Author: Richard Eskow

Trump Boasts About Not Staffing His Administration

Trump Boasts About Not Staffing His Administration

Posted by | Feb 28, 2017 | , , |

On Saturday, CNN reported that President Donald Trump has yet to fill almost 2,000 appointed positions within his administration. While some of these positions, while important, are not crucial to the success of the administration, at least in the short term, other vacancies seem to be affecting the day-to-day operation of key government functions. However, Trump has addressed a plan to fill many of these positions: he simply won’t. In an interview that aired on Fox News Tuesday morning, the President said, “in many cases, we don’t want to fill those jobs.” Touting that he wants to trim the fat,...

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Paul Ryan Is Raising Tons Of Money By Threatening Your Healthcare Coverage

Paul Ryan Is Raising Tons Of Money By Threatening Your Healthcare Coverage

Posted by | Feb 25, 2017 | , , , , |

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has not stopped talking about repealing the Affordable Care Act, even as Republicans are getting trashed at town hall meetings over this idea. But there’s a reason Paul Ryan won’t let it go – it’s making him a lot of money. Richard Eskow, host of The Zero Hour and a fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future – and now a contributor at the Center for Media and Democracy joins Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins to explain. Transcript of the above video: Farron: Richard, I follow Paul Ryan very closely on Twitter. As...

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9/11 Families to Trump: We Stand With the Muslim Community

9/11 Families to Trump: We Stand With the Muslim Community

Posted by | Feb 17, 2017 | , , , |

A rally held in New York’s Battery Park on Thursday saw families and friends of those lost in the September 11th attacks uniting against a common enemy: President Donald Trump. Carrying pictures of their deceased loved ones and chanting, “not in our name,” the protesters called for Trump to drop his controversial travel ban and stop associating those lost in the terrorist attacks with his hateful agenda. The Interfaith Center of New York organized the protest and released a statement saying, “As family members who lost close relatives in the attack, we will not tolerate President Trump’s use of 9/11...

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Intel Spooks Possibly More Dangerous Than Trump

Intel Spooks Possibly More Dangerous Than Trump

Posted by | Feb 16, 2017 | , |

There has been a lot of talk since the election of the role Russia allegedly played in influencing the outcome, along with indications from the intelligence community that the Russians are blackmailing Trump for reasons that are not clear. At the same time, tensions between Russia and NATO are ratcheting up, threatening to re-ignite the Cold War. Now, in the wake of the sudden resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn over an ill-advised phone conversation with the Russian Ambassador, sensitive information is being leaked to the public right and left in violation of the law – while at...

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Trump Team Tyke Stephen Miller Blatantly Lies on ABC News About Voter Fraud Claims

Trump Team Tyke Stephen Miller Blatantly Lies on ABC News About Voter Fraud Claims

Posted by | Feb 12, 2017 | , |

By now we know that the first language anyone in the Trump team knows is ‘lying.’ When one of Trump’s youngest staffers Stephen Miller made a freshman media appearance on ABC News Sunday Morning, he only did what the rest of them do so frequently – lied. Miller lied about many, many things, but possibly the most damaging of all was how he lied in regards to the continuing narrative that the Trump camp is perpetuating that millions of illegal votes were cast in the 2016 election. Miller’s comments come just days after the FEC called on Trump to...

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