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A A John Kerry tried to undermine President Trump in order to support Iran, putting our national security at risk. And now it appears that the Biden Administration is willfully trying to cover it up. We just filed a critical lawsuit to expose and defeat the Biden/Kerry Deep State tag-team effort to renew the Iran Nuclear Deal. As we’ve previously told you, John Kerry, former Secretary of State under President Obama, along with Robert Malley, who was President Obama’s Middle East adviser, co...

Biden to pledge halving greenhouse gases by 2030, sources say President Biden’s target of a 50% reduction in U.S. greenhouse emissions would nearly double the nation’s previous commitment (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) WASHINGTON —  President Biden will pledge to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030 as he convenes a virtual climate summit with 40 world leaders, according to three people with knowledge of the White House plans. The 50% target would near...

For years, national security leaders have raised the alarm on climate change’s impact on U.S. military operations and facilities, as well as the risk of increased migration as it displaces people from their homes. Robert Gates, who served as secretary of defense under both Republican and Democratic presidents in 2016 warned that climate change carried significant “implications for political stability in a lot of countries where a lot of the population lives along the coast.” Similarly, ...

By: Sean Durns April 19, 2021 0share “Joe Biden,” a Politicoheadline blared on April 6, 2021, “is not planning to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” This may or may not be true. But what is clear is that Politico isn’t interested in providing readers with the truth about the conflict. President Biden, reporter Nahal Toosi notes, has yet to name a special envoy to focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And “as...

By Syndicated Content Apr 19, 2021 12:09 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Monday named climate change financial adviser John Morton to head the departments new "climate hub, to foster green finance and use tax policy and financial risk assessments to help reduce carbon emissions. Morton, a partner with Pollination Group, a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm, had served in the Obama administration White House as senior director for energy and climate...

U.S. Treasury names green financial adviser to new climate czar post 04/19/2021 17:09 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Monday named climate change financial adviser John Morton to head the departments new "climate hub, to foster green finance and use tax policy and financial risk assessments to help reduce carbon emissions. Morton, a partner with Pollination Group, a specialist climate change advisory and investment firm, had served in the Obama administration White House as seni...

Sex, lies and the Alabama secretary of state: The fall of John Merrill Updated 11:43 AM; Facebook Share For more than two years, John Merrill carried on an affair, secure in the assumption that his secret life was safe so long as the woman he slept with didn’t go public about it. However, on April 6 a self-described “New Right” political blog published recordings of Cesaire McPherson speaking in explicit terms about her relationship with Merrill. It might have been as much a surprise to ...

White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy “The whole of government approach is not to pigeonhole the challenge of climate, but to recognize that it… needs to be integrated into everything that we do,” McCarthy said Thursday at The Hill’s Sustainability Imperative event. McCarthy said that despite the daunting challenges posed by climate issues, a much broader consensus about the fact of climate change would change the calculus. ADVERTISEMENT “We have crossed the barrier of de...

By Steve Flowers Last week we alerted you to the fact that next year will be a banner year in Alabama politics. The governor, lieutenant governor and all other statewide constitutional offices are up for election. All 140 members of the legislature are up for election and will be running under new lines. Our entire congressional delegation is up for reelection and they too will be running under new lines drawn by the legislature. All 67 sheriffs in the state are also on the ballot. This slate i...

Morning Report. Today is Wednesday ! We get you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch. Alexis Simendinger and @asimendinger and @alweaver22. Please recommend the Morning Report to friends and let us know what you think. CLICK HERE to subscribe! Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 562,066; Tuesday, 562,533; Wednesday, 563,446. The U.S. vaccination effort against COVID-19 was dealt a major blow on Tuesday...