Trump’s accomplishments Supporters of President Trump make a strong case that the President, in contrast to Congress, has been notching an impressive list of accomplishments. Despite this, polls that track presidential popularity have hardly budged. This is likely because of the unprecedented negative coverage the President has been receiving from the major media. One issue […]

The Trump administration’s demands in the current round of NAFTA discussions could kill the trade pact, Reuters and The Hill warn. The President’s political base in the “rust belt” states are pushing him in that direction. See, for example, today’s Toledo Blade. Trump may repeat Smoot-Hawley disaster If the administration’s demands kill NAFTA, trade, employment, […]

The revelation that Russians sowed Left-Right hatred on Facebook explodes the Democratic Party narrative of alleged Trump collusion with Russia during the presidential campaign. The Russian operatives, it is now apparent, were equal opportunity fomenters of hatred against both parties in the election. One Facebook account controlled by Russian operatives, Blacktivist, had four times the […]

North Korean EMP attack A North Korean EMP attack “could indefinitely shut down the electric power grid and kill 90 percent of ‘all Americans’ within a year,” Congress was warned yesterday. Astonishingly, neither the Trump administration nor Republicans in Congress have mobilized on an emergency basis to address decades of funding neglect of the U.S. […]

China goes corporatist Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that “The Chinese government is pushing some of its biggest tech companies…to offer the state a stake in them and a direct role in corporate decisions….While the authoritarian government already exerts heavy sway over businesses through regulation, a management role would give Beijing a direct hand in […]