Here’s How Trump Blew $100 Million on His Inauguration
Remember this delightful scene a month before the election? It came just a few weeks after Trump conned every cable news network into giving him big coverage for a “birther announcement” that turned out to be just Trump announcing the opening of his hotel.Evan Golub/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters.…
Are We Making Progress on the Border Barrier?
K.C. Alfred/San Diego Union-Tribune via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Washington Post claims that congressional negotiators are nearing a compromise deal on the wall: Two people familiar with the talks said the understanding among Republicans is that the deal would offer around $2 billion for border barriers. The…
What Did Ivanka Know About Trump Tower Moscow? It Wasn’t “Almost Nothing.”
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In an interview aired Friday, Ivanka Trump told ABC News that she knew “literally almost nothing” about her family’s secret pursuit of a deal to build a Trump-branded tower in Moscow during the 2016 campaign. Her claim, however, is contradicted by various sources, including…
An Urban Plan Nearly Everyone Can Love: “Yes In Your Backyard”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I really and truly have nothing against former LA Times editor Bill Boyarsky, but I wonder if he really understands how his recent op-ed in the Times comes off. He starts by describing the leafy, bucolic neighborhood near UCLA that he moved into 40 years…
Here Is the Green New Deal in Handy List Form
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I gather that Matt Whitaker is being quite the asshole in his testimony before Congress today: I’m seeing a lot of smart people here say that Whitaker will regret sassing Nadler this AM. Without IN ANY WAY condoning Whitaker’s dickish and unprofessional behavior, I sadly…
Have You Chosen the Right Preschool For Your Kids Yet?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Pamela Druckerman reports that helicopter parenting works a treat. It turns out that in a world dominated by huge income inequality, obsessing over your kid’s preschool is totally the right thing to do: For the most part, the new parenting efforts seemed effective. Dr. Doepke…