Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

Welcome to police-state America, weary traveler

How to make the tourists feel unwelcome, and citizens sick.

A second American Civil War?

A second civil war? Probably not. But the way Trump and his defenders are behaving, it’s not absurd to imagine serious social unrest.

What’s a ‘black identity extremist’? Groups demand Trump Dhs release ‘race...

We must be especially intolerant of racism when it appears as official government policy, enshrined in secret documents in black and white.

Trump’s drug price reforms amount to a ‘sugar-coated nothing pill’

The president says he wants to lower drug prices, but Big Pharma isn't fooled.

America’s megalomaniac

With Trump, there’s no longer American foreign policy. There’s only Trump’s ego.

Trump’s offshore drilling plan puts 68 national parks at risk

All of these parks would be in danger if Trump and Zinke's drilling proposal goes ahead.

Trump slashes $7 billion from children’s health program

The move is being called "despicable on every level."

Trump drones on

How un-piloted aircraft has expanded the War on Terror.

Trump administration to auction off public land in Northern Arizona to...

"This is Trump's energy dominance policy at work, where nothing matters except fossil-fuel interests."

Trump’s big lies about the FBI

Concerned only with preserving himself, he slanders federal law enforcement officers and undermines the nation's bulwarks against terrorism, espionage and crime almost every day.

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How much sleep do I need? Why you can forget the eight-hour rule

Eight hours isn’t necessarily the magic number for sleep. Your age, body clock and individual needs all matter.
Candace Owens speaking in 2018. Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

These women don’t trust politicians. They do trust Candace Owens.

The 19th interviewed half a dozen of her listeners, after a Media Matters report found her platforms grew 80 percent between January 2025 and March 2026 to roughly 10.9 million new followers.
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A week after Eastport banned data centers for 180 days, federal regulators accepted the...

The developer cut the plan from 400 acres to 27 and from 51 megawatts to 15 after FERC found four deficiencies, and comments close October 19.
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U.S. Threatens New Economic War on Iran by Targeting China & Tehran’s Other Top...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named the plan Operation Economic Outcast on Monday and set no timeline or list of countries, and sanctions historian Nicholas Mulder says the reach into Iran's oil buyers puts the U.S.-China trade truce at risk.
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Joint Economic Committee Democrats put Trump’s 2026 oil and gas stock gains at up...

The same report totals $71.5 billion in extra gasoline spending since February 28, an average of $604 a family, and the White House says independent managers control the portfolio.