Новости за 01.03.2017

By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams “You are now responsible for the actions that Ryan Zinke [pictured] will take as Secretary of the Interior,” reads a letter to senators who voted to confirm him.

At the National Press Club, the Senate minority leader (pictured with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi) gives a candid response to a question about Israel’s arsenal.

Gary Cohn, President Trump’s chief economic adviser, left with a $284 million package when he retired from Goldman Sachs to work for the White House. (Screen shot via Bloomberg) Just a day before President Trump spoke to Congress and stated that his administration has “begun to drain the swamp of government corruption,” the White House announced new additions to the National Economic Council, which is packed with former corporate lobbyists and with allies of the Koch brothers. The council advises... Читать дальше...

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The Vermont senator details Trump’s failure to address some of his major campaign promises and urges continued resistance against the administration.

At a National Press Club Newsmaker event, the House minority leader (pictured with Sen. Chuck Schumer) says impeachment of any president is “very hard.”

By William J. Astore / TomDispatch That a few thousand troops could somehow reverse the present situation and ensure progress toward victory is obviously a fantasy of the first order.

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network The northern hemisphere is experiencing a much earlier spring due to global warming, causing problems for plants and wildlife as the natural cycle goes out of sync.

By Derek Kravitz and Cezary Podkul / ProPublica A closer look at the president’s 2016 federal financial disclosure forms reveals he earned no more than half of what he claimed.

The media needs to do a better job of exposing the lies told by the president.

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Lawmakers call on President Trump to make good on his campaign promises and back their bill when he addresses Congress on Tuesday night.

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“I think that the Christian right is a far more dangerous movement than the alt-right,” says Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges.

Not exactly a State of the Union address, the speech before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night will bear a close resemblance.

Wilkerson and Paul Jay, senior editor of The Real News Network, discuss the proposed Pentagon budget increase.

By Harvey J. Kaye / Moyers & Company We have endured 40 years of creeping authoritarianism, which now may run right over democracy.

A new two-part video documentary reveals the divided nature of the United States—and the dissatisfaction with corporate power.