Republicans don't believe in the long game on climate control.... The Trump administration finalized its biggest climate policy rollback Wednesday, requiring the U.S. power sector to cut its 2030 carbon emissions 35 percent over 2005 levels — less than half of what experts … [Read more...] about Trump EPA throws out key Obama climate rule that targeted coal plants
Other Things
Donald Trump begins his 2020 re-election campaign…
The new and old lies begin.... Can he bull shit his way for another four years even as we NOW know more about who he REALLY is and isn't? Can someone win the Presidency a second time with most of American voters against him? Are American voters THAT … [Read more...] about Donald Trump begins his 2020 re-election campaign…
Trump… Evangelical support…Jerry Falwell Jr. and the ‘Pool Boy’?
The mud slinging has begun.... (First at Democrats...Now Republicans and Trump) Opposition Research .... And the Fed's looking around... And Micheal Cohen and Tom Arnold part of the story....... And Jerry Falwell Jr.? All in a NY Times piece... Senator Ted … [Read more...] about Trump… Evangelical support…Jerry Falwell Jr. and the ‘Pool Boy’?
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez…Trump running ‘concentration camps’ at border …
The NY Democratic House member is pointing at the conditions under which migrants are held by the Trump admin's Homeland Security Dept. which is overran with the numbers of people it is trying to handle.... Over the last 24 hours Trump has threaten to increase the number of … [Read more...] about Rep. Ocasio-Cortez…Trump running ‘concentration camps’ at border …
Acting Defense Sec. Shanahan out…..
It appears that Shanahan has had some family rouble that where becoming public knowledge.... In the months that he has served as President Trump’s acting secretary of defense, Patrick Shanahan has worked to keep domestic violence incidents within his family private. His wife … [Read more...] about Acting Defense Sec. Shanahan out…..
House Foreign Affairs Committee goes where Oversight Committee has been unable to go…And Quietly…
House Foreign Affairs has been getting the Trump White House and Trump admin documents without the media spotlight.... The idea that Trump has forbidden ANY co-operation with Congress is actually not true.... House Democrats are largely pursuing flashy, partisan, … [Read more...] about House Foreign Affairs Committee goes where Oversight Committee has been unable to go…And Quietly…
US border detentions begin to fall….
This is actually normal regardless of law enforcerment efforts ... The number of migrant families crossing the border illegally has been falling in recent weeks, according to preliminary figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, though U.S. officials say it is too soon … [Read more...] about US border detentions begin to fall….
The New ‘it’s alright to be sober’ thing…
The NY Times runs a piece about how people are adjusting to the concept of actually standing up and enjoying being sober..... We all know what sobriety used to be: sober, in all meanings of the word. It was a seltzer with lime instead of Bordeaux with a … [Read more...] about The New ‘it’s alright to be sober’ thing…