Planned Parenthood on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the people behind the ongoing, widely discredited video smear campaign that they say has “created a poisonous environment that fuels political attacks on access to reproductive health care and feeds threats against our health centers.” The civil suit, filed in San Francisco, charges that the defendants—including […]
Singling out what he dubs the “top 10 corporate tax dodgers,” Bernie Sanders on Friday pledged to close loopholes that let huge corporations avoid paying their fair share in taxes. The list (pdf) includes General Electric, Boeing, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Merck, and notes that several of the companies’ CEOs, even as they sit […]
A GOP super PAC is seeking to link Georgia Democratic House candidate Jon Ossoff to comedian Kathy Griffin, who tweeted her support for him over the weekend. Griffin has now drawn scorn from Republicans and Democrats alike for posing in a photo with a bloody, decapitated fake head resembling President Trump. Griffin apologized for taking […]
From the New York Times editorial board to a Republican-friendly super PAC, it appears unease is widespread over Hillary Clinton’s continued refusal to release transcripts of recent paid speeches she gave to some of Wall Street’s most powerful firms. In a sharply-worded editorial in Friday’s print edition, the Times described Clinton’s excuses for not releasing […]
Airstrikes have reportedly hit two hospitals in northern Syria, including a children’s facility and a clinic supported by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF said at least seven patients and staff were killed and eight staff members were missing after a clinic it supports in Maaret al-Numan, Idlib province was hit four times in […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday proposed new rules that regulate how Internet Service Providers (ISPs) can use and share customer data, which privacy and technology advocates called a “decisive step to protect consumers.” The proposed rules (pdf), to be voted on at the commission’s March 31 meeting, would require ISPs to disclose how […]
Something was amiss in Arizona on Tuesday. As Hillary Clinton claimed victory in the state’s Democratic primary, thousands of voters were left out to dry, with shuttered polling places, endless lines, and widespread reports of disenfranchisement. In Maricopa County, which includes the capital Phoenix, voters waited up to five hours to cast a ballot after […]
The regents of the University of California unanimously adopted a new policy on discrimination on Wednesday that links anti-Semitism to opposition to Zionism, the ideology asserting that the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in historic Palestine. At a meeting in San Francisco, the UC Board of Regents approved a working group’s recommendation […]
The Senate Republican campaign arm is looking to tie red-state Democrats up for reelection in 2018 to the idea of government-funded single-payer healthcare. The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) launched a Facebook ad campaign that seeks to connect vulnerable Democrats to Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named […]
Under heavily guarded escort, including riot police and helicopters, roughly 200 migrants were loaded on boats and shipped back to Turkey on Monday, marking the start of a contentious EU-Turkey agreement that critics have said reduces human suffering to a mere bargaining device. “A deeply shameful day for the EU,” was how humanitarian organization Global […]