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The Sierra Club’s New Video Attacks Ford for Playing Along with Trump

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a video made public Wednesday, the Sierra Club denounced Ford Motor Company for lobbying the Trump administration and “#PollutingPruitt” to roll back vehicle efficiency and and emission standards. The environmental organization timed the airing of their new video with the D.C. Auto Show, at which Ford isn’t showing…

Experts Aren’t Too Worried About the Bitcoin Bubble…Yet

Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since last fall, cryptocurrency—Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, etc.—has been making its way into the mainstream. No longer merely the arena of Silicon Valley geeks, it became table talk over Thanksgiving. Some people mortgaged their homes to buy bitcoin. Businesses began talking about “blockchain”…

Does Donald Trump Want to Be Dictator of the United States?

The Republican National Convention in July 2016Carolyn Kaster/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It began the day he was sworn in, with his vow to end “American carnage”—a direct echo of his autocratic pronouncement when accepting the Republican nomination that “I alone can fix it.” Donald Trump has chipped away at…

Trump’s Consumer Agency Announces Plan to Let Predatory Lenders Off the Hook

stevanovicigor/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late on Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is planning to “reconsider” the Payday Rule, an Obama-era rule that created the first federal restrictions on payday loans. The rule takes aim at predatory practices by payday lenders—companies which give out high-interest loans and disproportionately…

California’s Cannabis Crowd Isn’t Afraid of the Big Bad Attorney General

A legal pot shot in Santa Cruz, CA.Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lots of people, obviously, are unhappy with Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ reversal of Obama-era guidelines de-prioritizing federal enforcement of marijuana laws in states that have legalized pot for recreational or medicinal use. Thursday’s announcement drew…