Category: Democrats

As Demand Rises, US Nuclear Power Industry Seeks to Shore Up Uranium Supply Chains

The Biden administration’s commitment to transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable “green” energies such as electric, nuclear, solar, and wind over the next decade have fostered cart-before-horse disruptions and disconnects across an array of industries. For instance, initiatives adopted over the last four years when Democrats ruled both chambers in Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure…


Biden EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards Sparks Backlash From Auto Industry, Republicans

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed emissions standards for automobiles and trucks are raising eyebrows in the auto industry and Washington alike. “EPA’s proposed emissions plan is aggressive by any measure. By that I mean it sets automotive electrification goals in the next few years that are … very high,” John Bozzella, president and CEO of…


Biden EPA’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards Spark Backlash From Auto Industry, Republicans

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed emissions standards for automobiles and trucks are raising eyebrows in the auto industry and Washington alike. “EPA’s proposed emissions plan is aggressive by any measure. By that I mean it sets automotive electrification goals in the next few years that are … very high,” John Bozzella, president and CEO of…


Senate Democrats Ask DOJ to Probe Expulsion of Tennessee State Legislators

Congressional Democrats want the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate whether the Tennessee legislature violated federal law or the civil rights of two state representatives expelled for their part in March 30 protests in the Tennessee House. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and…


Rep. Jordan Subpoenas FTC Over Twitter, Musk Investigation

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 12 subpoenaed Chair Lina Khan of the Federal Trade Commission, stepping up the conflict between that agency and House Republicans regarding its approach to Twitter in the Elon Musk era. The Epoch Times has reviewed the subpoena. The subpoena comes after a March 10 letter to Khan from Jordan,…


DNC Parts Ways With Marc Elias, the Clinton Campaign Lawyer Behind Steele Dossier

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is ending its longtime partnership with lawyer and election strategist Marc Elias, who paid for the notorious dossier falsely accusing the Donald Trump presidential campaign of colluding with Russia. The divorce between the national organization of Democrats and its top lawyer over “a number of strategic disagreements” was first reported…


Wisconsin Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin Launches Bid for 3rd Term

Democrat Sen. Tammy Baldwin has announced that she will seek reelection in battleground Wisconsin in 2024. Baldwin, 60, shared the news in an April 12 statement. “It’s official: I’m running for reelection!” the two-term senator shared via Twitter. “Wisconsin’s working families deserve a Senator who’s going to fight for them—not shady special interests or big…


Second Tennessee Democrat Reinstated to Seat He Was Ousted From

The second Tennessee Democrat ousted from his House seat last week in the Tennessee General Assembly was reappointed to serve until a special election can be held later this year to fill the seat for the rest of his term. Justin Pearson, who represents parts of Memphis in Shelby County, was reinstated in a vote…


The Tale of Two Campaign Finance Violations: Clinton Paid a Fine, Trump Was Arrested

The prosecution of former President Donald Trump in New York stands out as an anomaly–and that’s not just because the defendant is the first ex-U.S. president ever to face a criminal indictment. It’s a historic case fraught with concerns over legal sufficiency and political animus against Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination….


Is America’s Foreign Intelligence Service Interfering in US Elections?

Over the last decade, the U.S. government has turned its attention from hostile foreign actors to ordinary American citizens. It’s the assault on our constitutional rights that threatens to turn a beacon of democracy into a third-world security regime. And in the middle of this “whole of society” approach to censorship, surveillance, and propaganda is…