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fromwww.mediaite.com
3 days ago

Mark Levin Has Lost All Confidence in Mark Levin

Mark Levin's recent comments reveal uncertainty about Trump's Iran policy, contrasting his usual certainty and influence on foreign policy decisions.
fromEsquire
6 days ago

Leonard Leo Is Still Trying to Crush His (Imaginary) Enemies with Disgusting Amounts of Money

A ProPublica investigation has found that most of these bills are part of a coordinated effort, orchestrated by a constellation of groups that share staff or have funding ties to the prominent conservative activist Leonard Leo.
Non-profit organizations
#epa
US Elections
fromFuturism
1 week ago

EPA Now Values Human Lives at $0

The EPA's updated policies have effectively assigned a zero value to human life in pollution regulation, weakening air quality standards significantly.
US Elections
fromFuturism
1 week ago

EPA Now Values Human Lives at $0

The EPA's updated policies have effectively assigned a zero value to human life in pollution regulation, weakening air quality standards significantly.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Former Trump Aide Scoffs at Karoline Leavitt's Claim Trump Is Most Well-Read Person in the Room'

Miles Taylor criticized claims about Donald Trump's reading habits, asserting he was advised to keep briefings simple and visual.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Rightwing group PragerU thinks western civilization is in danger'. Their plan? Infiltrate US schools

PragerU's partnership with the Wilks brothers ended over differing views on LGBTQ+ representation and funding priorities.
Non-profit organizations
fromArs Technica
1 week ago

Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science

The proposed 2027 budget includes severe cuts to NASA and other science agencies, signaling an ongoing political battle over research funding.
Silicon Valley
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

Trump staffs science and technology panel with non-scientists

PCAST's new appointees are predominantly wealthy technology figures, with few scientists included, reflecting a shift in focus from scientific expertise.
#conservatism
Right-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Intellectual Right Is Mad at the Mess It's Made

William F. Buckley Jr. confronted the John Birch Society to maintain conservatism's mainstream appeal, a challenge echoed by conservatives in subsequent decades.
Right-wing politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

The Intellectual Right Is Mad at the Mess It's Made

William F. Buckley Jr. confronted the John Birch Society to maintain conservatism's mainstream appeal, a challenge echoed by conservatives in subsequent decades.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

GOP Rep Declares Senate Republicans Failed the American People' After Not Fully Funding DHS

Rep. Mark Harris criticizes Senate Republicans for failing to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, particularly ICE and Border Patrol.
#cpac
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Clown' PAC: Conservative Radio Star Nukes CPAC From Orbit Over Schlapp and Bannon

CPAC is criticized for its leadership and controversial figures, losing its conservative identity according to Erick Erickson.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

Conservative CPAC crowd cheers when asked if they want to impeach Donald Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Matt Schlapp faced mixed reactions at CPAC regarding impeachment hearings, and attendance was reportedly low due to various factors.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Clown' PAC: Conservative Radio Star Nukes CPAC From Orbit Over Schlapp and Bannon

CPAC is criticized for its leadership and controversial figures, losing its conservative identity according to Erick Erickson.
Right-wing politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Conservative CPAC crowd cheers when asked if they want to impeach Donald Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Matt Schlapp faced mixed reactions at CPAC regarding impeachment hearings, and attendance was reportedly low due to various factors.
US Elections
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Analysis: Why 'embarrassing Hegseth' could be first political casualty of Trump's war

Trump communicated his Iran war rationale through informal phone conversations with journalists, leaving a communication vacuum that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth filled as the primary war spokesperson.
Higher education
fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info

State attorneys general challenged the National Academies' climate science chapter as unbalanced, but the NAS responded with a two-sentence defense citing standard procedures, leaving no clear enforcement mechanism for the critics.
#turning-point-usa
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Conservative Radio Host Rips TPUSA For History of Platforming And Employing Anti-Semites

Erick Erickson criticized Turning Point USA for associating with individuals promoting antisemitism and conspiracy theories, highlighting a need for discernment in affiliations.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 weeks ago

