Showing posts with label Trump's budget. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump's budget. Show all posts
Monday, March 11, 2019
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In Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks Discusses Preference for GOP Over Clinton, Russia, Trolling, and Feminists They Don't Like
In Leaked Chats, WikiLeaks Discusses Preference for GOP Over Clinton, Russia, Trolling, and Feminists They Don't Like
Man walks along solar panels. (photo: Tribune News Service)
14 Environmental Programs Eliminated inTrump's Budget Proposal
John R. Platt, The Revelator
Platt writes: "President Trump released his proposed federal budget for 2019 on Monday, and in the process pushed for the complete elimination of more than a dozen key environmental programs. These include, but are not limited to, areas of the government focusing on climate change, public lands and energy efficiency."
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RSN: Joseph Stiglitz | Illiberal Stagnation
Joseph Stiglitz | Illiberal Stagnation
Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate
Stiglitz writes: "Today, a quarter-century after the Cold War's end, the West and Russia are again at odds. This time, though, at least on one side, the dispute is more transparently about geopolitical power, not ideology."
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Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate
Stiglitz writes: "Today, a quarter-century after the Cold War's end, the West and Russia are again at odds. This time, though, at least on one side, the dispute is more transparently about geopolitical power, not ideology."
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Feinstein Announces Opposition to Gorsuch Over Support for "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques"
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Bolton writes: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, announced she will oppose President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, Monday."
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill
Bolton writes: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, announced she will oppose President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, Monday."
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Trump's Budget Would Hit Rural Towns Especially Hard - but They're Willing to Trust Him
Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post
Johnson writes: "In a town of 16,000 - located near the Texas border in Oklahoma's Bryan County, where Trump won 76 percent of the vote - excitement about Trump's presidency has been dulled by confusion over an agenda that seems aimed at hurting their community more than helping it."
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Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post
Johnson writes: "In a town of 16,000 - located near the Texas border in Oklahoma's Bryan County, where Trump won 76 percent of the vote - excitement about Trump's presidency has been dulled by confusion over an agenda that seems aimed at hurting their community more than helping it."
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North Carolina Claims It Repealed HB 2, but LGBTQ Activists Say New Law May Be Just as Dangerous
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Last week, North Carolina lawmakers repealed the anti-LGBT law HB 2, known as the "bathroom bill." But the new law that replaces HB 2 is facing widespread criticism from LGBT activists."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Last week, North Carolina lawmakers repealed the anti-LGBT law HB 2, known as the "bathroom bill." But the new law that replaces HB 2 is facing widespread criticism from LGBT activists."
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Big Pharma's Anti-Marijuana Stance Aims to Squash the Competition, Activists Say
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Pharmaceutical company Insys has now received approval from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop its own synthetic marijuana-a new case of Big Pharma battling small cannabis growers."
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Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Pharmaceutical company Insys has now received approval from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to develop its own synthetic marijuana-a new case of Big Pharma battling small cannabis growers."
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Mexico Newspaper Closes in Protest of Violence Against Journalists
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A Mexican newspaper has announced it will no longer publish after 27 years in existence because of increasing insecurity along the border with the United States."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A Mexican newspaper has announced it will no longer publish after 27 years in existence because of increasing insecurity along the border with the United States."
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What Happens if the EPA Is Stripped of Its Power to Fight Climate Change?
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Bills stripping the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases - bills that might have been written off as dead on arrival months ago - carry a new weight in a government marked by unprecedented antagonism towards the mission of the EPA."
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Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House. Bills stripping the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases - bills that might have been written off as dead on arrival months ago - carry a new weight in a government marked by unprecedented antagonism towards the mission of the EPA."
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017
RSN: Bernie Sanders | Trump's Morally Repugnant Budget Must Be Defeated
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Bernie Sanders | Trump's Morally Repugnant Budget Must Be Defeated
Bernie Sanders, USA TODAY
Sanders writes: "Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump's budget director, recently made a truly remarkable and cynical statement. He claimed the draconian cuts in the president's budget were 'one of the most compassionate things we can do' for a single mother living in Detroit. Really?"
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Bernie Sanders, USA TODAY
Sanders writes: "Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump's budget director, recently made a truly remarkable and cynical statement. He claimed the draconian cuts in the president's budget were 'one of the most compassionate things we can do' for a single mother living in Detroit. Really?"
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Trump Claims That Killing Obama's Climate Legacy Will Bring Back Coal Jobs. It's a Ruse.
Sarah Posner, The Washington Post
Posner writes: "Contrary to the White House spin, Tuesday's action has little to do with improving the lives of Trump's working-class base. It will do far more to promote the aims of the monied interests who backed his candidacy and now help shape White House policy."
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Sarah Posner, The Washington Post
Posner writes: "Contrary to the White House spin, Tuesday's action has little to do with improving the lives of Trump's working-class base. It will do far more to promote the aims of the monied interests who backed his candidacy and now help shape White House policy."
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The House Just Voted to Wipe Out the FCC's Landmark Internet Privacy Protections
Brian Fung, The Washington Post
Fung writes: "Congress sent proposed legislation to President Trump on Tuesday that wipes away landmark online privacy protections, the first salvo in what is likely to become a significant reworking of the rules governing Internet access in an era of Republican dominance."
