Tag Archives: US Politics

If there is one thing the last 48 hours have proved to me, it’s this. Donald Trump is no longer acting President. The coup against Trump has been completed. May as well have elected HRC.Zero Hedge Luongo: "The Coup Is Complete - Trump Is Done" Tom LuongoSee alsoRussia InsiderBody Language Expert: Trump Acting 'Defeated', Like He's 'On the Run' (Video) Mark Bowden

The House is set to take up a balanced budget amendment this week, which would limit federal spending in each fiscal year to federal receipts in that year.Like the push toward war isn't crazy enough for the crazies. This is like playing Russian roulette with all the chambers loaded. Republicans currently control both houses of Congress and the presidency. They could balance the budget if they wanted to. Instead, they have shown themselves more interested in cutting taxes for the rich....

The US Democratic Party has lost its right, in my view, to attract the progressive vote.The CBO Report, which I will discuss in technical terms tomorrow, really just estimated that the latest policy shift under Trump will increase the US fiscal deficit and public debt ratio. The main game should have been on debating whether the the composition of the US fiscal deficit was beneficial to all Americans or not, rather than running a hysterical political response about the need to cut deficits...

Trump calls on his Cabinet to propose stronger work requirements for welfare across the board. VOX Trump wants to slash welfare with stricter work requirementsTara Golshan

Many people who hate and fear Donald Trump feel that only political black magic or some form of trickery can explain his election as US President. They convince themselves that we are the victims of a dark conspiracy rather than that the world we live in is changing, and changing for the worse. Cambridge Analytica has now joined Russia at the top of a list of conspirators who may have helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. This is satisfactory for Democrats as it shows that they...

Trouble in Trumpville? When you lose Ann Coulter.…AlterNetIs the Radical Right Finally Turning on Trump?Matthew Sheffield, Salon

Good one. Worth a full read. Social EuropeIs The US Hypocritical To Criticize Russian Election Meddling? Thomas Palley | Founder of Economics for Democratic & Open Societies

In the wake of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order that struck down a Republican congressional map as unconstitutionally gerrymandered, Sen. Pat Toomey said that impeachment of the justices is “a conversation that has to happen.”The GOP map had given Republicans a nearly 3-1 congressional majority in a state that leans Democratic; the court’s new map will still give Republicans a significant advantage, but slightly less of one. For Toomey, that amounted, he said, to a “blatant,...

Stephanie Kelton introduces Justin Santopietro, who is running for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the rural, Appalachian district of VA-09.Down with TyrannyGuest Post: Stephanie Kelton Introduces A New Candidate For Congress An Experienced MMTer Is Running For Congress In 2018 by Stephanie Kelton

Meanwhile, Twitter's internal analysis of the hashtag has thus far found that authentic American accounts, not Russians, are driving #ReleaseTheMemo, according to The Daily Beast....  Zero HedgeDemocrats Demand Twitter, Facebook Crackdown On #ReleaseTheMemo "Russian Bots", There Is Just One Problem...Tyler Durden