President-elect Donald Trump’s business dealings could represent “the most blatant conflicts of interest in the history of American politics,” the president of Public Citizen said on Thursday, as more than a dozen groups called on Trump to sever ties with his “corporate empire.” A Trump attorney said last week that the real estate mogul plans…
Month: October 2020
Trump Receives Right-Wing Wish List to Gut Rules on Climate, Nutrition, Wages
A wish list from the conservative House Freedom Caucus delivered to President-elect Donald Trump recommends dismantling a whopping 232 Obama administration rules and regulations that govern everything from school lunches and ceiling fans to net neutrality and the minimum wage for federal contract workers. It would overturn restrictions on oil exploration and coal extraction on…
Blessing Marriage of Oil and State, Rubio Drops Opposition to Rex Tillerson
Betraying an earlier tough stance, Sen. Marco Rubio announced Monday he would be voting in favor of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be confirmed as secretary of State, all but assuring the controversial climate denier and oil titan will become the top U.S. diplomat under the Trump administration. “We need a separation of oil and…