The California agriculture attorney and former oil spokesman credited with coining the infamous “Lock her up!” chant directed at Hillary Clinton is reportedly set to receive a big promotion. Sources speaking with E&E News claim the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce Republican Michael Stoker as head of the agency’s office overseeing the Pacific Southwest […]
Ever since Republicans passed the biggest overhaul of the United States tax code in over three decades, there have been a flurry of reports detailing just how much corporations and the ultra-wealthy will benefit from the GOP tax law. The Senate Finance Committee even held hearings last week on the initial impacts Tax Cuts and […]
During a White House news conference with Nigerian Prime Minster Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, President Trump defended calling African nations “shithole countries.” A reporter asked Buhari if he and Trump discussed “his reported comments from earlier this year, when he reportedly used vulgar language to describe African nations” during their talks earlier in the day. […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) refused to cover Cody Flack’s top surgery. Top surgery, a common reference for chest reconstruction surgery for transgender patients, is a widely accepted and effective surgical procedure for treating gender dysphoria. But DHS told Flack, who was assigned at birth female but is male, last summer that the procedure […]
A divided panel of one of the most conservative federal courts in the country held on Friday that a Texas voter suppression law is legal and should remain in effect. Moreover, should Judge Edith Jones’ reasoning for the panel be embraced by the Supreme Court, it could enable state lawmakers to rescue laws enacted for […]
On Friday, the Republican members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a 253-page report on their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The purpose of the report, which the Democrats on the committee said was issued prematurely, was to announce their conclusion that the Trump campaign did not collude with […]
On Friday, the Republican members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released a 253-page report on their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The purpose of the report, which the Democrats on the committee said was issued prematurely, was to announce their conclusion that the Trump campaign did not collude with […]
The price of crude oil has jumped to its highest level in more than three years. As a result, Americans are facing the “costliest driving season in years,” CBS explained Monday morning. Yet despite soaring gasoline prices — and a recent tweet by the President bemoaning high oil prices — the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and […]
While states across the country advance policies to arm teachers or to put more police officers in schools, the Illinois House passed legislation Friday that would create a grant program for schools that employ social workers or psychologists instead of armed security officers to keep students safe. The measure, HB 4208, was passed 64-25 in […]
Two weeks ago, a ruling came down in the criminal trial of Bill Cosby: Yes, excerpts from the 2005 deposition, in which Cosby said he obtained Quaaludes to use in his encounters with the young women he wanted to pursue sexually, would be admissible in trial. So ended Cosby’s decade-long fight to keep that deposition […]
Two weeks ago, a ruling came down in the criminal trial of Bill Cosby: Yes, excerpts from the 2005 deposition, in which Cosby said he obtained Quaaludes to use in his encounters with the young women he wanted to pursue sexually, would be admissible in trial. So ended Cosby’s decade-long fight to keep that deposition […]
A series of emails sent between Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officials over the past few months reveals law-enforcement was focused on counter-protesters at several recent events organized by the neo-Nazi Traditionalist Worker’s Party (TWP), rather than the neo-Nazis themselves. The emails were obtained through a public records request by the media collective Unicorn Riot and center […]
During his Fox News Radio show on Monday, Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade made a case that comedian Michelle Wolf’s monologue at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner — in particular, her jokes about Sarah Sanders — were inappropriate, because her targets aren’t sufficiently powerful. Kilmeade, who was in attendance on Saturday, claimed, “very few, […]
President Trump is slated to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention later this week, White House officials confirmed on Sunday night. The event comes just two months after Trump told lawmakers they shouldn’t fear the NRA, and claimed the gun lobbying group had less power over him than it did over members of […]
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt is now the subject of at least 10 federal investigations. The agency’s internal watchdog said Friday that it had opened yet another line of inquiry into Pruitt’s spending habits. In a letter shared with ThinkProgress and other news outlets, EPA Inspector General Arthur A. Elkins Jr. told Reps. Don […]
Earlier this month, British Prime Minister Theresa May apologized to the commonwealth countries for imposing discriminatory laws, including laws criminalizing homosexuality. But several of Ghana’s Christian lawmakers are fervently defending the country’s sodomy law, condemning the idea of even considering repeal because it could destroy the entire country. Members of the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship, a […]
Last week, NBC News’ Dateline aired an hour-long special on the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, which featured the first interview on the topic with former coordinators and coaches of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, Bela and Martha Karolyi. The interview with the Karolyis was mostly bland, as Savannah Guthrie allowed the two coaches the […]
Whenever there’s a sign of potential gun reform on the horizon, gun rights evangelists — especially among the more extreme fringe — fall back on an oft-repeated claim: that civilian gun ownership is the only thing keeping tyranny at bay. “The purpose of the Second Amendment is to give people the means to overthrow the […]