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 Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
Outgoing Louisiana Republican Congressman Charles Boustany is being talked about as a contender for becoming Donald Trump's US Trade Representative (USTR). Politico wrote about this in "Boustany making bid for top trade spot," summing up his qualifications as mostly...
by Diane Archer | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog
The price of drugs remains out of control, and President-elect Trump has vowed to address high drug prices. But, the Republican Congress is set to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which means that the drug companies will lose millions of customers with drug coverage,...
by Robert Borosage | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
Donald Trump is a masterful con man, and his presidency will be a bait-and-switch of epic proportions. He will, on one hand, appeal to the populist temper of the time—as he did this week with his “thank you tour”—and with stunts, as he did with the Carrier deal or his...
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 Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2016 | Blog
"You better keep your eye on your kids. We know what car you drive." That's the kind of threats a local union official is getting after President-presumed-Elect Donald Trump tweeted something bad about him. "You gonna die. Death is coming to you real soon." A Florida...
