Tag: Vladimir Putin
President Trump goes to Hel(sinki)
Trump, a rule bender throughout his life, will likely find that those that he has crossed will not forgive or forget and will have their metaphorical knives at ready the moment he slips up.
Meet the reporter dragged from Trump-Putin press conference for trying to...
“It wasn’t a protest,” he says. “It was just an attempt to do serious, aggressive journalism, which I think is what we need.”
Mass protests meet Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki over human rights, free...
As the two leaders drove from the airport to their summit, they were met by 300 billboards in English and Russian that were posted by the country’s leading newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Americans explode after Trump's summit with Putin, Justice Department arrests Russia national with ties to Trump and the NRA, all the people convicted of treason in the US, and more.
Peace is a good thing, whoever manages to achieve it
When two leaders, each with the ability to destroy the world, agree to get along, that's a good thing. Period.
Democracy in crisis: Cold War(s) in the cyber age
The Cyber Age has raised the potential for destabilizing democracies through dissemination of fake news and disinformation to new levels.
Stop saying, “Putin invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea”
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
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Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.
Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Military moral injury, iolence, and the parable of the Guinea worm
An unexpected encounter with compassion.
Taxing the rich is key to challenging the far-right
There are many things that need to change in this world. But one thing is clear: anyone who claims to oppose the rise of the far right must, at the very least, support higher taxes on extreme wealth.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.