Texas’ Trump Lovin’ Ag Honcho Faces a Primary Challenge From a Monsanto Lobbyist
Texas’ Agriculture Commissioner Sid MillerEvan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Remember Sid Miller, Texas’ cowboy hat wearin’, Trump-lovin’ agriculture commissioner? This time a year ago, Miller was working hard to flatter his way to the top agriculture spot in the incoming presidential administration. But after being passed over for that post,…
Thanks to Republicans, We No Longer Have to Worry About the National Debt
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Does the national debt matter? Opinions differ, but this isn’t a hard issue to analyze. What we really care about isn’t the debt per se, but interest payments on the debt. Here it is: That doesn’t look like anything to worry about. For the last…
Robert Mueller May Be Treading On Thin Ice
Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. National Review’s Rich Lowry writes today that “if Jared or Don Jr. made the same mistake as Michael Flynn and didn’t tell the truth to FBI agents,” Trump would most likely pardon them. Then he says this: But if Mueller starts…
Jeff Flake Makes Meaningless Gesture Three Days After Voting for Despised Tax Bill
Jeff FlakeBill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Arizona Senator Jeff Flake just donated $100 in support of Doug Jones, Alabama’s Democratic candidate for Senate—an implicit rebuke of President Trump, who officially endorsed Jones’s embattled opponent Roy Moore on Monday, and the RNC, which renewed funding for Moore’s campaign Monday…
In Texas, a Slow, Grinding, Frustrating Recovery 3 Months After Harvey
A man stands in his still damaged home the week before ThanksgivingDavid J. Phillip/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three months after Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Rockport, Texas, bringing four feet of rain to Houston and the surrounding area, the recovery process for those who live…
Bitcoin Is Terrible for the Environment
Imago/Zuma Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by New Republic and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. “Bitcoin is the World’s Hottest Currency, but No One’s Using It,” the Wall Street Journal proclaimed on Saturday. The day prior, the digital currency had surged past $10,000 per coin—and then past $11,000, too. But…