Tag: Donald Trump
‘Genius’ shut-down exposes Trump ‘fix-ations’
Trump can’t fix anything, certainly not his own credibility and lost leverage, and that makes his tenure a fusillade of fixations repeated ad infinitum.
The uses of a well-regulated militia by an unregulated president
Where will the National Guard be sent in 2019?
Gearing up for possibility of another Trump shutdown, airport workers ready...
"We need people to fully understand what the issues are so that we can be prepared to respond potentially with withholding our service, if that's what it takes to stop a continuation of the shutdown."
New evidence emerges of possible wrongdoing by Trump inaugural committee
The Trump inaugural appears to have overpaid for space at Trump’s Washington hotel, a possible violation of the law. Federal prosecutors are probing the festivities.
Did billionaires pay off Republicans for passing the Trump tax bill?
A Center for Public Integrity analysis suggests the timing of big donations may be more than a coincidence.
Meet Victorina Morales, an undocumented immigrant who spent five years as...
We speak with an undocumented housekeeper from Guatemala named Victorina Morales, who helped expose what was happening on the Trump properties by speaking on the record to The New York Times.
Trump’s at war with US intelligence – and (for once) he’s...
By giving America it’s dumbest and cruelest wars, the best and brightest left room for a dumber and crueler leader to end them.
Trump invokes compassion to justify violence
We must not allow our pain to be weaponized against each other. We must not be seduced by fear or manipulative stories.
Dominion mistranslated
The “dominionists” are using a dubious translation of the Hebrew word yirdu.
Lost in TrumpWorld
Ostensibly big stories erupt, command universal attention, and then evaporate like the dewfall on a summer morning, their place taken by the next equally big, no less ephemeral story.
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Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP
A new analysis finds 2.5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements.
Trump removal calls grow after Iran threat as Democrats debate 25th Amendment and impeachment...
Calls to remove President Donald Trump intensified after he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but constitutional requirements and political alignment within the executive branch make immediate removal highly unlikely.
How Iran won the Iran War
It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.
Oil executives reap record stock windfalls as Trump’s Iran war drives surge in insider...
Record energy sector stock sales follow conflict-driven oil price spike as consumers face billions in additional fuel costs.
They needed treatment for drug addiction. The company they turned to may have used...
Former staff and investigators allege the drug treatment center falsified invoices to bill Medicaid for millions.