by Sasha Abramsky | Oct 3, 2026 | Big Oil, California, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Howard Lutnick, News, Trump Administration
Earlier this year, as the Trump administration ramped up pressure on California to agree to increased oil and natural gas drilling permits up and down the Pacific Coast, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took to the social media platform X to berate the California Coastal Commission, and the Coastal Zone Management Act’s system for maintaining the coast in line with California regulations…
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by Jake Johnson | Jul 1, 2026 | Corruption, Donald Trump, Eric Trump, Howard Lutnick, Kazakhstan, Mining, News, Trump Administration, tungsten
A bombshell New York Times report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father sparked outraged calls for accountability on Monday, with Democratic lawmakers characterizing the taxpayer-funded project as yet another example of the administration’s unchecked and unprecedented corruption.
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