by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2016 | Blog
When it comes to Cabinet-level appointments, Donald Trump hasn't lost his ability to astonish and dismay. At this point his staffing process has pretty much turned into an extended exercise in trolling, a test to see how much humiliation the American people will...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog
What does it tell us when leading Democrats are more upset about alleged Russian election-rigging than they are about proven Republican election-rigging? After all, American oligarchs like the Koch Brothers have no more right to undermine our democracy than Russian...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog
If you're an older American -- or expect to be someday -- and you aren’t wealthy, you may have concluded that the Republican Party is at war with you. If so, you’re not wrong. Republicans are pushing proposals that protect and expand the wealth of the wealthy at the...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump's recent cabinet picks have a history of being very good ... to Donald Trump. Working Americans probably won't be as lucky. His latest hire is wrestling billionaire Linda McMahon, who's been tapped to lead the Small Business Administration. In the...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 7, 2016 | Blog
Here’s Donald Trump, speaking at a presidential debate in October of last year (emphasis mine): “We’re already [the] highest-tax nation in the world. Just about. They can maybe find—every once in a while they’ll say, they’ll fact-check me, ‘Well, there’s a nation that...
