Tag: Donald Trump
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 17, 2018
Words from the Unite the Right organizer, Trump's military parade is costing millions, Glyphosate found in popular children's foods, and more.
Breaking news: Trump’s military parade is now estimated to cost $92...
“We reject this gross display of power and violence. We call on you to stop the military parade.”
Trump’s Trade Wars
He’s put tariffs, which are essentially taxes, on what they sell to us. And they’ve retaliated by putting tariffs on what we sell to them.
187 organizations call for mass protest against military parade
The organizations intend to make the response in opposition to President Trump’s military parade bigger than the parade itself.
How Trump’s war on regulation is trickle-down economics
Trump’s attack on regulation is just another form of trickle-down economics – where the gains go the top, and the risks and losses trickle down.
American dominance in space? Why Trump’s push for Space Force is...
“This is a crucial moment where the public must stand and say ‘hell no!”
Donald Trump, gunrunner for hire
Welcome to the world of American gunrunning and start thinking of Donald Trump as our very own gunrunner-in-chief.
Trump and the art of the no deal
Touting his “extraordinary” ability to negotiate, but so far, Trump has shown he can’t make a deal.
Melania Trump’s parents obtain U.S. citizenship via chain migration
“I guess when it’s Melania’s Family, it’s ‘family reunification’ and should be applauded. Everybody else, it’s ‘chain migration’ and must be stopped.”
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
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Despite media knocks, Maine’s Graham Platner qualifies as this year’s breakthrough Senate campaign star
Who knew a year ago that a scintillating Maine campaign could be a national spark plug to a new progressive movement?
Pendulum justice: The greater MAGA’s orgy of outrages, the more change looms
Under duress, wealth shares its spoils,/ But never forsakes its octopus coils.
A climatic presidency
Donald Trump gets hot, hot, hot.
US-Iran ceasefire deal opens fragile path out of war as Israel threatens to keep...
The interim framework could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause a war that killed thousands, but unresolved disputes over sanctions, Iran’s nuclear program, frozen assets, and Israel’s military operations leave the deal vulnerable before it is even signed.
The Trump administration aims to penalize disabled adults who live with their families
A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients.