A deleted tweet from Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignited fresh fears about his position on Iran, after his official Twitter account provided an English translation of his remarks to reporters on Wednesday while attending an American-led summit about the Middle East hosted in Warsaw, Poland. The initial tweet, translated from Hebrew, had the […]
Baghdad is firing back on Monday with calls to potentially boot U.S. troops out of Iraq in response to President Donald Trump’s comments that he wants to keep them there to “watch Iran.” Speaking to CBS‘s “Face the Nation” in an interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he wants the continued military presence But U.S. […]
Tired of receiving notices warning that their drinking water may have been compromised and having little recourse to fight corporate polluters, voters in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday approved a measure granting Lake Erie some of the same legal rights as a human being. Sixty-one percent of voters in Tuesday’s special election voted in favor of […]
Whistleblower advocates are expressing renewed concerns about threats to press freedom after Chelsea Manning was jailed for refusing to testify in a secret grand jury hearing. Manning appeared last week before a grand jury believed to be investigating WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. Manning refused to answer questions under oath and was thrown in […]
As state and federal lawmakers fail to take meaningful action to confront America’s gun violence epidemic, Indiana elementary school teachers were reportedly shot “execution-style” with plastic pellets in an active shooter drill led by law enforcement. “Outrageous. Unacceptable. We don’t have to live like this.” —Moms Demand Action According to the Indianapolis Star, several teachers […]
Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against Facebook McEnany says Juneteenth is a very ‘meaningful’ day to Trump MORE (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp (R) is overseeing voter suppression in Georgia in his role as secretary of […]
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it will deploy personnel to 35 voting locations in 19 states on Tuesday during the midterm elections to “monitor compliance with the federal voting rights laws.” Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsMcCabe, Rosenstein spar over Russia probe Rosenstein takes fire from Republicans in heated testimony Rosenstein defends […]
Democrat Jason Crow on Tuesday unseated Rep. Mike CoffmanMichael (Mike) Howard CoffmanBottom Line Koch political arm endorses Colorado Sen. Gardner 20 years after Columbine, Dems bullish on gun reform MORE (R-Colo.) in a suburban Colorado district the Democrats have targeted for the better part of the last decade. The victory was not a surprise — election handicappers […]
“He can huff and puff all he wants but he cannot escape the death of 3,000 on his watch.” That was San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz’s response to President Donald Trump’s Monday night tweet-storm, in which he once again inflated the amount of federal aid Puerto Rico has received since Hurricane Maria and attacked […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday called on his fellow members of Congress to come together and override President Donald Trump’s veto of the historic Yemen War Powers resolution. Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019 “The president’s action is a very serious challenge to congressional authority that demands a response,” the Vermont senator and 2020 presidential contender […]