Scott Pruitt

Sanctity of Marriage Goes Out Window in Donald Trump Administration

When Donald Trump takes office today as the nation’s 45th president, he will usher in the era of the trophy wife, something Washington hasn’t seen since President Ronald Reagan, who was married twice, although Nancy Reagan had been his wife for 38 years when he took office. Every other president in the nation’s history, including all other 20th century presidents up to President Obama was faithful to their marital oath....

Donald Trump Saddles Up Four Horsemen for Looming Environmental Apocalypse

Donald Trump is carrying out his plans for unlimited fossil fuel production with the selection of four top cabinet picks who will lead the United States into an environmental Apocalypse in an effort to extract every last dollar of energy from the earth. The nefarious gang of four includes Rick Perry as Energy Secretary, Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Secretary, Cathy McMorris Rodgers as Interior Secretary and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State....

Trump Bizarro World Takes Shape Through Lies, Intimidation, Vindictiveness

Donald Trump is already setting a pattern of lies, intimidation and vindictiveness that likely will mark how he’ll operate as chief executive. His administration will be a Bizarro World, where all rules, traditions and protocols no longer apply. In Bizarro World, everything is weirdly inverted or oddly opposite of the real world–an apt metaphor for Trumps’s governing style....

New York’s Top Cop Calls New Trump EPA Chief Scott Pruitt ‘Dangerous, Unqualified’

In a blistering statement, New York’s top cop, Eric T. Schneiderman, called Donald Trump’s reported new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief, Scott Pruitt “dangerous” and “unqualified” and vowed fight to “protect our nation’s air and water.” Pruitt, a Republican, is currently Attorney General of Oklahoma, where his record on environmental issues, especially climate change, has been abysmal, according to Schneiderman....