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American Greed: Trump's Economic Team Is a Who’s Who of What’s Wrong
There are only two economists on Donald Trump's economic team. But hedge funds are represented. So are fracking, tobacco, guns and steel. So is the guy who ran Chrysler into the ground before it was rescued by the government.
The Latest Lie: "We Are Going To Raise Taxes On The Middle Class"
Donald Trump is running an ad that changes a word in a Hillary Clinton speech to make it sound like she said the opposite of what she actually said. Will people fall for that?
Wingnut Week In Review: Donald Trumps Himself
Depending on the outcome, when the history of the 2016 presidential election is written, this will be known as the week the wheels fell off of Donald Trump’s campaign.
June's Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Is Up 9 Percent
Imagine if we were engaged in actual "trade," and American factories had $66 billion more in orders in June. (And another $66 or so billion the following month, and every month.)
Progressive Breakfast
Trump Cozies Up To Wall Street Trump's economic team full of "real-estate investors, hedge-fund managers and bankers." Politico: "Names on the list, which the Trump campaign boasted as having "unparalleled experience and success in business" include Steve Roth, the...
The Birds on Trump's Brain
Here's what Trump said about wind power on Monday:"The wind kills all your birds. All your birds, killed. You know, the environmentalists never talk about that."
Trump has birds on the brain. Who put them there?
As Republicans Defect, Will Clinton Be Tempted To Tack Right?
Republican support poses a dangerous temptation for Clinton. She may see it as a mandate to form something like a unity government with Republicans, a call to tack right toward the failed "centrism" and "bipartisanship" of the past.
Donald Trump and The Rage of an Unprivileged Class, Pt. 2
Donald Trump has not sown the seeds of anger and hatred so much as he has reaped their fruits in a bumper crop. Their roots go very deep, and they will blossom anew in the wake of a Trump defeat.
Did You Know That AARP Is A Paying Member Of ALEC?
The Center for Media and Democracy revealed at AARP is a paying member of ALEC, an organization dedicated to, among so many other things, privatizing Social Security and Medicare. Just wow.
The Birds on Trump’s Brain
Donald Trump’s brain. It’s an unusual instrument, and a frightening one, even in the best of circumstances. Now someone has “put a bird on it”– a lot of them, in fact. Here’s what Trump said about wind power on Monday: “The wind kills all your birds. All your...
