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Tag: Rex Tillerson

Senate confirms more members of Trump’s ‘legion of doom’

Sanders: “The nomination of Mr. Tillerson is one of the worst choices President Trump has made for his cabinet (and he’s made a lot of bad choices).”

A special loophole for Trump’s millionaire cabinet

Trump's millionaire cabinet nominees could avoid paying taxes on millions of dollars worth of stock.

Senate panel approves former ExxonMobil chief executive for secretary of state

His nomination now heads to the full Senate, which should confirm him next week.

Here’s a review of Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson’s Secretary of State...

Tillerson said he does not see climate change as a big national security threat.

By picking Tillerson and Perry, Trump’s pretty much just trolling us...

Trump voters don’t seem to have figured out yet that they’re being trolled and scammed.

Trump’s expected pick for State runs Exxon and received the Order...

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson once asked, “What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?”

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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.