Tag: politics
Elizabeth Warren blocks Trump’s pick for CFPB Director until release of...
“I urge my colleagues in the Senate to reject this highly cynical nomination.”
No, Not Nixon, Not China
“I will make only one prediction: the Nobel Peace Prize committee will emphatically not offer that to Trump nor Kim.”
Liberals are criticizing the Korea Summit from the Right. Here’s why...
With an end to the 68-year Korean War finally in sight, some U.S. “progressives” are pushing Trump to be more hardline – despite the fact that Koreans overwhelmingly want peace.
Killing the dream 50 years on
Perhaps conspiracy theories had been put on ice for awhile, but the nation only became more divided over Vietnam.
Why Trump is right and wrong about trade deficit
While Trump has been harping on trade deficit for thirty years – he was complaining about the Japanese in the 1980s – he’s vastly oversimplifying the issue and the solutions.
Scapegoating Iran
"What good would come from destabilizing Iran? What would America get out of that?”
Giving a pass to anti-Muslim bigotry
Islamophobia enters the government, is incorporated into the law, and becomes increasingly acceptable in America.
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Trump’s $48 billion corporate tax cut proposal exceeds annual K-12 education budget
The proposed reduction in the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15% would result in massive tax savings for the largest U.S. companies, benefiting wealthy shareholders while neglecting workers and public investments.
Clarence Thomas faces fresh scrutiny over undisclosed luxury trips funded by billionaire
This has prompted renewed calls for his resignation and demands for stricter ethics reforms for the highest court in the land.
The Medicare Advantage Paradox: How private insurers cost taxpayers billions
Recent studies and reports from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reveal that MA overpayments have significantly burdened taxpayers.
Russia’s war on Ukraine generates more emissions than 175 countries: $32 billion climate bill...
The first two years of Russia’s invasion resulted in greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of 175 individual countries, further intensifying the global climate emergency.
Navigating the energy transition: Renewables abound, but grid challenges loom
Renewable energy doesn’t matter if we can’t distribute it.