Trump Donors Get Bailout, Truckers Get Layoffs
In a trucking giant’s bankruptcy, workers and taxpayers get crushed, while a Trump-linked firm gets a government cushion.
Donald Trump
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Why Trump’s Indictment Matters
For a brief moment, America is refusing to be an accountability-free zone. Will it last?
“Trump Zombie Sale” Threatens Montana National Forest
The Biden administration is continuing a forest-clearing plan that endangers old-growth trees and grizzly habitat.
Big Oil And Trump Are Trying To Gut An Anti-Corruption Rule
Trump regulators are trying to pull off a last-minute scheme to undermine a rule designed to prevent fossil fuel companies from bribing government officials.
Trump Holds Coup Meeting With DeVos-Funded Lawmakers
The two Michigan GOP legislators summoned to the White House on Friday have been bankrolled by the family of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who would lose her job if Trump is removed from office.
Trump Is Staging A Coup — Why Are Dems Not Sounding The Alarm?
Republicans are following a clear plan to try to overturn the election results, just like they did in 2000. And once again, Democrats are not sounding a loud enough alarm.
Trump Built His Swamp In A Marsh Of Legalized Corruption
Trump’s corruption illustrates the kleptocratic system created by a judiciary that would become even worse with Amy Barrett on the Supreme Court.
Republicans Defunded The Police We Need
Trump and the GOP pretend they love law enforcement -- but they eliminated the cops that protect us from the world’s most dangerous and powerful criminals.
A Coronavirus Cover-Up Is Already Starting
The bipartisan ideology of “looking forward as opposed to looking backwards” is here again -- it is designed to block efforts to hold Trump and his cronies accountable for their incompetence & malice.
Dems Give Unanimous Consent To Trump
Traumatized a generation ago, party leaders' default setting during a crisis is fear-driven acquiescence.