Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.
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Doug Burgum, the Regime Toady of Our Time
Dashing the hopes of establishment Democrats, Trump’s interior secretary and ‘energy czar’ has adopted his boss’s excesses as his own.
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Read Trump’s Pitch Deck for Selling America’s Birthday
Freedom 250 is urging donors to repeat far-right Christian nationalist and anti-abortion talking points.
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Opening Parks During Shutdown Part of Plan to Ruin Them
Staying open with a skeleton crew makes parks dangerous for remaining staff, visitors, and ecosystems alike.
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Donald Trump’s Madcap Crusade Against Wind
A wind project off Rhode Island is more than 80 percent completed. Trump just stopped it in its tracks.
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Trump’s and MAGA’s Own Identity Politics: White, Preferably Racist
Today on TAP: The ‘race-centered’ Smithsonian exhibits are bad, but there’s nothing race-centered in restoring Confederate statuary.
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Trump’s Energy Czar Is All In on AI
Doug Burgum is the perfect conduit for Big Tech and Big Oil’s joint agenda.
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Preserving Public Lands
Deb Haaland has been a remarkable secretary of the interior. But the future is about funding in Congress.
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The Chickenshit Club, Climate Edition
Government lawyers would rather approve 30 years of Arctic drilling than lose in court.
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Climate Law Could Clarify Uncertain Fossil Fuel Leasing Picture
The Inflation Reduction Act mandates that millions of acres of public lands be made available to oil and gas companies before the government can offer land for renewables.