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Air and water under threat as SCOTUS targets environmental laws
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 25, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license….
How Senate Dems reaped the benefits from 2 little-known GOP maneuvers
Senate Democrats lost their fight to weaken the filibuster, but they’re capitalizing big on another rules change — that the GOP pushed. After an Obama…
The trade deficit is soaring due to the pandemic
Source: Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis; Chart: Axios Visuals Inflation and jobs may get all the economic headlines, but meanwhile a big shift…
Advocates say Biden has let Haitian migrants down
Continued turmoil in Haiti is causing a growing number of Haitians to try to make it to American shores — and some advocates say the…
Advocates say Biden has let Haitian migrants down
Continued turmoil in Haiti is causing a growing number of Haitians to try to make it to American shores — and some advocates say the…
Fiction in the time of climate chaos
The giant wave is coming, folks—but not on the big screen. In this all-climate art panel episode of Art for the End Times, Lyta sits…
Scoop: Trump’s new social network quietly courting influencers
Former President Trump’s elusive new social media network Truth Social — which plans to go public — is reaching out to internet influencers asking them to…
Mike Pompeo shells out for media makeover
Mike Pompeo’s political action committee spent $30,000 on media training from last March to June — the most on any service beyond payroll during the…
Bipartisan infrastructure group takes on election reform
The bipartisan group focused on updating the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is seizing on this recess period to court senators more freely. Why it…
Arizona Republicans propose major changes to elections after GOP review finds no fraud
A number of provisions in the two dozen bills appear inspired by debunked conspiracies and Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Source:…
Outrage as Newt Gingrich says Capitol attack investigators could be jailed
Committee member Zoe Lofgren: ‘I think Newt has really lost it’ ‘Walls closing in’: Trump reels from week of political setbacks Newt Gingrich, a former…
Jan. 6 investigator fired from University of Virginia post by state’s new GOP attorney general
The lead investigator for the Jan. 6 House select committee investigating the Capitol riot has been fired from his position as the University of Virginia’s…
Perfect storm brewing for extreme politicians
Data: Axios research; Table: Jacque Schrag/Axios Redistricting and a flood of departing incumbents are paving the way for more extreme candidates in this year’s midterm…
Perfect storm brewing for extreme politicians
Data: Axios research; Table: Jacque Schrag/Axios Redistricting and a flood of departing incumbents are paving the way for more extreme candidates in this year’s midterm…
Perfect storm brewing for extreme politicians
Data: Axios research; Table: Jacque Schrag/Axios Redistricting and a flood of departing incumbents are paving the way for more extreme candidates in this year’s midterm…
Donald Trump slams Jan. 6 panel after Ivanka Trump interview request: ‘They’ll go after children’
Former President Donald Trump slammed the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection after it asking his daughter Ivanka Trump to sit for an interview.”It’s a very…
National Archives releases Trump White House records to Jan. 6 panel
The National Archives on Thursday evening released records of former President Trump’s White House to the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, the agency said. Why…
7 Trends in Online Extremism to Look Out for in 2022
It’s now been well over a year since a horde of pro-Donald Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, trying and failing to return the former…
Trump’s friends worry legal pick for N.Y. case lacks experience
Close associates and advisers to Donald Trump tell Axios they’re concerned by his decision to use a relatively inexperienced New Jersey attorney, Alina Habba, in…
Jan. 6 chair: Panel will ask Ivanka Trump to cooperate with investigation
The chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot said Thursday that the panel is soon going to ask Ivanka Trump…
Jared Kushner wants to Trump-proof his private equity future
Jared Kushner appears to have convinced the private equity market that he’ll stick with his new firm, called Affinity Partners, even if his father-in-law returns…
Amid ‘Slow-Motion Coup,’ Manchin and Sinema Help GOP Sink Voting Rights
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Jan. 20, 2022. It is shared here with permission under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license….
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