This story originally appeared in Grist. It is republished here as part of Rolling Stone’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Does Texas, the metaphorical oil tank of the American petroleum operation, care about climate …
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On Sunday, White House counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway attempted to deflect attention from President Donald Trump, who once again backtracked after voicing support for background checks. Conway told Fox News, “We’re not going to allow bad actors who should not have firearms in the first place to be …
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At the California GOP convention this weekend President Trump’s campaign manager, Brad Parscale, told a crowd of enthusiastic supporters that he believes “the Trumps will be a dynasty that lasts for decades.” According to Politico, Parscale gushed when asked if he believes the Trump children will be future political candidates, …
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Israel has banned Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) from entering the nation, seemingly at the urging of President Trump, a top official said Thursday. “The decision has been made [and] the decision is not to allow them to enter,” Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said on …
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Stephon Clark lived and died in Sacramento.When the 22-year-old father of two was shot and killed by local cops after a foot chase in the spring of 2018, it provoked the largest national uproar over a police killing of an unarmed black man since the groundswell of protests that began …
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Donald Trump, president of the United States of America, retweeted two tweets promoting the baseless conspiracy theory that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was involved in the apparent suicide of billionaire and alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Saturday. https://thisforall.net/JaneLytv/status/1160315604475289600 Trump’s tweets came after a Trump HUD employee posted …
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We’ve all been watching the Trump Show for four years now. But a lot of folks, and a shocking number of journalists, still haven’t caught onto the rules. Trump will promise any policy he thinks works to his political advantage in the moment. He loves generating headlines for those proposals …
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Over the weekend, two Democratic representatives shared stories of their constituents telling them they are straight up terrified of President Donald Trump and his policies. On CNN’s S.E. Cupp Unfiltered Saturday, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) told the host that a young child, a third-generation American, told her they are scared …
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Dr. Leana Wen, who has served as the President and CEO of Planned Parenthood since November, was removed from her position on Tuesday. In a post on Twitter, Dr. Wen claims she was ousted during a “secret meeting” while she and the Board were in negotiations about her departure. In …
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President Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, slashed Obama-era emissions regulations, stocked his administration with former fossil fuel lobbyists, and categorically dismissed the notion that climate change is an existential threat. But none of that prevented the president from declaring in a White House …
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