Tag: President Donald Trump
Why Trump justice is an oxymoron
Like Nixon, Trump has usurped the independence of the Department of Justice for his own ends.
President’s “health reform vision”: $1 trillion in cuts, no plan to...
Despite the lack of detail, the budget sheds light on what the President’s vision for health care entails, including significant cuts and an empty promise to protect people with pre-existing conditions.
How to beat Trump
As the primary season goes on, and if there is no clear winner emerging, the voters are going to want to see the Democrats emerge as an organized group, and not a warring faction.
Founding Fathers’ fateful decision gives Trump a free pass; the way...
While Trump has been acquitted by controlled Republicans, in no sense of the word has he been exonerated.
Erasing history: The National Archives is destroying records about victims of...
The National Archives reportedly is allowing millions of documents, including many related to immigrants’ rights, to be expunged.
The real State of the Union
“I wasn’t going to comment on Trump’s lie-filled State of the Union message but the whoppers were so big that I feel compelled.”
This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees...
Will the GOP-led Senate’s endorsement of this defense clear a path for more of the manifestations – and consequences – of authoritarianism?
America’s Coronavirus: containing the outbreak of Trumpism
The banality of President Trump’s evil has infected huge swaths of the electorate as well as the federal government. Can it be treated?
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.