A government watchdog claimed its latest victory on Wednesday as a federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to block a lawsuit challenging his continued involvement with his businesses—which ethics groups say amounts to a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution. U.S. District Judge Peter Missette did not accept the Trump administration’s argument that a […]
Read MoreA gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, on Saturday, killing 11 worshipers. The massacre is being described as the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. The victims have been identified as Cecil Rosenthal, David Rosenthal, Melvin Wax, Irving Younger, Daniel Stein, Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry […]
Read MoreA Kansas primary on Tuesday will shine a spotlight on whether progressive Democrats can gain a must-win district in November or whether they are too far to the left to win in America’s heartland. National Democrats have recruited more centrist candidates for many of the tougher swing seats. But progressive candidates have also been seeking […]
Read MoreThe nation’s first Somali-American legislator, Ilhan Omar (D), won the Minnesota Democratic primary on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Omar with 93 percent of precincts reporting. She won 48 percent of the vote. ADVERTISEMENT Omar and Michigan Democratic nominee Rashida Tlaib are aiming to become the first Muslim women to serve in Congress. The […]
Read MoreNo longer bothering to pretend that its tax policy amounts to anything more than dumping as much money as possible into the pockets of ultra-wealthy CEOs and investors, the Trump administration is considering a plan to leapfrog Congress and unilaterally hand the richest Americans another $100 billion in tax cuts. “Donald Trump wants to go […]
Read MoreJust two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was celebrated by environmentalists for banning donations from fossil fuel companies, it voted 30-2 on Friday to adopt a resolution from Chair Tom Perez that critics said effectively reverses the ban and represents “an absolute failure by the DNC.” The Huffington Post‘s Alexander Kaufman tweeted Friday: […]
Read MoreAs Fox News, President Donald Trump, and right-wing commentators continue to shamelessly exploit the murder of 20-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts to advance their anti-immigrant narrative and cruel policy agenda, members of Tibbetts’ family are forcefully pushing back against this “small-minded” effort to use the horrific killling of a young woman as a political prop. […]
Read MoreWhile women’s rights groups have jumped to the defense of Christine Blasey Ford, the college professor who on Sunday came forward publicly to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were high school students, many members of the Republican Party—including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine—have yet to say whether they believe […]
Read MoreFollowing the arrests of dozens of protesters on the first day of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the women’s advocacy group UltraViolet wrapped up the day with a strong visual statement, projected onto the Supreme Court, demonstrating why it joined with others to lead the protests. “Roe vs. Wade is more popular than […]
Read MoreThe human rights group Amnesty International is calling on Congress to freeze funding of the U.S. Border Patrol until the Trump administration ends its illegal treatment of refugees attempting to apply for asylum status at the U.S.-Mexico border. The demand comes as U.S. President Donald Trump denied that his Border Patrol used tear gas against […]
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