Coronavirus Could Take a Bite Out of Trump’s Wallet
Evan Vucci/AP Coronavirus has already disrupted economies across Asia, tanked the US stock market, and taken a bite out of the earnings of the world’s wealthiest companies. Soon, there might be another financial casualty of the pathogen: President Donald Trump’s pocketbook. Since he took office, Trump’s personal income has increasingly relied on his travel and…
Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Have a Plan to Get Rid of the Filibuster
Win McNamee/Getty Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has fought his way to the front of the Democratic race for president by promising bold changes that would profoundly reshape the country. But he’s been cool to at least one fundamental reform long pushed by other Democrats: eliminating the filibuster. After progressives have watched their priorities, including a…
Trump Has Been Very Bad for Vulnerable Animals. The Administration May Finally Have to Change Its Behavior.
A northern spotted owlRobin Loznak/ZUMA In the past three years, the Trump administration has targeted rules and regulations critical for wildlife survival from every angle: It has stripped long-standing protections and instituted new hoops to jump through in the name of economic growth. It has made it easier for polluters to dump pesticides in lakes and rivers. It…
Stephen Colbert Played a “Billionaire Guessing Game” With Elizabeth Warren and I Can’t Stop Laughing
There hasn’t been much cause to laugh during this election. Cry? Sure. Plenty of heaving anxiety sobs. But true belly chuckles are hard to come by. Then I watched this viral Stephen Colbert clip, and it made me LOL, IRL. When I tell you this sent me FLAT on the floor pic.twitter.com/lGzLpd75fS — marv 🗽…
Bill Barr Unloads a Wild Theory About Progressive Politics
Shane T. Mccoy/Zuma To Attorney General Bill Barr, a large percentage of the American electorate amounts to nothing more than “25-year-olds living in the government’s basement, focusing [their] energies on obtaining a larger allowance rather than getting a job and moving out.” The chief law enforcement officer of the United States railed against progressives in…
Joe Biden Is Turning Things Around in South Carolina
In national polls, the best you can say about Joe Biden is that he’s no longer plummeting. But in South Carolina, the past week has been a terrific one for him. According to the Real Clear Politics aggregate, he’s made up all the ground he lost earlier in the year: This is quite the exciting…