Friday, October 9, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

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.

Clearing the Trump Trainwreck!

When reality goes from bad to worse/ What’s sane for me is satiric verse.

Government whistleblower sounds the alarm on villages threatened by climate change

A scientist looking for a way to help Alaska Natives whose villages are sinking was reassigned by the Trump administration to a job collecting royalty checks from fossil fuel companies.

The torture-friendly Trump administration

Only stupid people say torture works – and one of them is sitting in the White House.

To the millions who have stood up to the Trump administration:...

My gratitude goes out to the millions of Americans who launched a resistance that has slowed or stopped many of Trump’s policies.

6-month update for Trump voters

So after six months, has he delivered what he promised you?

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Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
Nursing home workers on strike against HealthBridge in Connecticut, in an earlier dispute. Photo: Dannel Malloy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers at six Chicago-area nursing homes set an October 16 strike date

The union says Landmark pays below the industry standard, and the parent company had not responded when the notice was reported.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No
A view of Old Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: Ferdinand Reus / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Corporate Media don’t understand the Houthis, and Don’t Want to, Either

A media critique of how Western outlets cover Yemen's Houthi movement, which has governed the capital Sanaa since 2014.
Petrochemical refineries in the Houston area. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About 200 industrial plants have received presidential exemptions from Biden-era air rules

The EPA says it did not review the exemptions, and environmental groups have sued over those covering chemical plants.