Video: Turning Point USA Clubs Expand to High Schools Across America

Turning Point USA's Club America chapters are rapidly expanding in high schools nationwide, creating significant controversy among students, teachers, administrators, and parents over the organization's conservative ideology and messaging.
Public health
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

Americans trust federal scientists more than RFK, Jr., poll suggests

Americans trust federal health agency scientists more than Trump administration-appointed leaders, with independent medical organizations like the AAP commanding significantly higher vaccine confidence than the CDC.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

TPUSA Attacks Thomas Massie Despite Charlie Kirk Liking Him

Turning Point USA amplified Trump's attacks on Rep. Thomas Massie despite late co-founder Charlie Kirk previously praising the congressman as a constitutional conservative.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Hegseth Comes for the Lawyers

Defense Secretary Hegseth fired top military lawyers and proposed restructuring the military's legal system to prioritize operational effectiveness over legal oversight constraints.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Why Trump Soured on Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem was fired as DHS Secretary for self-promotion and misrepresenting Trump's approval of her $220 million ad campaign, becoming Trump's first ousted Cabinet member in his second term.
Environment
fromIntelligencer
1 month ago

Revoking Climate-Change Regulation May Be the Worst Thing Trump Has Done

The Trump administration erased the EPA's endangerment finding, removing federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases and reversing decades of U.S. environmental protections.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Energy Star has emerged stronger after Trump's EPA tried to end it

Bipartisan budget legislation restores and funds Energy Star, reversing an attempt to end the program while staffing shortages still slow new product certifications.
Public health
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Trump's EPA decided climate change doesn't endanger public health. Evidence says otherwise. - High Country News

Rescinding the endangerment finding ignores extensive evidence that greenhouse-gas-driven climate change increases heat-related deaths, extreme weather, and multiple health risks to the public.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Trump's EPA Chief Lee Zeldin Calls Climate Change a Con Job' Used To Train Activists' With Taxpayer Dollars

Zeldin appeared on Fox News's America's Newsroom Friday to discuss the Trump administration's rolling back of Obama-era greenhouse gas policies by nullifying the 2009 Obama EPA Endangerment Finding. According to Fox News Digital, The 2009 development was an EPA finding that carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and three other greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare of current and future generations' under the Clean Air Act leading to a slew of new restrictions and regulations.
Environment
Higher education
fromTruthout
2 months ago

So-Called "Intellectual Freedom Centers" Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus

Campus 'civics' centers at public universities expand, promoting conservative-leaning curricula emphasizing Western tradition, free-speech culture, and donor or legislative funding.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans

The Trump administration revoked the 2009 EPA endangerment finding and dismantled federal vehicle emissions standards, marking a major rollback of U.S. climate protections.
Higher education
fromNature
2 months ago

'Every aspect of my work life has changed' - scientists reflect on a year of Trump

Executive orders and funding changes during Trump's first year intensified campus censorship, worsened higher-education inequity, and risked access for low-income and LGBTQ+ students.
Right-wing politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Right-Wing Nonprofit Serving A.I. Slop for America's Birthday

Dennis Prager's book argues secularism causes moral decline and violence, while positioning Judeo-Christian values as the sole source of objective morality, despite selective use of examples that obscure religious complexity.
US politics
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

Bill Kristol's Scoundrel Punditry and the Fight to Unmask Stephen Miller's Goons - emptywheel

Senate Democrats should fund non-controversial DHS components now while withholding new ICE and Border Patrol funding and reclaiming existing allocations.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Hannity Says U.S. Should Give $100,000 To Everyone in Greenland: No-Brainer'

Fox News host Sean Hannity said the U.S. should give a cool $100,000 to every person in Greenland as part of President Donald Trump's attempt to acquire the Danish territory. This month, Reuters reported that officials in the Trump administration have floated the idea of giving between $10,000 and $100,000 to each one of Greenland's 56,000 residents. Trump has obsessed over Greenland and says the U.S. must acquire it for national security reasons.
US politics
fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

