Tag: Trump administration
Should we entrust our schoolchildren to corporate profiteers?
The DeVos couple are pushing plutocratic policies that reject our country's one-for-all, all-for-one egalitarianism.
Trump Jr.’s emails reveal intent to potentially commit conspiracy
“This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump."
Ethics chief announces resignation due to Trump’s dubious conduct
Walter Shaub Jr. is not the first member of Trump's administration to resign due to ethics flaws.
Forty-four states refuse to release private voter info to Trump commission
Instead of protecting the privacy of voters or the integrity of fair elections, Trump continues to waste time and resources on a fiction that he has failed to prove time and again.
On July fourth, a message for patriots
On this holiday, and every day, that flag and the promise it symbolizes are not Trump’s supporters to abuse, but belong to a nation that will uphold and someday vindicate them.
The Supreme Court’s ‘Muslim ban’ decision is terrifying
If the war on terror has taught us one thing, it's that harsh laws targeting non-citizens will eventually be extended to citizens, too.
EPA chief met with Dow Chemical CEO before deciding not to...
This is just the latest in a long list of examples of the Trump administration working with corporate polluters before reversing public safeguards
If Trump is so great, why is his approval rating so...
The greatest, overriding failure of Trump and Congressional leaders is that they have no vision, no big ideas, no moxie and no understanding of grassroots people's democratic idealism.
Government of, by, and for Trump
When loyalty trumps integrity, we no longer have a government of laws.
Trump administration quietly rolls back civil rights efforts across federal government
Previously unannounced directives will limit the Department of Justice’s use of a storied civil rights enforcement tool, and loosen the Department of Education’s requirements on investigations.
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What makes the MAGA misrule tragedy historic? Total foregone conclusion. Total knowability and avoidability.
Paying the corrupt MAGA piper is now a lead “investment” – with outcomes as predictable (and problematic) as all that voters repressed when empowering the Trump II horror show.
Maryland moves to ban grocery surveillance pricing as algorithmic price discrimination spreads
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation grocery pricing law targets the use of personal data to raise food costs, but consumer advocates warn industry-backed loopholes could limit its impact as algorithmic pricing spreads.
No-bid contracts and taxpayer funds fuel scrutiny of Trump’s White House ballroom
A Republican push to spend $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s White House ballroom is colliding with allegations of inflated no-bid contracts, donor conflicts, and questions over whether a recent security scare is being used to justify a project critics say reflects presidential self-interest over public need.
On infinity: Or how long MAGA clown shows pander to cult derangement
When, pray tell, comes the knockout punch,/ Who and what gobbles Donald’s lunch? Come what, come may, let sleazebags boast:/ No miracle looms—this mob is toast.
Shooting at press dinner fuels conspiracy spiral as political distrust deepens
An attempted assassination charge outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner triggered urgent security questions, but the political aftershocks spread far wider, exposing how conspiracy culture, rising extremism, and collapsing trust are reshaping responses to violence in America.