CBO suggests Trump admin at fault for Obamacare’s rising costs

Having failed to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump has said his strategy would be to let the health law “implode.” Continue reading →

Christofascism at work in America: Coming down hard on a Descendant of Robert E. Lee

By Robert A. Vella Religious fanaticism is never a good thing.  Neither are xenophobic tribalism and political extremism.  But, when Continue reading →

Texas Republicans Helped Chemical Plant That Exploded Lobby Against Safety Rules

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing “noxious” smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new Continue reading →

How ‘Wild West’ growth may have contributed to devastating flood in Houston

Houston calls itself “the city with no limits” to convey the promise of boundless opportunity. But it also is the Continue reading →

Wonder if the Arch-authoritarian Racist Idiot Donald Trump will Make it to 2020? by Paul Street

Good read, highly recommended.  Here’s an excerpt: Trump smells too much of neo-fascism – a clownish and highly venal version, Continue reading →

Trump Drags GOP Onto Dangerous Ground, This Time Over Race

Republicans who had hoped Trump closed the book on the deadly Virginia protests Monday were forced to deal with his Continue reading →

Analysis | A timeline of the explosive lawsuit alleging a White House link in the Seth Rich conspiracy

NPR’s David Folkenflik reported Tuesday morning on a lawsuit filed by a man named Rod Wheeler that makes a remarkable Continue reading →

The Memo: GOP in shock over White House drama

Republicans are in shock this weekend as the chaos around the Trump White House reaches a new intensity. Recent days Continue reading →