The Heritage Foundation Is Taking Aim At No-Fault Divorce Next

Currently, all 50 states and Washington, D.C., offer no-fault divorce, which means that either party can end a marriage without having to provide a reason or prove any wrongdoing, like abuse or adultery. American marriages used to require a fault of some kind to dissolve, but some couples would agree upon a fictitious fault in order to divorce one another, or they would travel to a more lenient region of the country - these were known as divorce havens.
US politics
#heritage-foundation
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago
Right-wing politics

Heritage Foundation hires conservative education advocate who previously appeared in gay adult films

fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago
Right-wing politics

Heritage Foundation hires conservative education advocate who previously appeared in gay adult films

fromThe American Conservative
2 months ago

The Trump Administration's NEH Agenda

On January 15, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $75.1 million for humanities projects across the country. Presented as part of President Donald Trump's January 25, 2025 executive order, "Celebrating America's Birthday," the move is the latest example of how the Trump administration is increasingly using federal funding as a vehicle to achieve its broader goals of reshaping higher education.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Tom Homan Does Not Defend Kristi Noem When Pressed On Her Comments About Wanting The Right People' to Elect The Right Leaders'

So, what does she mean when she says electing the right leaders? Tapper asked on Sunday's edition of CNN's State of the Union. That's not really immigration enforcement or DHS responsibility. I don't know, that'd be a question for the secretary, Homan answered. If I had to guess, probably, that, you know, only those legally eligible to vote would vote, but I have not talked to the secretary about those statements. That'd be something she'd have to answer.
US politics
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Republican Leaders Target Teachers and Schools Amid Student Anti-ICE Protests

Republican officials are moving to restrict teacher involvement in student immigration protests through investigations, proposed bans on teacher sick-outs, and requests to probe educators.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Trump revokes US scientific finding behind climate change regulations

The Trump administration rescinded the EPA's endangerment finding, removing the legal basis for U.S. greenhouse gas regulations and reversing key climate protections.
US politics
fromEngadget
2 months ago

US judicial body removes climate research paper after complaints from Republicans

A US judicial body removed the climate science chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence after Republican state attorneys demanded its deletion.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Defund Science, Distort Culture, Mock Education

I was actually at a breast-cancer retreat. And during the coffee break, I looked at my emails to see, you know, if there's anything that I had to deal with. And I got this email from the university, and it was a real gut punch. My knees basically buckled, and I had to sit down. I never imagined that it would be possible that funding for lifesaving research would be
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Red-state Republicans seek climate liability shield' for fossil fuel industry

A similar proposal in Utah would block lawsuits over climate-warming emissions, unless a court finds the defendant violated a statute or permit. I think anyone in America who breathes the air around them and also believes in corporate accountability ought to be very concerned about these types of end-runs against accountability, said Jay Inslee, the former governor of Washington state and a former trial attorney.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Intellectual Edgelords of the GOP

The Department of Homeland Security's Facebook account recently posted a recruiting notice for ICE under the banner "WE'LL HAVE OUR HOME AGAIN"-the title of a white-nationalist anthem by the Pine Tree Riots ("By blood or sweat, we'll get there yet"). The Department of Labor recently posted a video montage referencing American battle scenes under the tagline "One Homeland. One People. One Heritage. Remember who you are, American"-a slogan close to the Nazi-era Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer.
US politics
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

The Republicans Made Peace With Science

From 1980 to 2020, federal science appropriations were larger under Republican-controlled Houses and presidencies than under Democratic ones.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Noem Attempts Damage Control on Fox News, Where Hannity Asks, Any Lessons To Be Learned?'

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her statements about the Alex Pretti shooting while facing calls for removal and scrutiny over inaccurate claims.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
1 month ago

Trumpworld Takes the Cold Plunge

Senior officials in the second Trump administration publicly perform cold plunges and fitness stunts as wellness-themed, publicity-driven activities.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's sick': Trump administration uses mascot called Coalie' to push dirtiest fossil fuel

Trump administration is promoting coal using an anthropomorphic mascot, Coalie, to support a revived coal industry despite climate and public-health criticisms.
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