Tag: President Obama
Five things Obama should do before leaving office (but probably won’t)
I offer this list not with a naive optimism that Obama will actually act on them, but rather to point out how many crucial issues a sitting Democratic president has the power to control but often chooses not to.
An open letter to Obama from an Iraq War spouse
Before he leaves office, Obama should set up a truth commission on the Iraq War.
Obama, Trump, and the future of U.S. foreign policy
The Obama administration will soon hand over power to a Trump administration that shares some of the very same foreign policy commitments.
President Obama admits ‘legitimate concerns’ in GMO debate
“If it turns out that some of these genetically modified foods aren’t healthier, aren’t more productive and use more pesticides then we should follow the science.”
Standing Rock chair: Obama could stop the Dakota Pipeline today &...
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, police deployed pepper spray and tear gas against dozens of Native American water protectors during a standoff at Cantapeta Creek.
Obamacare’s biggest problem is profit, not government
Democrats’ political prospects will suffer if they cling to Obamacare’s less popular and less effective provisions.
Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP
The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.
How the President Can Curb Big Pharma Greed
Rep. Pocan’s letter urges President Obama to “use executive action and take concrete steps” to address the drug cost crisis, and lists three tools that the president can use.
As Dakota Access Protests Escalated, Obama Admin OK’d Same Company for...
While all the focus has been on the North Dakota Access Pipeline another federal move on two key pipelines has flown under the radar.
Cleaning Up After Pundits
While the incitement of anti-immigrant prejudice for political gain is shameful and socially explosive, it is certainly not new or uncommon in our country.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.