Common Dreams

There is no reason to trust anything he says or to support anything he does. But there is every reason to believe him when he promises to “annihilate” his opponents and to advance a xenophobic and authoritarian vision of “American Greatness.”

Under her leadership, the Federal Trade Commission consistently delivered for consumers, lowering costs and creating a fairer, more honest, and more competitive economy.

The Trump real estate fortune was built by hundreds of millions of dollars in government subsidies and huge tax breaks, none of which are available to the working people Trump is hurting with his current attacks.

We’ve done this before; we can do it again: It’s going to take a hell of a fight, though, given that we’re up against the richest men on the planet.

From LA's wildfires to Asheville's floods, disasters are intensifying and demand resilience. Public banking offers a blueprint for recovery: leverage public dollars to cut long-term costs, create jobs, and rebuild smarter.

Trinity Tran co-founded the California Public Banking Alliance and Public Bank LA, spearheading the nation's first laws to create public banks and universal banking services—transforming finance to reclaim public funds for communities, not corporations.

"When large financial institutions charge over 25% interest on credit cards, they are not engaged in the business of making credit available," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "They are engaged in extortion and loan sharking."

The email sent to federal employees urging them to resign in exchange for uncertain benefits is clearly aimed at purging critical government employees and replacing them with loyalists and ideologues.

"There has to be a political price to pay" for Elon Musk's takeover of federal agencies, said the congresswoman.

The head of Consumer Watchdog argued the company is " detouring the rules that protect state consumers from insurance price gouging."