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I confess to being troubled rather than elated by the daily rumble of idols falling to accusations of "sexual misconduct," the morbid masscult fixation that conceals private titillation, knowing smirks, and sadistic lip-smacking behind a public mask of solemn reproof. Weinstein and Trump and Roy Moore and Bill Clinton are vile pigs and creeps, no doubt; I have always detested the smug neoliberal performance-art strut of Al Franken and the careerist-toady journalism of Glenn Thrush and Charlie Rose , the latest dominoes to tumble amid the barrage of public accusations of "inappropriate" advances or touching.
The Tehachapi City Council approved a letter to send to the Federal Aviation Administration that promises to look at concerns about Tehachapi Municipal Airport that the agency brought up earlier this year. "The letter doesn't commit us to any specific action other than we are going to be working on these elements," City Manager Greg Garrett said at the Nov. 20 City Council meeting.
The Tehachapi City Council's Nov. 20 discussion of the response letter to the Federal Aviation Administration led to some tense moments about the use of Tehachapi Municipal Airport land - but even more so, communication between council members and with the public. "Unfortunately, here we go again, with another post facto demonstration of city staff not confiding in the very people who invest in our airport.
U.S. President Donald Trump has designated White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until a permanent director is nominated and confirmed, the White House said on Friday. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney attends the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2017.
You may have noticed that Democrats are speaking out against former President Bill Clinton's history of sexual harassment - almost 20 years later. Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand , for instance.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management on Friday was named acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Before resigning as director of the CFPB earlier in the day, Richard Cordray named his own interim successor.
President Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans on Tuesday ahead of crucial votes in the GOP effort to pass a massive tax cut package, as conservatives move even closer to notching a major legislative victory. The meeting will come during a weekly lunch Republicans hold as they go over their agenda.
Poor Richard Spencer. Purveyor of white nationalism, face of the alt-Right and President of the National Policy Institute has reportedly been banned from 26 European countries.
Though their ham-fisted attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed in September, Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration won't give up on efforts that would take away health care from millions of people. They're now out to do it through the equally sloppy and cruel tax bills barreling through Congress.
This undated photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety via the Houston Chronicle shows Julia Poff, a woman accused of mailing potentially deadly homemade bombs to then-President Barack Obama and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2016. Poff was arrested, in part, due to cat hair, a cigarette box and an almost-destroyed shipping label bearing her address.
Richard Cordray, the director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, formally resigned on Friday and named a deputy director as his replacement, setting the stage for a political and legal battle over the regulator's leadership. Democrat lawmakers are eager to preserve the regulator for as long as possible while Republicans want to put in place new leadership to chart a drastically different course.
Editor's note: Patti Solis Doyle served as chief scheduler for Hillary Clinton during the Clinton-Gore Campaign in 1992. She served in the White House as a senior adviser to then-first lady Hillary Clinton, was chief of staff on Clinton's 2000 and 2006 Senate campaigns, and was Clinton's presidential campaign manager in 2007 and early 2008.
In his Nov. 13 column, Congressman Dan Newhouse touted the GOP's "pro-growth" tax plan. Newhouse wrote that the tax cuts he voted for Nov. 16 should "spur economic development and increase wages in communities here at home."
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and named one of his lieutenants to immediately take over as acting director, setting up a potential standoff with the Trump administration over the controversial agency's leadership. In a memo to the consumer watchdog's employees, Cordray said his current chief of staff, Leandra English, would become deputy director and automatically rise to acting director when he leaves.
As Republican legislative leaders gear up to retain control of the N.C. General Assembly in next year's election, they likely will tout efforts to cut taxes, reduce regulations and curb spending over the last five years. House Speaker Tim Moore gave a de facto preview of what the GOP's strategy could be during an address to the Moore County Republican Men's Club at its monthly luncheon last week at CCNC.
CLEVELAND - A city facing long odds of stopping section of a $2 billion natural gas pipeline from being built there was handed a victory this week when a federal appellate court issued an emergency order that temporarily halts the start of construction.The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision on Wednesday ruled that the city of ... (more)
The former Director of US Office of Gov't Ethics Walter Shaub has filed a complaint against Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway for violating the Hatch Act by using her position in the White House to promote a candidate while attacking another. CLC has filed a Hatch Act complaint against Kellyanne Conway for using her official White House title to advocate for a political candidate.
In October, 2016, Bruce Springsteen appeared at The New Yorker Festival for an intimate conversation with David Remnick. This entire episode is dedicated to that conversation.
A jet plane takes off from Westchester County Airport, White Plains, N.Y., Thursday, June 23, 2016. Recent data from the Federal Aviation Administration shows that over the past four years, the American kestrel, a small falcon, has been struck and killed 21 times by airplanes at Westchester County Airport.
For decades, an idiosyncrasy in the mail delivery system has forced some rural northern Missouri residents to have Iowa mailing addresses, which has created roadblocks and red tape for residents when they vote or pay taxes - even when they die. Local officials have been asking for help for years from local politicians and postal officials to no avail.