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Welcome to the Trump Oligarchy: Latest Billionaire Pick Is a Stunner

Donald Trump’s administration is already shaping up as a Murderer’s Row of Billionaires. By one count, he’s already picked eight billionaires for top positions. He has now chosen a ninth billionaire to serve as Deputy Defense Secretary, and this one enjoys lucrative contracts with the Pentagon. We …

The Daily Blast: Welcome to the Trump Oligarchy: Latest Billionaire Pick Is a Stunner

Donald Trump’s administration is already shaping up as a Murderer’s Row of Billionaires. By one count, he’s already picked eight billionaires for top positions. He has now chosen a ninth billionaire to serve as Deputy Defense Secretary, and this one enjoys lucrative contracts with the Pentagon. We …

Clarissa Ward's Special Report: Syrian Prisons

In the early hours after Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad's fall, rumors flew of secret prison cells locked by fleeing guards, deprived of inside of food, water and even oxygen. Today, the Association of Detainees and the Missing say that the notorious Saydnaya prison is now empty, with the White H…

The Weekend December 15 8a: All the President's Elites

Trump's embattled Secretary of Defense pick, Pete Hegseth, stood right by Trump's side at the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. Co-founders of the worker empowerment group, Lift our Voices, Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky, talk about Hegseth and his former employer, Fox News. Plus, the presi…

Are We Now a Broligarchy?

If Trump’s nominees are confirmed, his administration could include at least 13 billionaires, collectively worth $383 billion. And at the inauguration, billionaire tech leaders like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg sat front and center signaling their proximity to power. Wealthy people joi…

Drip Drip Drip: New Reporting Reveals Pete Hegseth's Drunken Behavior, Financial Mismanagement

Jen Psaki explains why the news of President Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter should not distract you from the people who pose actual threats to our country's national security - like Donald Trump's top cabinet picks. Among them, Pete Hegseth was the subject of a jaw-dropping exposé in the New Yo…

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People Power United: America's Voice for Progress & Actions is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Let's get real. What if it were you? What if your child, neighbor, or co-worker ignored a judge’s order—or a unanimo…

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Our Guns Problem is a Democracy Problem

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to tee up the final weeks of the Supreme Court term. Several blockbusters are still to come, from abortion to gun rights to religious liberty to climate action—and then there’s the shadow docket. Mark and Dahlia break it all down with insights into wh…

Welcome to the Trump Oligarchy: Latest Billionaire Pick Is a Stunner

Donald Trump’s administration is already shaping up as a Murderer’s Row of Billionaires. By one count, he’s already picked eight billionaires for top positions. He has now chosen a ninth billionaire to serve as Deputy Defense Secretary, and this one enjoys lucrative contracts with the Pentagon. We …

Democracy Under Threat: The Soft Hum of Corruption

Despite what cable news may have you believe, Donald Trump is not the sole threat to our democracy. This week, we’re peeling back the rhetoric and taking a look at where the vulnerabilities in our institutions lie. In conversation with Jane Mayer, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker m…