“Biden can’t be the climate president when he is actively selling our water to the highest bidder and lobbying oil states to produce more fossil fuels.” As the Biden administration moved ahead Wednesday with an auction of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas companies—the largest-ever sale of fossil fuel […]
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday censured outspoken conservative Republican Congressman Paul Gosar of Arizona for posting an animated video to social media that depicted him striking a liberal foe, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, with a sword and attacking President Joe Biden. After a contentious debate, the House voted almost entirely along party […]
“Rep. Gosar must be censured, investigated, and expelled,” says Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Noting the “global phenomenon” of violence against women in politics and warning of the potentially deadly consequences of “vicious and vulgar messaging,” 60 U.S. House lawmakers on Friday introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar for posting an edited anime video depicting him killing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacking […]
“Top elected officials preferred to keep Americans in the dark and set policy based on political considerations, not science,” said one former CDC adviser. Documents released Friday reveal how in early 2020 the Trump administration downplayed the deadly danger posed by the nascent Covid-19 pandemic, silencing and sidelining top health officials who tried to warn the […]