California Extends Landmark Cap And Trade Legislation   In the era of Trump, California continues its leadership on climate change and protecting the environment. Lawmakers in California voted Monday to extend the state’s landmark cap and trade program through 2030. Democrats in California have a supermajority in both the state Assembly and state Senate handed Governor Jerry Brown a major victory with the legislation. Brown, who is serving his fourth term as Governor of California, pushed aggressively for extending the state’s cap and trade program. The extension of the program is another example of California’s eagerness to lead the...

Facing Biggest Defeat Of Presidency, Trump Just Went On Confusing Rant (Video) He doesn’t seem well. Donald Trump was just handed the biggest defeat of his presidency after three Republican Senators announced they would vote no on the Obamacare repeal bill. Trump was asked for comments a few minutes after the news came in and his reaction seemed confused at best. Trump blamed Democrats for not helping him repeal Obamacare. He said that he would not own the defeat. Trump also claimed that Republicans would just need to go elect more Republicans in the midterms. He also said that...

Senator Lisa Murkowski Will Vote No On Full Obamacare Repeal (Video) BREAKING… The Obamacare repeal bill is dead – again. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska announced Tuesday that she will vote no on the motion to proceed with the Senate GOP’s full Obamacare repeal. Murkowski becomes the third Republican to announce they will vote no – effectively killing Obamacare repeal bill. Murkowski’s announcement comes after Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia announced they would not support the Obamacare repeal bill. The failure of the new GOP plan comes just 14 hours after the announcement...

Identity Of Eighth Person In Trump Jr Russia Meeting Revealed We just got the identity of an eighth person who attended the now infamous Trump Jr meeting with a Russian lawyer promising support for the Trump campaign from the Russian government. The eighth participant in the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower was Ike Kaveladze, an American-based employee of a Russian real estate company. The meeting was arranged by Russian developers Emin and Aras Agalarov who are close to the Kremlin. The Agalarov’s also hosted Trump’s Miss Universe pageant in 2013. Kaveladze attended the meeting with Trump Jr as...

Two GOP Senators Announce Opposition To Full Repeal Of Obamacare New GOP plan already on life support after two Senators announce opposition to full Obamacare repeal. The new Republican plan to do a full repeal of Obamacare is already in jeopardy of failure after two GOP Senators announced they oppose a full repeal without a replacement plan. Senators Shelly Moore Capito of West Virgina and Susan Collins of Maine said they oppose Mitch McConnell’s new plan to do a full repeal of Obamacare. If one more Republican Senator announces they will vote no, the bill will fail. In her...

Flynn Sets Up Defense Fund to Pay Russia Investigation Probe Legal Bills According to a person close to Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, he plans to set up a fund to raise money to pay his legal bills stemming from multiple investigations into possible Trump campaign ties to Russia. Bloomberg reported that Flynn “may become the first associate of President Donald Trump to begin raising money for legal costs associated with the Russia investigation.” Until now, the only organization paying legal bills related to the Russia investigation has been the Trump campaign for Donald Trump Jr. William Jeffress,...

Donald Trump Is Losing Support On Economy: Poll It’s the economy, stupid. Donald Trump is losing support from Americans when it comes to the economy, according to a new poll. The news is especially troubling for Trump because the economy is the issue where he receives the highest marks. However, according to a new Bloomberg poll, decreasing portions of the American public have faith in Trump to handle the economy. Americans are also concerned that Trump will put his own financial interests ahead of the nation’s. Less than half of Americans, 46 percent, approve Trump’s handling of the economy....

Former Vice President Joe Biden is writing a new book which will be released November 14. The book will be titled “Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.” It will cover his last year as vice president after his son Beau died of brain cancer in 2015.. The book’s title comes from something Beau said to his father at their last Thanksgiving together: “Promise me, Dad. Give me your word that no matter what happens, you’re going to be all right.” “I hope my own story will strike a chord with other Americans who have walked...

McConnell, Trump Move For Full Repeal Of Obamacare If at first you don’t succeed… Trumpcare 3.0 (or was it 4.0?) failed Monday evening when Senate Republicans Mike Lee and Jerry Moran announced they would not be supporting the motion to proceed vote. But quickly after the collapse of the Republican health bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that he will bring a full Obamacare repeal bill forward. McConnell’s announcement came as Donald Trump took to Twitter late night to tell Republicans to “repeal failing Obamacare now” and begin working on a new plan later. After the announcement from...

Republicans Just Lost Two More Votes On Health Care Bill   Two more Republican Senators just announced that they won’t be supporting the GOP Obamacare repeal bill. Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah announced on Monday night they will not support what is called the “motion to proceed” to allow the Obamacare repeal bill to go to the Senate floor for formal debate. The announcement means Republicans won’t have the votes to proceed, which essentially kills the bill. Senator Mike Lee added on Twitter that “my colleague @JerryMoran and I will not support the MTP to...