Tag: Donald Trump
Yertle, the Commander-in-Chief
A children’s classic rings true today and offers an answer to authoritarian rule.
Resisting the Trumpublican shock doctrine blitzkrieg
If the millions of citizens who care about the future resist and fight back, the Trumpublican blitzkreig can be defeated. The future of the nation and the planet is in our hands.
Six reasons why Trump’s wall is even dumber than most of...
Trump lives in a fact-free universe designed merely to enhance his power and fuel his demagoguery. But you don’t have to, and nor does anyone else.
Five ways Trump’s “news conference” wasn’t a news conference
It’s another example of Trump’s attempt to control the media.
3 ways progressives can reconnect with rural America
First, understand the environment is not only about climate change – it’s about livelihood for miners, drillers, loggers, and farmers like me.
Big Oil cheers as Trump plans to open national parks for...
For now, it looks like the Right's "Drill, Baby, Drill" ethos is back on.
Would Donald tax a fellow Trump?
If Trump is serious about penalizing companies that offshore jobs, he should start with his daughter's.
Will Trump shred the Iran nuclear deal?
Or is that the least of our problems when it comes to U.S.-Iranian relations?
The dullest – and most shocking – moment in Trump’s press...
People will remember that a President of the United States profited from his presidency long after they’ve forgotten those hotel sex stories.
Welcome to a new form of rule
Psychopaths in power are dangerous because of their inability to feel the pain of others.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
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.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.