Sunday, June 16, 2024

America First Policies, the nonprofit run by Trump strategists, spends millions from secret donors...

The social welfare group has spent millions of dollars to promote President Trump’s SCOTUS nominees and his proposals to roll back immigration, taxes, and healthcare.

The GOP wants Trumpism, just without Trump

Critics like that anonymous op-ed writer have no problem with how Trump's actually hurting people. They just want the leader doing it to look more presidential.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, September 12

Energy Transfer pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania, Trump calls Puerto Rico an 'unsung success', the fight against world hunger, and more.

Trump’s 4 biggest lies about today’s economy

Trump is having only one positive impact on the economy: His continuous P.T. Barnum lies about how good it is have improved consumer confidence.

The US need not inevitably descend into violent chaos if and when disaster strikes

It’s not too late to begin building a new politics designed to allow us as a people to respond to these crises in a constructive way.

After Trump

The Donald in the rear-view mirror.

Kavanaugh’s disdain for workers disqualifies him

Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court would pose an extreme risk to workers.

Kavanaugh will further divide us

When Congress has become a cauldron of bitter partisanship, American needs a Supreme Court that can be trusted to fairly manage our national disagreements.

It’s time for Democrats to abandon stale centrist politics once and for all

The party’s centrist wing is terrified. The political enterprise they’ve spent their careers building runs counter to the big, universal redistributive policies being supported by the Democratic base.

It’s the base, stupid! – the know-nothing swamp drives toxic politics

We can’t have a know-nothing president without an ongoing know-nothing base. The "other swamp" is a multitude willing to forego life-improving deliverables for endless, smoke and mirror wedge distractions.