Disaster Warning: Profiteers Are Trying to Privatize America’s Public Weather Service

Wall Street profiteers — including Trump appointees and political funders — have long lusted to privatize the weather service. From the Lowdown’s “Early Political Warning System” comes this … Read more

What Starlings Could Teach Trump’s Mean Government

A member of the bird species “superb starlings” would make a much better leader than our current bird-brained president. There is a species of birds named “superb starlings,” … Read more

What Is “Iyyikowa,” and Why Do We Need More of It?

The Choctaw have a word, “iyyikowa,” that means serving those in need… and we need more of it. Charles Dickens, writing about the inequality and social turmoil leading … Read more

Where Trump’s Kakistocracy Can Find a Good Farm Policy

Trump is running a kakistocracy that can’t do anything right, and that includes farm policy. Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. … Read more

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