Together with the attack on solar and wind, the White House's move to greatly weaken CAFE standards is a prescription for national decay amid global crisis — harming the economy, the environment, and public health.
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I don't mean from Democratic leadership. I mean from Congress.
So Pete Hegseth is rushing to make Adm. Frank Bradley his scapegoat
There is no circumstance under which Hegseth’s order is legal, and no world where it is remotely moral.
Hegseth's order is straightforwardly illegal, and there's no 'but' that could make it otherwise.
It was a Girl Scout food drive that made me realize it was time to talk to my kid about this.
He's not just a technofascist seeking to build an AI-fueled authoritarian surveillance state. He's also an absolutely bonkers pseudo-religious nutcase who views everyone who stands in his way as an agent of ... Satan. And that includes the Pope.
Our Outlaw Prez's efforts are mostly focused on fulfilling grudges, flamethrowing gov't agencies & regulations, transforming the military into branches of the Proud Boys, and treating diplomacy like the worst-ever episode of “The Apprentice.” But the grift is at the heart of this heartless regime.
A declining president, an election stomping, and all-encompassing incompetence are all taking a toll.
Phasing out coal, oil, and natural gas is essential for dealing with the climate crisis. But myopic world leaders at this year's global get-together couldn't get it together to build a phase-out roadmap. Next year, they say.
We’re not just courting disaster, we’re begging for it.
Wetlands and old-growth forests stabilize carbon, sustain indigenous subsistence, buffer storms. Their destruction disproportionately burdens Indigenous peoples, rural communities, poor people and people of color who live in the “extractive zones” of this nation.
Shunning expertise, MAGA has chosen leaders based on their meme creation abilities. Oh, and now they're looking to start a shooting war.
The House votes to release the Epstein files, but Trump hasn't slowed down in his support to sex traffickers or his disdain for women.
Trump regime's USAID cuts have unleashed a savage health crisis and soaring death toll across Africa
When a government chooses austerity over humanity, the blood price is typically paid by people with no vote in the matter.
Abbott's hyperpartisan schemes just keep coming.
Worse than photos of Trump cavorting with topless underage girls? Trump already bragged about doing exactly that with the Miss Teen USA contestants.
We're on a trajectory to hit 2.6°C (4.7°F) of warming by 2100. If that prediction turns out to be right, it will be catastrophic.
Epstein appears to have been contemplating the move even up until his 2019 death.