Tag: Trump administration
Waiting for a grown-up in the White House
Donald Trump is turning the presidency into a day care center for his troubled inner child.
Trump’s new FERC commissioner Rob Powelson accepted gifts from energy industry...
Opponents of fossil fuel infrastructure are protesting Powelson and Chatterjee’s nominations.
Making America hate again
Let’s pray the leveler heads in our society prevent the civil war Trump and Bannon want to instigate in America.
A former EPA adviser on how to push for environmental justice...
“In our country there are two things that move policy. One is money. The other is the power of people.”
Don’t let our ‘hair-trigger president’ start a nuclear war
The U.S. nuclear system was already dangerous, irresponsible, insane. It can only get worse with Trump holding his finger on the trigger.
Sessions DOJ says it’s OK to purge infrequent voters from Ohio...
The Obama administration was against the state's practice of purging inactive voters from the rolls, but this week, the Trump administration reversed course.
Trump called for acting FBI director’s removal the same day agents...
The news was confirmed by Manafort’s spokesman via Twitter.
House Democrats investigate federal payments to Trump businesses
“There may be other expenditures of American taxpayer funds at Trump properties that are not yet publicly known.”
Trump administration’s solution to climate change: Ban the term
The effectiveness of this approach has previously been tested and has shown poor results.
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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround
A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
Tlaib, ACLU, and advocates warn H.R. 9495 could empower Trump to silence nonprofits and...
Progressives and civil rights groups sound the alarm over legislation that could allow President-elect Trump to strip nonprofits of their tax-exempt status without evidence, threatening free speech and democracy.
JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.
Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows
The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.