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Lesotho declares state of disaster amid US tariff uncertainty
by Khanyisile Ngcobo 9/7/25 BBC NEWS
Lesotho has declared a national state of disaster over the country's "high rates of youth unemployment and job losses" as uncertainty over US tariffs hits the landlocked nation.
Trump administration says you have to work the fields to get Medicaid
by Emily Singer 8/7/25 DAILY KOS
Americans fear that they will lose their Medicaid coverage thanks to the massive cuts Republicans made to the program when passing President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill." Luckily, the Trump administration came up with a new and novel way for people to earn their health insurance coverage back.
Trump’s DOGE Cuts Are a Texas-Sized Disaster
by Henry D. Jacoby 3/7/25 TEXAS OBSERVER
Federal resources for managing climate-augmented weather disasters are being wiped out, and crucial information about future risks is being destroyed or degraded. Meanwhile, state leaders stand by while denying the seriousness of climate change as a driver of these events—and the threat this poses to the state economy.
Homeland Security Admits It Tried to Manufacture Fake Terrorists for Trump
The Department of Homeland Security launched a failed operation that ensnared hundreds, if not thousands, of U.S. protesters in what new documents show was as a sweeping, power-hungry effort before the 2020 election to bolster President Donald Trump’s spurious claims about a “terrorist organization” he accused his Democratic rivals of supporting.
‘The American system is being destroyed’: academics on leaving US for ‘scientific asylum’ in France
by Ashifa Kassam 5/7/25 The Guardian
For months, he had watched Donald Trump’s administration unleash a multipronged attack on academia – slashing funding, targeting international students and deeming certain fields and even keywords off limits. As his plane approached the US, it felt as though the battle had hit home, as Sandberg worried that he would face reprisals over comments he had made during his travels to the French media on the future of research in the US.
Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences
by Gabrielle Emanuel 28/5/25 npr
President Trump, with the help of Elon Musk, cut billions of dollars in global health programs earlier this year. The administration has dismissed the idea that that had much effect. Here's an exchange between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Brad Sherman of California during a hearing last week.
Aid groups say USAID cuts are already having deadly consequences
by Gabrielle Emanuel 28/5/25 npr
President Trump, with the help of Elon Musk, cut billions of dollars in global health programs earlier this year. The administration has dismissed the idea that that had much effect. Here's an exchange between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic Representative Brad Sherman of California during a hearing last week.
Trump funding cuts ripple through rural America
by P.J. Huffstutter 29/3/25 Reuters
RAINELLE, W.V., March 29 (Reuters) - The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates' butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates' butter contract, due to the federal government's funding cuts.
Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision
by Lisa Mascaro 29/8/23 PBS NEWS
WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.
“It’s Project 2025, Stupid"
by Mikey Weinstein 10/4/24 DAILY KOS
Most voters are completely unaware of an impossibly wretched set of policy proposals developed by a slew of ignoble right-wing entities but spearheaded by the ultra-conservative, MAGA-worshipping Heritage Foundation. Ready? It’s called “Project 2025.” Its official name is “The Presidential Transition Project.”
Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump’s vision
by Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 29/8/23 PBS News
WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than a year to go before the 2024 election, a constellation of conservative organizations is preparing for a possible second White House term for Donald Trump, recruiting thousands of Americans to come to Washington on a mission to dismantle the federal government and replace it with a vision closer to his own.
American doctors are moving to Canada to escape the Trump administration
by Brett Kelman for KFF Health News 9/6/25 DAILY KOS
Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and got out.
American doctors are moving to Canada to escape the Trump administration
by Brett Kelman for KFF Health News 9/6/25 DAILY KOS
Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and got out.
Wake Up and Smell the Corruption
by Paul Krugman 6/6/25 Paul Krugman
So, I have a fully written piece ready to post about the destruction of U.S. science. But who would read it today? It will hold, while I talk about Trump and Musk.
by Associated Press 2/5/23 DAILY KOS
Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American foreign policy. It was a turnabout dictators and dissidents alike found hard to believe as he took office in 1977. The U.S. had such a long history of supporting crackdowns on popular movements — was his insistence on restoring moral principles for real?
