Trump Just Compared Biden to a “Rabid Dog” on Twitter
Alex Brandon/Associated Press Trump was on a Twitter tear Sunday morning, retweeting a Rush Limbaugh takedown of the impeachment hearings and a Rep. Kevin McCarthy spot on Fox News that’s highly favorable to the President. But one tweet in particular stands out. In it, Trump weighs in on a statement from North Korean dictator Kim…
Presidential Candidates Wouldn’t Touch This Radical Idea to Transform Agriculture—Until Now
Mother Jones illustration; John Minchillo/AP; Getty Food and agriculture policies have been at best a fringe issues during the last few Democratic presidential primaries. Candidates tend limit their agricultural appeals to “broad value statements” rather than dive into the policy specifics “that would indicate they’ve given these issues the attention they deserve,” says Sarah Hackney,…
Why Did Lindsey Graham Join a Climate Group?
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) at the White House on October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC.Tasos Katopodis/Getty This piece originally appeared in Grist and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. Congress has long been a place where climate policy goes to die. That could soon change, and not only because there’s an election coming up…
Democratic Governor Wins Reelection in Deep-Red Louisiana
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards at his campaign office in Shreveport on November 14.Gerald Herbert/AP In a major show of strength in a deep-red state, Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has defeated his Republican challenger, Eddie Rispone, whose frequent attempts to nationalize the election by bringing in President Donald Trump proved futile in Saturday’s…
READ: Full Testimony of NSC Aide Who Corroborated a Central Allegation of the Impeachment Inquiry
Tim Morrison, former top national security adviser to President Donald Trump, arrives for a closed-door meeting to testify as part of the House impeachment inquiry on Thursday J. Scott Applewhite/AP On Saturday, the House Intelligence Committee released the closed-door testimony of Timothy Morrison, a former Trump aide who has corroborated crucial elements of a US…
The House Just Released the Testimony of a Pence Aide Who Had Concerns About Trump’s Ukraine Call
Jennifer Williams, an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, testified in a closed-door session before the House Intelligence Committee on November 7. Reports claimed that she had expressed concern over President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The House just released a transcript of that testimony. Williams is set to testify…