Tag: Donald Trump
Trump reaffirms Muslim ban proposal with Islam-bashing adviser standing behind him
“You’ve known my plans all along.”
The final Obama doctrine? Racking up the body count
Obama officials have repeatedly expressed a commitment to killing large numbers of ISIS fighters. Will Trump take it even further?
Senate Democrats should block all Trump Supreme Court nominee
Republicans did not let Garland Merrick come up for a vote. Why should Democrats allow someone else to?
TrumPutin: Jobs, security, and buyer’s remorse
The Trump cabinet is defining itself as a military junta with predatory extractive capitalist cronies and climate change deniers a sort of General Goldman Sachs composite.
Donald Trump’s sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect
New Texas-based group not legally required to disclose its donors
Fox contributor Newt Gingrich wants Congress to change ethics laws for...
Newt Gingrich has a take on how Donald Trump can keep from running afoul of U.S. ethics laws: Change the ethics laws.
What is the ‘Trump Fix’?
Far from “draining” the Washington swamp, Trump is turning it into an exclusive jacuzzi for the rich.
Hillary Clinton lost the November election because she blew off Sanders...
The anger among Sanders backers by the time of the convention at the end of July was palpable.
Too many generals spoil the democracy
Trump’s push to “win” with warriors is a loss for America.
Robert Reich on the First 100 Day Resistance Agenda against Trump:...
Oppose the Trump agenda and boycott all Trump products.
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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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
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.
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.