Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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.

“We’ve been attacked!”

Women and trauma in the Trump-Putin era.

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?

The Super Bowl presidency

Five criteria for selecting the worst old white man to lead us.

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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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour rule

Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.
Candace Owens speaking in 2018. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.

The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
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A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.
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U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named the plan Operation Economic Outcast on Monday and set no timeline or list of countries, and sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder says the reach into Iran's oil buyers puts the U.S.-China trade truce at risk.
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Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...

The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.