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From Hurricane Maria to COVID, Gas Lobbyist-turned-Trump Energy Lawyer Uses Crises as ‘Opportunity’
From Hurricane Maria to COVID, Gas Lobbyist-turned-Trump Energy Lawyer Uses Crises as ‘Opportunity’ Among a string of recent environmental rollbacks, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) aims to vastly narrow the scope of environmental reviews for those applying for liquefied natural gas (LNG) export permits. The proposal has been guided by Bill Cooper, a former oil and […]
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to […]
This Absolute Bullshit Would Not Be Possible Without Propaganda
This Absolute Bullshit Would Not Be Possible Without Propaganda So as of right now it’s Trump versus Biden. An incompetent plutocrat president selling himself as an anti-establishment people’s champion while simultaneously advancing garden variety Republican sociopathy, versus a warmongering authoritarian who is too demented to string a coherent sentence together and who is looking more and more credibly to be a rapist. Needless to […]
Bankrupting America
Bankrupting America Source: AP Photo/Alex Brandon Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump signed the largest stimulus bill in U.S. history: more than $2 trillion. For once, both Republicans and Democrats agreed. The Senate voted 96-0. The House didn’t even bother with a formal vote. At the White House, a reporter asked the president, pointing out […]
The Fate Of Oil’s Torrid Rally Hinges On Trump’s Meeting With US Shale Producers Today: Here’s Why
The Fate Of Oil’s Torrid Rally Hinges On Trump’s Meeting With US Shale Producers Today: Here’s Why Oil has staged a tremendous surge in the past 48 hours, largely on the back of speculation that Trump will “encourage” Saudi Arabia and Russia to pursue output cuts, even though as it subsequently emerged when Trump tweeted […]
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates
Trump Bans All Travel From Europe For 30 Days; Tom Hanks Infected; NBA Suspends Season: Live Updates Summary: WHO declares Covid-19 is a pandemic President Trump declares a travel ban from all European countries (not UK) Tom Hanks, wife announce they have the Coronavirus NBA suspends all games until further notice Utah Jazz player Rudy […]
“Trump Faces An Impossible Trade-Off”: Why A Global Recession Is Now Inevitable
“Trump Faces An Impossible Trade-Off”: Why A Global Recession Is Now Inevitable With California reporting late on Friday that a second coronavirus case of “unknown origin” has been uncovered, prompting Santa Claria’s Health Department to caution that “now is the time to prepare for the possibility of widespread community transmission” echoing similar warnings from the […]
Trump Sanctions Rosneft, Russia’s Largest Oil Company, For Helping Maduro In Venezuela
Trump Sanctions Rosneft, Russia’s Largest Oil Company, For Helping Maduro In Venezuela The Trump administration announced significant new sanctions on Tuesday targeting Rosneft, Russia’s largest oil company, for helping Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro circumvent U.S. sanctions. Specifically, the sanction targets Rosneft Trading SA, a unit of Russia’s state-owned oil giant Rosneft, as well as company’s […]
No One Gets Out Of Here Alive
NO ONE GETS OUT OF HERE ALIVE “The seasons of time offer no guarantees. For modern societies, no less than for all forms of life, transformative change is discontinuous. For what seems an eternity, history goes nowhere – and then it suddenly flings us forward across some vast chaos that defies any mortal effort to […]
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash After rejecting Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s request to begin talks on the withdrawal of American troops, there are now more signs of the eroding ties between the two countries. The Wall Street Journal reports that according […]
The War Pigs Are Finally Revealing Themselves – And This Is Just The Beginning…
The War Pigs Are Finally Revealing Themselves – And This Is Just The Beginning… In 2016 during the election campaign of Donald Trump one of the primary factors of his popularity among conservatives was that he was one of the first candidates since Ron Paul to argue for bringing US troops home and ending American […]
“We Do Not Seek War,” Says President Who Just Started A War
“We Do Not Seek War,” Says President Who Just Started A War President Trump has been steadfastly assuring the world that the United States government does not wish to start the war it has already started by assassinating Iran’s top general. “We are a peace-loving nation and my administration remains firmly committed to establishing peace and harmony […]
Trump’s Point of No Return
Trump’s Point of No Return When I wrote that the coup against President Trump had morphed into a Civil War, I wasn’t kidding. The sham impeachment created the perfect environment for the Democrats and Republicans to get something definitive from him by playing the House and the Senate off each other. With the Senate Neocon Occupied Territory the […]
Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar
Trump Urges Fed To Cut Rates, Launch QE To Counter “Strong” Dollar President Trump took to Twitter this morning to admonish Fed Chair Powell (something he hasn’t done for a little while). Trump said “Would be sooo great if the Fed would further lower interest rates and quantitative ease.” Why? The economy is doing great right? […]
Rabobank: “The Global Institutional Architecture Is Collapsing”
Rabobank: “The Global Institutional Architecture Is Collapsing” It’s December, and the start of the season of good will to all and peace on earth. Not much of that about, of course. In the UK, the election has been interrupted by the terrorist attack at London Bridge, which both sides are naturally playing politics with in […]
