Month: January 2020

Federal deficit to top $1 trillion under Trump – POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/28/federal-deficit-one-trillion-trump-107901 The national debt topped $22 trillion just two years into Trump’s tenure. Debt growing

Opinion | Pompeo Called Me a ‘Liar.’ That’s Not What Bothers Me. – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/opinion/mike-pompeo-kelly-interview.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage By Mary Louise Kelly Jan. 28, 2020

Opinion | How Does a Nation Adapt to Its Own Murder? – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/opinion/sunday/australia-fires-climate-change.html?searchResultPosition=1 By Richard Flanagan Jan. 25, 2020 Australia is

Opinion | Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary – The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/24/opinion/sunday/impeachment-fox-news.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage By Nicole Hemmer Jan. 24, 2020 Right-wing media have been laying the

The best country in the world to raise a child? It’s not America, survey finds – CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/health/best-country-to-raise-child-wellness/index.html (CNN) — What’s the best country in

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/09/gop-senator-who-erupted-over-iran-briefing-shares-awful-new-details/ Greg Sargent U.S. Senators’ Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) depart via the Senate Subway following a classified national security briefing of the

America desperately needs to rebuild the IRS. https://slate.com/business/2020/01/irs-audits-revenue-declining.html Jordan WeissmannJan 08, 20205:19 PM This week brought yet another stark reminder of how a decade of

‘Like sending bees to war’: the deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession | Environment | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/07/honeybees-deaths-almonds-hives-aoe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Bees are essential to the functioning of

Putin meets Assad in rare Syria visit amid US-Iran tensions | Russia News | Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/putin-meets-assad-rare-syria-visit-iran-tensions-200107150701410.html Surprise visit comes as regional tensions intensify over

Republicans preach fiscal conservatism, yet they always find money for war | Kate Aronoff | Opinion | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/07/republicans-climate-crisis-wars-spending?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Kate AronoffTue 7 Jan 2020