by Daniel Brouse June 8, 2025 In a volatile and potentially unconstitutional series of events, President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of the National Guard in California in response to growing protests against controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations on U.S. soil. The protests erupted after reports surfaced of military-style ICE raids targeting […]
Category Archives: Government
Climate Denial at the Helm: How Trump’s Legacy Endangers Public Safety and Freedom
by Daniel Brouse June 5, 2025 The Trump administration’s ongoing denial of climate science and persistent spread of misinformation continues to pose a grave threat to public safety, national preparedness, and democratic freedoms. This threat is vividly illustrated by a recent incident involving David Richardson, the newly appointed head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency […]
Toxic Skies: Ozone, Wildfires, and Saharan Dust Collide Across the U.S.
by Daniel Brouse June 4, 2025 Air Quality Today: A Triple Threat Across the United States today, millions are facing a dangerous cocktail of air pollution events driven by both human activity and climate disruption. From Canadian wildfires and Saharan dust storms to toxic ground-level ozone, Americans are increasingly breathing air that threatens their health, […]
The War on Science and Education: How Conspiracy Politics Are Undermining America’s Future
by Daniel Brouse June 4, 2025 For years, the Republican Party wages a systematic campaign to undermine science and dismantle the foundations of public education. This effort is most prominently led by Donald Trump, whose presidency marks a dramatic escalation in anti-scientific rhetoric and policy. Trump’s denial of climate science is blatant and persistent. In […]
Unseen Borders: How Climate Change, Wildfires, and Saharan Dust Are Choking U.S. Skies
by Daniel Brouse June 3, 2025 Climate change is rapidly transforming the quality of the air we breathe—and its effects are neither local nor contained. As global temperatures rise, so too do the intensity and frequency of wildfires, droughts, and dust storms, with far-reaching consequences that extend across continents and oceans. Air pollution has become […]
Trump’s Steel Tariff Déjà Vu: Doubling Down on Economic Damage
by Daniel Brouse June 1, 2025 On May 30, 2025, Donald Trump announced that he would raise tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from 25% to 50%. The announcement took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—ironically, at the headquarters of U.S. Steel, a company now under foreign ownership after being acquired by Japan-based Nippon Steel. Despite Trump’s […]
Federal Court Rebukes Trump’s Tariff Plan as an “Unprecedented” Executive Overreach
by Daniel Brouse May 29, 2025 In a landmark decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade has struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping 2025 tariffs, ruling that he unilaterally overstepped his authority by imposing blanket tariffs on all imported goods under a disputed claim of national security. The court called the […]
Trump’s War on Climate Science: Shuttering NASA’s GISS and Silencing the Truth
by Daniel Brouse May 24, 2025 For nearly 60 years, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) has been one of the world’s leading climate research centers. Tucked atop a Columbia University building in Manhattan since 1966, it played a pivotal role in the early modeling of climate change, helped interpret Earth-observing satellite data, and […]
Market Volatility Intensifies as Bond Market Sends Clear Warning
by Daniel Brouse May 21, 2025 As anticipated, the stock market is experiencing extreme volatility. This is precisely why I recommended dramatically reducing exposure to equities. The emotional and financial toll of riding this rollercoaster isn’t just unsettling—it’s unsustainable over the long run. Historically, chasing equity rallies in an unstable environment is a losing strategy. […]
Moody’s Downgrade Ends Century-Long AAA Credit Rating for the United States
by Daniel Brouse May 16, 2025 The United States has just lost its last perfect credit rating, a significant downgrade that could have serious implications for financial markets and the broader economy. On Friday, Moody’s Ratings downgraded U.S. government debt, stripping the country of its long-held AAA rating. This move marks the end of more […]