About 1,200 Afghani, Iraqi and Iranian refugees—currently housed in terrible conditions on islands near Australia—are supposed to come, over time, to the US, under
Author: Gloria Shur Bilchik
Gloria Shur Bilchik is a freelance writer and community volunteer in St. Louis, Missouri. She is the editor of Occasional Planet. She views the preservation of democratic values and progressive programs as vital to making the US a humane, livable place for her children and grandchildren.
Trump’s Black History Month transcript: Not much history included
Today, our new president invited 20 or so people to the White House to dutifully celebrate Black History Month [something he’s probably given little
Supreme Court surprises: You don’t always get what you want
How will the next justice appointed to the Supreme Court vote? The answer, history tells us, is: We don’t know for sure. Surprises happen.
Stephen Miller: New Bannon/Trump apologist is scarier than Conway
President Bannon/Trump has trotted out a new spokesperson—Stephen Miller—and he’s even scarier than KellyAnne Conway. I saw him interviewed the other evening, and his
Trump’s wall could ding you at the supermarket
Trump’s wall could affect your weekly trip to the supermarket. Instead of getting Mexico to pay for his pet project, as he loudly promised
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Donald Trump does not have many policy ideas of his own. But he does have handlers, and behind-the-scenes influencers, and Trump whisperers who have
Trump’s disgraceful CIA visit: Kurt Eichenwald’s full Tweet storm
Newseek reporter Kurt Eichenwald has unleashed a long Tweet storm explaining why intelligence professionals are so outraged about Donald Trump’s performance at the CIA
Trump’s inauguration transcript: A demagogue’s dictionary
Trump’s inaugural speech was a speech for the ages: The Dark Ages. If you couldn’t bear to watch it, you can gag your way
Will democracy outlast Trump? Only if we work at it
How does American democracy outlast Trump? We are about to experience the presidency of the least experienced, least qualified, most uninformed, most autocratic and
Trump’s London Times transcript: What he said vs. what they reported
In an attempt to sound like he knows something about foreign policy, Donald Trump sat for an interview with Michael Gove, of the Times