by Richard Eskow | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog, The Trump Swamp
Our country's privileged few used to exert their control through political surrogates. Now, thanks to Trump, they're taking a more hands-on approach. If it weren't for his appeals to hate, it would be easy to understand why so many voters were taken in by Trump. It's...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
Republicans in Congress are pushing to strip "Buy America" provisions from a bill to help fix the country's water systems. Republican President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on government help for American manufacturing and jobs. So this is an early test: Will Trump...
by Bill Scher | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up the Republican Party's economic orthodoxy. He wielded the threat of government power to pressure United Technologies, the parent company of Carrier, to partially rescind plans for sending 800 jobs to Mexico (though 1300 jobs...
by Kenzo Esquivel, Diane Fager and Rev. Tony Pierce | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
With the election of Donald Trump to the presidency this November, many on the left are rightfully frightened about what the next four years portend for the fight against climate change, when even the most basic environmental protections are now under threat. The...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
This is the tea-leaf administration. So far President-elect Donald Trump doesn't hold press conferences, because apparently it is too much a bother to explain the incoming government's plans to We the People. Everyone understands that Trump "conned" voters and the...
by Diane Archer | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged not to touch Medicare. Now, it appears President-elect Trump is set to kill Medicare and, in the process, deny older adults and people with disabilities needed health care. House Speaker Paul Ryan plans for...
