New Rule: Polluters Can Appeal Judgments, But No One Else Can
TNS via ZUMA President Trump plans to propose eliminating the ability of local communities to appeal the EPA’s decisions on pollution permits: The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to weaken rules that for the past quarter-century have given communities a voice in deciding how much pollution may legally be released by nearby power plants and…
Trump’s Tariffs Aren’t Helping American Workers
The Wall Street Journal reports that Donald Trump’s tariffs are, um: U.S. manufacturers are shifting production to countries outside of China as trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies stretch into a second year….The biggest beneficiaries of that decline have been other countries in Asia where production costs are low, such as Vietnam, India,…
Will Any Republicans Stand Up Against Trump’s Latest Bigotry?
Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of Trump’s targets this morning. Omar was born in Somalia and immigrated to the United States at age ten.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via ZUMA Our president is on Twitter again today, this time telling progressive Democratic congresswomen “who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe” to “go back…
AOC and Pelosi Unite in Response to Racist Trump Tweets
Tom Williams/AP House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have put aside their very public fight and found a common enemy: President Donald Trump. On Sunday morning, Trump took aim on Twitter at a group of progressive congresswomen of color. Referring to Ocasio-Cortez and Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.),…
Trump Tweets That Democratic Congresswomen of Color Aren’t American
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.Andrew Harnik/AP President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that three US-born Democratic congresswomen of color aren’t actually American and should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments…
Trump Ditched Iran Nuclear Deal to Spite Obama, Says Former UK Ambassador
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Sir Kim Darroch isn’t a fan of President Donald Trump. That much was made clear recently when leaked diplomatic cables revealed that Darroch, who served as the United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States, called Trump “insecure” and “incompetent.” Those revelations led to Darroch’s forced resignation last week. But another report reveals something…