California Just Became the First State to Require Solar Panels on New Residential Construction
acilo/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California just became the first state to mandate solar panels on nearly all new residential homes. The mandate is part of California’s “Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan,” which includes the goal that both residential and commercial construction be zero net energy by 2030—meaning the buildings’ annual energy…
Gina Haspel, Trump’s Nominee to Head the CIA, Won’t Say If Torture Is Immoral
CIA nominee Gina Haspel is sworn in during a confirmation hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in Washington.Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Gina Haspel, the acting head of the CIA and President Donald Trump’s nominee to become its next director, repeatedly…
Fox News Is Going Out of Its Way to Avoid Covering Michael Cohen
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late Tuesday, multiple news outlets including the New York Times and NBC News confirmed a bombshell allegation by Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, that last year a firm connected to a powerful Russian oligarch gave $500,000 to President Donald Trump’s…
Here’s How We’ll Bring Iran to Its Knees
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Dan Drezner, who refuses to ever give Donald Trump credit for his successes,¹ has once again adopted a cynical attitude toward our president’s foreign policy tactics. In this case, he’s being snarky about Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal: Plan B begins to bear more…
Corrupt TV News Refuses to Say Nice Things About Donald Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Just in case there was any doubt, Donald Trump provided his definition of “fake news” today: The Fake News is working overtime. Just reported that, despite the tremendous success we are having with the economy & all things else, 91% of the Network News about…
West Virginia’s Surging Democrat Richard Ojeda Slams Trump
Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, West Virginia state Sen. Richard Ojeda easily won the Democratic nomination in the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Ojeda, as I reported in a profile for Mother Jones, is pushing a kind of populism that is upending the political landscape in…