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Authoritarian Bumbling
The real story of the Trump administration to date isn't about any one policy. It's about Trump and a small group of insiders throwing their weight around — and incompetently at that. That should concern everyone who cares about the Constitution and the rule of law —...
It’s 1984 in Trumplandia
Tromp-tromp-tromp — troops are marching to battles. Boom-boom-boom — bombs are blowing up communities. Whoooosh — poisonous gas is being released. Forget Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan — this is Trump’s War. Our bellicose commander in chief is at war in the homeland,...
Constitutional Government. Sad!
In OtherWords: February 2, 2017
The executive orders keep coming, hirings and firings are shuffling up the professional civil service, and Trump's various appointments are barreling toward Washington. If it seems like a lot, Jill Richardson argues this week, maybe that's the point. It's hard for any...
Don’t Play Into Trump’s Hands on the Muslim Ban
I'm a Muslim woman and a social justice advocate. I'm terrified, heartbroken, and outraged by Donald Trump's "Muslim ban." As I watched administrative chaos and rapidly organized protests unfold at airports all over America, I was overwhelmed with messages from...
If You Work, This Appointment Matters to You
Fast food CEO Andrew Puzder was recently tapped by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Labor. It’s easy enough to think of the Department of Labor as just another distant bureaucracy shuffling paperwork around in Washington. At any given time, in fact, most...
America’s Construction Carnage
Try this the next time you find yourself standing on a Wall Street corner. Ask the first power suit you see why Wall Street’s finest deserve to be making $25 billion in bonuses a year. Wall Streeters actually have a ready response for impertinent questions like this:...
Ruling by Chaos
As Donald Trump was sworn in, my inbox filled up with concerns about the future of the Environmental Protection Agency. Allegedly, scientists were being censored. References to climate change were being erased. But all that was just a warm-up act. Before we could...
Uncle Sam Wants… Your Social Security Check
Uncle Sam wants you! Not the Uncle Sam who’s the symbolic caricature of our country, but Sam Johnson. Although he’s been a member of Congress for more than a quarter of a century, you've probably never heard of him. Johnson's been what’s known in legislative circles...
You’re Fired!
