Trump Stings Honeybees While They’re Down
DanielPrudek/iStock/Getty Bees are in a world of trouble right now. A few years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency took some steps to protect the insects by limiting the use of an insecticide called sulfoxaflor. Made by Corteva, the agricultural arm of DowDupont, sulfoxaflor is “highly toxic to bees and other pollinating insects,” and it also…
The Profound, Unforgiving Stupidity of Donald Trump’s Social Media Summit
Former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka yells at journalist Brian Karem in the Rose Garden at the White House following the President’s social media summit.Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images Consider a few important, but seemingly unrelated moments from history: The creation of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States; the rise of Twitter and social…
New Ruling in Mar-a-Lago Intruder Case Raises Question of Chinese Espionage
Yujing Zhang at a court hearing on April 15, 2019.Daniel Pontet/AP Since Donald Trump was sworn in as president, his frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private Palm Beach club, have raised counterintelligence concerns: Were foreign spies targeting the facility to gain access to Trump, his family, or his associates? On Wednesday, a federal judge in…
A Federal Court Appears Ready to Buy the GOP’s Argument to Kill Obamacare
Sachelle Babbar/Zuma The fate of the Affordable Care Act remains uncertain following a hearing about the law at a federal appeals court in New Orleans. The hearing concerned a lawsuit originally filed by Republican state attorneys general in a Texas district court in 2018, which alleges that the entirety of Obamacare should be invalidated because…
Trump Praises “Excellent” Labor Secretary as Demands for Resignation Grow Louder
Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his labor secretary, Alex Acosta, against mounting demands for his resignation over his central role in securing a 2007 plea agreement for billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I can tell you that for two-and-a-half years he’s been just an excellent secretary of labor,” Trump told reporters from…
Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders Are Going to Introduce a Climate Emergency Resolution in Congress
Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty On Tuesday, Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) in the House, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the Senate, will introduce a resolution asserting there is a climate emergency and demanding a wide-reaching mobilization to prepare for the consequences of climate change. They want to “restore the climate for future generations.”…