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Navy

Secretary of Navy resigns after Trump undermines military justice

November 25, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Military, Trump, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Whether he was pushed out or resigned, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer did not leave quietly. When Trump meddled in the disposition

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Trump is Grover Norquist’s fantasy president: an idiot with a pen

October 11, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Republicans, Trump 2 comments

In 2012, Republican strategist Grover Norquist described his ideal president. In 2017, he got his wish: a president with enough “working digits to be

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Overseas

US to stay in Universal Postal Union, averting chaos for overseas voters

September 25, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2020 Election, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In another attempt to destroy a long-standing international agreement, Donald Trump threatened to create chaos for overseas voters by withdrawing from the Universal Postal

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tweeter

What do we do about the tweeter-in-chief?

July 21, 2019 Christopher Burke 2020 Election, Activism, Ideas, Trump One comment

What are we living? Drama, comedy, soap opera, reality show, tragedy, nightmare? With hindsight, history will tell us clearly. History will frame this decade

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resolution

Resolution condemning Trump’s hate speech: Full text

July 16, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Racial issues, Republicans Leave a comment

The resolution passed today in the U.S. House of Representatives, condemning Trump’s racist comments directed at Members of Congress is an amazing piece of

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trudeau

Justin Trudeau trumps Trump’s dumbed-down view of immigration

January 19, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, International, Trump Leave a comment

At a recent town hall meeting in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a tough question about Canada’s immigration policies. Trudeau’s low-key

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E. Coli

Trump delays farm-water testing. Americans get E. Coli

November 27, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Food, Good government, Health, Science, Trump, Widgets: Science/Technology Leave a comment

Donald Trump is making us sick—and I mean that literally. Some food experts are claiming that the recent outbreak of E.Coli contamination in Romaine

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PEN

PEN writers’ group sues Trump over abuse of First Amendment

October 21, 2018 Renee Shur Activism, Constitution, Legal issues/Law, Media, Trump Leave a comment

The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the

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new deal

A New Deal for US foreign policy

October 21, 2018 Bojan Francuz Foreign Policy, International, Trump, United Nations Leave a comment

Instead of grieving for the past, or focusing on whether world leaders laughed at or with President Trump at the United Nations, grassroots progressives

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op-ed

I Know the Identity of the anonymous Op-Ed writer

September 13, 2018 Adam Levin 2018 Election, Activism, Language/Words, Letter to the Editor, Politics, Trump Leave a comment

The last editorial I wrote for Occasional Planet was on the dangers of a potential post-Trump “unity government”. Consisting of centrists and ostensibly anti-Trump

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They Quit Trump

student loan

Student Loan Watchdog Quits Trump Administration with scorching resignation letter

August 28, 2018
Steve Schmidt

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt renounces GOP membership

June 20, 2018
Fox

Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

March 21, 2018
resignation

Why he quit: Dept. of Interior scientist blasts Zinke in resignation letter

October 5, 2017
DACA

Why he quit: Leader of Trump’s diversity council resigns over DACA

September 5, 2017
quit

Why he quit: Scientist resigns from Trump’s State Dept. with a biting message

August 27, 2017

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