Jamal Raad has spent this year assessing every climate action the Biden administration has taken — from the first reveal of Biden’s climate plan last summer, to the executive actions on Inauguration Day, to the unprecedented climate-crucial infrastructure package now inching through Congress. But if you ask Raad, the executive …
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President Biden has called on Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual harassment allegations from 11 women, joining a growing list of Democrats who are calling on New York‘s powerful three-term governor to step aside. The anti-Cuomo chorus got louder and larger Tuesday after after New York State Attorney General Letitia …
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Overnight, millions of Americans became at risk of being evicted as a pause on evictions protecting Americans from losing their homes lapsed, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) says that is due to the White House not being “forthright” and moderate Democrats in Congress who refused to support an extension of …
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This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July/August 2021 issue of the magazine. When Twitter banned @real-donaldtrump on January 8th, it short-circuited the 45th president’s hard-wired connection to the nation’s consciousness, silencing his anytime platform to threaten, cajole, insult, troll, and terrify the …
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As his presidency was coming to a close, Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, urged the Justice Department to investigate wild and unfounded conspiracy theories involving the 2020 presidential election, according to newly uncovered emails which were provided to Congress and reviewed by The New York Times. Meadows repeatedly asked …
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The Biden administration announced a new plan that would speed up the hearings process for families who arrive at the U.S. border with Mexico seeking asylum, although advocates are saying this will deny immigrants of their rights. As of Friday, both the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security …
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If you are gay or trans in Arkansas, getting medical treatment may become much more difficult. Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Friday a bill giving medical providers discretion to refuse treatment to LGBTQ patients and others based on religious, moral, or ethical objections. The law, also known …
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) proved once again his undying loyalty to the former president, going so far as to declare that Trump and his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, the “future of the Republican Party.” Graham began the Fox interview on Sunday by defending Donald Trump, whom the Senate failed to convict …
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Saturday will mark one year since we’ve been seeing Americans die from Covid-19, and in January of this year alone, the disease killed 96,377 people in this country — more than two-and-one-half times the number of lives it claimed just two months prior. The escalation in fatalities is apparently a …
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Joe Biden pledged before the election that once in office he would prioritize the climate crisis. It appears he meant it. President Biden on Wednesday took a host of executive actions centered around promoting environmental justice, building a green economy, and fostering what he calls a “whole of government” approach …
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