Investigative reporter details ‘biggest area of corruption for the Trump family’
New York Times reporter Ezra Klein spoke with Bloomberg reporter Zeke Faux about the “shocking” potential for corruption surrounding the Trump family’s…...
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‘Bane of my existence’: How Trump is creating hardships for Social Security recipients
Tesla/SpaceX/X.com head Elon Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for the Trump Administration, claims that Social Security payments...
‘Big downsizing’: GOP scheming to snatch health insurance from ‘millions of low-income Americans’
When Democrats recaptured the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms and enjoyed a net gain of 41 seats,...
Big Oil Lobbying Congress For Immunity From Climate Lawsuits
It will come as no surprise to many that Big Oil — a catchall phrase that includes methane producers —...
Musk’s DOGE Goons Accused of Breaking Into Peace Agency Building
A tiny U.S. agency tasked with defusing violent conflicts abroad found itself on the losing end of a days-long standoff...
DOGE is taking a wrecking ball to Social Security
DOGE is taking its wrecking ball to the Social Security Administration, the agency responsible for overseeing retirement and disability benefits for...
Musk Perturbed by Tesla Boycott
What do you buy the richest man in the world? The answer, obviously, is the one thing that usually can’t...
‘This Guy Is a Leech on the Public’: AOC Rips Musk Over Attack on Social Security
“No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts and government contracts, it will never be enough for him,”...
Want To Send A Message To Right-Wing Oligarch Bezos? Cancel Amazon Prime
Like huge numbers of y’all I long ago cancelled Wash Po, and regularly resist offers to come back for ridiculously...
Tesla Sales Plummet in Germany Amid Musk’s Support for Neo-Nazi AfD Party
“Limiting yourself to AfD supporters as customers comes at a cost it seems,” said one Germany-based political scientist on Wednesday,...
Revealed: US climate denial group working with European far-right parties
Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies,...
Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists
Apocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least...
Trump Reneges on Vow to Bring Down Grocery Prices
Trump loves to talk about groceries. “The word grocery,” he said with a childlike sense of wonder during an event...
Paul Krugman: ‘Trump’s biggest con’ of all
Economist Paul Krugman argues in a Monday, October 28 New York Times column that Donald Trump’s “biggest, potentially most consequential...
American Climate Corps Has Already Put 15,000 Young Americans to Work
Since taking office, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate, clean energy, conservation, and environmental justice agenda in...
New Poll: Overwhelming Support for US Clean Energy Incentives (Including Trump Voters)
Nearly 9 in 10 American voters support federal clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), according to...
Who Is Paying To Subsidize Oil Companies? You Are.
On August 27, 2024, Oil Change International published a report that details the amount of money being spent by various...
Project 2025 promises billions of tonnes more carbon pollution – study
The impact of Donald Trump enacting the climate policies of the rightwing Project 2025 would result in billions of tonnes...
Within a year of completing solar-installation training, I landed a full-time job that lets me live the life I want.
My career has been the wildest ride since I got my solar-installation training just a year ago. I started my...
Trump failed to cap insulin costs. Now, he’s mad Biden got it done.
Trump’s time in the White House saw no changes to the staggering cost of insulin for patients, and it was...
Goodbye Big Oil, Hello Big Solar
Bloomberg contributor David Fickling has an interesting perspective on the world of energy. He writes that the seven largest solar...
To Defend Social Security and Medicare From Trump, Seniors Endorse Biden
Three leading groups representing the interests of senior citizens made clear Wednesday they believe that Democratic President Joe Biden is...
Solar Passes 100% of Power Demand in California
California has been a leader in the installation of solar power plants and wind power plants for many years now....
Voters Want to Tax Outrageous CEO Pay
For decades now, I’ve been conducting my own informal survey of American views about CEO pay. Whenever family, friends, or...
Turning Point in Energy History: Solar, Wind Start to Push Fossil Fuels Off Grid
Solar and wind energy grew quickly enough in 2023 to push renewables up to 30 percent of global electricity supply...
Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1 billion
Donald dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they...
American oil tycoon charged with conspiring with OPEC to inflate prices
Scott Sheffield, founder and longtime CEO of a leading American oil producer, attempted to collude with OPEC and its allies...
Labor union trains workers to start high speed rail construction
More than 11,000 union workers are needed to build the high-speed Brightline rail from Las Vegas to Southern California, and...
President Biden cancels nearly $6 billion in student debt for public service workers
Nearly 80,000 public service workers — including teachers, nurses and firefighters — will have roughly $6 billion in student loans...
Trump just opened the door to Social Security cuts
During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for a ban on all Muslim immigration to the United States, the targeted...
Local Union Workers Power Minnesota’s Fast-Growing Clean Energy Industry
Laura Yoder, a single mother who worked as a waitress, bartender, and food distribution center manager, became self-sufficient in 2003...
Economist Paul Krugman: ‘Millions of Americans’ will lose healthcare if Trump wins
The United States remains the only major developed country that lacks universal healthcare. But thanks to the Affordable Care Act...
‘Donald Trump Is a Scab’: UAW Endorses Joe Biden for President
After a monthslong delay partly related to electric vehicle policy, the United Auto Workers on Wednesday endorsed Democratic U.S. President...
Families condemn Koch brothers over ploy to avoid asbestos compensation
Asbestos victims, their families and attorneys are claiming a Koch Industries-owned company and its lawyers are using a controversial bankruptcy...
ExxonMobil sues to block investors’ climate proposals
The US oil company ExxonMobil has filed a lawsuit to block a vote on a climate resolution brought by a...
$8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets: Data Shows Why ‘We Need a Billionaire Income Tax’
An analysis released Wednesday shows that in 2022, the wealthiest people in the United States collectively held a “staggering” $8.5...
Right Wing Supreme Court Justice’s Beneficial Relationship with Billionaire Tycoons
In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before...
IMF Head Advocates For End Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies At COP28 Climate Summit
As the Earth hurtles toward a full fledged climate catastrophe, is there anything dumber than governments giving subsidies to fossil...
UAW Go Big Strategy Focuses On Non-Union Automakers, Including Tesla
The United Auto Workers just pulled off one of the most successful stikes in history. In a carefully coordinated campaign...
UAW Pledges All Necessary Resources to Help Unionize Key Tesla Factory
The United Auto Workers has reportedly offered to provide organizers with all the resources they need to unionize Tesla’s electric...
Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game
Climate activists are calling out Shell for partnering with popular video gamers and online youth influencers to promote fossil fuels...
Governor Newsom Stands Up To Big Oil
In a strong move to hold oil companies responsible for the economic and public health dangers of oil wells left...
Progressives eye next potential unionization target: Tesla
As members of the United Auto Workers union strike for better pay and benefits at General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis plants, labor...
Sanders Sends Message to Big Three CEOs: ‘Time for You to End Your Greed’
Sen. Bernie Sanders used his remarks at a United Auto Workers rally in Detroit on Friday to send a message...
Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
Two billionaireTexas brothers whose fortunes derive from oil and gas fracking have pumped millions of dollars into rightwing media outfits...
US Billboard Campaign Blasts Fossil Fuel Giants for Causing Extreme Heat
As about 111 million people in nearly two dozen states continued to face heat advisories, with temperatures reaching as high...
Pharma lobby furious over wildly popular effort to curb drug prices
Predictably, the pharmaceutical lobby responded with outrage on Tuesday after the Biden administration took its first, modest step toward directly...
Biden Admin Proposes ‘Much-Needed’ Overtime Protections for 3.6 Million Workers
Labor rights advocates within and beyond Congress celebrated on Wednesday after the Biden administration proposed a federal rule to restore...
82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50
The vast majority of U.S. voters across the political spectrum don’t support Republican proposals to gut Social Security benefits for...
Biden Admin to Protect Wildlife From Pesticides
The Center for Biological Diversity said Tuesday that a legal agreement it has reached with two federal agencies will help...
