Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Trump’s trickle-down populism

Trickle-down economics dressed in populist garb is still trickle-down economics.

Trump’s war on the courts, the press, and the states

Trump doesn’t want any resistance. He wants total control.

Why did Trumpcare fail?

Trump could probably sell BS to a feedlot – but this bill was even worse.

An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons

While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?

Obama: There Will Be No Mideast NATO, but the U.S. Is Committed to the...

In his speech after the summit, Obama asserted that his Arab guests were reassured about his Iran negotiations, and he reaffirmed US commitment to their security. He also chastised Iran for “meddling” in the region.

‘Stonewall’ Sessions leads the charge of the Trump brigade

The attorney general's testimony before the Senate intelligence committee was more smoke and mirrors.

America has already fired Trump

They make him irrelevant. Politics happens around him, despite him. He’s not literally gone, but he might as well be.

New York Values: What Tiny Ted Will Never Get About the Big Town

Only a rube thinks that New York is about money and media alone; it is much, much bigger than that.

Discontent by design

Like peace and love, such happiness rests within, it is the birthright of everyone, and yet, lost in the hollow world of consumption, competition and uncertainty many, if not most people, experience this inherent state fleetingly at best.