Maybe Politicians Don’t Really Represent Anybody
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s some political science geekery combined with some chart geekery. Dylan Matthews has a post up today about a recent paper that compares public opinions on key issues with votes cast by members of Congress. How well do members of Congress represent the views of…
Thousands of Teachers in Red States Are Leading the Charge for Better School Funding
Teachers picket around the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City on Monday. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday morning, tens of thousands of Oklahoma teachers stormed the state Capitol to urge lawmakers to approve better pay and more funding for their classrooms. At the same time, more than 800 miles away, a similar…
A Major Trump Donor Has a Crazy Story to Tell About How the Qataris Hacked His Email
President Donald Trump, with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman on March 20, 2018./SMG via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser beset by reports suggesting he used ties to President Trump to seek foreign contracts for his businesses, explained on Monday how and why…
If You Love Spending More on Gas, Trump Has Some Good News
Michael Ares/The Palm Beach Post/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency ended yet another key climate policy from the Obama era. EPA administrator Scott Pruitt signed a plan to roll back fuel economy standards that the EPA first finalized in 2012. The rule would have raised fuel economy…
Sessions: Immigration Judges Should Complete 700 Cases Per Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. From the Washington Post: Trump administration, seeking to speed deportations, will impose quotas on federal immigration judges A new quota system will be tied to the judges’ annual performance reviews, according to Justice Department memos, and judges will be expected to clear at least 700…
Why Isn’t Donald Trump Polling at 0%?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Nancy LeTourneau asks the eternal question: is there any amount of fuckuppery that will cause Donald Trump’s supporters to abandon him? There will always be the hardcore support for Trump—that can be expected in a country as large and diverse as the United States. But…