Tag: Donald Trump
Through the looking glass
How can we recognize our friends in the mixed-up world of Donald Trump?
Trump names industry lobbyist and climate science denier Mike Catanzaro as...
“This is likely to be the most influential domestic energy policy position within the White House [and] will comfort industry and conservatives who view him as a champion for free-market energy and environment policy.”
Trump falsely claims media refuses to cover terrorist attacks
Simply because Trump failed to watch or read the news for the past two years does not mean the press refused to report on terrorist attacks throughout the world.
It’s 1984 in Trumplandia
Thanks to our bellicose commander in chief, Orwell's 70-year-old classic is a bestseller again.
Americans like the resistance a lot more than they like Trump
They don’t like you, Mr. President. They really don’t like you.
A malignant attack on American values
Unethical conduct in the White House threatens the entire moral fabric of the United States.
Crimes of the Trump era (a preview)
The 25/8 news cycle is already rolling, but the looting of America hasn’t really begun.
Ship the Statue of Liberty back to France
How far will Trump go in his ‘politically incorrect’ new form of ‘Americanism’?
Army Corps to grant final easement for DAPL on Trump’s order,...
“Trump thinks he’s getting what he wants, but the people who’ve been emboldened by the worldwide fight against the Dakota Access pipeline won’t quietly back away.”
Danger ahead: Trump, Pompeo, the Kochs and the end of diplomacy
Trump says he will rely on his advisors. He has to as he knows nothing about policy, the world, the working class he always goes on about, or government in general.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.