Eleanor Clift

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Eleanor Clift

The budget-cutters called astrophysicist Dr. Kartik Sheth and his colleagues in the chief scientist’s suite at NASA “low-hanging fruit,” which meant they were among the first to lose their jobs after President Trump signed a raft of executive orders to downsize the federal government. Sheth still has a hard time believing what has happened.

2 weeks ago | fbherald.com | Douglas Cohn |Eleanor Clift

WASHINGTON – Based on actual accomplishments versus what he is railing about, Donald Trump has had the worst 100 days of any president. That omits Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War 42 days after taking office, and William Henry Harrison who died on the 32nd day from a cold caught at his Inauguration that turned into pneumonia. By the measures of success he touted in the campaign, Trump has failed at everything except controlling the border.

2 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Eleanor Clift

The resignation of the executive producer of one of the most venerated news shows in the United States marks yet another notch in MAGA’s belt. It won’t be the last, with President Trump on the warpath and media conglomerates cowering to avoid retribution. And more ominously, it shows that these attempts to rule over corporate overlords by fear are working.

3 weeks ago | thedailybeast.com | Eleanor Clift

We treated it like a joke, another grandiose plan promoted by Donald Trump that would go nowhere. But it turns out he was serious when he stood at Mount Rushmore in July 2020 to fervently propose “a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live.”Since then, we’ve had our fun imagining the occupants of Trump’s sculpture garden: How about tough-guy lawyer Roy Cohn, well-endowed golfer Arnold Palmer, Hannibal Lecter—maybe even Robert E.

1 month ago | thedailybeast.com | Liam Archacki |Eleanor Clift |Matt Wilstein

An Australian comedian has canceled her visit to the U.S. over concerns that she could be targeted at the border because of her past jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Alice Fraser, who has appeared on the BBC and undertaken previous international tours, had planned to come to New York City in May to promote her book, according to The Guardian. She was going to apply for an 0-1B visa, which allows individuals with “extraordinary ability” in the arts to live and work in America.