Waivers and Pardons? Mounting Ethics Concerns for Trump’s Ultra-Wealthy Cabinet

President-elect could present a waiver, to the tune of $150 million, if Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson balks at selling stock by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams One hundred million dollar waivers? Presidential pardons? With yet another billionaire appointed to a

How Can DJT Make America Great If He Works to Exacerbate Climate Change?

According to a survey from the Conservative Energy Network (CEN), there is strong conservative support for renewable energy. The survey found that there is majority support for solar power and state net metering rules. Seventy percent of respondents also said the U.S.

Markey Statement on Nominations of Rex Tillerson and Rick Perry

Washington (December 13, 2016) – Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be

As Horrifically Crazy As This Is, It’s Still Not The Onion

These days, the news is so unthinkable it almost seems fake … like fodder for The Onion. If only it was funny and not frightening as hell. Steve Bannon, an extreme-right, white nationalist and Breitbart publisher has been tapped for trump’s chief

Off the Cliff and Then Some

Yesterday, I took the time to watch both the Fox Debates, both minor and major.  It’s the first time I’ve watched FoxNews ever, I think. The first debate was at 2PM.  I was amazed and dismayed at the overall tone presented by

CPAC: Out of the Mouths of Potential 2016 GOP Candidates

— by CAP Action War Room 5 Backwards and Out-of-Touch Comments From CPAC 2015 Earlier this week, we covered some of the rhetoric you could expect to hear at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, that started Wednesday and runs through