Thursday, July 3, 2025

Tag: Trump administration

Sessions DOJ says it’s OK to purge infrequent voters from Ohio...

The Obama administration was against the state's practice of purging inactive voters from the rolls, but this week, the Trump administration reversed course.

Trump called for acting FBI director’s removal the same day agents...

The news was confirmed by Manafort’s spokesman via Twitter.

House Democrats investigate federal payments to Trump businesses

“There may be other expenditures of American taxpayer funds at Trump properties that are not yet publicly known.”

Trump administration’s solution to climate change: Ban the term

The effectiveness of this approach has previously been tested and has shown poor results.

Slouching toward Mar-a-Lago

The post-Cold-War consensus collapses.

Trump promised to revive Keystone XL – but TransCanada may not...

The fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline will be decided in hearings this week in Lincoln, Nebraska, but one question remains unanswered.

Night thoughts on Trump and America

Our democratic institutions have so far stood the test and remain strong. America will be back.

Real, intact ‘walls’ impede the reactionary Trump/GOP in their tracks

Happy news. What the first six months show us, both about Trump and Senate leadership, is they remain their own worst enemies.

75,000 trees donated so far to ‘Trump forest’ to offset president’s...

"We're not going to get ahead of this problem if people don't understand what it is."

The president is the nation: The central metaphor Trump lives by

Yet, the job of those in the administration is to serve the nation first in all cases, rather than serving the president.

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U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge

Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns

Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.

GOP budget standoff deepens as internal revolt stalls Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill

Senate hold-outs cite draconian Medicaid and SNAP cuts while a new CBO score warns the measure will add $3.3 trillion to the debt even as Republican leaders race to meet Trump’s July 4 deadline.