Michael Biesecker
LATEST ARTICLES BY Michael Biesecker
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Politics
Who was behind the invasion of the Capitol?
January 13, 2021Well-off businessmen, long time GOP donors, elected officials, and lots of people with money formed the backbone of the invasion of the Capitol.
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News
Conservatives recruit ‘pro-Trump’ doctors to deliver only good news about reopening
May 22, 2020The 'Save Our Country Coalition' is an alliance that includes the FreedomWorks Foundation, the American Legislative Exchange Council, Tea Party Patriots, and others.
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Politics
Wasted time: Investigation finds federal agencies didn’t order medical supplies until mid-March
April 6, 2020Federal purchasing records show the Trump administration delayed making big orders for additional supplies until the virus had already taken root and was spreading.
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News
Timeline: Early testing failures and Trump inaction crippled U.S. coronavirus response
March 25, 2020“They took this as business as usual...the messaging from the White House was ‘this is not a big deal, this is no worse than the flu.’" By then, it was too late.
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U.S.
Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first
March 19, 2020In response, Trump says, "Perhaps that's...the story of life."
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Environment
Swollen NC rivers swamp dumps, raising water pollution fears
September 17, 2018As rain from Florence continued to lash the Carolinas, the region’s swollen rivers were beginning to swamp coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms Sunday, raising pollution concerns.
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Environment
Coal executive’s “action plan” finds success under Trump
January 11, 2018In the early days of the Trump administration, Robert “Bob” Murray, the head of one of America’s largest coal companies, sent a four-page “action plan” to the White House calling for rollbacks of Obama-era environmental and...
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News
Humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, Trump’s tweets focus on Puerto Rico’s debt
September 26, 2017Five days after the Category 4 storm slammed into Puerto Rico, many of the more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens in the territory were still without adequate food, water and fuel. Flights off the island were...
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