Why Does Scott Pruitt Need a Bulletproof Desk, a Bulletproof Car, and $3 Million in 24/7 Security?
Cheriss May/NurPhoto via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump stands by his man: While Security spending was somewhat more than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt has received death threats because of his bold actions at EPA. Record clean Air & Water while saving USA Billions of Dollars. Rent was…
Ted Nugent Calls for Shooting “Half of Our Government”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s favorite conspiracy theorist Alex Jones recently sat down with Ted Nugent—the rock guitarist and NRA board member who was invited to the White House for a bizarre photo-op last year—for a conversation on the “true, America-hating” evil found in gun control advocates. The two…
Republicans Are a No Show Across the Country for Town Halls on Gun Action
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The organizers of last month’s March for Our Lives have taken their movement to town halls across the country and invited congressional lawmakers—who have returned to their districts for a two-week recess—to discuss action on gun control. According to the Town Hall Project, more than 130 of these meetings are taking…
Scott Pruitt’s Overworked Security Team Has Cost Taxpayers $3 Million
Chris Kleponis/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Scott Pruitt may have been spared in Friday evening’s news dump, but the ethical questions threatening his role as Environmental Protection Agency administrator continue apace. Financial documents obtained by the Associated Press reveal that over the year that Pruitt has been on the job, the embattled EPA…
There’s a New Problem With Trump’s Attacks on Amazon
Kyle Mazza/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump has recently ramped up his attacks against Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos for not paying enough in local and state taxes. While there are plenty of problems with the president’s criticism, it looks as if hypocrisy might be a new one. Amazon…
Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith’s Portrait of America Is a Devastating Must-Read
Victoria Smith/eyevine/Redux Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Back in 2012, Princeton professor Tracy K. Smith won a Pulitzer Prize for the poetry collection Life on Mars. But her highest distinction came last year, when Smith, 46, was named US poet laureate. Wade in the Water, her latest book, deftly covers…