Friday, April 19, 2024

Tag: Donald Trump

Take back the house

As Trump’s coalition begins to crumble, will the Democrats propose a more credible (and more widely believed) alternative than what they just put forward?

Politics be Damned! Unity demands more.

The only barrier to anarchy is respect for every member of our society.

Trump’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan: Lincoln had a bolder solution

Trump’s plan is unusual because, as written, it seems to be targeted at fully private projects, which are less common.

Today’s broken Trump promise: “Blind trust”

Putting the very people who run the president’s businesses on the team that hires for government positions is possibly the most blatant conflict of interest in American history.

It did happen here

Rebirth of a Nation?

Trump picks Ben Carson for dept of education

should Trump really take the steps to add ben Carson to his cabinet?

Four years of Donald Trump could sink the planet

If Trump isn’t going to pare CO2 emissions significantly, then the US alone could cook the planet, even if China and others act more responsibly.

The death of the international community?

The international community is a fragile thing. Will Donald Trump deliver its death blow?

12 notes from a political autopsy

The left and the party faithful may be angry at each other, but they’re on the same side now, locked together in a nonviolent political movement to resist Trumpism and remake American politics.

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US diplomacy thwarts Palestinian UN membership amid claims of supporting statehood leaked cable shows

This diplomatic maneuvering seeks to avoid a U.S. veto, which would publicly align the country against Palestinian self-determination.

Supreme silence: High court decision curtails protest rights, stifling voices in the South

As the case now returns to lower courts for further proceedings, the national discourse on the limits of free speech and the right to protest continues to evolve.

Supreme Court questions use of obstruction law in Jan. 6 riot cases amid concerns...

This law is now at the center of a legal battle concerning its suitability for punishing those who stormed the Capitol during the certification of the 2020 election results.

New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s, fueling wealth inequality

This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.

Missouri Republican Attorney General Bailey sues Media Matters using consumer law to censor the...

An analysis of Mo. Attorney General Andrew Bailey's bogus allegations against Media Matters.