https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1164914960046133249 Stocks spiraled downward on Friday after President Trump tweeted the US would retaliate against China's latest round tariffs. Trump said, "Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies … [Read more...]
Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx Wins Democratic Nod for 2020 Race, Despite Jussie Smollet Scandal
Cook County, Chicago, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Friday won the Democratic Party’s endorsement for her 2020 re-election despite the scandal that’s dogged her since she dropped the 16-felony counts of disorderly conduct against the gay African American actor, Jussie Smollett, after he was accused in January of staging a hate crime. While … [Read more...]
Arrests Ensue At Fascist Proud Boys Rally In Portland
Reuters reports police in Portland, Oregon arrested at least 13 people over the weekend, as a far right-wing group, The Proud Boys, marched to a waterfront park. At the same time, anti-fascism counter-demonstrators gathered to protest, as officers tried to keep the two sides apart. The rally by hundreds of supporters of the Proud Boys … [Read more...]
Stacey Abrams Launches “Fair Fight 2020” To Protect Voters in Battleground States
The Republican Party faces two fundamental political problems. The first is that while the party's overall “small government” message is broadly popular with a significant cross-section of the electorate, its specific policies (huge tax cuts for the rich, complete opposition to gun control, radical environmental and workplace deregulation) are … [Read more...]
Trump Admin Changes Rules, Lost Revenue More Important than Endangered Species
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt gives remarks at the White House State Leadership Day event. (Photo Credit: The White House, Public Domain) Clearing the way for his former oil and gas-drilling clients to ransack thousands of miles of critical habitat as oil prices spike to record levels, Trump Admiration Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is … [Read more...]
Kamala Harris Supports Medicare for All During ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
Kamala Harris poses with a young child at event. (Photo Credit: Public Domain) Senator Kamala Harris of California told Meet the Press’ Chuck Todd on Sunday that she supports the estimated $2.5 trillion Medicare for All proposal in which Medicare would be expanded to include all Americans and many of the deductibles and co-pays would be … [Read more...]
Trump Vetos Cancer Warning Labels For Roundup
The Trump administration is refusing to approve product labels warning glyphosate is a carcinogen. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller. The EPA said it was irresponsible to put inaccurate labels on a "product does not pose a cancer risk." German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer faces thousands of lawsuits claiming … [Read more...]
Protesters Tell Trump To ‘Do Something’ During His Visit To Mass Shooting Victims
Tensions with anti-immigrant and racially charged rhetoric, says Reuters. In El Paso, Trump visited the University Medical Center where wounded victims were treated. Hundreds of protesters gathered at a nearby park to condemn Trump and his presence in El Paso. The president and first lady Melania Trump avoided the press on both hospital … [Read more...]
Roberts Court Could Expand Gun Rights as Remington Asks Court to Hear Sandy Hook Appeal
While the nation overwhelmingly supports stricter gun laws, not so the Supreme Court, especially since Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation last September seals the fifth vote necessary to expand Second Amendment Rights. The Court has avoided gun rights cases since it issued a pair of landmark decisions, District of Columbia v. Heller in 2008, … [Read more...]
Gun Control Bills Languish in Senate As Nation Mourns Mass Shootings
Mitch McConnell speaking at CPAC 2014 in Washington, DC.(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) On Saturday, August 3, an armed man entered a Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas. Using a semi-automatic version of an AK-47, the gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 others (as of this writing). It was the seventh-deadliest mass shooting in American … [Read more...]
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