The New Governor of Florida Is Not the Environmental Disaster Everyone Thought He’d Be
Ron DeSantis in the Florida EvergladesWilfredo Lee/AP On paper, Ron DeSantis looked like an environmental disaster waiting to happen. During his 2018 campaign to be Florida’s next governor, the Republican candidate dodged questions about whether humans are causing climate change and he became a clear favorite of President Donald Trump. He also offered a less-than-stellar history on environmental…
Climate Activists Have Their Next Target: The DNC Debates
Joe Raedle, Getty Images No city better embodies the challenges of climate change than the setting for the first Democratic debate in June. At least 10 candidates who meet the Democratic National Committee’s set of polling and grassroots fundraising criteria will take the stage in Miami, a city that will face the threat of encroaching…
Iowa’s Supreme Court Protected Gay Marriage and Abortion Rights—and Republican Lawmakers Are Out for Payback
DNY59/Getty Conservative Iowa lawmakers are advancing a bill that would change the long-standing way judges are selected in the state. Critics of the legislation, introduced in early February, say it is motivated by displeasure over state courts blocking abortion and same-sex marriage bans. “It’s just an extreme political power grab by legislators who are unhappy…
Can Jay Inslee Make Climate Change More Than a Campaign Talking Point?
Matt Chase Blink and you would have missed the most substantial reference to climate change in the three 2016 presidential debates. “I think the science is real,” Hillary Clinton affirmed in her first showdown with Donald Trump, not because she was asked about it, but because she wanted to highlight yet another contrast between them.…
Herman Cain Admitted He Isn’t Sure He’ll Pass a Background Check
Gage Skidmore/Planet Pix via ZUMA Wire Herman Cain, the former Godfather Pizza CEO and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, told his Facebook followers in a video on Friday night that he wasn’t sure if he’d pass the FBI background check required of all nominees to the Federal Reserve. Per Marketwatch: “They have to collect an inordinate…
One of Your Four Favorite Chrises Has a Plan to Save Washington
Kevin Sullivan/ZUMA Wire Actor Chris Evans—who plays Captain America in various Marvel movies, and ranks somewhere between first and fourth in most people’s “Chris” rankings*—has a new plan to fix politics, and it looks suspiciously like many things you’ve seen before. Evans’ idea is reportedly called “A Starting Point,” an online platform where members of…