Monday, May 18, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

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.

A summer survival guide for the Trump era

Remember, resistance works best when people come together and work together.    

America’s carbon-pusher in chief

Trump’s fossil-fueled foreign policy.

The Mooch, the Donald, and the Goldmanization of government

By turning to Goldman Sachs to staff his administration, Trump has surrendered the nation’s economic policy to the Goldman agenda.

Trump announces ban on transgender people in military

The move reverses last year’s decision to allow trans people to openly enroll in the U.S. military.

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Popular sugar substitute erythritol damages blood-brain barrier, elevating stroke risk

A new study shows how erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar alternative, directly damages human cells that comprise the blood-brain barrier.

Amazon deforestation falls to eight-year low as scientists warn gains remain fragile

Researchers credit stronger enforcement and environmental protections in Brazil while warning that fires, illegal logging, and political threats continue to endanger the rainforest.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?

The fuel to my revolutionary optimism

As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from their land, and thousands were massacred.

Ready or not, AI government is already here

Automation has shaped governments for decades, but new AI-driven systems are taking on functions from warfare to welfare. Promising speed and efficiency, their growing influence over decision-making complicates political accountability and risks autonomous governance being beyond human control.