Tag: Donald Trump
Hillary Clinton’s Inaugural Address
Here’s what we’d like to hear her say before Donald Trump takes office — a call for a shadow government that will watchdog everything he and Congress do.
Presidential elector says he will reject Trump, cites foreign payments prohibited...
A few more like this and Trump has a problem.
Trump advisors plan to privatize native lands to tap into oil...
The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.
Trump’s treasury pick is a Goldman Sachs banker who foreclosed on...
Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s choice to head the US Treasury, has a dark past working with Goldman Sachs and later heading OneWest Bank, which foreclosed the homes of thousands of Americans after 2008.
The election from hell has ended; now America’s nightmare begins
The American people are going to be living in a period in this nation’s history that will determine what kind of a nation and society this will be.
The Gettysburg Address, slightly updated
Now we are engaged in a great democratic battle, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and dedicated, can tolerate four years of Trumpery.
Cornel West on Donald Trump: This is what neo-fascism looks like
"I think he’s already betrayed working people in terms of making sure, in his view, that Wall Street is in the driver’s seat."
Bush’s Iraq lies, uncontested, will haunt us under Trump
There is no decision more grave than taking your nation to war. There is nothing more criminal than basing that war on lies.
Donald Trump’s swamp: Meet ten potential energy and climate cabinet picks...
Nearly everyone who remains on Trump's likely climate and energy list, or is helping pick those positions, has ties to corporate lobbying, corporate leadership, or corporate-funded think tanks.
Trump announces support for completing Dakota Pipeline
“This is the definition of corruption. The president of the United States should not be trading favors with oil and gas corporations."
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NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls
The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
We Mapped All 11,000 Factory Farms in Iowa. Here Are Five Things We Learned.
Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate...
Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The first trillionaire – no big deal?
Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse