The Senate knows very little about Pruitt’s ties to oil and gas, and he’s making sure they won’t find out more.
Trump’s EPA Pick Stonewalls Senators Questioning His Industry Ties
Source: ThinkProgress | Published: 1/27/2017
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What Taxpayers Should Know About the Cost of School Choice
Source: The Washington Post | Published: 1/26/2017
By 2015, the federal government spent more than $3.7 billion to boost the charter sector–with millions wasted on financing “ghost schools” that never opened.
America Has a Koch Problem
Source: EcoWatch | Published: 1/25/2017
When the history of Donald Trump’s Administration is written, people may point to the appointment of a Koch brothers’ operative to a little-known White House position as a turning point in Trump’s evolution from unorthodox Republican candidate to doctrinaire corporate politician.
Steve’s Bon Temps Swamp Mart
Source: Politico | Published: 1/25/2017
Rep. Scalise offers his supporters a full menu with different levels of access–depending on the size of the check.
Fake Think Tanks Fuel Fake News—And the President’s Tweets
Source: WIRED | Published: 1/24/2017
A longstanding network of bogus “think tanks” raise disinformation to a pseudoscience, and their studies’ pull quotes and flashy stats become the “evidence” driving viral, fact-free stories.
Eight Things We Learned From Scott Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Hearing
Source: Media Matters for America | Published: 1/20/2017
The hearing largely focused on Pruitt’s deep ties to polluting energy companies and track record of opposing the EPA’s clean air and water safeguards. Here are eight key moments from the hearing that are worthy of media attention.
Pruitt’s Political Operation Welcomes a Weapon for Dems
Source: Politico | Published: 1/18/2017
As Democrats look for an opening to derail Scott Pruitt’s nomination to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, they’re zeroing in on his leadership of a group of Republican attorneys general with close ties to fossil-fuel companies he’d have to regulate for Donald Trump.
Trump’s Pick for the EPA, Scott Pruitt, Will Decimate the Agency
Source: Paste Magazine | Published: 1/18/2017
Pruitt’s nomination fits a disturbing pattern: Trump has selected several people for his cabinet and other top positions to lead agencies they have publicly opposed for years.
Sen. Whitehouse: Pruitt, RAGA and Transparency
Source: C-SPAN | Published: 1/18/2017
CMD’s work featured by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse as he questions EPA nominee Scott Pruitt.
Meet Donald Trump’s Anti-Public Education, Influence Peddling Billionaire: Betsy DeVos
Source: Urban Milwaukee | Published: 1/17/2017
Trump’s potential cabinet is shaping up to be one of the wealthiest in recent memory, his first 17 appointments have a net worth of more than a third of America, and DeVos is no exception.