workers, Donald Trump wants to overturn a rule that
ensures that home care workers receive the same basic minimum wage and
overtime protections as everyone else. That’s why today we are
Introducing the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act. This bill
makes sure that home care workers and domestic workers at least have
the basic wage protections they deserve and can continue to earn a fair
day’s pay for a hard day’s work. No loopholes, exceptions, or sabotage
from a billionaire President without a clue.”
“No one should get less than a fair wage for their work in our country,” said Senator Kim.
“As the need for caregivers only grows, we cannot allow the Trump
administration to abandon home care and domestic workers to live in
poverty. Care workers go above and beyond to look after our loved ones.
Congress needs to step up to codify the fair pay they deserve and
support their essential service at the heart of addressing our country’s
care crisis.”
“Congress has a moral obligation to protect those who care
for our most vulnerable communities and home care workers are the
backbone of our long-term care system,” said Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “I am proud to introduce the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act
with Senator Patty Murray to finally codify the minimum wage and
overtime protections our home care workers deserve and prevent future
attacks on their livelihoods.”
In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) created a right to
minimum wage and overtime pay for most workers in the U.S., but the FLSA
continued to exclude some categories of workers, such as home care
workers. In 1974, Congress amended the FLSA to cover home care workers;
unfortunately, that amendment included a loophole that was interpreted
to allow for the continued exclusion of most home care workers. In 2013,
The U.S. Department of Labor finalized regulations, interpreting these
amendments and expanding labor protections for most home care workers.
In July 2025, the Trump administration took action to roll back the
2013 rule—seeking to strip home care workers’ rights to minimum wage and
overtime pay—and revert to a previous interpretation of the 1974
amendments. If the Trump administration’s proposal is finalized, home
care workers who reside in states with no additional wage
protections—more than one-quarter of all home care workers in the
country—will lose their right to minimum wage and overtime protections.
“Ask any care worker about their hours and compensation,
you’ll hear about recurring stories, you’ll hear how our voices go
unheard, our needs often go overlooked, especially if we don’t have a
union. We work unpaid hours because we refuse to leave our clients, our
neighbors, and our loved ones without the dignity of care. We perform
essential work that holds the economy together, yet we are often the
ones struggling to make ends meet. Care givers deserve respect, and the
people we care for deserve respect. The work we do is essential, that’s
why we need a strong care workforce, and that’s why SEIU stands in
strong support of the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act. This
legislation is a vital step towards ensuring home care workers receive
fair compensation for every hour worked. We are done waiting for
someday—we cannot wait. Congress must act now, it is time to pass the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act,
and finally invest in and support the people who are at the heart of
our health care system,” said Miranda Bridges, a caregiver from Moses
Lake, Washington, and SEIU 775 member.
“We are at a crossroads in this country. Our need for care is
growing every single day, yet we continue to treat the home care
workforce as disposable. We cannot allow the fundamental right to a
minimum wage and overtime to be at the whim and mercy of this
administration. Rolling back these protections would hurt an already
struggling workforce and the millions of families who rely on their
care. The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act is our chance to finally
enshrine these protections in federal law and help ensure that the
workers who enable the dignity of our older and disabled loved ones are
able to work with dignity too,” said Ai-Jen Poo, President of National Domestic Workers Alliance.
“Home care workers represent a lifeline for millions of
families—yet too many are denied even a minimum wage and often go unpaid
for hours spent off the clock keeping their clients safe. Poverty wages
are driving caregivers out of this lifesaving field, leaving families
without support, hospitals and nursing homes overwhelmed, and seniors
and people with disabilities at risk of losing the freedom to live with
dignity in their own homes. Congress must act now to protect these
essential workers and the families who depend on them. On behalf of the
thousands of AFSCME members in home care, we thank Senator Murray and
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez for introducing this critical legislation,
and urge Congress to pass it now,” said Lee Saunders, President of
President of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees (AFSCME).
