The following political cartoon was posted by the Star Tribune February 16, 2017:
Tag: Donald Trump
Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms
The following article by Emma Brown was posted on the Washington Post website February 15, 2017:
A policy manifesto from an influential conservative group with ties to the Trump administration, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, urges the dismantling of the Education Department and bringing God into American classrooms.
The five-page document produced by the Council for National Policy calls for a “restoration of education in America” that would minimize the federal role, promote religious schools and home schooling and enshrine “historic Judeo-Christian principles” as a basis for instruction. Continue reading “Influential conservative group: Trump, DeVos should dismantle Education Department and bring God into classrooms”
‘Morning Joe’ has blacklisted Kellyanne Conway. And that’s not all.
The following article by Callum Borchers was posted on the Washington Post website February 15, 2017:
Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” say they won’t invite White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on their show because she doesn’t provide reliable information. (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post)
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski said Wednesday that she refuses to book Kellyanne Conway on “Morning Joe” — and that wasn’t even the harshest thing Brzezinski and co-host Joe Scarborough said about the counselor to the president. Continue reading “‘Morning Joe’ has blacklisted Kellyanne Conway. And that’s not all.”
Trump says Flynn was treated unfairly, a day after Spicer said he was fired because of a lack of trust
The following article by Ashley Parker was posted on the Washington Post website February 15, 2017:
President Trump criticized the intelligence community and the media Wednesday for the news reports that ultimately led to national security adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation Monday night, less than four weeks into his White House tenure. Continue reading “Trump says Flynn was treated unfairly, a day after Spicer said he was fired because of a lack of trust”
Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle?
The following article by Robert Costa and Ashley Parker was posted on the Washington Post website February 14, 2017:
For nearly two full weeks, nobody told Vice President Pence that he had been misled by national security adviser Michael Flynn.
After privately being assured by Flynn that he had never had any discussions about Russian sanctions with that country’s ambassador, Pence went on TV in mid-January and publicly parroted Flynn’s denial. But on Jan. 26, President Trump and a small group of senior aides learned that the Justice Department had evidence that Flynn had, in fact, discussed sanctions and misled the vice president. Continue reading “Pence remains above the fray, but is he outside the inner circle?”
Obamacare
The following article was posted on the TrumpAccountable.org website February 15, 2017:
In 2015 Republicans in Congress overwhelmingly passed a measure to repeal Obamacare. The repeal package, embedded in a budget reconciliation bill, never had a chance to become law as long as President Obama was in office and could veto it.
Now that Republicans have both chambers of the legislative branch and the executive branch, why don’t they simply roll out the same repeal package, that also defunded Planned Parenthood, and vote on it? It seems easy, doesn’t it? Continue reading “Obamacare”
We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
The following article by Sarah Kendzior was posted November 18, 2016, on thecorrespondent.com website. As we move into the rocky future of a Trump administration, it bears re-reading.
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backers are taking us. That’s why I have a favor to ask you, my fellow Americans.
My fellow Americans, I have a favor to ask you.
Today is November 18, 2016. I want you to write about who you are, what you have experienced, and what you have endured. Continue reading “We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump”
Beyond Despair: Finding the Will to Fight Donald Trump
The following article by Ezekiel Kweku was posted on the MTV website February 13, 2017:
The left’s opposition to the Trump agenda suffered its first serious post-election losses this week, with Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions both confirmed to Trump’s Cabinet. While these weren’t the first nominees confirmed over the opposition, they were the first whom Democrats had fully united against. The Democratic base flooded the phone lines of their representatives, showed up en masse at town halls and senatorial offices, tweeted and organized and marched. Democratic congresspeople listened and delivered tough questions in confirmation hearings and (with one exception) held the line. They even flipped two Republican congressmen, convincing them that voting against DeVos was either wise or politically expedient. Continue reading “Beyond Despair: Finding the Will to Fight Donald Trump”
The Embarrassment of President Trump
The following column by Jeffrey Frank was posted on the New Yorker website February 15, 2017:
This can’t go on much longer, can it? In the past, the nation has had do-nothing Presidencies, and scandal-ridden Presidencies, and failed Presidencies, but until Donald J. Trump came along there hasn’t been a truly embarrassing Presidency. Trump himself looks out of place (that squinty-eyed frown, meant to bespeak firmness, or serious purpose, doesn’t succeed), and it’s easy to understand why he looks that way. He’s living a bachelor’s life in an unfamiliar house, in a so-so neighborhood far from his home town, surrounded by strangers who have been hired to protect him but cut him off from any sort of real privacy. His daughter Ivanka is close by, in the Kalorama neighborhood, but she has her own life to live, and her own problems—most recently, Nordstrom’s decision to stop carrying her fashion brand. His wife, Melania, is two hundred miles away, in Trump Tower; for the time being, according to the family’s public statements, she’s there to look after her son, Barron, who’s finishing the school year in familiar surroundings. Continue reading “The Embarrassment of President Trump”
Trump signs repeal of transparency rule for oil companies
The following article by Timothy Cama was posted on The Hill’s website February 14, 2017:
President Trump signed legislation Tuesday to repeal a controversial regulation that would have required energy companies to disclose their payments to foreign governments.
The legislation is the first time in 16 years that the Congressional Review Act (CRA) has been used to repeal a regulation, and only the second time in the two decades that act has been law. It is the third piece of legislationTrump has signed since taking office three weeks ago. Continue reading “Trump signs repeal of transparency rule for oil companies”