Friday, July 4, 2025

Tag: Trump administration

Democrats boycott committee vote on Trump’s EPA pick

“Pruitt is wholly unfit and unqualified to lead the EPA.”

Donald Trump’s mission creep just took a giant leap forward

In just a few days, the new president has upended the rules of democracy with a clumsy, heavy-handedness worse than we imagined.

Less than an hour after the inauguration Trump removed climate change...

The new administration has removed all mention of key issues and replaced them with hazy plans on energy, foreign policy, law enforcement, military, jobs, and trade deals.

Did senators rush through Rick Perry’s energy dept hearing to attend...

It looks like Perry has the votes necessary to become the next Secretary of Energy.

Don’t judge Sessions by his cover

He wrote the book on discrimination.

30 years later, the Senate should reject Jeff Sessions again

The Senate Judiciary Committee should be consistent and reject Sessions as attorney general, as it rejected him for a judgeship 30 years ago.

A fox in every chicken coop

Trump's cabinet prepares for the feast.

As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up...

In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.

Robert Reich on the First 100 Day Resistance Agenda against Trump:...

Oppose the Trump agenda and boycott all Trump products.

As Trump names Exxon CEO Tillerson secretary of state, waterkeeper alliance...

“Now is the time to push back against this era of misinformation and move toward climate leadership built on truth and a respect for science.”

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What July 5th taught me that July 4th never did

Real freedom doesn’t come wrapped in patriotic speeches or military parades, it comes through struggle, sacrifice, and the refusal to bow to empire, no matter what form it takes.

Ireland becomes sixth European country to end use of coal ahead of schedule

Ireland became the sixth country in Europe to end its use of coal with an additional 23 European countries committing to a cleaner energy future.

U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge

Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

Trump-Musk foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths by 2030, study warns

Researchers say slashing 83 percent of USAID programs threatens to erase two decades of global health gains, with children under five accounting for one-third of projected fatalities.