President Donald Trump's executive order could take health care insurance away from millions of sick Americans, which was also a criticism of his earlier effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in Congress. The new plan would roll back some of Obamacare's protections and coverage, but it could lower premiums for healthy Americans. The… … [Read more...] about Trump Health Care Order Will Do What GOP Failed to Do
Bloomberg donates $64 million to environmental organizations
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg announced Wednesday that he will donate $64 million to environmental organizations after the US government moved to roll back Obama-era measures to counter climate change. Repealing the Clean Power Plan (CPP) was a campaign promise by President Donald Trump and follows his decision in June to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement to… … [Read more...] about Bloomberg donates $64 million to environmental organizations
Rush Limbaugh: Trump Is Acting ‘Like a Dictator’
Donald Trump’s comments about the NFL are starting to make Rush Limbaugh feel nervous, the conservative radio host said on his show Wednesday. Limbaugh, who has previously expressed his concern about Trump’s tweets, made his feelings on the president’s interference in the ongoing NFL protests clear on his show. "There’s a part of this story that’s… … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh: Trump Is Acting ‘Like a Dictator’
An IQ test for President Trump
"If he did that, I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win." -- President Trump, in Forbes magazine, on the widely confirmed report that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the president a "moron." The setting: The Oval Office The date: Later this week CIA officer: Mr. President, I'm here from the Central Intelligence … [Read more...] about An IQ test for President Trump
Cartoon and Column: Partisan Perversions
It doesn’t matter if someone agrees with your politics or not, wrong is wrong. Many Republicans continue to bring up Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky and the multiple accusations leveled on him from women, despite the fact it all happened over 20 years ago (they keep playing the hits, relevancy be damned). These same people are real quiet about the charges against … [Read more...] about Cartoon and Column: Partisan Perversions
Tribalism Run Amok: Trump Did Not Make America What It Is, America Made Trump
Americans always have had an unjustifiably lofty view of their society, which is why they are able to look down their upturned noses as Tutsis beat up on Hutus in Rwanda, Serbs beat up on Croats in the Balkans, Shiites beat up on Sunnis in Iraq and Buddhists beat up on Muslims in Myanmar, to name just a few of the blood-soaked conflicts in recent history. Americans believe … [Read more...] about Tribalism Run Amok: Trump Did Not Make America What It Is, America Made Trump
A Jewish story everywhere? San Diego author says yes!
By Donald H. Harrison Three diverse experiences led to my current specialization in books about Jewish travel – and only one of them was specifically Jewish in nature. The first came after I completed daily newspaper work as a politics writer for the San Diego Union and later became the communications director in 1983 for San Diego’s Acting Mayor, City Councilman Bill … [Read more...] about A Jewish story everywhere? San Diego author says yes!
‘Springsteen on Broadway’ just smashed ‘Hamilton”s box office record
In its first week on Broadway, Bruce Springsteen's one-man show "Springsteen on Broadway" instantly smashed box office records, according to data released Tuesday by The Broadway League. The sold-out show grossed $2,332,108 for the week ending Oct. 8. Technically that made it only the third-highest grossing Broadway show of the week, behind the juggernaut "Hamilton" ($2.9M)… … [Read more...] about ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ just smashed ‘Hamilton”s box office record
Our democracy could be sunk by a president adrift
WASHINGTON -- The truth can no longer be ignored: Donald Trump is dangerously unfit to be president and could lead the nation to unthinkable disaster. So what are we going to do about it? The White House "has become an adult day care center," where the president's senior aides spend "every single day ... trying to contain him." That terrifying bit of information was … [Read more...] about Our democracy could be sunk by a president adrift
Trump threatens NBC’s TV license after nuke report
