Yearly Archives: 2017
Trump and Russia: Shortest reset ever
In Trump, the Kremlin got what it wanted – an America paralyzed by an incompetent administration at odds with more than half the country’s population.
Trump proposes cutting Great Lakes funding by 97%
Every Senator needs to do the right thing for those living by the Great Lakes and reject these dangerous cuts.
Congressional energy and climate committees are loaded with ex-fossil fuel lobbyists
Ex-lobbyists-turned-congressional-staffers get bonuses from their old employers as a parting gift as they step through the reverse revolving door.
The charities making inequality worse
A growing number of executives at America’s ‘do-good’ nonprofits are doing much too good – for themselves – at paycheck time.
The surge delusion
An Iraq War anniversary to forget.
The Anti-Empire Report #149
So why then does the American power elite hate Putin so? It can be dated back to the period of Boris Yeltsin.
Magical thinking on health care
Trump promised to magically repeal and replace Obamacare. Now he's learning that magicians do tricks, not magic.
Monsanto loses millions of dollars after Indian farmers switch to indigenous seeds
Monsanto claims that the genetically modified cotton seeds they sell are superior. So why are so many people trying to switch?
Trump’s Twitter distraction
The wiretap tweet was not crazy or manic – it was strategic.
Chris Hedges discusses resistance in the Age of Trump with Kevin Zeese
“It’s all about building power. That has to be our goal: to build power, to take office, and to create a movement that can’t be ignored.”