Tag: Trump administration

Driven by a hatred of “the other” and infused with narratives of decline and victimization, fascist politics trade in an incendiary rhetoric of fear, demonization and violence.

Noam Chomsky talks about the Central American caravan and national security adviser John Bolton declaring Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a “troika of tyranny” and a “triangle of terror” earlier this month.

"We urge the Senate to listen to the American people and reject this pesticide industry loyalist who will put corporate profits over farmers, public health, and our environment."

"A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop issuing permits for offshore fracking in federal waters off the California coast."

Just before he left, the departing attorney-general adopted a policy to limit the Justice Department’s ability to oversee abusive police departments.

While the departure of Sessions was expected, it still represents a political bombshell that could adversely affect Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian hacking.

“The Department … simply discarded prior factual findings related to climate change to support its course reversal.”

“In other words, an organization ‘dedicated to promoting accountability, ethics, and transparency’ gets 100 percent of its funds from a group that exists mainly as a vehicle for donors to elude transparency.”

Having an Attorney General that hasn’t recused himself may give the White House a clearer view into the Mueller investigation.

The solution to the refugee crisis is generous aid to struggling Central American countries, not a Pentagon mobilization.