Domestic Issues

12/6/2018 On Monday President Trump slashed the size of two national monuments in Utah, the largest reduction of public-lands protection in U.S. history. Trump’s actions shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by more than 1.1 million acres and more than 800,000 acres, respectively. The move sparked protests  outside the White House and in Utah. The changes put the Trump ...

12/05/2017 Two new polls have bleak news for the GOP tax plan. Just 29% of voters approve of the plan while 53% are opposed, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Independents break against the plan, 54% to 27%. Among people making $50,000 to $100,000, just 35% approve. The one group that approves: Republicans, 67% of whom support the overhaul. Just ...

12/01/2017 Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Trump, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge that he lied to FBI agents about prior contacts with Russia’s ambassador while serving in the White House.  Prosecutors said in court Friday that Flynn had agreed to cooperate with authorities. Flynn served as the president’s national security adviser until he resigned in February after admitting that he ...

11/29/2017 Barry Meyers is a renegade.  He is one of a very few Trump administration leaders who have the courage to declare that it is extremely likely human activity has caused global warming. In his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday morning, Barry Myers, President Trump’s choice to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said he agrees humans are the primary driver ...

11/16/2017 Jared Kushner is in hot water.  He seems to be a bit forgetful when it comes to documents. In addition to refusing to supply all the required documents for his security clearance, Jared Kushner has now been remiss in submitting all documents relating to Russia connections as requested by a Senate committee investigating Russian ties to the 2016 election.  Inquiries ...

11/6/2017 Donald Trump signed a bill earlier this year that rolled back a regulation making it harder for people with mental illness to buy firearms.  Yet he blamed the mass shooting at a Texas church on “a mental health problem”. “One of his first actions as president trashed a new regulation that would have prevented potentially irresponsible and mentally incompetent people ...

11/01/2017 In April, Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he planned to use the powers of his office to jeopardize health-care access for millions of low-income people, while undermining America’s insurance markets — because he believed that voters would blame the ensuing chaos on the Democratic Party, leaving Chuck Schumer desperate to negotiate with the White House over Obamacare repeal. ...

11/2/2017 In a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Sam Nunberg, a former campaign aide to Donald Trump said “Jared is the worst political adviser in the White House in modern history”.   “I’m only saying publicly what everyone says behind the scenes at Fox News, in conservative media, and the Senate and Congress” Nunberg added.  “Trump is at 33 percent in Gallup. You ...

11/2/2017 A comprehensive climate report compiled by 13 US federal agencies paints a grim picture for the world’s climate outlook.  The report concludes that evidence of global warming is stronger than ever and that more than 90% of it has been caused by humans. The 477-page report released on Friday said it was “extremely likely” – meaning with 95 to ...

11/1/2017 Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Trump’s reality television show “The Apprentice” filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump in January.  In her lawsuit, Zervos accuses Trump of aggressively kissing her and groping her breasts during a 2007 meeting that took place when she was seeking a job at his company. Her lawsuit claims that he made defamatory statements by ...