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 Bill Scher | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog
When the Trump transition asked the Energy Department to name employees that attended climate change conferences, many people -- especially Energy Department employees -- reacted in horror, concluding that the incoming administration wants to purge career civil...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog
Trump got fewer votes in an election where millions were denied their right to vote. Republicans control the House of Representatives through gerrymandering, not votes. Democrats got millions more votes for Senators but Republicans have the majority. Nonetheless,...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 13, 2016 | Blog
All Chuck Jones was trying to say is that Presidential-elect exaggeration is a killer when it involves jobs. It’s one thing for a candidate to inflate stuff like personal wealth. But when a President-elect tells the country...
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 Dave Johnson | Dec 12, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
"As we have learned before, when we are under attack, together we must stand up and fight back." - Larry Cohen Before we accept the threatened destruction of our government as "normal" or "just politics," here is something to think about. Our government is supposed to...
