by Jeff Bryant | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
President Donald Trump is being praised for a change in tone in his recent address to Congress, but his belligerent attitude toward public education hasn't changed a bit. While it's true he stopped short of repeating his claims that public schools are "broken" and a...
by Mark Trahant | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
President Donald J. Trump is set to deliver a financial blow to Indian Country. His first budget will propose cuts of at least $54 billion and an amount that he will add to Defense Spending. The president will check off his promises from the campaign (even those that...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog
President Trump is said to be preparing to privatize key public services, including the Veterans Administration (VA), public schools, and public broadcasting, expanding private prisons and launching a privatized infrastructure program. Republicans in Congress want to...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
In his address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Donald Trump showed he can play the role of president on television. He successfully read a long speech, using all the normal rituals – rhetorical optimism, calls for unity, big promises and small policies,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
This is classic dumb guy wedding speech writing: "The chorus of their dating became an earthquake of their love." - Samantha Bee on Trump's speech Donald Trump just gave a fact-free, and detail-free, speech to a joint session of Congress. Early on in the evening, the...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog
The bad news for Democrats in President Trump's first speech to a joint session of Congress is that he exceeded expectations. A Washington Post headline called the speech “surprisingly presidential.” it's likely to solidify Trump’s hold on his base, and will...
