US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: Huffington Post
Author: Arthur Delaney
24 Jul 2019
Trump Administration Circumvents Congress For Food Benefit Cuts (Again)
The Trump administration is reviving another food benefit cut that Republicans couldn’t get through Congress. Under a new proposal from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, states would lose some flexibility to set eligibility standards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ― commonly known as food stamps ― which would push 3 million people out of the program.
Publisher: Huffington Post
Author: Arthur Delaney
27 Jul 2017
Democrats Join Republicans In Bill Criminalizing Speech Critical Of Israel
With Trump as president, it is easy to forget how utterly hopeless many Congressional Democrats are, including many who look like progressives. The best indicator of Democratic corruption is its slavishness toward the lobby that is to them what the National Rifle Association is to the GOP: the Israel lobby (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its satellite organizations).