“In its eagerness to short-circuit reactor safeguards, the Trump administration is once again doing what it does best—demonstrating a complete disregard for the law,” said the head of Beyond Nuclear. A coalition of advocacy groups on Monday took aim at President Donald Trump’s nuclear power plans, including a recently proposed rule that would allow developers using […]
A new poll from Politico found that only 5% of respondents disagree that there is too much money in politics, and 61% think billionaires have too much influence on elections. A significant majority of Americans agree that there is too much money in the US political system and that the super rich have more […]
One advocate said the Texas Republican laid bare the “two-pronged strategy to push Social Security privatization: Creating the Trump accounts with one hand and gutting the Social Security Administration with the other.” Republican Sen. Ted Cruz said during a public conference this week that the so-called Trump Accounts established under the GOP’s 2025 budget law represent a viable path toward Social […]
“War is hell. And hell comes with a hefty price tag,” said University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers. University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers on Friday joined a growing number of economists and other critics casting down on what he called “the Pentagon’s lowball $25 billion estimate” for the cost of President Donald Trump’s illegal war […]