Tag: politics
Best antidote to GOP-Trumpery: ‘Make America happy, again’
“Make America Great Again” is fast becoming the most infamous, ironic, fake promise ever made – as misery abounds. Trump showed that fear-mongering fixations work short-term; let’s try happiness-mongering.
Trump’s delusion about the wall that never was
Let’s be clear on one thing: There is no Wall. There never has been a serious plan to build a Wall. And there never will be a Wall.
Republicans: Stuck between a rock and a hard place, only one...
This mess that is an indication to the American people that they are so afraid of offending Trump and his supporters that they are, along with this president, unfit to carry out their governmental responsibilities.
Denouncing focus on violence, women march in France to reclaim anti-austerity...
"Macron your goose is cooked, the chicks are in the street!"
Five things the shutdown shows us about 2019
This Trump-created crisis and the standoff that ensued give us an early indication of how little the Democratic Party as a whole has changed.
Is Donald Trump an asteroid?
If we care about our children and grandchildren, as 2019 begins there is no time to spare and no more burning issue on Planet Earth than this.
How to operate Medicare
If you want a good society, then figure out a way so that the good doctors and good teachers get to run their professions. In other words, the politicians don't get to do it.
Russia, the US and the Caribbean: A political power play?
Russia’s presence in the Caribbean now highlights the need for the United States to enlarge security cooperation, including drug prohibition, intelligence and cybersecurity support for many Latin American and Caribbean states.
What to expect of House Democrats
Nothing good happens in Washington unless good people outside Washington are organized and mobilized to make it happen.
POPULAR
Austria blocks US warplanes as European allies distance themselves from Trump’s Iran war
Austria invokes neutrality law to deny U.S. military airspace access as Spain, Switzerland, and others limit cooperation and criticize the legality of the conflict.
Trump threatens to bomb Iran into the ‘Stone Ages’ as experts warn of possible...
Threats to destroy Iran’s electric grid and bridges raise alarm among legal scholars as strikes hit medical, energy, and civilian infrastructure.
Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction
Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.
Blowback 2026
The Price of Empire and the costs of War on Iran.
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ grants fossil fuel exemption affecting endangered species protections in the Gulf
A rarely convened federal panel voted unanimously to allow oil and gas operations to bypass key wildlife safeguards, drawing legal challenges and warnings about the use of national security claims to weaken environmental law.