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climate
Trump’s EPA Moves to Allow Power Plants to Pollute More
“The Trump administration formally proposed to scrap the Obama administration’s signature climate change rule for power plants,” The Hill reports. “The action formally starts work on a top campaign promise from President Trump, delivering a win to […]
Unhinged
Republican Senator: Trump Flirting With “World War III”
“Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, charged in an interview on Sunday that President Trump was treating his office like ‘a reality show,’ with reckless threats toward other countries […]
Government Waste
VP Stages Fake Anti-Protest Protest During NFL Game
MSNBC: “On Sunday, VP Mike Pence left Sunday’s 49ers-Colts game in Indianapolis after players kneeled during the National Anthem. The move, which is being criticized, was said to be pre-planned.” Yahoo Sports: Republican President Donald […]
Gun Control
Nevada’s Republican A.G. Refused to Enforce Gun Law Passed By Voters
“The mass shooting that killed at least 58 people and wounded 500 in Las Vegas has placed Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt* in the hot seat for refusing to enforce a universal background check law […]
Incompetence
“I hate to tell you Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.”
The Atlantic: “Making his first appearance in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico since Maria’s landfall, President Trump … suggested Maria was not a “real catastrophe,” made an odd and misleading comparison to the death toll from Hurricane Katrina, […]
Deregulation
Another Massacre, Another Repulican Move to Ease Gun Silencer Restrictions
Vox: “As the nation reels over the Las Vegas massacre, which left more than 50 people dead in one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, House Republicans are poised to pass legislation that […]
Taxes
Architect of Reaganomics Exposes It’s Lies, Slams Trump Tax Plan
Bruce Bartlett: “Four decades ago…I had a hand in creating the Republican tax myth. By the time Ronald Reagan was president, Republican tax gospel went something like this: The tax system has an enormously powerful […]
Deregulation
The Trump Effect
“Even without delivering on his biggest campaign promises, President Donald Trump has begun to reshape American life in ways big and small,” Reuters reports. “Trump has rolled back or delayed Obama-era rules and regulations that […]
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