Tag: President Donald Trump
The US presidential election might be closer than the polls suggest...
On the one hand, this year’s election seems to have historically low levels of undecided voters. But offsetting this is tremendous uncertainty about turnout and whose votes will be cast and counted.
Trump halts training concerning racism
Unlike Trump’s disavowal of his anti-veteran remarks, it will be difficult for him to disavow this memorandum.
Trump wants out – by losing the ‘rigged’ election, not by...
Finding the least bad way to escape being cornered for another four years is exactly how a discredited but unrepentant con artist makes his last public scam.
Trump and the troops
The alternative to Trump is not the glorification of military service. It’s promoting the kind of service that gets fewer people killed.
How Trump will try to win the election
Donald Trump hates to lose. Here’s how he’ll try to steal an electoral victory.
Murderers for Trump
In the end, the opposition to Trump will either unite and learn nonviolent discipline or it is quite likely to fail to stop the death spiral of our democracy.
Where did the GOP go?
The Republican platform — and the Republican Party itself — has been reduced to one word: Trump.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.