Friday, June 12, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

Cover-up Attorney General Bill Barr strikes again

Now, by cherry-picking Mueller’s report and handing Trump the talking points he needed, Barr has done it again.

America: Rapidly sliding into the depths of bigotry, racism, and xenophobia

We need to work very hard to remove this bigotry, racism, and xenophobia from our country before this condition becomes irreversible.

The real scandal of Donald Trump

It is that he has sacrificed the processes and institutions of American democracy to achieve his goals.

Romanian prime minister is staying at Trump’s DC hotel

The stay is the latest example of Trump’s company doing business with foreign officials. Two attorneys general have sued Trump over the issue, accusing him of violating the Constitution.

As Mueller finds no collusion, did press overhype Russiagate? Glenn Greenwald...

"This is the saddest media spectacle I’ve ever seen, since I began practicing journalism in 2005."

How to make a difficult situation awful

Or why Donald Trump’s Great Wall Is Viagra for him, but a border disaster.

Still mandatory: Impeach the vast right-wing conspiracy, not just Trump

Until reactionary Republican malfeasance is exposed and discredited, the USA will remain the most divided, globally dangerous and morally backward of affluent western nations.

‘Congress didn’t ask for a summary:’ Demands to #ReleaseTheFullReport surge after...

"Congress didn't ask for a 'summary,' Attorney General Barr. Members of the House voted 420-0 to release the report. The American people deserve to see the full report."

Citizenship in the age of Trump

If President Trump succeeds in his assault on citizenship as an inclusive, irremovable right, then Lady Liberty will find herself, like Ellis Island, a mere reminder of another world, of a lost America, a country that once was a beacon of hope for those fleeing oppression.

After Trump

Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world.

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Questions grow after analysis links US strike to water facilities serving 20,000 Iranians

Satellite imagery, bomb fragment analysis, and damage assessments have intensified scrutiny over whether U.S. forces struck civilian water infrastructure near the Strait of Hormuz, raising concerns about potential violations of international law.

Reading the Times

And not just the paper.
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Trump admin guts vital sea monitoring, ‘tears out the eyes and ears of science’:...

David Helvarg discusses the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, the “cutting-edge eyes [and] ears” of the ocean.

Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator

As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?

Study finds AI data centers could consume as much water as basic needs of...

The study highlighted that evaluating AI solely by carbon emissions overlooks devastating localized impacts on water and land systems.