by Richard Eskow | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
The 45th President of the United States just handled one of his gravest responsibilities, the nomination of a Supreme Court justice, with his trademark vulgar and vaudevillian vapidity. Only 11 days into his presidency, Donald Trump's shtick has become as boring as it...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
There's compelling evidence to show that Steve Mnuchin, Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Treasury, lied to the Senate in both written and verbal testimony. Senate Republicans seem to be taking these offenses in stride. None of the GOP’s “independents” and...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
[fve]https://youtu.be/KB2R641paiQ[/fve] Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, is a Tea Party Republican whose extremist ideology could have grave consequences for your health. That's reason enough to block his nomination. But...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 26, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump, in what's been hyped as an "unprecedented" move, has instituted a freeze on the hiring of federal employees. Hyperbole aside (it’s hardly unprecedented, since Ronald Reagan did the same thing on his first day in office), one thing is already clear: this...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog
When the history of Donald Trump's administration is written, people may point to the appointment of a Koch Brothers' operative to a little-known White House position as a turning point in Trump's evolution from unorthodox Republican candidate to doctrinaire corporate...