Month: August 2017

House GOP Wants FEMA Money for Border Wall

This was was published by the Associated Press: President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Hurricane Harvey, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from...

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Google Causes a Bloodletting at New America

I’ll try to remain somewhat calm and dispassionate here, but I kind of doubt that will be possible: The New America Foundation has received more than $21 million from Google; its parent company’s executive chairman,...

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Trump Likes to Dig Deep Holes for Himself

There is no doubt some ideological component that helps explain why the Trump administration has made so few appointments and seen so few confirmations of people to fill out their government. But the fuller story is one of lack...

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