The former vice president has been criticized as insufficiently progressive on the issue of fighting climate change
It’s a tale of two very different Democratic climate change plans: Former Vice President Joe Biden’s new plan includes coal industry talking points, while Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s new plan channels the spirit of the Green New Deal.... Read Original Article
“That is not too high a standard,” Buttigieg’s 2020 rival Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand fired back in a statement
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, recently said he would not have “applied that pressure” on former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.,... Read Original Article
Team Trump allegedly spends $37,500 a month on office space at Trump Tower, yet only a handful of people work there
President Donald Trump reportedly spends $37,500 a month of his re-election campaign’s war chest on office space at Trump Tower, yet much of that space is not being used.
The president’s campaign shells out for real estate at his namesake building on Fifth Avenue, although only “four or five” campaign workers are employed at the Manhattan headquarters of his re-election effort, according to HuffPost.... Read Original Article
The subjects of a six-part HBO docu-series, “On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us,” want the focus to be on the laughs
As the comedians in Asperger’s Are Us are quick to tell you, their job is to make you laugh — not to send some kind of social message about autistic people.... Read Original Article
One possible ramification of the GOP’s efforts? They could thwart the president’s ability to build his border wall
Donald Trump faces the first real pushback of his presidency from congressional Republicans, whose apparent desire to avoid new tariffs on Mexican goods could ultimately cost the commander-in-chief his coveted border wall.
Congressional Republicans are weighing the option of voting to block Trump’s recently-announced tariffs on Mexico, which he is threatening to implement unless the Mexican government stops all illegal immigration into the country.... Read Original Article