Lauren McCauley

Trump’s Paris Deal Withdrawal Sparks Overwhelming Global Response

Following Trump’s announcement, world leaders from China to Germany to the Marshall Islands and beyond promised to uphold the climate accord.

June 02nd, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

Trump’s Paris Deal Withdrawal Sparks Overwhelming Global Response

The overwhelming global response to President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement was essentialy, "Go jump in a lake"—or as one Germany tabloid succinctly phrased it in a widely circulated headline: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/870532722237853697 Following Trump's

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Trump’s Dump Of Ethics Waivers Ends The “Drain the Swamp Illusion”

The new provisions grant lobbyists from some of the most contentious industries the freedom to influence policy making in those very same arenas.

June 01st, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

Trump’s Dump Of Ethics Waivers Ends The “Drain the Swamp Illusion”

Candidate Donald Trump's pledge to "drain the swamp" was apparently made with a slew of caveats, which were exposed late Wednesday when the White House posted details of ethics waivers granted to at least 16 senior staff members. Among the notice

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Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents

If FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s plan “is enacted, there would be nothing preventing Comcast from simply blocking sites like Comcastroturf.com that are critical of their corporate policies”

May 24th, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

Comcast Threatens Legal Action Against Net Neutrality Proponents

Open Internet proponents who have been fighting the Trump administration's rollback of net neutrality protections, which has been enacted at the bidding of the telecom industry, said Tuesday that Comcast is now threatening legal action saying the website Comcastroturf.com is infringing on its

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Trump Official Praises Autocratic Rule: ‘Not A Single Hint Of A Protester’ In Saudi Arabia

No ‘bad placards’ in a nation where such political dissent is punishable by death.

May 23rd, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

Trump Official Praises Autocratic Rule: ‘Not A Single Hint Of A Protester’ In Saudi Arabia

Putting a fine point on the spin that President Donald Trump's trip to the Middle East has been a glowing, peace-dealing success, Commerce

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“Corruption, Plain And Simple”: Kushner ‘Golden Visa’ Scandal Snowballs

While the White House hides behind more alternative facts, the outrage has seemingly multiplied.

May 10th, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

“Corruption, Plain And Simple”: Kushner ‘Golden Visa’ Scandal Snowballs

The latest White House scandal over the president's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner benefiting from the recent extension of the so-called "golden visa" program continues to dog the administration, despite its best efforts to brush it aside. The New York Times on Monday

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Plans To Unseat GOP Lawmakers Already Underway Following American Healthcare Act Vote

President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing call to ‘make them pay.’

May 05th, 2017

By Lauren McCauley

Plans To Unseat GOP Lawmakers Already Underway Following American Healthcare Act Vote

As Republicans joined President Donald Trump for a victory photo op and beer bash at the White House following the passage of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA) in the House of Representatives on

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‘For-Profit Presidency:’ 100 Days Into Trump’s Corporate Takeover

“The true depth of the administration’s unswerving commitment to an especially savage version of corporate capitalism is now, as we approach the first 100 days under the Trump administration, utterly clear.”

April 25th, 2017

By Lauren McCauley