Tag: Donald Trump
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.
‘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."
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Study finds AI data centers could consume as much water as basic needs of...
The study highlighted that evaluating AI solely by carbon emissions overlooks devastating localized impacts on water and land systems.
10 reasons to resist AI
To counter Big Tech’s narrative of AI inevitability, movements are beginning to resist on many fronts where this dangerous tech is being deployed.
Deviant Donald, self-destructive dictator
As explosive prices erase tax relief,/ Must one be rich to afford ground beef?
An Indian billionaire was targeted by Trump. Then he poured money into a startup...
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major policy wins from the Trump administration.
Children are dying as sanctions tighten and fears of military escalation grow in Cuba
UN human rights chief says U.S. restrictions are driving medicine shortages, food insecurity, and prolonged blackouts while lawmakers warn of a possible new conflict in the Caribbean.