Trump Proposal Would Roll Back Environmental Oversight

ELLEN KNICKMEYER / The Associated Press Jan 9, 2020 The president says the U.S. can't compete "if a bureaucratic system holds us back from building what we need.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why We Can’t Get the Government We Want and Deserve

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 24, 2014 Some believe the central political issue of our era is the size of the government. They’re wrong. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Big Government

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Aug 25, 2014 Dig deeper

Mandela and Mossad

Staff / Truthdig Dec 24, 2013 According to Israeli government documents, the former leader of South Africa was trained by Israel's intelligence agency in the 1960s; there are many parallels to be drawn between the Sochi and Berlin Olympics; meanwhile, a White House review panel member expresses his "surprise" in finding that the NSA's data collection has not stopped a single act of terrorism. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Debate

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Jul 30, 2013 Dig deeper

Big Government

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Jul 5, 2013 Dig deeper

Will Conservatives Reject Obamacare’s Rebates?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 9, 2012 Here's a chance for all who think Obamacare is a socialist Big Government scheme to put their money where their ideology is: If you truly hate the Affordable Care Act, you must send back any of those rebate checks you receive from your insurance companies thanks to the new law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Critical, Reluctant and Desperate

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2012 Something interesting happens when hardworking, fiscally minded Americans find themselves on the public dole: They resent the government that lends a hand and feel guilty for accepting help. A major article from The New York Times documents the anxiety, frustration and confusion of a growing class of dependent Americans.Hardworking, fiscally minded Americans feel guilty when they land on the public dole. A New York Times article documents the frustration of a growing class of dependent Americans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Why Climate Change Will Make You Love Big Government

By Christian Parenti, TomDispatch Jan 28, 2012 Don’t expect the present anti-government “consensus” to last. Global warming and the freaky, increasingly extreme weather that will accompany it is going to change all that. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Right-Wing Hitman Andrew Breitbart Targets Union-Friendly Professors

Staff / Truthdig May 1, 2011 Andrew Breitbart, founder and publisher of America's premier right-wing smear outfit, BigGovernment.com, has released yet another candid cam hatchet job, this one supposedly showing two professors at the University of Missouri instructing students on how to use violence to further the goals of the labor movement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Behind the Tea Party Facade, Just Another Bush-League Republican

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2010 Ron Paul protégé Debra Medina is shaking up the Texas gubernatorial race, but scratch the surface of this rising tea party star and you'll find a Bush-style big-government hypocrite. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Austin Plane Attack: Tea Party Terrorism?

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2010 Authorities continue to investigate why Joe Stack of Texas flew his small airplane into the Austin offices of the IRS, but based on early reports and a tirade the attacker posted on the Internet, it had something to do with taxes, big government, corporate crime and bailouts. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )