Series: Tales from the Trump Swamp

SocialistWorker.org writers dig up the dirt on Donald Trump and the swamp monsters that fill his new administration.

Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte

The general sense of fear under Trump

Donald Trump's list of cabinet appointments is chock-full of CEOs, billionaires and generals--lots and lots of generals. January 9, 2017
Analysis: Nicole Colson

A racist in charge of our rights?

Donald Trump calls his attorney general choice Jeff Sessions a "world-class legal mind," but world-class racist is more like it. January 16, 2017
Analysis: Brian Jones

Ed Sec wanted, no experience required

Betsy DeVos, Trump's choice for secretary of education, is a pro-charter conservative who wants to gut public education. January 19, 2017
Analysis: Alan Maass

Didn't take long to see the real Donald Trump

The first actions of the Trump administration proved that he couldn't care less about the "ordinary people" he claims to speak for. January 23, 2017
Analysis: Elizabeth Schulte

Populism with a price tag

Trump says he's giving power back to the people, but those "people" are the super-rich who footed the bill for his inauguration. January 23, 2017
Analysis: Joe Richard

The burger bosses' dreams come true

Trump's choice for Labor Secretary is a fast-food boss, and no amount of dish soap and hot water can wash the dirt off of him. January 30, 2017
Comment: Laura Durkay

The torture presidency?

The news that Trump wants to reinstate CIA black sites begs the question: Why is the administration so keen on restarting torture? February 6, 2017
Analysis: Don Lash

Meet Dr. "Poverty Is a Choice" Carson

With Ben Carson taking over Housing and Urban Development, the prospects don't look good for affordable housing--or poor people. February 27, 2017
Analysis: Christopher Baum

The foxes tear down a flimsy henhouse fence

Is it a surprise that an administration filled with banksters is unraveling the Dodd-Frank rules they opposed back on Wall Street? March 7, 2017
Analysis: Michael Ware

Running the EPA...into the ground

Trump's appointment of Scott Pruitt to head the EPA is another step in the energy giant's scorched-earth war on a warming planet. March 16, 2017

Series: Tales from the Trump Swamp

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