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Month: March 2019

The 2020 election now has a climate-action candidate

The 2020 election now has a climate-action candidate

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  In January, The Atlantic reported: If there is a new Democratic president come 2021, he or she will get pulled in all sorts of policy directions. [Washington State Governor, Jay] Inslee [who announced his presidential candidacy today] says he has one priority: global warming. It’s not theoretical, or a cause just for tree huggers anymore. Putting off dealing with it for a year or two or kicking it to some new bipartisan commission won’t work, he says. He plans…

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Alan Dershowitz suggests curbing press access to hearing on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse

Alan Dershowitz suggests curbing press access to hearing on Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse

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  The Miami Herald reports: A court hearing on whether to unseal sensitive documents involving the alleged sex trafficking of underage girls by Palm Beach multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein — and the possible involvement of his influential friends — will play out in a New York City courtroom next week. But it may happen behind closed doors, with the news media and public barred — at least in part. An attorney for lawyer Alan Dershowitz wrote a letter to the U.S….

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House investigators demand ‘immediate’ compliance from White House on documents related to Kushner clearance

House investigators demand ‘immediate’ compliance from White House on documents related to Kushner clearance

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The Washington Post reports: House investigators are demanding that the White House turn over documents related to the security clearances of top officials by Monday, an escalation of a fight between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration that could lead to subpoenas in the coming days. The move follows the revelation that President Trump interceded to give his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a top-secret security clearance despite concerns from intelligence and White House officials about Kushner’s contacts with foreign individuals and…

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Worse than Mubarak. Sisi is bringing a new form of totalitarianism to Egypt

Worse than Mubarak. Sisi is bringing a new form of totalitarianism to Egypt

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Amy Hawthorne and Andrew Miller write: Consumed by domestic politics, exhausted by the Middle East, and complacent about the stability of Arab allies, Washington has stopped paying close attention to Egypt. But something alarming is happening in the most populous Arab country and a key U.S. security partner: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is moving Egypt closer toward totalitarianism than strongman Hosni Mubarak ever did and, in the process, laying the groundwork for more instability in a region that has already…

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