Tag: Donald Trump
‘The right to do whatever I want as president’
The Senate’s failure to convict the president will only confirm his conception of his office as a seat of absolute power (which, as we’ve been told, “corrupts absolutely”).
Driving the Trump rampage: Making the unacceptable acceptable
In Trump's crooked model, only total power allows an autocrat to achieve the highest goal: make what was before unacceptable seem acceptable, staunch public resistance by damned.
5 ways Donald Trump has not drained the Swamp
Here are five ways he’s made the swamp even swampier.
Trump’s trophy hunting council disbanded after legal defeat
"The end of Trump's thrill-kill council is a huge victory for elephants, lions and other imperiled animals targeted by trophy hunters."
To quit or not to acquit, that was the question
It is, of course, the day the Republican majority in the U.S Senate decided to quit the Constitution rather than not to acquit a tyrannical president.
Trump is a brazen liar about Social Security
If Trump is re-elected, supporters of Social Security will be in for the fight of our lives.
The shame of child poverty in the age of Trump
Billionaires are soaring, while poor kids are losing more.
Capitalism in America: The coming crisis
In the Trump era, we are being told that deficits don’t matter—and neither, of course, do the facts.
Impeachment, Bernie’s surge, and the upcoming State of the Union
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich launches a new talk show, The Common Good, and discusses the latest on impeachment.
Impeachment rocks—why stop with only one winner?
Bring on more House indictments—who else calls out the mafia-style boss and crime wave making America much worse?
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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.
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.
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.
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.