Tag: democracy
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or...
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
This is what accountability looks like
Whether it's the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin.
Credit MAGA Trump for busting up federalism like a piñata, only...
One imagined the durability, if not standing of America, demanded a far stronger, earth-shaking force than a self-mortifying, scamming joke.
The apocalyptic president
The personification of an imperial power (and planet) in decline.
Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?
And with the 2026 midterm elections less than nine months away, analysts are already scrambling for indications of the likely outcome.
What this backward country needs—reality messaging, redemptive ‘dog whistles’ and life-saving...
Even worse than economic blunders or imperialistic lunacy are shocking, needless deaths that now define MAGATrump – how many innocent bystanders one cult can maim, starve, disrespect or kill.
Why Trump’s denunciations of the Iranian killings ring fatally hollow
In short, if Donald Trump can’t denounce the killing of Renee Nicole Good, his denunciations of the killings in Iran ring fatally hollow.
Senator Cory Booker is wrong—ICE doesn’t need ‘better training,’ ICE needs...
That being said, it’s the wholesale cowardice of the democratic party that is the cause of this disease—fascism.
Trump’s second term delivers massive gains for billionaires as working Americans...
New data and polling show wealth surging at the top under Donald Trump while healthcare, food assistance, and affordability erode for millions.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.