Jim BLaw Trump administration won't turn over auto import probe report,... Reuters - David ShepardsonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is snubbing Congress by refusing to turn over a report detailing an investigation into national security risks potentially posed by imported vehicles and
Jim BLiberal View The Military-Industrial Complex Gets Away With Murder in Contract After Contract truthout.org - Melody Ng Call it a colossal victory for a Pentagon that hasn’t won a war in this century, but not for the rest of us. Congress only recently passed and the …
Jim BU.S. Politics Justice Department backed Trump strong-arm of House impeachment probe POLITICO - By JOSH GERSTEINThe DOJ concluded that Trump was justified in categorically rejecting the House’s demands for information. The Justice Department secretly blessed President Donald Trump’s decision to stonewall the Democratic-led
Jim BOpinion Obama was right, Alito was wrong: Citizens United has corrupted American politics USA TODAY - Tiffany MullerThe Supreme Court's naive view of our electoral process has allowed money to dictate national policy on everything from climate to guns to drug costs. Ten years ago this week, a narrow majority of the
Jim BPolitics Trump Bashes Climate Activists in Address to World Economic Forum in Davos Rolling Stone - Ryan Bort DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Staring down a Senate impeachment trial, President Trump absconded to Switzerland on Tuesday to address the World Economic Forum …
Jim BPolitics This Is Not the Senate the Framers Imagined The Atlantic - Jane ChongThe Constitution originally provided for the selection of senators by state legislatures, but the Seventeenth Amendment changed that, and with it, the Senate itself. Alexander Hamilton called it—almost.
Jim BFoxconn Scott Walker's Foxconn Deal Looks Like a Giant Bunco Scheme Esquire - By Charles P. PierceEl Caudillo del Mar-a-Lago is headed for Wisconsin on Tuesday for another one of his regularly scheduled wankfests, this one in Milwaukee. He will deal falsely, the way he always does—on terrorism, on
Jim BLiberal View Another Trump Official Has Been Caught Red-Handed truthdig.com - Staff A grateful Dow lobbyist emailed a senior Agriculture Department official whose support had been critical: “Thank you for your efforts in support of …
Jim BAnimals Alaska is the best place to see wild bears. A new mine could change that. National Geographic - By Douglas Main and Acacia JohnsonThe proposed Pebble Mine threatens the wildlife of the Alaska Peninsula, home to the densest brown bear populations on Earth. On a sunny day in August, more than two dozen brown bears are gathered at Falls,
Jim BLifestyle The National Archives Gets Slammed For Rewriting History To Erase Criticism Of Trump Forbes - Suzanne Rowan Kelleher“History is not history unless it is the truth,” said Abraham Lincoln. That’s a lesson the U.S. National Archives just learned the hard way. Following a bombshell report by the Washington Post, the Archives
Jim BTrump Administration One of Our Most Important Environmental Laws Just Turned 50—Cue Trump Attacking It ecowatch.com - By Jeff Turrentine The president's ostensible reason for gutting NEPA is to speed up the process for building out America's infrastructure — think roads, bridges, dams, …
Jim BPolitics The United States' main allies are abandoning Trump as his threats to world leaders backfire Insider - Adam Bienkov President Donald Trump's decision to assassinate Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has exposed a growing rift between the US and its historically …
Jim BPolitics Trump to Veto Bill Intended to Keep Forever Chemicals out of organicconsumers.org - by Jordan Davidson The White House announced Tuesday that it plans to veto the PFAS Action Act of 2019, which aims to keep harmful forever chemicals out of groundwater, …
Jim BNews Trump economic advisor Larry Kudlow says White House is 'looking at' changes to global anti-bribery law CNBC - Christina Wilkie WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is "looking at" making changes to a decades-old global anti-bribery law, White House economic advisor Larry …
Jim BOpinion A stunning rebuke: A majority of the Senate doesn’t trust the commander in chief The Washington Post - Jennifer RubinNevertheless, when at least four Senate Republicans join all 47 Democrats on a war powers resolution, it is a stunning rebuke of a commander in chief struggling to gain credibility at home and abroad.
Jim BU.S. Politics A Trump tweet revealed the absurdity of the legal case against Obamacare Vox - Ian MillhiserLet’s start with a fairly obvious caveat: Donald Trump is not the most sophisticated legal thinker on the planet. He routinely says things that are flat-out wrong or that completely undercut his own administration’s
Jim BLiberal View Capitol Hill is ‘furious’ after Trump’s State Department abruptly cancelled briefing ‘required by law’ Raw Story - Bob Brigham Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is receiving heat after the State Department stood-up Congress one day after damning text messages showed associates …
Jim BBusiness Trump Tax Break That Benefited the Rich Is Being Investigated The New York Times - Jesse DruckerA federal tax break meant to help poor communities that became a windfall for wealthy investors is being investigated by the Treasury Department, the agency’s deputy inspector general said on Wednesday.
Jim BU.S. Politics State Dept chided for silence over alleged threats to envoy Associated Press - By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine's announcement on Thursday of an investigation into alleged surveillance of the U.S. ambassador has come as welcome relief to many in America's diplomatic corps, but the State
Jim BPolitics Intelligence officials ask Congress not to hold threats hearings after angering Trump last year CNN - By Zachary Cohen, CNNWashington (CNN) — US intelligence officials have quietly asked the Senate and House Intelligence committees not to hold public hearings on this year's Worldwide Threat Assessment after testimony from
Jim BDavid Bernhardt Trump's Interior Department Doesn’t Care What You Think sierraclub.org - By Paul Rauber | Jan 17 2020 Overwhelming public opposition doesn't matter when it comes to rolling back environmental protections You always suspected it was true but here comes …
Jim BU.S. Navy A Navy scandal sheds light on the nature of bribery and the limits of free speech theconversation.com - Marcus Hedahl It seems like everyone’s talking about bribery these days – but I, and anyone else who works for the federal government, have to limit what we can …
Jim BRetirement Great Lakes Water Authority manager says she was fired days after calling out CEO perks freep.com - Keith Matheny A human resources manager at the publicly funded Great Lakes Water Authority has filed a whistleblower arbitration case against the agency, claiming …
Jim BU.S. Politics State Department abruptly cancels briefings on Iran, embassy security POLITICO - By NAHAL TOOSICongressional staffers sought updates following the president's decision to kill a senior Iranian general. The State Department abruptly canceled two classified congressional briefings Wednesday that supposed
Jim BPolitics Americans Aren’t Rallying to Trump The Atlantic - David FrumA president who writes off half the country can’t expect to garner support from a crisis of his own making. In apparent retaliation for the killing of Iran’s top terror commander, Iran fired short-range
Jim BPolitics Trump: 'It doesn't really matter' whether airstrike rationale is true MSNBC - Steve Benen Nearly two weeks ago, Donald Trump authorized an airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, risking a war, creating new threats, …
Jim BLiberal View Trump Admits He Killed Soleimani To Keep GOP Senators With Him On Impeachment politicususa.com - Jason Easley Trump told associates that he authorized the strike on Soleimani because he was being pressured by Republican Senators who will decide his …
Jim BDonald Trump John Bolton impeachment testimony will be blocked, Donald Trump says Guardian US - Richard LuscombeJohn Bolton will be blocked from testifying at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the president has indicated, despite the former national security adviser insisting he would do so if he received a subpoena.
Jim BLiberal View Defense Secretary Admits Trump Made Up Iran Embassies Threat politicususa.com - Jason Easley Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that Iran could have attacked US embassies, which is completely different Trump’s made-up threat against …
