Tag: Inauguration 2017
#DAPL mogul cut $250,000 check to Trump’s inauguration
Several other companies that later benefited from executive actions taken by President Trump also donated to the inauguration.
Donald Trump inauguration bankrolled by corporate giants
Many companies, executives have business before federal government.
Inauguration day: Letter to a Trump voter
Here’s one thing we can already agree on: With this inauguration, our nation and our world are about to change forever.
Big protests are fine, but here’s a to-do list for lasting...
After the inauguration and the Women’s March on Washington, what comes next? To make real change, we’ll need to build power where we live.
Imagining a Sanders presidency beginning on Jan. 20
It was not your normal inaugural address to be sure!
Nearly 60 legislators boycotting Trump’s inauguration
At least 59 House Democrats have announced that they will not attend Trump’s inauguration on Friday.
‘Tis the nightmare before chaos
When rational essays struggle to capture all the madness, what other choice for writers but satiric sadness?
The consent of the governed
We have entered a new era, a presidency of protest and an increasingly illegitimate government. We have the power to withdraw our consent from hate and exploitation and build love and prosperity.
POPULAR
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."