by Dave Johnson | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
So far President Donald Trump has signed very few bills. One lets coal companies dump waste into streams. Another lets oil companies bribe foreign dictators in secret. Now he is moving to block a Labor Department "fiduciary rule" that requires financial advisers to...
by Julie Chinitz | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog, Health
Bruised in heated town halls in Florida, Tennessee, Georgia and elsewhere, the right wing in Congress now realizes it could pay a steep political price for throwing tens of millions of people off their health care, destabilizing our health care system, and putting...
by Libero Della Piana | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
Andy Puzder, President Trump’s pick to run the Labor Department, didn’t really bow out. He was fired. But even though Trump made the phrase “you’re fired” his motto, he didn’t force Puzder out. We did. Working people sent him the pink slip. When Trump was inaugurated...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 16, 2017 | Blog
Cross-posted from The Nation, with permission. Donald Trump’s provocations have stirred a resistance that is ferocious, diverse and growing, shaking Republicans and stiffening Democratic spines. Raucous town-hall meetings targeting members of Congress in their home...
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,...
