Sunday, August 23, 2026

Tag: Trump administration

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.

‘Stonewall’ Sessions leads the charge of the Trump brigade

The attorney general's testimony before the Senate intelligence committee was more smoke and mirrors.

Former EPA employees sound the alarm in scathing report

If nothing else, this chaotic president and his crony Pruitt have stayed true to their word.

The GOP will free you from having health care

You're free to be poor, free to be politically powerless or free to be ill and uncared for.

Eric Trump claims Democrats are ‘not even people’

“You see the Democratic Party. They’re imploding. They’re imploding. They have no message. You see the head of the DNC, who is a total whack job."

Additional questions for James Comey

The FBI has a long history of secrecy and oppression, which those fighting for justice and democracy should never forget.

BP defense lawyer named as Trump’s top DOJ environment attorney

If confirmed, Clark will lead litigation efforts for the federal government on all environmental issues and will be responsible for defending the EPA.

Betsy DeVos won’t protect LGBTQ students

“Today, the Secretary of Education ... refused to affirm that she would put forward a program that would ban discrimination based on the LGBTQ status of students or ban discrimination based on religion.”

POPULAR

Abdul El-Sayed talking with voters at a campaign meet-and-greet

“Moderates” Support Extreme Injustice

The label goes to candidates who back endless war and block Medicare for All, while a CNN poll now finds a third of Democrats calling themselves socialists. Scolding them as interlopers plays well with donors and nowhere else.
The west front of the United States Capitol. Photo: Noclip (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year

How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building in Washington, headquarters of the Office of Personnel Management. Photo: ajay_suresh / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On September 2, federal layoff appeals move from the Merit Systems Protection Board to...

Ninety-nine percent of the 1,252 public comments opposed the change, and employees will no longer be able to take a final decision to federal court.
A Google data center outside Council Bluffs, Iowa. Photo: Chad Davis / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Three-quarters of Americans would oppose a data center near their home, new polling finds

Opposition has swung 33 points in a year as utility bills climb, and more than 530 counties and towns have restricted or banned the facilities.
Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Philadelphia, a property of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, the lead plaintiff in the case. Photo: ajay_suresh / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court upholds order limiting ICE arrests at Quaker, Sikh and Baptist houses of...

The Justice Department never argued a compelling government interest before the district court, and the Fourth Circuit held that defense waived.