The Three Biggest Lies Trump and His Deputies Have Been Telling Us About Iran
Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Ever since the US drone strike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian general, the Trump administration hasn’t been able to provide consistent, or even coherent, answers about the assassination. Why did President Donald Trump decide to kill Soleimani? Was there really an “imminent” threat from Iran? Will this lead to…
5 Australian Fire Failures: Lessons for the World from a Climate Catastrophe
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits a resident’s property in an area devastated by bushfires in Sarsfield, Victoria state on January 3, 2020.James Ross/Getty In August, 2018, when Scott Morrison became Australia’s 6th prime minister in 10 years, he presented himself as a responsible steward poised to bring continuity after a decade of leadership hiccups.…
Trump Wants More Pizza for Lunch
Breaking news! Trump administration proposes changing school menus to allow more potatoes and pizza and fewer vegetables and fruits Critics say the changes, which roll back a Michelle Obama initiative, would make eating at school less healthy and serve industry interests, while backers say they give schools more flexibility about what to serve. Just in…
The Women’s March Has Gotten Much Smaller. That’s Partly by Design.
An estimated 100,000 people attended the Women’s March in Washington, DC, on January 19th, 2019.Jose Luis Magana/AP Three years ago, nearly half a million women and their allies descended on the nation’s capital to showcase their outrage over the election of Donald Trump and launch a new movement for women’s equality. On Saturday, fewer than…
Medicare For All Is Not a Pipe Dream
Employers currently pay about $10,000 per employee for health insurance. This comes directly out of your paycheck, but most people can’t be convinced of this. If you were to tax them $10,000 for all-in universal health care, they’d see it as losing $10,000 per year. And who knows? Corporations aren’t known for their benevolence, and…
What Is There to Say About Ken Starr?
I’ve now had my morning corn flakes and . . . I still have nothing to say about Ken Starr. He’s certainly bucking for Sean Hannity’s title as most egregious partisan hack of the Trump era, though I’m not sure if this move quite gets him into first place. Time will tell. UPDATE: This gets…