Jake Johnson

Flying Under Radar, GOP Set To Confirm Slew Of ‘Extremist’ Judges

« These nominees’ collective records reveal the disturbing truth that this administration does not just tolerate radical anti-equality views among its judicial nominees, but requires them. »

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From left, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, work to advance the nomination of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 3, 2017. A weeklong partisan showdown is expected as Democrats are steadily amassing the votes to block Judge Gorsuch and force Republicans to unilaterally change long-standing rules to confirm him. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In an under-discussed push to "reshape the courts in Donald Trump's image for decades to come," the Senate this week is quietly gearing up to confirm a slew of federal judges who critics say have records littered with "breathtaking hostility toward civil rights and equal justice." The packed week of hearings began on Tuesday, when three Senate

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Warnings Of ‘Disaster Capitalism’ And Privatization Emerge In Puerto Rico

« Whether it’s water or energy, privatization helps Wall Street, not communities. »

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Par Jake Johnson
In this Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 photo, Arden Dragoni, second from left, poses with his wife Sindy, their three children and dog Max, surrounded by what remains of their home destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. The Dragoni family has been living in a shelter set up at a school since the storm destroyed their wooden home in late September. They lost everything: clothes, household goods, and an old car. Dragoni supported his family by working construction, but his employers are currently out of business, leaving him and his family without a source of income. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)

Following news that the Montana-based company Whitefish Energy was rewarded a "shady" $300 million contract to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid and as U.S. officials look to install an emergency manager to direct the island's hurricane relief efforts, advocacy groups are urgently warning that authority is being stripped from local

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‘Blatant Censorship’: EPA Muzzles Its Own Climate Scientists

The EPA abruptly canceled the presentations of government scientists who were set to discuss recent climate change findings.

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What Pushed A Senior EPA Official To Resign In Protest?

In what critics are calling "a blatant example of the scientific censorship" being imposed on climate researchers by the Trump White House, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) late Sunday abruptly canceled the presentations of three government scientists who were set to discuss recent climate change findings at a conference in Rhode

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Growing Chorus Of Critics Warn Against Trump Sabotage Of Iran Deal

Trump’s decision to « decertify » the nuclear accord could result in yet another « devastating war of choice in the Middle East »

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking during a rally opposing the Iran nuclear deal outside the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP/Susan Walsh)

With President Donald Trump reportedly set to declare that the Iran nuclear deal is "not in the national interest of the United States" as early as Friday, a chorus of lawmakers, policy experts, and advocacy groups are sounding the alarm, warning that any move to undermine the accord would "open up a nuclear Pandora's box in the Middle East" and

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Iran: ‘Entire World Will Condemn America’ If Trump Kills Nuclear Deal

« We have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back, neither Trump, nor 10 other Trumps. »

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Par Jake Johnson
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

Amid reports that President Donald Trump is planning to decertify the Iran nuclear accord sometime this coming week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that any attempt to undermine the deal will earn the United States condemnation from "the entire world." "We have achieved benefits that are irreversible. Nobody can roll them back,

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Trump To Decertify Iran Nuke Deal: Trita Parsi Weighs In

« What is the value TO THE US of going to war with Iran? There is value for the US to lose an enemy. But Trump is killing that chance… »

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking during a rally opposing the Iran nuclear deal outside the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 9, 2015. (AP/Susan Walsh)

In what critics are slamming as a decision to embrace "war over peace," President Donald Trump is reportedly gearing up to officially "decertify" the Iran nuclear deal next week on the grounds that it is "not in the national interest of the United States." Many in recent days have predicted that Trump would ultimately opt to decertify the deal

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Trump Deletes Tweets Backing GOP Loser As Anti-Sharia Crusader Wins Alabama

Roy Moore has suggested that the 9/11 attacks were God’s way of punishing America for sinfulness, that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, and that Muslims should be barred from serving in Congress.

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Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore during speaks during his election party, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP/Brynn Anderson)

President Donald Trump and the Republican leadership suffered a series of humiliating losses Tuesday, starting with the collapse of their Obamacare repeal efforts and culminating in the victory of Roy Moore—a pistol-waving Christian "theocrat" who believes communities in the United States are being overtaken by Sharia law—over the Trump- and

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