Donald Trump’s “unity” speech divided America a little more

January 31, 2018 "America First", Democrats, Donald Trump, News, Republicans

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The chilling attack on liberal democracy buried in Trump’s speech

January 31, 2018 Donald Trump, News

President Donald Trump spent the bulk of his first State of the Union address touting his tax policy and laying out an immigration proposal that would advance many white nationalist organizations’ top priorities.

Buried within the speech, however, was a proposal that would fundamentally rework the balance of power between civil servants and political appointees — and strike a deep blow to the rule of law in the process.

“I call on the Congress to empower eve...

State of disunion: The cities and states that fought Trump’s first-year agenda

January 30, 2018 "America First", Donald Trump, News, politics, trump

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Norway is the best country in the world to live in, according to the WEF

January 25, 2018 Donald Trump, Ideas, News, obamacare, Wall Street

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A Facebook experiment with California liberals and Alabama conservatives suggests beliefs, not facts, are what really divide us

January 25, 2018 "America First", Democrats, Donald Trump, News, politics, Republicans, United States

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Democracy’s lost decade

January 24, 2018 Donald Trump, News, Senate

There is something profoundly wrong with the United States of America’s system of government.

For proof, briefly take stock of the last ten years in American democracy, in which a combination of factors — the filibuster, the way we draw legislative districts, Senate malapportionment, and the Electoral College — converged to rob American voters of a meaningful ability to choose their own leaders.

In 2008, President Obama won a resounding victory, defeat...

‘Trump hasn’t just done a good job, he’s done a great job’ – the view from Muncie, Indiana

January 22, 2018 Donald Trump, News, US politics

Gary Younge spent a month in the ‘archetypal’ US town before last year’s election. The people swung for Trump, but how do they feel a year on?
Griffin Timmerman, six, is a runner. Given the opportunity, the small, lively boy, who has autism and prefers to play on his own, would just keep going. He once ran into the road; this is one of the reasons why his family moved out of Muncie, Indiana, to the country, giving him more space and free rein for his energy.
It is also why his ...

Here’s what happens in a government shutdown

January 20, 2018 Donald Trump, News

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The government just shut down. Here’s how it happened.

January 20, 2018 Democrats, Donald Trump, GOP, News, Republicans

Many federal government agencies and services officially shut down midnight Saturday, after the Senate rejected a short-term spending bill that would have funded the government through Feb. 16.

The first government shutdown since 2013 came after months of confusing and contradictory statements by President Donald Trump, often on Twitter, and an unwillingness by Republicans to include legislation to protect “DREAMers.” Roughly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U....

Trump’s beliefs about diet and exercise could make Americans sick

January 19, 2018 Donald Trump, health care, News, politics

On Wednesday, White House physician Ronny L. Jackson revealed the results of President Donald Trump’s physical exam. His very high LDL cholesterol level, despite a prescription for a cholesterol-lowering drug, and a reported weight that put him one pound shy of being obese for his height, caused outside experts to show concern for the president’s health.

Jackson instead lauded Trump’s eyesight, cognitive abilities, and heart function, praising Trump’s genes.<...