Politics

Do these sound like Trump to you?

New facts, figures and curiosities that help explain a wild campaign.

There is one clear rule about that money: Candidates can’t use it for personal expenses but there are a lot of other options.

At what point, does neglect in the face of injustice and abuse become complicity? If a Government allows illegal detention and the violation of international justice to take place and says and acts not, are they not guilty in aiding and abetting such actions?

This is one of Africa’s largest displacement crises and the world cannot afford to brush it under the carpet.

Mr. Putin, what might you have agreed to do for Trump in return?

This Two Party/ One Party system that serves our empire so well will never allow dialogue on how to end this mess.

This is not the sort of democracy the Framers had in mind, but if there is no distinction between private wealth and political influence, it’s the sort we’d better get used to.

“Ryan Zinke’s caused a lot of controversy with his private flights, but none have been as egregious as using wildfire preparedness funding to pay for a trip that had nothing to do with wildfires."

The Department of Justice will phase out their use of private prisons altogether, dealing a significant blow to several private-prison corporations.