His actions are designed to deepen the attachment to his base, not broaden his appeal.
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Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Trump Isn’t Draining the Swamp, He’s Drowning Diplomacy
Trump and the GOP Congress have plans to decimate the entire federal workforce, and they’re starting with the State Department.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
Honey, I Shrunk the Recidivism Rate
A social enterprise on Chicago’s west side puts the formerly incarcerated back to work as beekeepers and honey harvesters.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
And Now the Trump Presidency Begins to Fail for Real
Trump’s strategy was doomed and it will now begin failing in more spectacular fashion.
Posted inMain, Political Animal
The Questions Democrats Have to Answer to Run on Single Payer
The goal sounds good, but the steps to getting there are much more complex.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Mitch McConnell’s Sinister Role in the Russian Hacks
With the normalization of Trump’s antics, it is unfortunately all too easy to overlook the sheer rottenness of Mitch McConnell.
Posted inEconomy, Featured
The Manufacturing Jobs Program Trump Wants to Kill
The little-known Manufacturing Extension Partnership program has helped grow small businesses like Michele’s Granola.
Posted inMagazine
Trump’s Plan to Make Government Slower, Costlier, and More Dysfunctional
Slashing federal employees doesn’t save money. It just makes the government more dependent on private contractors and more prone to colossal screw-ups.
Posted inFeatured, June/July/August 2017, Magazine
Code of Silence
How private companies hide flaws in the software that governments use to decide who goes to prison and who gets out.
Posted inEconomy, Featured, June/July/August 2017, Magazine, The Monopolized Economy
Three Ideas to Check Trump and Revive the Democratic Party
How to (actually!) make America great again.
