“David Bernhardt’s ties to Big Oil — the very industry he is tasked w/ regulating — are as deep as an oil well. Those ties should be disqualifying for anyone nominated to head the Interior.” ...
Trump’s nominees for secretary of state and CIA director have alarming pasts, but the Senate Minority Leader isn’t encouraging his party to oppose their nominations. (By Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) The Senate’s top Democrat is not ...
(Reposted with permission from ProPublica, by Cezary Podkul, May 15, 2017) In the early 2000s, banks successfully sued to stop Iowa from limiting their ability to charge ATM fees to non-customers. They also fought off ...
Reposted with permission from The Free Thought Project. Article by Claire Bernish. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, confirmed to the position Thursday by the U.S. Senate, is one in a string of disputed appointees to President ...