ICE Tries To Destroy Records Documenting Abuses Of Those In Its Custody
In an administration defined by its lawlessness, only Trump himself outdoes the cruelty and disregard for humanity at ICE and CBP....
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Uber Adds To List Of Crimes, Now Being Investigated For Bribing Foreign Officials
Ah, Uber – along with Wells Fargo, easily my favorite criminal enterprise. With Travis Kalanick as its mob boss, the company...
Trump Uses Harvey To Dump Damaging New Contacts With Russia
Hurricane Harvey may be devastating coastal Texas, but it is certainly covering a multitude of sins for Donald Trump. There was...
Disaster In Houston Exacerbated By GOP Policies
The disaster on the Gulf Coast continues with not only the massive flooding in and around Houston but now, as the...
Harvey Has Implications Beyond Houston And Coastal Bend
Obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Houston. My nephew and his family, who had rebuilt and raised their...
Trump's Pardon Of Arpaio Moves GOP One Step Closer To Nullification
The reaction to the news that Trump has pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio seems to be that it is not only yet...
The Myth Of Tax Repatriation
It is pretty clear that tax “reform”, in other words huge tax cuts for the rich, will not got done this...
The Increasing Isolation Of Donald Trump
I’m back from a brief hiatus in which lots happened. Steve Bannon got canned while Trump went all in on white...
Power Of Military In Trump Administration May Indicate Failure Of Democracy
Joy Reid had Larry Wilkerson on the other night and noted the irony of having generals, in the form of Kelly,...
Share Of GDP Going To Profits Is Increasing, Highlighting Need For Strong Antitrust Enforcement
Kevin Drum had an interesting post the other day about the share of GDP that goes to labor and capital. We...