Politics

Fake news corporate media uses atrocity propaganda to sell sensational stories, and politicians use faux outrage to bully Myanmar’s leaders.

Another round of punitive disruption-for-disruption-sake Trumpism – except for the innocence of the targets. DACA children, brought into the only country they know, are now reduced to ideological bargaining chips to distract from endless failures. Trump populism? Little more than an unfeeling tyranny of the shrinking minority.

Tens of millions of Americans – many aging and white – are willing to sabotage young people rather than to accept racial diversity.

It remains to be seen whether China and its allies have the diplomatic power to compel the parties, including the United States, to the negotiating table.

“As former presidents, we wanted to help our fellow Americans begin to recover.”

Fighting over whether or not to raise the debt ceiling is a meaningless and dangerous distraction. So abolish it.

Trump will only back down if faced with massive grass-roots pressure.

As debate continues on the spending bill, dozens of environmental amendments could receive votes. Here are some to watch:

“To target these young people is wrong – because they have done nothing wrong.”

Here and abroad, Trump's wealthy backers understand that his populist rhetoric is a masquerade.