by Richard Eskow | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
—This post has been updated with news of Mulvaney's confirmation.— The Senate has confirmed Donald Trump’s pick for White House Budget Director, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, in a 51-49 vote. Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, joined with every Democrat in the chamber...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Cross-posted from The Nation, with permission. President Donald Trump lies. He lies about the size of his inaugural crowd, about millions of supposedly fraudulent votes, the number of jobs he “saved” at Carrier, terrorist incidents that supposedly go underreported,...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
The Trump administration's national security scandals may have obscured Betsy DeVos's rough start as the new Secretary of Education, but her stumbles right out the gate reveal disturbing characteristics of her leadership. Unfortunately, the least significant gaffe is...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump didn't really appoint Walter White, the guy from Breaking Bad, to run the DEA, but his nomination of fast-food CEO Andrew "women are meat" Puzder to be Labor Secretary sure comes close. Update: Amid reports that as many as 12 Republicans were ready to...
by Miles Mogulescu | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
If Michael T. Flynn informed Donald Trump about his multiple conversations with the Russian ambassador about rolling back President Barack Obama’s sanctions to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. presidential election, it’s an impeachable offense for President...
by Leo Gerard | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Whirlpool, the big appliance manufacturer, stressed in recent years its preference to make it in America. In 2013, it actually moved dishwasher manufacturing jobs back to the United States from Mexico. The next year, it announced a $40 million investment in its...
