Acclaimed author Stephen King had a blistering retort to Donald Trump’s newly unveiled tax plan, writing on his Twitter account Thursday afternoon that the president “couldn’t give Shit One about” workers. The proposal’s been dubbed a “love note to the wealthy,” as it includes cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent […]
With President Donald Trump reportedly set to declare that the Iran nuclear deal is “not in the national interest of the United States” as early as Friday, a chorus of lawmakers, policy experts, and advocacy groups are sounding the alarm, warning that any move to undermine the accord would “open up a nuclear Pandora’s box […]
Just in time to do the bidding of the “rich and powerful,” as one Democratic Senator put it, Vice President Mike Pence was summoned to the Senate chamber on Tuesday night where he cast the tie-breaking vote in order to scrap a federal rule designed to protect consumers from so-called “rip-off clauses” used by Wall […]
While most political leaders and U.S. media outlets continue to perpetuate the “power-serving” notion that the West has played little to no role in causing and worsening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn penned a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday slamming American and British forces for fueling the Saudi-led bombing […]
Progressives had an opportunity to deliver a “massive repudiation of Donald Trump”—and of Trumpism more broadly—Tuesday night with gubernatorial and state legislature races taking place across the country Tuesday night, and they delivered in a big way. “Inclusive, populist ideas are the way to win in 2018.” —Ilya Sheyman, MoveOn.orgWhile it was the high-profile victory […]
Older educated white voters who voted for President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE in 2016 are now leaning toward Democrats, according to a Reuters–Ipsos poll released […]
As undocumented young people lose their temporary protected status and Republican lawmakers push for legislation that would ramp up deportations, an estimated 15,000 people marched on Capitol Hill Wednesday while hundreds—including two lawmakers—were arrested in a peaceful protest to demand that Congress pass a clean Dream Act. The Dream Act, first introduced in Congress in […]
In what critics called a “dangerous precedent” and identified as an obvious move to deflect the still serious concerns about allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, multiple news outlets reported late Monday that the Senate Intelligence Committee is now investigating the campaign of Green Party […]
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Amid reports that President Donald Trump is preparing to announce cuts to U.S. security assistance to Pakistan, a chorus of Pakistani officials slammed the move, including Imran Khan—a political leader and fierce opponent of the American drone program—who denounced Trump for attempting to “humiliate and insult” his country and urged the government to never again […]