Can Jay Inslee Make Climate Change More Than a Campaign Talking Point?
Matt Chase Blink and you would have missed the most substantial reference to climate change in the three 2016 presidential debates. “I think the science is real,” Hillary Clinton affirmed in her first showdown with Donald Trump, not because she was asked about it, but because she wanted to highlight yet another contrast between them.…
Herman Cain Admitted He Isn’t Sure He’ll Pass a Background Check
Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Herman Cain, the former Godfather Pizza CEO and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, told his Facebook followers in a video on Friday night that he wasn’t sure if he’d pass the FBI background check required of all nominees to the Federal Reserve. Per Marketwatch: “They have to collect an inordinate…
One of Your Four Favorite Chrises Has a Plan to Save Washington
Kevin Sullivan/ZUMA Wire Actor Chris Evans—who plays Captain America in various Marvel movies, and ranks somewhere between first and fourth in most people’s “Chris” rankings*—has a new plan to fix politics, and it looks suspiciously like many things you’ve seen before. Evans’ idea is reportedly called “A Starting Point,” an online platform where members of…
Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney Just Said You’ll “Never” See Trump’s Taxes
Hayne Palmour Iv/San Diego Union-Tribune via ZUMA White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that Democrats will “never” see President Donald Trump’s tax returns, arguing that Trump’s election was proof that the American people didn’t care. Last week, Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.), chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, wrote a…
Critics of the Green New Deal Rail Against Socialism. We’ve Seen This Before.
NurPhoto/Getty Images This story was originally published by High Country News and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Green New Deal and its proponents aim to tackle the intertwined issues of social and environmental justice in our age of anthropogenic climate change. To accomplish this, they believe they must deploy the federal government, since it…
Trump Was Greeted at Las Vegas’s Airport by Disgraced Casino Owner Steve Wynn
AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta When President Donald Trump exited Air Force One at the start of his Saturday trip to Las Vegas, he was greeted on the tarmac by former casino executive Steve Wynn, a longtime business rival and friend who was a major fundraiser for the president during the 2016 campaign. Wynn has kept a…