Politics

In today’s requisite wee little what the hell moment, we learn that after the completion of a new helicopter pad for Marine One at Mar-a-Lago to accommodate Donald Effing Trump’s weekend taxpayer-financed getaways to his own damn business, that helipad is not being used for Marine One after all, but …

Impeachment hearings for Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican, will begin tomorrow after the State Supreme Court reversed a lower-court ruling blocking them. The development was the latest in a wild week in Alabama politics as the Republican governor battled the Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature over his possible impeachment. The Alabama …

As the advertiser exodus from Fox News’ accused sexual harasser Bill O’Reilly swells, his primetime program was reduced to only eight advertisements during its most recent showing, compared to 36 the week before. so far at least 70 companies have pulled their advertisements from airing during Fox News’ The O’Reilly …

A Colony in a Nation By Chris Hayes Published by W.W. Norton & Company March 21, 2017 256 pages While we were taught that the Revolutionary War was fought against taxation without representation, it isn’t often emphasized that those taxes often took the form of tariffs on imports that the British …

Republicans and corporate Democrats lie to us about getting better and lower cost health care under a free market. This is false: all evidence and reality show otherwise. Do not buy into the hype. America’s health care system currently operates under a free market system, with mostly tepid government regulations. As Ali Velshi pointed out …

Another member of the Bannon-Flynn wing of Team Trump is getting the boot from Trump’s national security team: K.T. McFarland, a Fox News analyst who was elevated to the position of deputy national security adviser because Trump knew her from his teevee, will be “promoted” from her current position to …

The game of “51” I call this the game of “51.” I’ve found that if I turn it into a game, it makes it easier for me. The reason I chose 51 is that 51 percent is the percentage of people you need in order to win in a democracy. I also started …

article by Corey Kilgannon via nytimes.com While a soulful organist welcomed church congregants last Sunday, the Rev. Nathaniel Dixon stood in his office in a natty pinstriped suit, looking more like a hip jazz musician about to hit the bandstand than a pastor preparing to take the pulpit.His office, in …

You’re doing a great job, Pruwie One of the few benefits of leaving a job is that you get to tell the truth to the people you’ve worked for: “I, along with many EPA staff, are becoming increasing alarmed about the direction of EPA under your leadership … ” [Mike] …

Friday Apr 07, 2017 · 12:36 PM PDT 2017/04/07 · 12:36 Stripper wells. Stripper wells. Clean Water Action, a 45-year-old eco-advocacy group that opposes hydraulic fracturing, has released a 16-page report that argues Oklahoma regulators are ignoring risks to underground sources of drinking water (USDWs) from oil and gas wastewater injection wells. …