Tag: right-wing politics
Escalating the escalation
A short history of the long war on drugs in Latin America from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump.
Trump falls hard when his fixated, unforgiving base turns tail
Trump’s a tedious, malign vampire,/ But MAGA fuels the fiery liar.
Is pretend politics—hawking a counterfeit self—the ultimate right-wing propaganda?
For “real” Rethugs one looks in vain –/ It’s quicksand, whether frauds or insane.
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‘An abject failure’: Economists trash Trump’s disastrous job creation record in year-end reviews
“The jobs aren’t coming back, the wages aren’t rising,” one economist said.
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It ain’t over ‘til it's over, and the better angels of our nature are most readily accessible through great literature and art, great science, and expert history that dispels truthiness and lies.
How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’
A charter school “shitstorm” in Florida shows how the industry intends to take over public education.
Who’s the real outlaw at sea? Trump’s tanker grab vs. the Houthis’ anti-genocide blockade
U.S. murder and violence against other people and countries does not become lawful simply because officials in the White House wish that it was.
Trump ramps up denaturalization push with 2026 quota targeting naturalized citizens
Internal USCIS guidance reportedly calls for 100 to 200 denaturalization referrals per month, signaling a sharp escalation that experts say collides with legal limits and historical practice.