In August, the Environmental Working Group reported that Environmental Predation Agency chief Scott Pruitt is ceding pesticide oversight to the Department of Agriculture. Now USDA…
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When USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue visited South Dakota last month, he left before a publicized media availability event, apparently to avoid talking to South Dakota…
Maybe Democrats can get over all their Hillary/Bernie angst by rallying with Martin O’Malley at his next rally for state and local candidates. Yes, Martin…
Speaking of wind power, Facebook is jump-starting a stalled wind farm in Nebraska, just fifteen crow-flying miles southwest of SDGOP chairman Dan Lederman’s house in…
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump barked that the Affordable Care Act is “finished. It’s dead. It’s gone. It’s no longer, you shouldn’t even mention it.”…
Yesterday’s election saw voters in seven states deciding 22 ballot measures. Among the noteworthy initiatives and referenda: After five vetoes by cranky Governor LePage, Maine…
Donald Trump said Sunday’s mass murder in Texas “isn’t a guns situation” but “is a mental health problem….” The Texas killer had mental health issues…
On the road in Japan, Donald Trump lied to Japanese businesspeople yesterday, telling them the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will create 42,000 jobs and is…
On NPR this morning, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) expressed his support for repealing the state-and-local tax deduction by asking rhetorically if it’s fair to ask…
The main Republican way to avoid talking about the role of guns in gun violence is to talk about mental health care (not that Speaker Ryan…