by Jeff Bryant | Nov 18, 2016 | Blog
While it may be President Obama's job to ease the country through the change in leadership to a President Donald Trump administration, the rest of the country doesn't have to go along with it. At least, that's the message coming from a massive show of protest and...
by Bill Scher | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog
Tonight, Donald Trump tweeted that he "Just got a call from my friend Bill Ford, Chairman of Ford, who advised me that he will be keeping the Lincoln plant in Kentucky - no Mexico" and "I worked hard with Bill Ford to keep the Lincoln plant in Kentucky. I owed it to...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog
President-elect Donald Trump made a number of promises to his voters. Here is today’s post about a promise that he has already broken. This is already becoming a regular series. Pre-Election Trump: "We Can't Do That" Donald Trump campaigned on a promise not to cut...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 17, 2016 | Blog
For the first time in a quarter-century, we’re about to see a vacuum of political and intellectual leadership in the Democratic Party. An entire generation of leaders – including Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Bill and Hillary Clinton – will be leaving the political...
by Bill Scher | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
Last week, the hot debate in progressive circles was how a carbon tax should be properly constructed. No more. Donald Trump is planning a massive assault on President Obama's climate protection legacy. He as tapped climate science denier Myron Ebell to head the EPA...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog
The following was originally published at The Nation In the wake of Donald Trump’s unimaginable
victory, the traditional rituals were observed. Hillary Clinton gave a graceful concession speech; President Obama and Trump called for Americans to come together....