Tag: Trump administration
The Left needs to be a movement, not a bunch of...
We need to focus on big demands and big issues that benefit all but the ruling elites and that will fundamentally change the way the country operates.
Democrats boycott committee vote on Trump’s EPA pick
“Pruitt is wholly unfit and unqualified to lead the EPA.”
Donald Trump’s mission creep just took a giant leap forward
In just a few days, the new president has upended the rules of democracy with a clumsy, heavy-handedness worse than we imagined.
Less than an hour after the inauguration Trump removed climate change...
The new administration has removed all mention of key issues and replaced them with hazy plans on energy, foreign policy, law enforcement, military, jobs, and trade deals.
Did senators rush through Rick Perry’s energy dept hearing to attend...
It looks like Perry has the votes necessary to become the next Secretary of Energy.
30 years later, the Senate should reject Jeff Sessions again
The Senate Judiciary Committee should be consistent and reject Sessions as attorney general, as it rejected him for a judgeship 30 years ago.
As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up...
In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.
Robert Reich on the First 100 Day Resistance Agenda against Trump:...
Oppose the Trump agenda and boycott all Trump products.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.