“I am dangerous not to America but to the people soon to be in charge of it.” So says one of roughly 200 college professors recently named to a conservative website’s “Professor Watchlist”—a round-up of academics accused of “discriminat[ing] against conservative students and advanc[ing] leftist propaganda in the classroom.” The list is based on “pre-existing…
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Obama to campaign with Dem Va. governor candidate
Former President Obama will campaign for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ralph Northam next week, as the lieutenant governor seeks to edge out Republican opponent Ed Gillespie in the tight race. Obama will join Northam in Richmond on Oct. 19, according to a Wednesday statement. A spokesman for the former president previously confirmed that Obama would support Northam…
DNC's Perez says he learned about Trump dossier 'a few days ago'
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom PerezThomas Edward PerezClinton’s top five vice presidential picks Government social programs: Triumph of hope over evidence Labor’s ‘wasteful spending and mismanagement” at Workers’ Comp MORE said Wednesday night that he only recently learned about the national party’s role in funding a dossier containing unverified allegations about President Trump’s ties to Russia….
Audio Interview with SCSU’s Shamus O’Grady
St. Cloud State All-American wrestler Shamus O’Grady talks with SCSU’s Social Media Coordinator John Peterson. Click Here: Geelong Cats Guernsey
Public Education at Stake With Mass. Voters to Decide on Pro-Charter School Measure
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has weighed in on the most expensive statewide ballot measure voters will face November 8—Massachusetts’ Question 2, which would lift the existing cap and allow for as many as 12 new charter schools per year. Referring to the financial industry’s backing of Question 2, the former presidential candidate said in…
Climate Activist Unrepentant in Face of #ShutItDown Charges
A climate activist and two documentary filmmakers were arraigned Thursday in Washington state for their roles in last week’s #ShutItDown act of non-violent civil disobedience. Ken Ward of Oregon, who was arrested for closing a safety valve on Kinder Morgan’s TransMountain tar sands pipeline in Anacortes, Washington, faces charges of burglary, criminal trespass, sabotage, and assemblages of…
Organizers Assure Protesters, Women's March Against Trump Still On
Organizers of the Women’s March on Washington are assuring those that are planning to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 21 that the march is indeed still on. After what was described as an “inaccurate” article by local Washington, D.C. news outlet WTOP reported Monday that march preparations had hit a “roadblock” because…
Trump Empire Contains 'Most Blatant Conflicts of Interest in History'
President-elect Donald Trump’s business dealings could represent “the most blatant conflicts of interest in the history of American politics,” the president of Public Citizen said on Thursday, as more than a dozen groups called on Trump to sever ties with his “corporate empire.” A Trump attorney said last week that the real estate mogul plans…
Trump Receives Right-Wing Wish List to Gut Rules on Climate, Nutrition, Wages
A wish list from the conservative House Freedom Caucus delivered to President-elect Donald Trump recommends dismantling a whopping 232 Obama administration rules and regulations that govern everything from school lunches and ceiling fans to net neutrality and the minimum wage for federal contract workers. It would overturn restrictions on oil exploration and coal extraction on…
Blessing Marriage of Oil and State, Rubio Drops Opposition to Rex Tillerson
Betraying an earlier tough stance, Sen. Marco Rubio announced Monday he would be voting in favor of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be confirmed as secretary of State, all but assuring the controversial climate denier and oil titan will become the top U.S. diplomat under the Trump administration. “We need a separation of oil and…