Tag: Donald Trump
Affirming yes demands ‘nope, nope & nope’
Behold, the New Year has arrived — Let’s count our blessings: we survived.
Defying Donald Trump’s kleptocracy
Trump’s illiteracy, lack of self-discipline and insatiable greed are profound faults.
Noam Chomsky: With Trump election, we are now facing threats to...
“The threats and dangers are very real.”
Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?
What can a new president and a new congress do?
Bernie Sanders condemns Trump’s plan to privatize VA
“We must protect the VA, not destroy it.”
2017 – A thunderous clash of politics, economies and policies
The Paris agreement may face a major test and even an existential challenge in 2017, if Trump fulfils his election promise to pull the US out.
America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017
Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.
A New Year wish for Donald Trump
Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. You have 20 days in which to learn how to act as a president.
Trump initiates a political inquisition; the GOP attacks America’s most important...
If the Republicans do exactly what they are threatening to do, instead of working to solve America’s most critical problems, then they will be laying the groundwork for their political extinction.
As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up...
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
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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.
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.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.