New York, New Jersey, and California top the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the nation. Consider they are also states with Democratic governors and have been targets of Donald Trump’s ridicule. They are also commonly cited as the...
Milton Mayer (1928–29) was a journalist, reporter for the Associated Press, the Chicago Evening Post, the Chicago American, and The Progressive. In 1955, he published a seminal work titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 in which he analyzes how Hitler came to...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
The Republicans should be sitting pretty. Donald Trump's upset victory in the presidential election gave the GOP complete control of the federal government for only the third time since 1933. But that moment has proved...
In 2015, when still a candidate for president, Donald Trump promised that, when elected, he would assemble a deportation force. Few were taking him seriously at the time, so when he proposed deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants,...
For all out there feeling a little demoralized about the class warfare congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump's administration are waging against us, results from Tuesday's elections should lift your spirits. Let's start in Virginia where...
Cliffside Park High School (image courtesy Jim.henderson, part of public domain)
Last week, a high school class in Cliffside Park, New Jersey played host to one of the most staggeringly racist incidents in recent memory. When a teacher overheard some of her students speaking Spanish, she...
Rising sea levels and unpredictable weather are not the only consequences of climate change. Another consequence most don't consider is the effect rising temperatures have on invasive species. According to the study, "Threats to North American forests from southern...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made an appearance on CNN this morning, and boy, did he have some things to say about hurricanes. Specifically he wanted to vent his anger about Texas GOP Senator Ted...
This week, Oregon became the fifth state to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21. The other states are Hawaii, California, New Jersey, and Maine. Under the Oregon bill signed by Governor Kate Brown, merchants...
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Despite once claiming that he would have too much work to do to ever go on vacation, President Donald Trump has just started yet another golf course visit - this one a 17-day long trip...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
At first glance, the most telling anecdote of the Republican mentality in recent weeks came when Lindsey Graham--normally one of the more reasonable Republicans in Washington--suggested it was time to take another look at Hillary Clinton's...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
One of the most, if not the most, outrageous moves by a politician not named Donald Trump in recent memory came to light earlier this week. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the House Appropriations...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
Most of the talk in Washington this week has centered around Donald Trump's reckless and potentially criminal behavior regarding the firing of James Comey and his decision to leak classified information to Russia. But there's...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
By now, we've heard a lot of stories about how Republican lawmakers are running scared in the face of furious opposition from constituents who believe they are enabling Donald Trump's agenda. Some of them are...
Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport (image courtesy Jared and Corin, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
By now, you know that United Airlines has become infamous for having a doctor violently dragged off a plane like a rag doll because he wouldn't give up his seat for a crew member. United...
Cindy Jacobs in Israel in 2015 (image from Jacobs' Facebook)
The religious right would like you to believe that all it wants is to give social conservatives a place at the table. But as any religious right watcher will tell you, that gets exposed as...
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie showed up on CNN's State of the Union this morning to talk to host Jake Tapper about several of the controversies surrounding the Donald Trump White House. For the most part, Christie...
Donald Trump Transition Team
No matter how you look at the new President-elect Donald Trump’s transition into the White House, you could say it's either grinding to a halt, or becoming a Comedy of Errors. Both Democrats and Republicans are...
Potential Chris Christie conviction over Bridgegate won't do much for a member of the Basket of Deplorables
In light of recent news that two former aides to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were handed a conviction for causing the Bridgegate scandal, many are wondering what the governor's future looks like now. The Governor has...
Bridget Anne Kelly (screengrab courtesy NBC News)
The political career of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have ended on Friday. The former aide who sent the now-infamous email greenlighting the shutdown of lanes on the George Washington Bridge at Fort Lee...