Why Aren’t Senate Democrats Investigating the Trump Family?

Near the end of 2022, not long before the results of that year’s congressional elections gave Republicans their ultra-narrow House majority, Maloney and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, then and now Senate Finance Committee chair, sent letters to the Defense and Continue reading Why Aren’t Senate Democrats Investigating the Trump Family?

Why House Republicans Aren’t Going to Fund the Government

House Republicans are trying to wrap up their impeachment effort against Joe Biden by January, a move that could disrupt attempts to avert a government shutdown. Republicans have sought for months to prove that the president is guilty of influence Continue reading Why House Republicans Aren’t Going to Fund the Government

Climate Week Is Pointless. The Protests Inspired by It Aren’t.

Last week, as a prelude to Climate Week, hundreds of climate activists staged demonstrations on Wall Street, targeting the financial industry—specifically CitiBank and BlackRock, both of which continue to invest massively in the fossil fuel industry— with confrontational direct action. Continue reading Climate Week Is Pointless. The Protests Inspired by It Aren’t.

Why Senators Aren’t Calling for Mitch McConnell to Step Down—Yet

“There were 30 other senators looking around seeing this happening, like I was, and to me it was like, ‘Oh my God, if Americans saw this, they would be outraged,’” the staffer said. “I think it was so baked into Continue reading Why Senators Aren’t Calling for Mitch McConnell to Step Down—Yet

The GOP’s Drag Bans Aren’t Meant to Be Good Laws. They’re Meant to Cause Chaos.

Montana’s ban shares a key feature with many of the other states’ bans targeting drag: It is written in broad, vague language seemingly designed to produce a chilling effect, encouraging people to enforce the law based not on its contents Continue reading The GOP’s Drag Bans Aren’t Meant to Be Good Laws. They’re Meant to Cause Chaos.