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Tag: Trump administration

Trump Administration neuters nuclear safety board

Under a new order from the Energy Department, a nuclear safety board will have to fight for information about and access to nuclear laboratories. In the past, the board has brought serious problems at those labs to light.

Trump administration to halt clean car standards, revoke California’s right to...

The Trump administration’s plan, as reported by Bloomberg, disregards the arguments and wishes of the auto industry.

Entering a 1984 world, Trump-style

Or implementing the Sino-Russian blueprint for a tripolar world order.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.

Propagandist in free fall – strutting his frantic hour upon the...

There is no Trump center (other than perceived, momentary self-interest) and that’s the hardest agenda for political success.

Migrant children detained in shelters being drugged, told not to hug,...

This comes as advocates say some migrant children have been released from federally contracted shelters with scabies and lice.

Trump’s policy agenda is an all-out war on kids

What we’re witnessing at our border is one part of a war against all children – whether by cuts to schools, child nutrition, health care, safe air and water, or family-supporting jobs.

The fog of Trump

Here are the five tactics Donald Trump uses to create a fog of confusion and bewilderment, so we don’t pay attention to the real damage he’s doing.

Detaining immigrant children – a billion-dollar industry

“It was never intended to be a foster care system with more than 10,000 children in custody at an immediate cost to the federal taxpayer of over $1 billion dollars per year.”

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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.

DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure

On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.

California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide

The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.

The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.