Sunday, May 24, 2026

Tag: Donald Trump

Trump’s Iran war drives more than $100 billion to fossil fuel...

Analysis finds oil and gas price spikes linked to the conflict have shifted massive wealth from households and businesses to major energy companies while lawmakers propose taxing windfall profits.

Trump’s terrifying talent for multitrashing

Trump and his cohort are busy destroying things on multiple fronts, like a bull in a shopping mall full of fragile wares.

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.

Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles...

Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.

Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and...

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...

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.

State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy...

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.

Trump can’t blockade love: Why I’m going to Cuba

And there are millions around the world who love the Cuban people—a people who have fought capitalism, imperialism, Apartheid, and Zionism. A people who are always the first to offer aid and solidarity.

Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good

If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.

Veterans who depend on mental health care keep losing their therapists...

Veterans are facing an array of problems: They can’t get the VA to call them back, they see trusted therapists leave and they can wait as long as six months for therapy.

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

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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.

Alex Saab and the fragility of the solidarity movement

It’s difficult not to see the renewed imprisonment of Alex Saab as a disappointing capitulation to U.S. coercion after so many of us fought for his freedom, but we cannot forget the task at hand.

DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention

Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.

March for Our Lives – ‘The fight for their lives’

March for Our Lives has all the pinnings of a lasting movement. If the adults just let the kids do their thing, then it just might succeed.