Tag: Trump administration
The strategy of maximal extraction
This is how Donald Trump plans to enlist fossil fuels in the struggle for global dominance.
Drug wars, missing money, and a phantom $500 million
More effective use of spreadsheets won’t solve the underlying problems of America’s wars or cure an addiction to policies that continue to fail.
Dr. Strangelove returns: The Trump administration’s nuclear posture review
In true Trumpian fashion, nuclear arms are sold throughout the review as a cost efficient, even cheap, means to maintain American strategic dominance in every corner of the world.
How much longer before Trump becomes the 2nd president in US...
America is weighed down by this president who has quickly worn out his welcome.
Russiaburger: The Trump-Russia scandal explained
It's now clear that the Russians offered help and members of the Trump campaign accepted. But the real scandal may be money laundering.
Our racial and ethnic roots in all their tangled diversity are...
Trumpian white supremacy has it all wrong.
Exposing our ‘populist’ president as a naked plutocrat
It's not the volume of Trump's fabrications that is so gross, but their enormity.
Donald Trump offers a helping hand to China and Russia
And it's giving American Isolationism new meaning in the twenty-first century.
Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy
Nothing could be more dangerous to our democracy and society.
Trump voters: One Year in, and he’s broken 20 big promises...
Here are 20 promises he made, but has yet to keep.
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Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.
Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes five-year Arctic oil rule covering polar bear and walrus...
The industry's own estimate counts 123 polar bear harassments and no deaths over the period, while the agency's rule lists how deaths could still occur.