Automakers Urge Trump to Undo One of America’s Biggest CO2 Reductions to Date
Twelve automakers sacrifice the future by urging Pres. Trump to lower fuel-economy standards, which might be the single largest CO2 reduction in U.S. history
COASTAL MARTENS: ‘A COG IN THE ECOSYSTEM’S MACHINERY’
The threats to the coastal marten, a rare carnivore that Earthjustice is currently fighting to protect under the Endangered Species Act. With a focus on the species and the challenges it faces—from natural predation to vehicle strikes to illegal marijuana farms.
Containing Trump
He may well try to govern as an authoritarian. Whether he succeeds depends less on what he does than on how civil society responds.
Dan Rather reacts to White House media ban, calling the move a “real and present threat to our democracy” | Rare
“These are the dangers presidents are supposed to protect against, not create.”
Donald Trump, Neil Gorsuch, and the stolen Supreme Court seat
Donald’s Demolition Derby
Moyers writes: We’re a week into the Trump administration and it’s pretty obvious what he’s up to. First, Donald Trump is running a demolition derby: He wants to demolish everything he doesn’t like, and he doesn’t like a lot, especially when it comes to government.
Food for Thought
This is a plant owned by Syncrude, a joint venture of Exxon Mobil’s Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil, now $500 Billion joint venture with Putin and Rosneft replacing Imperial’s operations in the Arctic after 20 years of Exxon cooperation with Putin’s deregulated mafia state.
Food Is Just One Serving Of What Meals On Wheels Gives Seniors : The Salt : NPR
The service delivers meals to homebound seniors and people with disabilities and could be facing big cuts in the Trump budget. Studies show the program improves health and saves money.
Forget ‘imperial’ California: Donald Trump only won the Electoral College thanks to Appalachia
Trump’s narrow victory in enough states to win the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote has sparked a firestorm of debate over that institution.
Four Cabinet nominations that could blow up in Donald Trump’s face
It would only take a handful of GOP turncoats to torpedo some controversial nods.
