Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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.

Down the memory hole

Trump’s strategic assault on democracy, word by word.

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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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.