Month: September 2020

Newly sworn-in EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, whose nomination was ardently opposed by environmentalists and who is poised to roll back major climate and clean water regulations, addressed his employees for the first time Tuesday afternoon. During his remarks, in which he did not mention the pressing crisis of climate change or the matter of public…

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Monday released its score of the GOP’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, projecting that 14 million people would lose coverage by 2018 if the Republican bill is implemented. “Anyone who believed GOP promises that people would still have health insurance under the Republican repeal…

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Following this week’s release of the CBO’s “devastating” analysis of the House GOP’s plan to destroy healthcare, the time is now to step up the pressure on your elected lawmaker to oppose this legislation using the district-specific Affordable Care Act numbers provided by Contacting Congress.   (or whatever name they give…

Amid reports Saturday that President Donald Trump would spend his afternoon “holding meetings” at a golf course he owns in Virginia, grassroots support is growing for a new bill introduced late this week that would force the president to provide visitor logs for Trump-owned properties where he conducts official government business. “The American people need…

Early voting began Monday in the U.S. House race for Georgia’s sixth district, capturing national attention as Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff has raised millions of dollars with a surge of grassroots support in the traditionally conservative enclave. The vacancy left by former Georgia representative, now-Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, has resulted in…

As nearly two dozen companies pull their advertisements from Fox News‘ “The O’Reilly Factor,” President Donald Trump has come to the defense of the show’s host, saying he’s a “good person” who didn’t do anything wrong. A New York Times article published Saturday revealed that five women who worked on the show or worked for…

Corporate media and D.C. politicians on both sides of the aisle are falling over themselves to shower praise on President Donald Trump for unilaterally bombing a Syrian air base on Thursday, demonstrating that Washington’s hunger for war continues no matter who is at the controls. Some talking heads’ praise for the new war effort has…

On April 6, Ivanka Trump’s fashion brands got a massive boost when China approved three trademarks for her business, “giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world’s second-largest economy,” the Associated Press reported Tuesday. What else happened on April 6? Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner,…

Companies seeking favor from the government wrote big checks for President Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings (pdf) released this week. In one notable instance, the agrochemical giant Dow—which is trying to kill a federal risk study on its pesticides—gave $1 million for the festivities. Dow’s chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris…

Results of a Politico/Morning Consult poll released on Wednesday initially appeared to signify a victory for the Trump administration in the court of public opinion, and they were quickly met with celebration by White House officials. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was the first to tout the poll results on Twitter, and presidential counselor…