Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) on Sunday said Democratic lawmakers in the House understand the party needs “a new message and a new messenger.” ADVERTISEMENT “I think even our members from the coastal areas recognize that we are not a national party right now,” Ryan, who is challenging House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), said on…
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Neil Young: Tar Sands Fields 'Look Like Hiroshima'
Fresh off a trip to Canada’s tar sands oil fields in Alberta, famed singer Neil Young spoke out at a conference in Washington, DC on Monday against the controversial oil extraction and its export through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, calling Fort McMurray, the town nearest Alberta’s vast tar sands, a “wasteland.” “This is truly…
Gunmen Launch Deadly Onslaught in Nairobi Shopping Mall
Unidentified gunmen opened fire at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens. Reuters reports Some Kenyan television stations are reporting that hostages have been taken, but these reports are not verified, according to Reuters. Kenya Red Cross reports that local hospitals are overwhelmed at the numbers…
'Flush the TPP!': Protesters Scale Trade Building in Protest of Secretive Deal
Protesters scaled the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Monday and dropped banners calling for greater transparency and an end to “corporatocracy” over the ongoing and secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement currently in the works between the United States and several Pacific nations. Those negotiations, which have been brokered entirely behind closed doors, are…
Shut It All Down: Report Calls for Nationwide Ban on Fracking
The explosion of hydraulic fracturing in the last several years, according to a new report, is creating a previously ‘unimaginable’ situation in which hundreds of billions of gallons of the nation’s fresh water supply are being annually transformed into unusable—sometimes radioactive—cancer-causing wastewater. According to the report, , produced by Environment America, the scale and severity…
Republicans tried to flip Electoral College voters too — look at 2008
Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s Electoral College victory on Nov. 8 will likely go down as one of the largest political surprises in…
Study: Koch Brothers Could Make $100 Billion if Keystone XL Pipeline Approved
A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is granted a presidential permit from U.S. President Barack Obama. The report, titled Billionaires’ Carbon Bomb, produced by the think tank International Forum on Globalization (IFG), finds that…
Conway: Trump expanding secretary of State field
President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE is expanding his search for secretary of State, according to former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. Click Here:…
Revealed: AT&T Offers CIA Subpoena-Free Access… for a Price
If you want access to the overseas communication data held by one of the nation’s largest telecommunication firms, you can get it… for a price. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store As the New York Times reports Thursday, the CIA has been paying AT&T approximately $10 million a year for continued access to its overseas…
Screens, Screens, Screens: The Worrying Childhood Impact of the Digital Revolution
That children in the U.S., from newborns to 8-year-olds, are spending less time in front of traditional television and computer screens than they were two years ago is the good news found in a new report released Monday. The bad news? Most of those children are now spending increasingly more time in front of newer—and…