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Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
Portman among 47 GOP senators to sign letter to Iran WASHINGTON — In a move Democrats denounced as trying to sabotage the Obama administration’s foreign policy, Sen. Rob Portman and 46 other Senate Republicans yesterday warned Iran’s leadership that any agreement to limit Tehran’s apparent efforts to build a nuclear bomb would need Senate approval to stay in effect beyond 2016. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Fears grow among conservatives over abortion in GOP platform Prominent anti-abortion, evangelical and social conservative groups are pressuring the Republican National Committee not to moderate its stance on abortion, ahead of a meeting to draft a new GOP ... 07/6/2024 - 11:01 pm | View Link
The Lie Democrats Are Telling Themselves “Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know,” former President Barack Obama wrote on X on Friday. Indeed they do, except no one attributed Obama’s bad debate night against Mitt Romney in 2012 to his ... 07/3/2024 - 8:47 am | View Link
CT Democrats, some loyal, some pragmatic, split over whether Biden should drop out Like their anxious colleagues nationwide, Connecticut Democrats are wrestling with the biggest political question of the year: should Joe Biden drop out of the presidential election race? Party ... 07/1/2024 - 11:06 pm | View Link
How the Supreme Court has roiled U.S. health-care agencies In a raft of stunning decisions the Supreme Court has upended decades of federal regulations, hobbling government efforts to protect public health. 07/1/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Election 2024 updates: Biden defends debate performance; Trump mocks him at Virginia rally Latest news and live updates after Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off on the debate stage for the first time in 2024 on the heels of Trump and Hunter Biden's convictions. 06/28/2024 - 3:17 pm | View Link
Washington Post: “It was a comeback tale, based on the notion of a single bad night. ‘When you get knocked down, you get back up!’ Biden declared, nailing the lines off a teleprompter, at full volume, to cheers. His next campaign ad was set.”
“But the crisis that may yet topple his candidacy would only get worse.”
“The speech showcased the promised candidate, but also reinforced the inconsistency.
Washington Post: “Trump has not communicated his choice, the people familiar with the situation said, but discussions inside the campaign have narrowed in on Sens. J. D. Vance (R-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL).”
“North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also in the mix, and Trump, who has a habit of changing his mind, was privately discussing other names as recently as the last week.”
New York Times: “It is all a new role for a man best known as a happy-go-lucky political operator, a consummate team player and a prodigious fund-raiser, whose paid speeches since leaving Congress include one titled ‘The Happy Warrior Leadership Mindset.’”
“Now, bent on settling his own political scores, Mr. McCarthy has been inserting himself into a high-stakes election cycle in which Republicans are pressing to win control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.”
“Donald Trump has never shown much interest in grooming successors,” the New York Times reports.
“When he left as host of “The Apprentice,” he mocked the ratings of his replacement. No alumni network exists for former Trump White House staff members in the way there does for the two presidents who preceded him.
Politico: “More than six months before the next American president takes office, there is already an extraordinarily advanced effort across the NATO alliance, and far beyond, to manage a potential transfer of power in America.”
“With President Joe Biden listing badly in his bid for reelection, many allies anticipate that at this time next year they will be dealing with a new Trump administration — one defined by skepticism toward Europe, a strident strain of right-wing isolationism and a hard resolve to put confronting China above other global priorities.”
“French voters head to the polls Sunday for the final round of parliamentary elections that hinge on whether France is prepared to hand control of the National Assembly to Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant forces and usher them into the halls of government,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Le Pen’s party, National Rally, is facing longer odds after a coalition of leftist parties and the ranks of President Emmanuel Macron agreed to try to pool their voters, withdrawing hundreds of third-place candidates in order to set up head-to-head matchups with Le Pen candidates in the final round of voting.”