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Brian Fung, The Washington Post
Fung writes: "Congress sent proposed legislation to President Trump on Tuesday that wipes away landmark online privacy protections, the first salvo in what is likely to become a significant reworking of the rules governing Internet access in an era of Republican dominance."
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Anti-Abortion Activists Charged Over Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos
Associated Press
Excerpt: "California prosecutors have charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "California prosecutors have charged two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical providers by filming without consent."
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Embattled DNC Asks All Staffers for Resignation Letters
Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News
Seitz-Wald writes: "Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises - and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers."
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Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News
Seitz-Wald writes: "Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has launched a major overhaul of the party's organization, which has been stung by recent crises - and the DNC has requested resignation letters from all current staffers."
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Panic Spreads in Iraq, Syria as Record Numbers of Civilians Are Reported Killed in US Strikes
Loveday Morris and Liz Sly, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A sharp rise in the number of civilians reported killed in U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is spreading panic, deepening mistrust and triggering accusations that the United States and its partners may be acting without sufficient regard for lives of noncombatants."
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Loveday Morris and Liz Sly, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "A sharp rise in the number of civilians reported killed in U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is spreading panic, deepening mistrust and triggering accusations that the United States and its partners may be acting without sufficient regard for lives of noncombatants."
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It's Official: Oil Is Now Flowing Through the Dakota Access Pipeline
Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grist
Merchant writes: "Energy Transfer Partners, the company that built the pipeline, reported on Monday that oil is now under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. The surrounding area, which includes burial sites and drinking water sources, is sacred to the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes."
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Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grist
Merchant writes: "Energy Transfer Partners, the company that built the pipeline, reported on Monday that oil is now under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. The surrounding area, which includes burial sites and drinking water sources, is sacred to the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes."
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Monday, March 20, 2017
Federal Budget: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Published on Mar 19, 2017
Donald Trump's federal budget plan proposes large funding cuts with largely negative consequences. John Oliver examines the troubling priorities of the new administration.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
RSN: The Story of the Week Is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The Rest Is a Distraction
Malcolm Nance | The Story of the Week Is Trump, Russia and the FBI. The Rest Is a Distraction
Malcolm Nance, Guardian UK
Nance writes: "Any investigation involving Trump advisers and Russian intelligence is serious stuff. If borne out, it has the potential to become the greatest political scandal in American history."
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Malcolm Nance, Guardian UK
Nance writes: "Any investigation involving Trump advisers and Russian intelligence is serious stuff. If borne out, it has the potential to become the greatest political scandal in American history."
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Navy Secretary Nominee Philip Bilden Withdraws Citing Disruption to Financial Interests
Warren Strobel, Reuters
Strobel writes: "U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, the second time a Trump nominee to lead one of the armed services bowed out because of government conflict-of-interest rules."
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Warren Strobel, Reuters
Strobel writes: "U.S. President Donald Trump's pick for secretary of the Navy withdrew from consideration on Sunday, the second time a Trump nominee to lead one of the armed services bowed out because of government conflict-of-interest rules."
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Donald Trump's First Budget: Enormous Defense Spending as Most Agencies Cut
David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "Donald Trump will seek a $54bn hike in military spending while cutting foreign aid, environmental programs and domestic agencies by the same amount, the White House said on Monday."
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David Smith, Guardian UK
Smith writes: "Donald Trump will seek a $54bn hike in military spending while cutting foreign aid, environmental programs and domestic agencies by the same amount, the White House said on Monday."
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New Wave of Bomb Threats Targets Jewish Community Centers and Schools
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "Another wave of bomb threats was reported Monday at Jewish community centers and schools across the country. Jewish community centers in states including Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York were all targeted, according to a reporter from NBC News."
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Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "Another wave of bomb threats was reported Monday at Jewish community centers and schools across the country. Jewish community centers in states including Indiana, Pennsylvania and New York were all targeted, according to a reporter from NBC News."
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Why Women Should Strike
Jacobin
Excerpt: "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and a member of the National Planning Committee for the International Women's Strike USA, talked recently about what March 8 could bring to the new resistance."
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Jacobin
Excerpt: "Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and a member of the National Planning Committee for the International Women's Strike USA, talked recently about what March 8 could bring to the new resistance."
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The Long History of Deportation Scare Tactics at the US-Mexico Border
Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "There are parallels between Trump's efforts and previous U.S. immigration crackdowns, when rhetoric about 'criminal aliens,' hyped-up raids, and inflated deportation numbers created what was essentially a 'terror campaign' in Mexican immigrant communities, says Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a historian at the University of California, Los Angeles."
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Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "There are parallels between Trump's efforts and previous U.S. immigration crackdowns, when rhetoric about 'criminal aliens,' hyped-up raids, and inflated deportation numbers created what was essentially a 'terror campaign' in Mexican immigrant communities, says Kelly Lytle Hernandez, a historian at the University of California, Los Angeles."
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50,000 Seeds Deposited to 'Doomsday Vault' Housing World's Largest Collection of Crop Diversity
Crop Trust, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "A major seed deposit critical to ensuring global food security was made to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle on Wednesday."
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Crop Trust, EcoWatch
Excerpt: "A major seed deposit critical to ensuring global food security was made to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the Arctic Circle on Wednesday."
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