President Donald Trump on Wednesday questioned whether US news broadcasters should have their licenses revoked, after an unflattering story about his nuclear policy which he decried as "fake." Trump made the implied threat after taking to Twitter to angrily deny reports that he had asked to dramatically increase in America's nuclear stockpile, calling it "made up."… … [Read more...] about Trump threatens NBC’s TV license after nuke report
NFL Changed Rule on Taking a Knee After Trump Bashing
The NFL quietly changed its rules on players protesting the national anthem following a torrent of criticism from President Donald Trump, according to reports. Trump slammed the organization last month as more and more players took a knee during the anthem prior to games. “NFL must respect this!” he tweeted on September 25, followed the next… … [Read more...] about NFL Changed Rule on Taking a Knee After Trump Bashing
The mainstreaming of right-wing extremism
WASHINGTON -- "Some people say I'm extreme," an Indiana tea party leader told The New York Times at the height of the movement's rebellion in 2010, "but they said the John Birch Society was extreme, too." Uh-huh. The society, which still exists, enjoyed its heyday in the early 1960s and saw Communists everywhere. Robert Welch, its founder, even cast President Dwight … [Read more...] about The mainstreaming of right-wing extremism
Minimizing Industry’s Environmental Risks Will Improve Our Health
Reducing the environmental impact of industry isn’t just about saving the planet and stopping climate change, although, of course, that’s important. It could also improve people’s health, both in the short-term and long-term. As our climate’s health deteriorates, so will many people’s. The environmental harm caused by industrial processes can also have acute health … [Read more...] about Minimizing Industry’s Environmental Risks Will Improve Our Health
The Housing Crisis in Areas Affected by the Storms
Embed from Getty Images Real life has a way of being very... real. Sometimes the unthinkable really does happen and what’s worse, the consequences that come with the aftermath of the unthinkable can be equally as merciless. Florida’s housing market was booming until its devastating crash, which robbed people not only of their financial security, but also of their … [Read more...] about The Housing Crisis in Areas Affected by the Storms
Cartoon: Bob Corker
Why The Steele Dossier On Russia-Trump Collusion Keeps Growing In Significance
Nearly a year after the existence of a document known as the Steele dossier became public, several of its most explosive claims -- notably that the Kremlin cultivated Donald Trump for years and that his presidential campaign systematically colluded with Moscow to cyber-sabotage Hillary Clinton in order to get him elected -- have become articles of faith, casting an ever darker … [Read more...] about Why The Steele Dossier On Russia-Trump Collusion Keeps Growing In Significance
Trump’s Behavior Could Start WWIII, Says GOP Senator
President Donald Trump could put the U.S. “on the path to World War III” because he treats the presidency “like he’s doing The Apprentice or something” said a senior Republican Sunday. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee capped a week of insults he traded with Trump by saying he knows “for a fact that every single day… … [Read more...] about Trump’s Behavior Could Start WWIII, Says GOP Senator
Israeli police detain dozens in ‘horror clown’ craze
Israeli police said Monday they were on the lookout for teenagers in clown masks after fears the craze would cause violent reactions from those being frightened, with dozens already detained. "Police operations are continuing in different areas to protect public places and prevent further incidents," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP. He said that about 12… … [Read more...] about Israeli police detain dozens in ‘horror clown’ craze
Cartoon: the NRA and Las Vegas
OF RELATED INTEREST: --NRA CEO says legislation regulating guns won't prevent mass shooting. In rare interview, Wayne LaPierre decries effort to 'politicize' the Las Vegas shooting. --NRA moves to head off gun control fight in Congress --Michigan Republicans who tweeted 'prayers' for Las Vegas have received money from the NRA --The NRA thinks you're stupid Mike Peters is … [Read more...] about Cartoon: the NRA and Las Vegas
Jousting with Trump online, senator calls White House a ‘daycare center’
US President Donald Trump and Republican senator Bob Corker engaged in an extraordinarily pointed back-and-forth on Sunday, with Trump saying the senator lacked "guts" and Corker replying that the White House had become "an adult daycare center." The highly unusual exchange seemed to come out of nowhere on a rainy Sunday morning that Trump began in… … [Read more...] about Jousting with Trump online, senator calls White House a ‘daycare center’