Trump Campaign Manager: New Mexico Is Flippable in 2020 Because Latinos Love Trump
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale speaks in Topeka, Kansas, in October. Mark Reinstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. He wasn’t on the official schedule, but President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, made a three-minute cameo at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, DC, on Thursday to tout…
Andrew Wheeler Was Just Confirmed as the Nation’s 15th EPA Administrator
The Senate voted 52-47 to confirm the former coal lobbyist, who has served as acting EPA chief since former Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid ethics scandals last July. In a statement posted to Twitter, Wheeler said he was “deeply honored” and looking forward to carrying out President Donald Trump’s agenda. I am deeply honored, and…
Stop Freaking Out About the Future of Climate Change and Start Worrying About the Present
VCG/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While there are a lot of alarm bells sounding over how climate change will affect marine ecosystems and the world’s seafood supply in the future, there’s been much less attention paid to the effects it’s already had on them. In fact, the National Oceanic…
Yes, Your Tax Refund Is Smaller
Mother Jones illustration; PeopleImages/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’ve already filed your taxes this year, perhaps you’ve felt a certain sting. The one where Turbotax gets to the final screen or your accountant gives you a number and you learn that your 2018 refund is lower than you’d…
Navy Promised Changes After Deadly Accidents, but Many Within Remain Skeptical
On Aug. 21, 2017, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) steers towards Changi Naval Base in Singapore after a collision. Navy and Marine Corps divers will enter flooded compartments on the ship to search for 10 missing sailors.Joshua Fulton/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story originally…
New Study Confirms That Tariffs Are Bad
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been awhile since I renewed my neoliberal shill membership, so let’s do that today. Over at NBER, a quartet of authors examine evidence from the past half century about the effect of raising and lowering tariffs. Why? They claim it’s because no one has…