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

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