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Happy Trails, Ryan Zinke

by Joshua Alvarez December 17, 2018January 9, 2022

The Interior Secretary be the fourth Trump Cabinet official to resign office while under an ethics investigation.

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From Trump to Zinke: The Fish Rots From the Head

by Nancy LeTourneau November 30, 2018January 9, 2022

The Interior Secretary responded to a call for his resignation by viciously attacking a member of congress.

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Ethical Standards Are Posing a Recruitment Problem for This White House

by Nancy LeTourneau November 1, 2018January 9, 2022

The president’s national security advisor makes a positively Orwellian argument.

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Will Sinclair Target Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse?

by D.R. Tucker April 7, 2018January 9, 2022

Just because New England didn’t vote for Donald Trump doesn’t mean that region of the country is immune to the influence of Trump-friendly media, including the influence of a prominent station in Providence, Rhode Island: “This is extremely dangerous to our democracy,” WJAR-TV anchor Frank Coletta tells the camera in a recent segment about “biased […]

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The Interior Department Is Putting the Fossil Fuel Industry First and Americans Last

by Joel Clement March 7, 2018January 9, 2022

I was a top official at the Department of Interior. Ryan Zinke’s push to drill everywhere will dramatically worsen the dangers of global warming.

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The Perversity of Pruitt

by D.R. Tucker February 11, 2018January 9, 2022

30 years ago today, in a New Hampshire campaign appearance, Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis declared, “We need someone in the White House who understands that America should be the leader on international environmental questions.” Had Dukakis—who denounced Republican opponent George H. W. Bush as “a charter member of the environmental wrecking crew that went […]

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The Grammys and Oscars Should Take It to Trump

by D.R. Tucker January 28, 2018January 9, 2022

Days after the start of the Iraq War, Michael Moore demonstrated uncommon valor by calling out the Bush administration’s obvious lies in front of an international audience: Moore’s resolve should serve as an inspiration to those who will perform and be honored tonight at the Grammy Awards, as well as those whose achievements will be […]