Climate Experts Pen Open Letter To NY Times Calling For Additional…

Dozens of climate experts are calling on The New York Times to reaffirm its dedication to the facts and issue a more comprehensive correction to columnist Bret Stephens' error-laden debut column on climate change. On April 29, former Wall Street Journal columnist and longtime climate denier Bret Stephens published his first column, " Climate of Complete Certainty ," for The New York Times .

The Progressive Caucus Budget is the Road Map to a More Equal Economy

An EPI Policy Center analysis of the Congressional Progressive Caucus's The People's Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance , a budget alternative for fiscal year 2018, shows that the budget would raise incomes and put the United States on a path to a fairer, more equal economy. The fiscal boost provided by the People's Budget would increase GDP by 2 percent and create 2.4 million jobs over the first two years of its implementation, as long as the Federal Reserve didn't increase interest rates in response.

Sean Spicer Confirms White House Considering Destruction Of First Amendment

During today's White House press briefing, Sean Spicer told the press corp that the Trump administration is still very interested in changing the libel law protections for the media. On Sunday, the White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus told ABC's Jonathan Karl that the Trump administration has "looked at" the possibility of changing libel laws to allow them to sue The New York Times.

Stephen Colbert hits Trump below the belt

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events After Infowars founder Alex Jones said in March that Rep. Adam Schiff "looks like the archetypal c---sucker," Jones's ex-wife tried to submit the remark as evidence in a child custody trial . When Fox News's Jesse Watters said of Ivanka Trump last week that he "really liked how she was speaking into that microphone," he took an abrupt "vacation" while the outrage died down.

The simplified choice for moderate Republicans: Jimmy Kimmel or Donald Trump

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events It's easy to assume in the moment that moments from pop culture will bear more resonance in national politics than is warranted. But if a moment were to affect the political conversation, this seems like a good candidate: Kimmel, crying, blasts plan to repeal ACA protections.

Fox Reporter Pretends Donald Trump Accomplished A Lot In His First 100 Days

Fox News correspondent Kevin Corke thoughtfully overlooked Donald Trump's many failures in his first 100 days in office, his promise to deliver many things he did not in those first 100 days and, as another gift, helped validate Trump's bogus "just about the most successful" first 100 days ever. Trump has had "one of the least productive first 100 days of a presidency in modern American history," Vox has noted.

Three-fourths of Americans regularly talk politics only with members of their own political tribe

Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Closer than most Americans get to the opposition? Painted tabletop models of the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey, shown in March 2002. Film critic Pauline Kael is often quoted as saying after the 1972 presidential election some variant of "How can [Nixon] have won? Nobody I know voted for him."

Zakaria: Presidenting Is Hard, Voters Are Unreasonable

At that point, Zakaria shifted the blame squarely on the American voters. His larger point is that even if Donald Trump was at all competent, he would be running square into the contradictions of the American populace as outlined by Michael Kinsley : Kinsley writes in the introduction that the people ""make flagrantly incompatible demands--cut my taxes, preserve my benefits, balance the budget--then explode in self-righteous outrage when the politicians fail to deliver."

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At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Late on Sunday evening, details emerged about a new spending agreement that congressional leaders had reached to keep the federal government open past this week, when current funding runs out, and through the end of September. The deal is looking like a huge victory for Democrats- and a massive failure for Donald Trump and his Republican Party : The bipartisan agreement includes $12.5 billion in new military spending and $1.5 billion more for border security, a major priority for Republican leaders in Congress.

After a tumultuous start, Trump hopes for a smoother agenda on jobs and taxes

President Trump stands watch as Argentina Mauricio Macri and his wife Juliana Awada depart outside the White House on Thursday. After a hundred days full of fits and starts, President Trump is barreling into the second phase of his presidency focused on attempting to secure big victories that have eluded him on the economic pillars of his agenda.