Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Reacts To Latest DOJ Assault On LGBTQ Community

Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, issued the following statement "The text of Title VII, federal case law, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission all support interpreting and applying Title VII's prohibition on sex discrimination to cover the stark discrimination faced by transgender individuals. Transgender individuals are among some of our nation's most vulnerable communities and they experience discrimination in virtually every area of life based on their sex.

Trump on Las Vegas: ‘A sad day’

President Donald Trump said Wednesday it was a "sad day" as he prepared to reckon with the aftermath of a deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas and meet with survivors and law enforcement officials. Trump was heading to the city days after a gunman on the 32nd floor of a Vegas Strip hotel and casino opened fire on people at an outdoor country music festival below.

Americans unhappy with Trump’s Puerto Rico failures

Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort. According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, just 32 percent approve of how Trump is handling disaster relief in the U.S. territory, while 49 percent disapprove.

The Daddy Parties

One of the deeply embedded myths is that conservatives are more responsible than liberals. I am not familiar with the coverage of politics of every country in the world, but I see this in the coverage of the politics of every country that I pay attention to.

Report: Trump’s “Energy Dominance” Plans Rely on Billions in Fossil Fuel Subsidies

A new report out today by Oil Change International reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to foot the bill for more than $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year. These subsidies amount to billions of dollars wasted to prop up an industry responsible for a climate crisis that has contributed to lives lost and hundreds of billions in damages this hurricane season alone.

Perry wants taxpayers to spend billions bailing out last new nuclear plant

Nuclear plants are money losers, but Perry is loaning up to $3.7 billion more to the last new one being built. On Friday, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry authorized up to $3.7 billion in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees to finish building the last remaining new nuclear plant under construction in this country.

There’s no evidence ISIS was behind the Las Vegas shooting

It only took a few hours for international terrorist group ISIS to claim responsibility for the horrific shooting attack in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, which left at least 58 dead and more than 500 wounded . But ISIS did not provide any evidence to back up this claim, and at least one expert cautions that it's entirely possible the bloodthirsty organization is lying.

10/01/2017

Matt Yglesias has written a good overview of what we now know about Trump in a crisis. It's not good: For the first nine months of his administration, observers have had occasion to wonder - and wonder, and wonder, and wonder - how exactly Donald Trump would manage to handle a real crisis imposed by external events rather than his own impulsiveness.

Trump’s Billionaire Cronies feed at Public Trough as he disses Puerto Rico

He expressed these sentiments as his secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, was forced to resign for flying around on expensive government airplanes or charters , costing tax payers over $1 million, even though many of these flights could have been replaced by inexpensive train rides or economy seats on civilian airliners. The whole point of the Trump cabinet is allow filthy rich groups and individuals to feed at the public trough.

Michael Hayden: Standing Up for Free Speech

Donald Trump's attacks on the NFL players who protest racism and police brutality has backfired tremendously. Now even Michael Hayden, a four-star general who served in the military for 39 years and went on to serve as national security adviser and head the CIA, has taken a side -- and it's not with Trump.