Month: September 2020

With Attorney General William Barr reportedly threatening to cancel his scheduled testimony before the House Judiciary Committee this week over objections to the format of the hearing, Rep. Jerry Nadler warned Sunday that he is prepared to issue a subpoena if Barr refuses to appear. “The witness is not going to tell the committee how…

In a report that elicited calls for congressional action, the New York Times revealed Wednesday that “senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency disregarded the advice of their own scientists and lawyers in April when the agency issued a rule that restricted but did not ban asbestos.” “I can’t think of an easier vote for…

Don’t expect the camps housing migrants on the border to close anytime soon—if anything, expect conditions to get worse.  That was the message from journalist Andrea Pitzer during an appearance with MSNBC‘s Chris Hayes on Thursday night. Pitzer, whose book “One Long Night” is an exhaustive history of the uses of concentration camps over the last…

A Florida teacher says she discovered a locked ballot box that was left behind at a polling site in Miramar. Teacher Lakeisha Sorey told The Sun-Sentinel she came across the box on Thursday afternoon and said it was located in the same area at Sunshine Elementary School where voting had been held earlier this week….

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The South Dakota State wrestling team opened the Huskie Duals by shocking Big Ten foe Indiana 19-18. The Hoosiers entered the dual with two ranked wrestlers (InterMat) and a 2-0 record versus the Jacks. But Indiana is no longer undefeated versus SDSU. The Jacks entered the dual as underdogs in every match, but once the…

Rep. Justin Amash—the first, and thus far only, Republican member of Congress to call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump—received a standing ovation from his constituents during a town hall in his Michigan district Tuesday after he doubled down on his condemnation of the president’s “dangerous” conduct. “Democrats who are reluctant to impeach might…

As women on social media this week responded to the latest extreme anti-choice laws passed in Alabama and Missouri by sharing their own experiences with abortion, some rights advocates called on men to join in the campaign so that reproductive justice work doesn’t fall solely on women. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) also called on men…

Confronted by activists during a fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party over the weekend, DNC chairman Tom Perez insisted it would be impractical to make one of the dozen scheduled 2020 presidential primary debates solely about the global climate crisis and candidates’ proposed solutions. “Not even our so-called ‘leaders’ are courageous enough to tell the…

Iran said it shot down a U.S. “spy” drone on Thursday after the aircraft entered Iranian airspace over the southern province of Hormozgan. “Iran is not seeking war with any country, but we are fully prepared to defend Iran.” —Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami “U.S. drone intrusion to the Iranian airspace is clear violation of the…