Tag: Donald Trump
Don’t be distracted by ‘leaks’ or ‘wiretaps’
Can Comey redeem himself, his agency and his country?
How the left is using tea party tactics to take on...
It’s a way to take back state power for progressives, and turn the Democrats into a party capable of beating Trump’s agenda.
Immigration crackdown sparks Silicon Valley protests
“We hope the event not only sends a message, but creates new opportunities for the low-wage, largely immigrant subcontractors.”
A last chance for resistance
There is a hierarchy to oppression. It begins with the most vulnerable.
Race, belonging, and unconditional white amnesty
Though Trump casts amnesty as incompatible with “being a country of rules,” history proves otherwise.
The cost of Trump’s wall compared to the programs he’s proposing...
America may get its border wall. It just might have to do without a lot else.
Unintended consequences foul the Trump swamp
What about truly damaging accumulations of unintended consequences that emerge from Trump incompetence, instability and hypocrisy on repeated pledges?
Baiting the hermit kingdom: No change in North Korea policy under...
Diplomacy may take time and patience, but if policymakers would put as much faith into it as they do to the military solutions that we’ve seen fail time and again, we might see some progress in easing tensions in many of the world’s hotspots, including on the Korean Peninsula.
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Two deranged blowhards walk into a bar . . . pontificate like know-it-alls ....
The horror exceeds whether Trump is stupid, ignorant, senile and/or fixated, even locked into failed “instinctual” responses. What matters is the damage done from MAGA recklessness before being defanged, decommissioned, impeached or exiled.
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.
Trump threatens Iran as peace talks advance despite Israel’s Lebanon escalation
As mediators report a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, Trump’s threats, Iran’s Hormuz warning, and Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Lebanon are testing whether diplomacy can survive another push toward regional war.
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.
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.