In addition to Senators Murray and Kim, the Senate bill is
co-sponsored by: Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory
Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ruben Gallego
(D-AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Maizie
Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Alex
Padilla (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck
Schumer (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
The legislation has been endorsed by: 1199SEIU; A Better Balance;
ACLU; ADAPT Montana; ADAPT National; Adhikaar for Human Rights and
Social Justice; The American Association of People with Disabilities
(AAPD); American Friends Service Committee; AFSCME; Alliance for Retired
Americans; ANCOR; The ARC of Illinois; The ARC of the United States;
Autistic People of Color Fund; Autistic Self Advocacy Network; Autistic
Women & Nonbinary Network; Blue Future; Business for a Fair Minimum
Wage; Care in Action; Caring Across Generations; Center for Law and
Social Policy (CLASP); Coalition on Human Needs; Colorado
Cross-Disability Coalition; Colorado Fiscal Institute;
CommunicationFIRST; Community Catalyst; Consumer Voice for Quality
Long-Term Care; Democratic Women’s Caucus; Detroit Disability Power;
Disciples Center for Public Witness; Diverse Elders Coalition; Economic
Policy Institute; Equal Rights Advocates; eQuality HomeCare Co-op;
Family Voices National; Family Values @ Work; Family Values @ Work
Action; Fe y Justicia Worker Center; Filipino Advocates for Justice;
Food Research & Action Center; Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers
Network; Institute for Women’s Policy Research; Justice in Aging;
Justice for Migrant Women; Lazos America Unida; LeadingAge; Liberty
Resources Inc.; Matahari Women Workers Center; MomsRising; National
Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; National Coalition
for the Homeless; National Committee to Preserve Social Security and
Medicare; National Council of Jewish Women; National Council on
Independent Living (NCIL); National Disability Institute; National
Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA); National Employment Law Project
(NELP); National Health Law Program; National Immigration Law Center;
National Indian Council on Aging; National Nurses United; National
Partnership for Women & Families; National Respite Coalition;
National Women’s Law Center; National Women’s Political Caucus; NETWORK
Lobby for Catholic Social Justice; New Disabled South; New Mexico Center
on Law and Poverty; North Carolina Justice Center; Nuevo Sol Day Labor
and Domestic Workers; Oxfam America; Paid Leave for All Action; The
Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies; PEAK Parent Center;
People’s Action Institute; PHI; Public Justice Center; SCIboston; SEIU;
SEIU 775; Serving At Risk Families Everywhere Inc.; Sur Legal
Collaborative; UNITE HERE!; United Church of Christ; United Domestic
Workers of America (UDW); Voices for Progress; Women Employed; Women
Working Together USA; WorkLife Law.
As the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions (HELP) committee from 2015-2022 and a champion of workers’
rights, Senator Murray has been a longtime leader pushing to raise the
minimum wage, establish a national paid leave program, and expand
workers’ rights. Among many other pieces of pro-worker legislation,
Murray also leads the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act, to fight wage theft and protect workers’ hard earned wages, and the Paycheck Fairness Act, to
combat wage discrimination and help close the gender pay gap. Senator
Murray has helped lead the fight for paid family and medical leave since
she first joined Congress. Murray continues to push for the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act,
which would guarantee up to 12 weeks of partial income for workers who
have to take leave for serious medical and family events. Murray
also helped reintroduce the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Actto
protect workers’ right to join and form a union in order to demand
better pay, benefits, and working conditions—legislation she first
introduced in the 116th Congress. Senator Murray also leads the Bringing an End to Harassment by Enhancing Accountability and Rejecting Discrimination (BE HEARD) in the Workplace Act,
comprehensive legislation to prevent workplace harassment, strengthen
and expand key protections for workers, and support workers in seeking
accountability and justice. Earlier this month, Senator Murray slammed
the Trump administration’s moves to roll back worker
protections—forcefully calling out the Administration’s extreme
anti-worker policies.
A fact sheet on the legislation is available HERE.
