Tag: Trump administration
The Trump White House is a chaotic clown car filled with...
Trump the "master of the deal" has nothing to show.
EPA guard shoves reporter, multiple news outlets blocked from water pollution...
"Scott Pruitt is more worried about journalists than poisoning millions of Americans."
Real corruption: Mick ‘pay and we’ll talk’ Mulvaney
When it comes to this kind of deep corruption, which perverts government’s role for the benefit of the privileged few, Mick Mulvaney is a master of the art.
Playing Trump for peace
How the Korean Peninsula could become a bright spot in a world gone mad.
Trump’s curious coalition
Trump’s curious coalition endures only because he’s a clever salesman and conman.
Time for the UK and European nations to do what is...
By stepping away from the Iran Nuclear Deal, Trump provided a brilliant opportunity for European nations to begin the process of breaking away from decades of American dominance.
A vile act of inhumanity: Splitting up families like the slave...
Immigrants are an easy scapegoat for a deteriorating society. Stripping them from their children is the vilest act of inhumanity.
Unforced error: President Trump tears up the Iran Nuclear Deal
The one surefire way to strengthen the worst, most reactionary elements in the country is to create a situation where most of its people feel the need to rally around the flag.
The Bolton administration has already begun
The hard-right national security adviser successfully tanked the Iran deal. His next target? The North Korea talks.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
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.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
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.