Month: September 2020

The Trump Resistance movement vowed to continue the fight against Trumpcare Tuesday afternoon after the Senate voted to proceed with a debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act. 50 Republicans voted to proceed, while Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined all 48 Democrats in voting against the motion. Vice President Mike Pence…

With a climate denier in the Oval Office, a “fossil fuel puppet” heading the Environmental Protection Agency, and Big Oil lobbyists filling the ranks of secretive deregulatory teams, a new report by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed that 2016 was the hottest—and in some ways most alarming—year on record. Click Here: collingwood magpies…

When a rightwing rally kicks off at Crissy Field in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, far-right protesters with the group Patriot Prayer will likely be greeted with piles of dog poop. Although counterprotest events will be held throughout the city this weekend, Tuffy Tuffington, who launched the Facebook event “Leave your dog poop on Crissy…

First Nations and allies in British Columbia, Canada, are protesting an expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline by building 10 tiny houses in its proposed path, which runs through more than 300 miles of Secwepemcul’ecw, unceded tribal territory. “We, the Secwepemc, have never ceded, surrendered, or given up our sovereign title and rights…

In response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recently unveiled four-year strategic plan that endorses anti-choice “junk science” by declaring that life begins at conception, the National Organization for Women (NOW) issued a searing statement Monday that condemned the Trump administration for “turning back the clock on women’s reproductive rights” and encouraged…

Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanBush, Romney won’t support Trump reelection: NYT Twitter joins Democrats to boost mail-in voting — here’s why Lobbying world MORE (R-Wis.) reportedly called on congressional Republicans this week to step up their fundraising efforts ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, where Democrats are hoping to make major gains in the House. Ryan…

The Democratic challenger in a special congressional race in Pennsylvania has taken a big fundraising lead over his Republican opponent in a traditionally Republican-leaning district.  Federal Election Commission filings on Thursday show Democrat Conor Lamb has raised more than $3.3 million in the first seven weeks of 2018, according to The Associated Press, nearly five times as much…

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is investigating possible campaign finance violations by Rep. Devin NunesDevin Gerald NunesSunday shows preview: Protests against George Floyd’s death, police brutality rock the nation for a second week Sunday shows preview: Leaders weigh in as country erupts in protest over George Floyd death The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by…

President Donald Trump is reportedly gearing up to roll back even the most limited restrictions on U.S. drone operations overseas, further opening the door for the expansion of airstrikes and commando raids into nations like the Philippines and Nigeria and setting the stage for an upsurge in civilian casualties—already at record highs in Afghanistan and…

As the Republican Party and President Donald Trump gear up to slash over five trillion dollars from crucial safety net programs in order ram through exorbitant tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, a majority of House Democrats on Wednesday voted in favor of the People’s Budget (pdf), an ambitious alternative to GOP’s “pathetic” proposals that…