Democrat Ralph Northam’s Tuesday routing of Republican Ed Gillespie to become the next governor of Virginia has significant national implications. Here are five takeaways from Democrats’ big night. Reinvigorated Democrats score their first big Trump-era victory Democrats are back from the dead. Downtrodden liberals finally had a night to celebrate after a year of abysmal electoral returns […]
Read MoreWashington Post columnist George Will on Monday said Roy Moore should go down to defeat in next month’s Alabama special Senate election in a column headlined: “Roy Moore is an embarrassment. Doug Jones deserves to win.” In the column, the conservative pundit writes that Moore deserves to lose, concluding that perhaps a win in the […]
Read MoreSaying he represents “a threat to all of our civil rights,” roughly 30 people led by the NAACP on Tuesday occupied the Mobile, Ala. office of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R.), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. The sit-in ended with the arrests of six demonstrators, including including NAACP president and CEO Cornell […]
Read MoreGlobal sea ice levels are at their lowest in recorded history, according to new statistics from the U.S. National Snow & Ice Data Center. In the Arctic, the loss is due to climate change and extreme weather events that are likely influenced by global warming, while the changes in the Antarctic may be attributed to […]
Read MoreFormer Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned that it appears “as if the world is preparing for war.” Writing in an op-ed published Thursday at TIME magazine, Gorbachev, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in ending the Cold War, writes that the most pressing problem facing the world is “the […]
Read MoreWhite House press secretary Sean Spicer on Wednesday said anyone questioning the success of a U.S. military raid in Yemen last month, which resulted in dozens of deaths, is doing “a disservice” to the American soldier who was killed in the operation. Spicer’s comments came just after Yemen reportedly withdrew permission for the U.S. to […]
Read MoreThis post may be updated. A Republican Arkansas lawmaker has introduced legislation to ban the works of the late historian, activist, and writer Howard Zinn from publicly funded schools. The bill from Rep. Kim Hendren, just noted by the Arkansas Times, was introduced on Thursday and referred to the House Committee on Education. It states […]
Read MoreEnraged voters are eager to confront Republican lawmakers who voted Thursday to take away their healthcare, planning a mass show of resistance to Trumpcare at upcoming town hall meetings in home districts during what one group is calling “Payback Recess.” Following Thursday’s House passage of the American Healthcare Act (AHCA), progressive groups warned representatives: “See […]
Read MoreA majority of American voters say that Alabama Senate hopeful Roy MooreRoy Stewart MooreSessions goes after Tuberville’s coaching record in challenging him to debate The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip Sessions fires back at Trump over recusal: ‘I did my duty & you’re damn fortunate I did” MORE should be expelled from the chamber if […]
Read MoreSen. Orrin HatchOrrin Grant HatchBottom line Bottom line Bottom line MORE (R-Utah) fired back at former White House strategist Stephen Bannon on Wednesday for launching an attack against Mitt Romney that included accusing the former presidential candidate of invoking his Mormon faith to avoid military service. “Steve Bannon’s attacks on Governor Romney and his service are disappointing […]
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