During a CNN interview on Wednesday afternoon, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) used an obsolete talking point to downplay President Trump’s interest in firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Stewart was asked if he shares Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) belief that Trump will not move to fire Mueller, who is currently investigating claims of collusion […]
It’s been a hellish seven months for Puerto Rico. After Hurricane Maria ravaged the island last year, residents have endured months without basic services such as electricity and potable water. A woefully mismanaged recovery effort brought one outrage after another, and fostered the feeling that Puerto Ricans were viewed as “second-class citizens,” in the words […]
As workers were getting close to fully restoring power to Puerto Rico, seven months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, the area was hit with another island-wide blackout. The massive blackout on Wednesday came less than a week after a tree fell on a power line, knocking out power to 840,000 residents on the island. According to […]
Right-wing trolls are trying to embarrass Starbucks by spreading fake coupons that purport to give black people free coffee — but really contain hidden racial slurs and white supremacist slogans. The flyers began appearing appearing online in response to Starbucks’ announcement that they’d be closing all stores next week for racial bias training, after two […]
Right-wing trolls are trying to embarrass Starbucks by spreading fake coupons that purport to give black people free coffee — but really contain hidden racial slurs and white supremacist slogans. The flyers began appearing appearing online in response to Starbucks’ announcement that they’d be closing all stores next week for racial bias training, after two […]
On Wednesday morning, Pittsburgh Police Commander Victor Joseph sent an email to the city’s detectives instructing them to begin preparing for a possible protest in the event the Trump Administration moves to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. In the email, which was obtained by local television reporter Marcie Cipriani, […]
The overwhelming majority of climate scientists — 97 percent — understand that humans are the primary cause of climate change. Yet, as a new peer-reviewed study in journal Nature Climate Change points out, “only 11 percent of the US public correctly estimate the scientific consensus on climate change as higher than 90 percent.” So what happens […]
Wave upon wave of arriving officers consciously concealed their discussions of the police killing of Stephon Clark in Sacramento last month, a new raft of videos released by the city shows. An earlier trio of videos showed that the pair of officers who killed Clark chose to mute their body cameras in the minutes after […]
Wave upon wave of arriving officers consciously concealed their discussions of the police killing of Stephon Clark in Sacramento last month, a new raft of videos released by the city shows. An earlier trio of videos showed that the pair of officers who killed Clark chose to mute their body cameras in the minutes after […]
Kansas farmers and lawmakers reacted with anger and concern following another round of tariffs levied on U.S. exports by China, this time aimed at sorghum, which is most commonly used in animal feed. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced blistering new tariffs on Tuesday, slamming sorghum imported from the United States with a 178.6 percent duty, […]
The One America News Network (OANN), a vociferously far-right, pro-Trump media outlet, may not have anywhere near the same audience as outlets like Fox News or CNN. But it has at least one fan: Russia. After OANN ran a report earlier this week defending the Syrian government against claims that it had used chemical weapons […]
Puerto Rico was hit with an island-wide blackout Wednesday morning, according to the government-owned electric power company. CONFIRMED: Black out in Puerto Rico. The entire island is without power. There is “ZERO power generation at this point”, according to a 2nd @AEEONLINE spokesman A fault was detected on the line 50700 which starts in Aguirre […]
Last week, the legal challenge surrounding the raid by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York of the office of Donald Trump’s fixer and attorney Michael Cohen was assigned to Senior United States District Judge Kimba Wood. Though she was appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan at the recommendation of then-U.S. Sen. […]
President Trump tweeted incorrect information this week when announcing CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to discuss the country’s nuclear efforts and plans for a summit between the two leaders. “Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week. Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship […]
During an interview conducted just days after the firing of James Comey, President Trump admitted that his annoyance with the Russia investigation motivated his decision to terminate the FBI director. “And in fact when I decided to just do it [i.e., fire Comey], I said to myself, I said ‘you know, this Russia thing with […]
On Wednesday morning, President Trump claimed that a composite sketch of the man Stormy Daniels says threatened her in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 is of “a nonexistent man.” Trump retweeted a sketch of the man posted by a pseudonymous Twitter account, “Deplorably Scottish,” and wrote, “A sketch years later about a nonexistent […]
The State Department gave a prominent anti-LGBTQ religious organization a grant to combat HIV/AIDS in South Africa through a religious program that pressures kids into pledging that they will abstain from sex until marriage. An affiliate of Focus on the Family (FOTF) received a $49,505 grant under the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief […]
In an obvious public relations move aimed at buttressing his company’s socially conscious and responsible image in the wake of mounting protests following the arrest last week of two black men who were waiting for a friend in a Philadelphia coffee shop, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson ordered mandatory “unconscious bias” training for his company’s employees. No doubt, Johnson is […]
Last week, Lindsey Lemke attended the Michigan State University Athletic Gala, a dinner the university hosts for student athletes with GPAs above a 3.0. The gymnast was thrilled and grateful for a night out to celebrate her academic accomplishments. After all, this year has been anything but easy. Lemke is a “Sister Survivor,” the moniker […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Tuesday that there was no way he would entertain legislation that would prevent President Donald Trump from firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Speaking with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, McConnell said that such a measure is “not necessary” — despite an increasing bipartisan push to bring such legislation forward. […]
For months, former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has been one of the few prominent voices in the U.S. calling for dialogue and understanding with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad — even calling into doubt Assad’s use of chemical weapons. Now, we have a better idea why. Kucinich, currently running for Ohio governor, has revealed that […]
An Ohio congressman who receives a large portion of his campaign contributions from coal industry interests informed members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday that one of his most important constituents — Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray — is not happy with their decision to reject a Trump administration proposal to subsidize […]