Southern California drinking water analysis is showing noteworthy levels of PFAS. PFAS chemicals have been used to make firefighting foam, insulation, carpet, upholstery, Teflon (for nonstick skillets), and paint since the 1940s. Exposure to PFAS in humans can affect infant growth and development, cause liver and kidney damage, and lead to an … [Read more...]
Trump Fires National Security Advisor After Talibani Camp David Meeting Canceled
Talks between President Donald Trump and Afghani Taliban officials have been canceled. The meeting was originally organized by Trump despite major pushback from the republican party. The meeting was scrapped after a Taliban car bomb killed a US soldier and 11 others last week. But the decision came after heated debate within the … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Too Partisan to Hear Landmark NRA Challenge, Democratic Senators Allege
The Roberts Court, November 30, 2018. Seated, from left to right: Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Samuel A. Alito. Standing, from left to right: Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. (Photograph by Fred Schilling, … [Read more...]
Lyft Sued Over Rape and Assault Cases
Fourteen women who said they were raped or otherwise sexually assaulted have filed a lawsuit against Lyft, one of the two top ride-share companies in the country. The lawsuit specifically cites fourteen cases of rape or sexual assault over a twelve-month period in 2018 to 2019. While each case is different, the details of each attack are … [Read more...]
What Policy Positions Will Stand Out in The September 12 Democratic Debate?
Former Vice President of the United States Joe Biden speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) When 10 Democratic candidates take the stage at Texas Southern University in Houston on … [Read more...]
After Two More Deaths, Doctors Are Serious About The Dangers Of Vaping
Two more Americans have died from lung illness that were possibly tied to vaping. Officials are probing whether this “cluster” of lung illnesses are linked to e-cigarette use. They are investigating links to 450 cases of lung illness around the country, reports Reuters. The total count of confirmed cases of illness linked to vaping … [Read more...]
Two States Approach Opioid Litigation Goal with Different Strategies
In a recent groundbreaking case, an Oklahoma judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for its role in the opioid crisis that has ravaged the Sooner State for many years. The use of opioids starting with prescription pain killers and often ending with heroin or fentanyl has claimed thousands of lives of Oklahomans who initially … [Read more...]
House of Representatives To Look Into Trump’s ‘Hush-Money’ Payments
U.S. congressional Democrats want to investigate allegations involving President Donald Trump. According to Reuters, these include hush-money payments to women who say they had affairs with him. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee is preparing to hold hearings and request testimonies. They want to look at 2016 payments made … [Read more...]
North Carolina Court Strikes Down Republican Gerrymander
A three-judge panel in North Carolina has struck down that state's existing map of legislative districts, ruling that the maps represented an unacceptable partisan gerrymander designed to systematically advantage Republican candidates. Republican leaders in the state have said that they do not intend to appeal the ruling, meaning that it will … [Read more...]
U.S. Election Systems Need Protecting
The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report in late July 2019 that detailed Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 election by targeting election systems in all 50 states. While the report does not contend that any actual votes were changed, the fact that Russia tried and succeeded in accessing United States election systems is further … [Read more...]
Florida Man Found Guilty of Manslaughter of Markeis McGlockton
Photograph taken on Sunset Point Road as part of Justice for Markeis: A Legacy Never Forgotten, held on July 19, 2019. (Photo Credit: BizarreLoveTriangle, CC 4.0) When 28-year-old Markeis McGlockton went to a convenience store with his girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, 26, and their three kids on July 19, 2018, neither thought it would be their last … [Read more...]
Federal Appeals Court Partially Upholds Trump’s Ban on Asylum Claims
(Photo Credit: Fibonacci Blue, CC 2.0) Since he took office, courts across the country have been preventing President Trump from enforcing most of his more aggressive immigration and asylum restrictions. Until now. But the Trump administration was handed a partial win this month from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. President Trump’s most … [Read more...]
Michigan Voted To Create an Independent Redistricting Commission. Republicans Are Suing To Destroy It.
Last year, e-mails emerged in Michigan dating back to the state's 2011 redistricting effort. With the state government totally controlled by Republicans in the aftermath of the 2010 Tea Party wave, Republicans were able to gerrymander the closely divided state to give their party a decisive advantage in the state legislature and the congressional … [Read more...]
Michael Flynn’s Lawyers Say He Isn’t Ready To Be Sentenced
Lawyers for former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn said he’s not ready to be sentenced. According to Reuters, the lawyers said the federal government is stalling efforts to defend him. Flynn is set to be sentenced for lying about his discussion with a Russian ambassador. Lawyers for the government said Flynn is ready for … [Read more...]
PFAS Found in Water at Air Force Academy
If you follow environmental news, you’re familiar with PFAS, which stands for “polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances,” a group of chemicals that includes PFOA and PFOS, two of the chemical compounds getting the most negative attention of late. PFAS were previously called PFCs, FCs or fluorocarbons; these chemicals come in numerous varieties … [Read more...]
FEC Chair Demands Trump Back Up Voter Fraud Claims
In the run-up to the 2016 election, there was serious concern about Donald Trump's willingness to accept the outcome of the race. Trump had a consistent track record of questioning the legitimacy of any defeats or setbacks he suffered, and when asked during one of his debates with Hillary Clinton if he would accept the outcome of the race he merely … [Read more...]
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