Friday, January 10, 2025

Tag: President Donald Trump

Trump touts long-shot, can’t-lose gambit: ‘How to overcome a rigged, corrupt...

Honor is due: Time to Make Elections Fair Again. MEFA! Won’t be any harder than building that friggin’ wall.

If America doesn’t reverse its current course, we are headed for...

We have to get all sides involved on the same page, talking to each other about how these crises can be brought to an end.

What will it take to defeat Trumpism?

Learning lessons from the end of the Confederacy, Nazi Germany, and Saddam’s Iraq...

Watch: Voting by mail is patriotic—no matter what lies Trump tells

Call out the hypocrisy. Remember, if your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be trying to stop it.

Top 6 reasons Trump’s racist attack on Ilhan Omar at empty...

African Muslims have been central to American history and American success. Ilhan Omar has been an American citizen longer than Melania Trump, and stands in a tradition of contributing to this country.

Did Trumpers have a clue what presidential chaos meant? Worse still:...

Holding up that Bible with extreme awkwardness gave away the game: was ever his scheming, stupid crassness more visible?

Remembering Ball Four

So we can forget you-know-who...

From Hurricane Maria to Covid, gas lobbyist-turned-Trump energy lawyer uses crises...

“This rule change would be a massive giveaway to polluters, so it's no surprise to see it being pushed by a fossil fuel lobbyist who's now part of the Trump administration.”

The deadly Fox News-Trump syndicate

It’s easy to feel outraged and defeated by Fox News. But it’s important to understand its formula for misleading Americans, particularly in the crisis we’re in.

“I can’t speak negatively about the president,” says official charged with...

President Donald Trump’s purge of watchdogs is on the mind of one of the newly hired officials charged with overseeing the more than $2 trillion CARES Act.

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Phoenix places 10th on worst zoo List, pledges to shut down elephant exhibit

Phoenix Zoo’s decision is part of a growing trend among zoos across North America with about 40 zoos closing their elephant exhibits and many more pledging to close their exhibits.

The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas

Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.

Can nonviolent struggle defeat a dictator? This database emphatically says yes

The Global Nonviolent Action Database details some 40 cases of mass movements overcoming tyrants through strategic nonviolent campaigns.

GOP attack on Medicaid puts millions of Americans at risk of losing coverage

Republicans push Medicaid cuts that could leave millions without health coverage.