Tag: Donald Trump
Does recklessly killing citizens endanger Trump re-election?
The question for the next six months: Will the damage from Trump’s past, present and future crimes against humanity make him less electable?
‘Unacceptable’: Dems fume after Trump announces plan to refuse Congressional oversight...
"The Treasury has the ability to move this money extremely quickly; there's nobody that Secretary Mnuchin has to ask."
The pandemic that exposes the full Trump pandemic
We are about to test whether Trump can win re-election by crushing Bush-Cheney’s formidable record as the most inhumanely destructive, financially irresponsible presidency in our history.
Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires blasts Trumps coronavirus relief plan to...
"At the very least these workers need immediate paid sick leave, but for them to be able to pay their bills and support their families, they need economic relief more than any other group of Americans."
Trump’s chaotic response to coronavirus & what’s next for Democrats
The Trump administration’s response has been to deny, blame, obfuscate, and generally cover up.
‘We are way, way behind’: US lags on coronavirus testing &...
We spend the hour looking at how the Trump administration has failed to account for what may be thousands of infections because of ongoing problems with access to testing, and how other countries have responded.
Donald Trump is the fakest (and realest) news of all
After all—god save us—he might even find himself in the White House for a second term (if the coronavirus or Bernie Sanders doesn’t take him down first).
‘An astonishing rate of corruption’: Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of...
Trump's frequent interactions with people and groups who have a vested interest in influencing U.S. policy amount to an "astonishing rate of corruption."
Impeached: Notes on the travesty that passed for a trial
The word “outrageous” comes to mind.
What the Trump budget says about the administration’s health priorities
With defense spending largely untouchable, health programs and other social support systems will likely bear the brunt.
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Trump removal calls grow after Iran threat as Democrats debate 25th Amendment and impeachment...
Calls to remove President Donald Trump intensified after he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but constitutional requirements and political alignment within the executive branch make immediate removal highly unlikely.
How Iran won the Iran War
It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.
Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP
A new analysis finds 2.5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements.
Trump budget expands domestic surveillance powers alongside record $1.5 trillion military request
New budget documents reveal expanded FBI authority to monitor domestic extremism while the White House seeks historic increases in Pentagon spending and significant cuts to social programs.