Monday, June 22, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

Making America meaner

A president contributes to setting the norms of our society. Trump is setting them at a new low.

Pope Francis tells Trump that climate change is real and solidarity...

Trump is a little unlikely to get it. But the point of publicly bestowing on him this gift is that the Pope hopes the rest of us will.

Kick Donald Trump’s circus out of town

We have to get to the bottom of the Russian scandal and the cover-up, but keep an eye on transgressions throughout the government.

If they’re wrong, the planet dies

The Obama administration could have done more to stop climate change. The Trump administration couldn't have done less.

Down the memory hole

Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia.

Of budgets and beatitudes: The Pope meets the Donald

“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”

Trump administration says it isn’t anti-science as it seeks to slash...

The Office of Research and Development has been at the front line of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.

Trump’s apology tour

Trump's version of making up with Muslims apparently involves selling $110 billion worth of arms to the most reactionary Muslim country on the planet.

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The data center backlash that’s uniting America

The passage of New York's statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing—and winning—in both blue and red parts of the country.

Donald Trump, the end times president or ETP

Making War on Planet Earth, the Rest of Us, and Even Himself.

ICE weakens detention rules as private prison firms stand to gain

New standards allow broader AI use, lock in $1-a-day labor limits, and give detention operators more flexibility as ICE expands under Trump’s mass enforcement agenda.

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?

Police kill 1-year-old in Mississippi, then tear gas protesters demanding answers

The fatal shooting of Kohen Wiley after an alleged shoplifting call has ignited protests in Senatobia, where residents say years of police escalation and mistrust reached a breaking point.