Patient and advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration following a decision to extend the availability of short-term health plans. The change is one of many being made by President Trump in an attempt to limit the effectiveness of ObamaCare. This and other recent decisions made by President Trump are likely to significantly impact health … [Read more...]
Brett Kavanaugh Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice
Photo: Fred Schilling/US SUPREME COURT/HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock. Following his confirmation late Saturday afternoon, Brett Kavanaugh has been sworn in as a Justice on the Supreme Court in a private ceremony. Retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administered the Judicial Oath in front of Kavanaugh's family in Justices' … [Read more...]
Attorney General Defends Texas School Following Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has become involved in a Houston lawsuit between Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District and 18-year-old former student India Landry, following a judge’s decision not to dismiss the case. On Monday morning, Landry was in the principal’s office when the student body began its daily recitation of the Pledge … [Read more...]
California Signs Law To Reinstate Net Neutrality
California Governor Jerry Brown late on Sunday signed legislation to restore open internet protections known as net neutrality in the state after the Trump administration repealed the rules late last year. According to Reuters, the bill sets up a clash with the Federal Communications Commission, which said in repealing the Obama-era rules that … [Read more...]
Are Social Media Sites Censoring Conservatives? The President Says Yes – Without Evidence.
These days, our public square is largely a digital space. The man ranting in the public commons while standing on a soap box is now tweeting, for better or worse. We hold most of our debates on our digital forums. This presents challenges our society is still grappling with. After all, these digital spaces aren't really public squares – they're … [Read more...]
The Missing Language from Trump’s Affordable Clean Energy Plan
A New Draft of the Affordable Clean Energy Plan Notably Omits Any Mention of Climate Change Will climate change simply go away if it’s ignored? The Trump Administration sure seems to think so. For almost a year now, the White House has been aggressively dismantling Obama-era environmental regulations, often with questionable justifications for … [Read more...]
Trump Delays Release of Russia Probe Documents
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said documents from the federal Russia probe would not immediately be released. Just days after he ordered them to be made public, Trump cited concerns by the U.S. Justice Department. Trump tweeting that the inspector general would review the documents “on an expedited basis”. Trump had called for the … [Read more...]
Trump Weakens Methane Rules
Oil Companies Promote Cost-Effective Regulations and Innovative Solutions EPA posted a new rule on its website, dramatically weakening restrictions on methane displaced when oil drilling equipment used in fracking displaces methane from underground drilling sites so hundreds of thousands of additional tons spew into the atmosphere. When methane … [Read more...]
Hero FBI Agents and First Responders Sick and Dying From 9/11 Exposure
While Donald Trump demoralized the FBI by firing former FBI Director, James Comey and calling him a “nut job”, current FBI Director Christopher A. Wray is eulogizing FBI agents who are dying from cancer at alarming rates as a result of their heroic efforts to uncover bodies and investigate 9/11 crime scenes. Fifteen current and former FBI … [Read more...]
Judge Kavanaugh’s Radical View of Executive Power
In Tuesday’s opening session of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, Democratic senators expressed concern about the nominee’s views of presidential power. Chris Coons put it bluntly when he said President Trump had nominated Kavanaugh with “an eye to protecting himself.” Mazie Hirono piled on, arguing that Trump’s … [Read more...]
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