Tag: Trump administration
Feeding one kid, starving the family
Trump just donated his pay to the Park Service, which would be great if his budget didn't starve the rest of the government.
The rich line up at the White House ATM
The wealthiest administration in American history is primed to make even more money for its already well-to-do staff.
Activism is the only hope of restoring America’s democratic principles
If we commit to steadily amassing a people's movement – bigger and bolder than what the corporations and media deem possible or desirable – that movement can become the government.
From Europe to China to India, uncertainty and fear over Trump’s...
The E.U., China and other leading economies must share the brunt of the responsibility to tackle climate change.
Koch brothers’ operatives fill top White House positions, ethics forms reveal
The Koch brothers have much to celebrate with Trump in the White House.
How the Trump administration responds to Democrats’ demands for information: it...
Congressional Democrats’ letters to the Trump administration are going unanswered.
State Department rewrites climate change web page
Secretary of State Tillerson has maintained that he believes climate science is "not conclusive" so the changes aren't altogether surprising.
The public is clueless about the federal budget and it’s the...
We should be able to get reporters to do their jobs and report budget numbers in a way that means something to their audience.
What slashing the labor department budget by 21 percent would mean
“This is not so much a budget as an ideological statement.”
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“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.
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.
The baddest, bloodlust bullies having a very bad year
How goonish egotism backfires, Befouled by self-inflicted quagmires!
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.
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.