House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer spoking about Democrats’ record on job creation and the economy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. (Photo Credit: Ralph Alswang, CC 2.0) Washington DC is justifiably obsessed with the formal impeachment inquiry launched by House Democrats in response to a whistleblower complaint alleging that … [Read more...]
Texas Governor Issues 8 Executive Orders But Doesn’t Mention Guns
President Donald J. Trump greeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott after disembarking Air Force One at El Paso International Airport. (Photo Credit: The White House, Public Domain) Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, recently issued a string of executive orders to show his concern for the growing number of mass shootings in the Lone Star State, but, … [Read more...]
Laverne Cox Spotlights LGBT Rights Challenge at Emmy’s
Laverne Cox at L.A.'s Families Belong Together March (Photo Credit: Luke Harold, CC 1.0) Laverne Cox, the first transgender woman of color to win three Emmy awards for her role in Netflix’s series, Orange is the New Black, sported a handbag at the Emmy’s with lettering reading “October 8, Title VII Supreme Court’, that thrust three … [Read more...]
Congress Gets First Look At Whistleblower Complaint
CNN reported that whistleblower's complaint was delivered Wednesday afternoon to Capitol Hill for lawmakers to review. The complaint is about President Donald Trump's communications with Ukraine. It gave lawmakers their first chance to see the classified account that spurred a formal impeachment inquiry. Trump has downplayed the … [Read more...]
Governor Loosens Gun Laws After Declaring He’s Tired of the Dying in Texas
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott speaking at FreePac, hosted by FreedomWorks, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) In response to the disturbing number of mass shootings in Texas recently, the state’s republican Governor, Greg Abbott, said that he’s had enough and took action: “I am tired of the dying in Texas. Too many … [Read more...]
Asylum, Dark Money and Gorsuch Book Tour Lead Up to Supreme Court Term
President Donald J. Trump, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Anthony M. Kennedy, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Oct. 8, 2018, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian, Public Domain) The Supreme Court is not scheduled to convene until October 7, … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Pushes for Unprecedented Liquidation of Alaska’s Public Lands
Is the Alaskan wilderness for sale? Millions of acres of public lands face sale, transfer or exploitation as the Trump Administration signals the start of one of the largest liquidations of public lands in the nation’s history. Proponents say major upheaval to Alaska’s land and wildlife is necessary to combat the state’s snowballing … [Read more...]
Impeachment May Be ‘Only Remedy’ for Trump’s Newest Scandal
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff drew a line in the sand on Sunday. He said impeachment "would be the only option" if President Donald Trump actually asked Ukraine officials to investigate Joe Biden. Reports say a whistleblower complaint claims Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Trump allegedly pushed … [Read more...]
Citizen Trump Faces Tax Fraud Allegations and Emoluments Clause Lawsuit in Manhattan
President Donald J. Trump arrives at Joint Base Andrews Air Force Base Wednesday, August 21, 2019, in Maryland, en route Kentucky. (Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, Public Domain) When President Trump becomes citizen Trump, possibly as soon as January 20, 2021, Manhattan District Attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., is … [Read more...]
American Airlines Mechanic Accused Of Sabotage
A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday ordered that an American Airlines mechanic charged with purposely damaging an aircraft that was due to take off from Miami with 150 aboard remain behind bars before a trial, court papers showed. According to Reuters, Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, who is no longer employed by American, is a flight risk and a … [Read more...]
Judge Rules Epstein Victims Aren’t Entitled To Damages
A group of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them are not entitled to money damages from the United States. This, despite federal prosecutors having kept them in the dark about the financier’s lenient non-prosecution agreement more than a decade ago. Reuters reports U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra in West Palm Beach, Florida, … [Read more...]
Will Trump’s Stonewalling Backfire in 2020?
Around 2500 people met at the Minnesota capitol grounds to call on Republican President Donald Trump to release his returns, divest his holdings, and disclose his conflicts of interest. (Photo Credit: Fibonacci Blue, CC 2.0) Every week seems to bring a new story of corruption and avarice from the Trump Administration, driven in large part by … [Read more...]
Survivors of Church Shooting Can Sue the Government, Judge Rules
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church memorial after attack. (Photo Credit: Michael Bowman, Public Domain) On August 30, 2019, a judge in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that survivors of a mass shooting in 2015 can sue the United States Government over its alleged negligence when Dylann Roof was allowed to buy the gun he used to … [Read more...]
20 States Say No to Purdue Pharma Settlement In Opioid Crisis Lawsuits
Purdue Pharma LP reached a tentative agreement Wednesday with several plaintiffs in an attempt to resolve widespread litigation. According to Reuters, the OxyContin maker has been sued over its alleged role in fueling the U.S. opioid crisis. Sources say Purdue plans to fight with states opposing its settlement offer in bankruptcy … [Read more...]
Judge Allows 11 Parents Re-Entry to U.S. to Reunify with Children
President Trump was dealt another defeat to his immigration policies in court recently. Judge Dan Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California ordered that the Trump Administration allow 11 migrant parents back into the United States and be reunified with their children from whom they were separated. Zero … [Read more...]
Workers Must Show for Speech or They Won’t Get Paid
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) Earlier this month, President Trump visited Beaver County, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh, to give a speech at Royal Dutch Shell’s petrochemical plant. A memo sent from Shell to union … [Read more...]
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