Monday, May 25, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

Trump’s tariff chaos triggers global backlash, economic turmoil, and growing revolt...

Critics say president’s abrupt reversal on sweeping tariffs shows lack of coherent strategy and deepens damage to workers, consumers, and U.S. global standing.

Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry...

New order directs Justice Department to block enforcement of state climate laws, raising legal questions and stoking fears of fossil fuel immunity.

This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage...

The answer is simple: the economic cost to the U.S. was too high.

Not very bright

How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?

Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan

As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.

How popular resistance constrained Trump in his first term

Understanding when movements succeeded during Trump’s first term is important for identifying how activists can effectively oppose Trump policy in his second administration.

10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0

We need principles that build power now and for the long term. 

Trump Administration fires thousands of US health workers, putting well-being of...

Termination emails were sent out to employees of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration and several smaller agencies.

67,000 could die waiting for benefits under Musk’s Social Security cuts,...

Sanders warns that Elon Musk’s plan to slash Social Security staffing could double disability claim wait times and deaths, as Trump nominee faces Senate vote.

More than 1,900 scientists warn that US science is ‘being annihilated’...

The administration’s attack on scientific institutions in the United States has included cancellations of federal grants to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions; the firing of NASA, NOAA and other government employees; investigations and threats to private universities; resignations; and censorship.

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States introduce temporary moratoriums, strict conditional restrictions pausing new construction of data centers

At least 12 states have introduced measures to temporarily ban or strictly regulate large-scale data center development

Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes

The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?

Trump-backed PAC took $5 million from tobacco giant before FDA opened door to flavored...

A multimillion-dollar contribution from Reynolds American was disclosed days before tobacco executives met with President Trump and less than a week before federal regulators issued guidance that could expand flavored vape sales and benefit major cigarette manufacturers.

Bunker-busting ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’

The cost for shunning what Jesus begot –/ Lip service that cracks our melting pot.

Woman forced to give birth in Brooklyn courtroom sparks outrage over conditions inside New...

Legal advocates and public defenders say a detained woman spent more than 24 hours in custody before giving birth on a courtroom bench in handcuffs, exposing what protesters describe as dangerous and degrading conditions in Brooklyn Criminal Court.