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China Through the Eyes of its Most Famous Dissident

by Anne Kim October 22, 2025October 21, 2025

Clean Energy Allergy: In August, the Trump Administration halted work on a nearly completed $4 Billion Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Here, a Wind Farm is seen on August 25, 2025 in Abescon, New Jersey.

Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money

by Laura Gillam October 15, 2025October 14, 2025

Is this an industrial policy? Not really as the president cuts ad hoc deals to promote manufacturing, and his own power. Here, the president speaks at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Industrial Policy, Trump Style

by James Hassett October 14, 2025October 11, 2025

Trump is destroying the American battery industry. A Georgia battery plant illustrates the problem.

How Trump’s Policies Crush the American Battery Boom

by James Hassett July 22, 2025October 6, 2025

War in the Mideast

Will Trump’s Strikes on Iran Unleash a Global Arms Race?

by Matthew Cooper June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

Donald Trump Is Raising Your Taxes, and Republicans Won’t Stop Him

by Bill Scher April 11, 2025April 11, 2025

America Needs Social Media Sovereignty

by Roy Temple February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

America Is Already Great Again

by Wesley K. Clark June 23, 2024June 24, 2024

Trump Promised 100% Tariffs on Chinese EVs. Biden Did It. Will It Work?

by Bill Scher May 14, 2024May 14, 2024

Trump vs. Biden: Who Got More Done on Trade?

by Garphil Julien April 7, 2024April 7, 2024

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