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Clean energy grants canceled based on how states voted
The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects "based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient's state" — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
The statement contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled because they did not adequately advance the nation's energy needs or had other problems that made them a poor investment of taxpayer dollars.
Projects that were cut were located in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state. All 16 targeted states supported Harris, but Wright had claimed the cuts were "business decisions" based on whether the projects were a good use of taxpayer money Court filings by the Trump administration now show that those public statements were knowingly false.
Although 81 years have passed since the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945, the rulers of major nations continue their reckless march toward a nuclear holocaust.
The nine nuclear powers (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea), possessing some 12,100 nuclear warheads, are all busily upgrading and expanding their nuclear weapons arsenals at an accelerating pace. Nuclear weapons spending rose to an all-time high of $119 billion in 2025―a 19 percent increase over the preceding year. The U.S. government alone, which accounted for more than half of this spending, is embarked on a $1.7 trillion, decades-long nuclear weapons buildup.
Introduction
Trump and his Republican Party not only continue to fail in creating a viable health care system, they are also making the present system even more inadequate. It is but one example of how Trump and his Republican cronies are reducing opportunities generally for the majority of Americans. His Iran War, tariffs, massive deportation, regressive tax cuts, and self-enrichment schemes are examples. All this is happening despite his hollow presidential campaign promises to support policies that would benefit all citizens.
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Trump Is Making America Uninsured Again
Sasha Abramsky offers some evidence of this trend, May 16, 2026
(https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-making-america-uninsured-again).
Abramsky’ central point is that the Trump’s GOP is heading into the 2026 midterms as the party that is making health coverage out of reach for millions of Americans. Consider some of his ample evidence.
We’re seeing more US airstrikes on Iran, joint US-Saudi strikes in Iraq, surging military escalations between Yemen and Saudi Arabia, and Israeli drone strikes in Lebanon, all just in the last couple of days. The middle east is becoming more and more of a powder keg, and it all could have been so easily avoided.
Trump inherited a perfectly functional Iran nuclear deal in his first term and ceasefires between Yemen and Saudi Arabia and between Israel and Hezbollah in his second term. He had the possibility of peace in the middle east handed to him on a golden platter, and he actively torched it.
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Long before Zohran Mamdani won the race to become New York City's first Muslim mayor and its first Asian American mayor, President Trump accused him of being a "communist" and of "living illegally" in the United States. Shortly afterward, many in the MAGA movement joined the attacks on Mamdani, targeting him, in my view, largely because he is Muslim. That did not surprise me.
What did surprise me was Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) joining the chorus of critics by claiming that Zohran Mamdani is not a Democrat. He most certainly is. Claiming otherwise is the worst possible thing to say, and Fetterman's statement was, in my view, a bald-faced lie.
Once again, this month, the Pennsylvania senator joined critics in attacking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for saying he would seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he entered New York, citing the International Criminal Court's warrant accusing Netanyahu of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fetterman called Mamdani a "clown" for raising the idea and said the mayor should focus instead on fixing New York City's potholes.
The ongoing destruction of the government by the government goes unnoticed by some whose priority is the destruction of immigrant families. The government’s other priority is making sure, by defunding pregnancy counseling, that teens are chaste till marriage, which should occur immediately. Of course it’s also important to cut people off food stamps so they’ll get a third job. So little time! Busy giving public land away to data centers to make money stealing water. Have pity on the poor tech bro!