Tag: Donald Trump
‘You are not the crazy one:’ Stephen Colbert takes aim at...
"I was worried, because what I’m seeing and reading is that the president is a racist, horny old burger goblin who literally steals children from poor people."
Trump Administration neuters nuclear safety board
Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. In the past, the board has brought serious problems at those labs to light.
Trump’s dirty money
Russian money saved Trump when his projects were on the verge of collapse. Will it now be the cause of his political demise?
Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand after her father issues security clearance...
By drawing attention to security clearances and potential conflicts of interest, Trump’s attack against the intelligence community appeared to backfire against his own family and administration.
Entering a 1984 world, Trump-style
Or implementing the Sino-Russian blueprint for a tripolar world order.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.
ICE: The making of an American Gestapo
The depth and breadth of outrage against the brutal treatment of migrant and refugee families by ICE has even extended into the agency itself.
We’re living a constitutional crisis
A malignant megalomaniac facing no countervailing power will continue to expand his terrain until he is stopped.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, July 23, 2018
White supremacist barred from Virginia, Trump threatens the Iranian president, corporate Democrats plan a counterrevolution, 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.