Month: <span>September 2020</span>

Calling his comments and attempted explanations both “bizarre” and “crazy,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) slammed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing on Thursday for backtracking on repeated promises by the Trump administration that it would support breaking up the big banks by reinstating a new version of the Glass-Steagall Act. Click Here: Cardiff Blues…

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The years-long, Indigenous-led fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) briefly captured the nation’s attention last fall as images of peaceful resisters being sprayed with water canons and surrounded by police in tanks and other military-grade equipment were spread widely, fueling global outrage and a fierce protest movement against the oil pipeline. Now that the…

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As a cadre of thirteen male Republican Senators refuses to show most of their colleagues and the American people their Trumpcare bill, a new poll on Wednesday reveals that support for the House version passed last month continues to lose support. “This bill is like a vampire. It can’t live when exposed to the light…

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Canadian rocker Neil Young and Promise of the Real have just released the video for their  new Trump resistance song “Children of Destiny,”  urging listeners to “stand up for what you believe, resist the powers that be.” The video for “Children of Destiny” intersperses scenes of recent large-scale protests alongside imagery like picnics, children waving…

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As thousands protested in Hamburg ahead of the G20 Summit, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took to Twitter late Thursday to encourage U.S. President Donald Trump to focus on a few key issues as he meets with leaders of the world’s top economies. The two-day summit, which kicked off Friday morning, features discussions on trade, climate…

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In the latest victory for the progressive movement in the southern United States, voters elected 36-year-old populist Randall Woodfin, who ran a Bernie Sanders-style campaign, as the new mayor of Birmingham, Alabama in a runoff election on Tuesday night. The runoff followed Woodfin’s promising performance during the first round of voting in August, and what…

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The Republican National Committee (RNC) slammed Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) on Wednesday, accusing him of “mansplaining” to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele…

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Click:cnc machining center Former Uber and Google executive Brian McClendon is launching a Democratic bid to be Kansas’s secretary of state. ADVERTISEMENTMcClendon’s main platform points focus on technology-centric issues like securing elections, which in McClendon’s words have been “hacked by foreign agents,” and promoting a startup-friendly culture of innovation in Kansas. McClendon, who helped create…

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Senate Republican incumbents and challengers posted lackluster fundraising hauls for the final quarter of 2017, an issue that could complicate the party’s ability to take advantage of a favorable map.  Republicans are eyeing the 10 states where Democrats are on defense after President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge…

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A looming deadline to draw new congressional maps has left Pennsylvania House campaigns in the dark just months before 2018’s first races.  The state Supreme Court struck down Pennsylvania’s current congressional lines last month, giving state lawmakers until Friday to submit their map. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will have until the end of next week…

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