Feinstein Presses Insiders on Trump-Russia Dealings
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on October 19, 2017. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday demanded an interview and documents from Felix Sater, a developer and former convict who worked for President Trump during the 2016 campaign on a secret effort to build a Trump Tower…
The FBI Reported More Than 6,000 Hate Crimes Last Year. Here’s Why It’s Probably A Whole Lot More.
Richard Ellis/Zuma An FBI report released earlier this week claims that hate crimes increased 4.6 percent in 2016 over the previous year, from 5,850 in 2015 to 6,121 last year. Mainstream media outlets widely reported on these statistics (see here and here), with several outlets calling out a specific spike in hate crimes around Election Day and reporting the…
Trump Pokes an Elephant-Sized Hole in the Ivory Ban
The latest from the White House: The Trump administration plans to allow hunters to import trophies of elephants they killed in Zimbabwe and Zambia back to the United States…. What? Why on earth would Trump rescind the ivory ban? Maybe if I keep reading I’ll find out: ….reversing a ban put in place by the…
Hillary Clinton on Trump’s Special Counsel Threat: “This Is Such an Abuse of Power”
Hillary Clinton responded on Wednesday to news that the Trump administration is considering appointing a special counsel to investigate her alleged ties to the Uranium One deal, calling the move “a disastrous step into politicizing the Justice Department” and “such an abuse of power.” In an exclusive interview with Mother Jones, Clinton said such an investigation…
Support for Universal Background Checks for Gun Purchases Hits All-Time High
A collection of hand guns on display at the NOVA Armory, a gun shop in Arlington, Virginia. Rex Features/AP A new Quinniapac University opinion poll shows that support for universal background checks has reached an all-time high. The study, released Wednesday, found that 95 percent of American voters favor uniform background checks for gun purchases, including 94 percent…
Republicans Kill Personal Tax Cut In Order to Save the Corporate Tax Cut
Yesterday I was in a quandary: how, oh how, will Republicans manage to keep their tax bill from increasing the deficit in 2028 and beyond, as required by Senate rules? One possibility has always been to make the tax cuts temporary, like the Bush tax cuts, but that seemed like a nonstarter. After all, it…