Month: September 2020

Echoing the racist and dehumanizing rhetoric he has repeatedly deployed against Mexican immigrants, Muslims, and others, President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters—without offering a shred of evidence—that there may be “very bad gang members” and “drug dealers” among those fleeing the Bahamas in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. The president’s comments sparked outrage, with […]

Lawyers representing the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s call with Ukraine’s leader warned in a letter over the weekend that Trump has put the safety of their client at risk by describing the anonymous individual as a traitor and issuing open threats of retaliation. “The purpose of this letter is to […]

The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders said it made political history on Thursday by receiving campaign donations from 1 million individuals in the shortest amount of time. “With 1 million contributors, this is the only Democratic campaign that has more supporters than Donald Trump,” said campaign manager Faiz Shakir in a statement. “Our strength […]

ICE agents looking for a change have a new, secretive resource, thanks to immigration rights activists who on Monday launched a career services program intended to help employees of the government agency find other work. “If you work for ICE, you can get help to quit,” actor and activist Rob Delaney said on Twitter Monday. […]

The Communications Workers of America on Monday sharply criticized AT&T after the company released a new three-year plan to appease its vulture fund shareholder. “The plan that AT&T announced today is something only a hedge fund manager could love.”Click Here: Maori All Blacks Store—Chris Shelton, CWA “The plan that AT&T announced today is something only […]

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Conservatives converged on this lavish resort development on the outskirts of Washington this week for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The four-day event amounted to a preview of the Republican strategy as the party prepares to head into 2020, when President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in […]

The Democratic mayor of Miramar, Fla., announced Wednesday that he will launch an exploratory committee for a 2020 presidential bid. Wayne Messam said in a statement that “Washington is not working for the American people” and that “big issues” — such as gun violence, climate change and health care costs —”need fresh eyes and bold ideas from someone […]

The Republican National Committee (RNC) raked in $14.6 million in February, a record-setting haul for that month in a non-election year. The fundraising total is the committee’s second highest ever for the month of February, surpassed only in 2004, when then-President George W. Bush was up for reelection, Cassie Smedile, the RNC’s national press secretary, […]

Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said institutional […]

The national nonprofit Food & Water Watch on Friday launched its “Farm vs. Factory” website, an interactive tool that aims to shed light on the differences between sustainable and industrial agriculture. “Clever marketing and sneaky messaging have made it difficult to differentiate between small scale farming and industrial animal production,” the group said in a […]