Thursday, May 2, 2024

Tag: Donald Trump

Thoughts on “It Can’t Happen Here”

Are we just going to give this a whirl and see where it ends while the rest of the world watches?

Trump ban leaves 12-year-old girl facing return to war-torn Yemen

The girl, whose parents are U.S. citizens, was barred from boarding a plane yesterday and is now in limbo in Djibouti.

The Goldman Sachs effect

How a bank conquered Washington

Trump and Bannon’s “America first”

This is truly scary.

Trump fires attorney general

The last president to fire an attorney general was Richard Nixon.

Will the Senate’s “good republicans” reject a dishonest nominee?

Have the “good Republicans” become so partisan that they’re no longer willing to speak up against dishonesty, apparent lawbreaking, or contempt toward the Senate itself?

American psychosis

We are entering a period of national psychological trauma.

Trump order will block 500,000 legal U.S. residents from returning to...

The president's ban will affect those who are in the U.S. already on visas and green cards.

Donald Trump’s demolition derby

In just a few days, Donald Trump seems to have set out to wreck government and turn over the remains to his plutocrat friends.

‘Unprecedented’: Trump adds Bannon to National Security Council, kicks out intelligence...

“To reiterate, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been removed from the National Security Council and replaced with a white nationalist. Worry.”

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Amid national debate over Gaza protests, Senator Bernie Sanders challenges the narrative equating criticism of Israel with antisemitism, drawing on his personal history and widespread American discontent.

US intervenes as ICC mulls war crime warrants for Netanyahu

As the ICC prepares to potentially issue arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes, a closer look at the concerted efforts by the U.S. and Israel to prevent these legal actions.

American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage

As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.

Turning the tide: How global conservation efforts are curbing biodiversity loss

A decade-long scientific study reveals significant success in conservation actions worldwide, offering hope amidst the biodiversity crisis.

Eight drivers that springboard Trump’s nose-dive into humiliated loser

What makes even a lousy career criminal look bad? To be proved a blundering, hypocritical boob.