Trump’s tax plan is a confidence scam
The only question is whether Americans are gullible enough to buy what Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Republicans are selling.
Los Angeles changes Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
“This gesture of replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day is a very small step in apologizing and in making amends.”
The conversation we should be having
What’s going on is about morality and decency; fight Trump there, where he has no moral armor with which to defend himself.
President Trump’s ‘arms for cops’ program just means more militarization of the police
Another sop to the gun nuts.
Hurricane Harvey isn’t a “natural” disaster. Politics created the chaos
Don’t blame climate change for Houston’s vulnerability. A hurricane need not become a disaster.
EPA Inspector General investigating Pruitt’s ‘frequent’ travel to home state ‘at taxpayer expense’
"Pruitt seems to be using these visits to launch his political career."
GOP Congressman adds amendment to kill funding for Mueller investigation
The Republican legislator slipped his amendment into a massive federal funding bill that the House of Representatives is expected to consider after returning next week from recess.
Trump hides behind the storm
As Hurricane Harvey raged, the president tried to use the disaster as cover. It may have worked.
Members of Congress scoring personal loans from political supporters
Repayment terms often undisclosed, transactions together worth millions.
Dr. Robert Bullard: Houston’s “unrestrained capitalism” made Harvey “catastrophe waiting to happen”
While the National Hurricane Center is now calling Harvey the biggest rainstorm on record, scientists have been predicting for years that climate change would result in massive storms like Harvey.