Tag: Congress
Trump dismisses intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program as Israel escalates war
Despite U.S. intelligence confirming Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, Trump threatens military action and pushes for escalation, evoking parallels to pre-Iraq War propaganda.
Israel’s strikes on Iran spark growing dissent in Congress
A War Powers Resolution, to prevent President Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional authorization was introduced in Congress.
How bad does it have to get before the DNC declares...
Right now, the Democratic Party appears to be stuck between Little Rock and a hard place.
Democrats push to ban congressional stock trading amid tariff-triggered market scandal
Lawmakers intensify calls to outlaw stock trades by members of Congress following Trump’s tariff reversal and suspicious GOP investments.
Trump may be blowing the economy up on purpose
Working-class Americans should view a purposefully engineered recession as blatant aggression by the ownership class.
Trump’s tariff chaos triggers global backlash, economic turmoil, and growing revolt...
Critics say president’s abrupt reversal on sweeping tariffs shows lack of coherent strategy and deepens damage to workers, consumers, and U.S. global standing.
Why ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ advocates cling to genocide denial
But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.
Schumer’s lack of fight is the real problem
Whether you read Chuck Schumer as surrendering or taking an unwise but principled stance, one thing is clear: People now want leaders who fight.
Private prisons poised to reap billions as Laken Riley Act passes...
Corporate interests dominate immigration policy under new legislation.
Democrats have a massive opportunity as a pure opposition party
If they want to win, Democrats should view themselves not as the minority—but as the opposition.
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Trump’s second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans face cuts and...
New data and polling show wealth surging at the top under Donald Trump while healthcare, food assistance, and affordability erode for millions.
What’s it going to take to get to mass strikes?
General strikes can have a tremendous impact, but to succeed they require an organized majority.
Ending republican control will require overcoming the democratic leadership
The last 12 months have shown that Donald Trump’s party is bent on methodically inflicting vast cruelty and injustice while aiming to crush what’s left of democracy and the rule of law.
How much ego-serving cataclysm must MAGA Trumpism wreak—before fierce adversaries resist?
Looking older, bedraggled and more deranged, Trump is running out of laws, rules, thresholds, institutions, alliances and Congressionally-mandated programs to burn down.
World to exceed 1.5°C heating threshold, extreme urgency for fossil fuel phaseout in new...
Current emissions trajectories mean the remaining "carbon budget" for a 50 percent chance of staying below 1.5°C will likely be depleted by 2030.