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May 22, 2019

Reuben Franco: California's GND experience reveals that workers, minorities suffer most from Dems’ plan

California’s experience – now being replicated on the national level with the Green New Deal – could signal the Democrats’ drift toward ambitious dreams and away from the day-to-day challenges of working families and people at the margins of the economy, especially people of color.

May 21, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez says growing cauliflower in community gardens is 'colonial'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Sunday that growing cauliflower in community gardens is part of the “colonial” attitudes that her Green New Deal will stamp out.

May 16, 2019

Inslee unveils $9 trillion plan to battle climate change

Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee on Thursday unveiled a wide-ranging plan he says would combat climate change by shifting the U.S. from dependence on fossil fuels to renewable energy.

May 14, 2019

Trump says Green New Deal 'might be a bigger hoax' than Russia probe

President Donald Trump took aim at the Green new Deal on Tuesday during a speech to energy industry workers, saying the proposal to fight climate change “might be a bigger hoax” than the investigation into Russian meddling in U.S. elections.

May 14, 2019

Biden defends his climate record after Ocasio-Cortez criticism, tells critics to ‘calm down’

Joe Biden is pushing back against criticism by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that he’s “middle of the road” when it comes to tackling climate change.

May 14, 2019

Green New Deal 'unworkable, unaffordable and unpopular': Sen. John Barrasso

Sen. John Barrasso, R, WY, slammed the Green New Deal during an interview on Tuesday just a day after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders hosted a rally in support of the bill's lofty environmental goals.

May 13, 2019

De Blasio mocked by protesters at raucous Green New Deal rally inside Trump Tower

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio faced a crowd of angry protesters Monday at a raucous rally promoting the city’s Green New Deal inside the lobby of Trump Tower, where the Democrat threatened President Trump’s family company with millions of dollars in fines if his buildings don’t comply with new environmental standards.

May 12, 2019

Justin Haskins: Green New Deal backers attack Biden – say he’s not extreme enough

Can former Vice President Joe Biden thrive in a Democratic Party that treats predictions of climate change catastrophe as religious doctrine? Not if Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., have it their way.

May 11, 2019

Joe Bastardi: Green New Deal is a recipe for economic disaster that would hurt every American

The Green New Deal is based on fantasy and would bankrupt our nation and tax the American people at impossible levels -- all for minimal benefit on climate change.

May 7, 2019

AOC reportedly in talks to do another documentary -- this time it's on the Green New Deal

Fresh off her Netflix debut, news surfaced that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., reportedly is in talks to create another documentary about one of her biggest policy pushes.