Tag: Donald Trump

This war he initiated is against the House Democrats and is based on political issues. But its also against this nation’s democracy and the people of America.

A top-shelf, closed-door drinking session. $546-a-night hotel rooms. A special government credit card for Mar-a-Lago. Taxpayers foot the costs – and the president profits.

Insurmountable obstacles to removal entomb our most discredited election, another knife in the heart of democracy.

Flip-flops, falsehoods, fantasies – and a 10-minute meeting that locked in trillions of debt.

The Pentagon will never be forced to make significant reforms until Americans stop believing in (and consenting to) its comforting lies.

If Congress cannot question the people who are making policy, or obtain critical documents, Congress cannot function as a coequal branch of government.

It’s even more evidence that America badly needs a president who can keep his head on straight.

Energy is now coming from the grassroots – from people all over the country who are determined to reclaim our democracy and create an economy that works for all.

The decision is just the latest defeat of Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's attempts to curb emissions from the coal industry and other fossil fuel businesses, ignoring public opinion and scientists who agree that fossil fuel extraction is contributing to the rapid warming of the planet.

How many of Trump’s followers or those who might otherwise be tempted to vote for him in 2020 will recoil from this moral squalor?