Tag: Trump administration
Killer presidents
From Duterte to Trump, a new crop of populist leaders are reviving a tried and true method of demonstrating leadership – killing people.
A big day for Trump’s budget pick, Social Security – and...
“We have a president who ran on a set of principles that he would not cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, yet he is nominating someone whose views are very, very different.”
Trump administration sued for suspending protections for endangered bumble bee
This is the third lawsuit NRDC has filed against the Trump administration for its attacks on regulation.
Ten reasons why Elliott Abrams would make a dreadful deputy Secretary...
How much more proof do we need that Elliott Abrams is unfit for public office?
EPA scientists held from attending Alaska summit
The agency’s last-minute change of plans highlighted the concerns of many conference attendees over the future of EPA programs dealing with climate change.
The problem goes way beyond Kellyanne Conway: Trump’s team of TV...
Have we ever had a modern-day press secretary who put so many substantial lies up on the board in just a few short weeks?
(Neo)Conned? The Trump administration’s dangerous mix of old and new
The current President seems ready to repeat the worst mistakes of the past while at the same time steering the United States in dangerous new directions.
Here’s how NBC News is catering to Trump’s presidency
As Trump feuds with CNN, NBC is elevating voices that are accommodating Trump.
What happens when all we have left is the Pentagon?
Trump’s vision of a militarized America.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.