Undocumented immigrants are facing uncertainty and precariousness as Hurricane Florence draws nearer to the southeastern United States and coastal residents evacuate inland. Area activists in states like North Carolina say they are working to help immigrants find shelters, but that the evacuation process has been weighed down by the Trump administration’s policy decisions and poor […]
Undocumented immigrants are facing uncertainty and precariousness as Hurricane Florence draws nearer to the southeastern United States and coastal residents evacuate inland. Area activists in states like North Carolina say they are working to help immigrants find shelters, but that the evacuation process has been weighed down by the Trump administration’s policy decisions and poor […]
More than 9 million hogs and a sizable poultry industry could be at risk in North Carolina if Hurricane Florence dumps a foot or two of rainfall in the eastern part of the state — as some meteorologists are forecasting — where a large number of industrial farms are concentrated. Two years ago, Hurricane Matthew caused […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday certified to Congress that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were “undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure” in Yemen. His certification of the Saudi and U.A.E. efforts allows the U.S. to continue supporting the airstrikes, although Pompeo’s statement has […]
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may have committed a very serious crime — possibly even a sex crime. Or maybe he didn’t. That’s what we just learned from an extraordinarily vague press statement by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). Ummmm pic.twitter.com/zPEtoBasgs — Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) September 13, 2018 Although there is no clarity about what the […]
In the hours after President Donald Trump’s blatant lie to the nation about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, multiple Congressional Republicans made statements correcting his claim that the 3,000 death estimate was a Democratic conspiracy to make him look bad. But in the months after the disaster, they were too busy […]
In the hours after President Donald Trump’s blatant lie to the nation about the death toll in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, multiple Congressional Republicans made statements correcting his claim that the 3,000 death estimate was a Democratic conspiracy to make him look bad. But in the months after the disaster, they were too busy […]
Amid increasingly tight polling in Florida’s gubernatorial race, Republican Ron DeSantis is emphasizing his environmental bonafides, even as he refuses to fully acknowledge climate change. That green push comes as his opponent, Democrat Andrew Gillum, continues to net support from environmental advocates and organizations. During a visit to the Everglades on Wednesday, DeSantis touted his […]
The mainstream media is failing to effectively fact check President Turmp’s baseless claim that the Puerto Rico government’s count of people who died after Hurricane Maria is a conspiracy orchestrated by his political opponents. In tweets posted Thursday morning, President Trump claimed the latest death toll figures of 2,975 is a lie rigged by Democratic lawmakers. […]
In his tweeted warning about Hurricane Florence Wednesday, President Trump said, “bad things can happen when you’re talking about a storm this size. It’s called Mother Nature.” The authors of a bombshell new analysis, “The human influence on Hurricane Florence,” disagree. They find that human-caused global warming has supercharged the atmosphere so much that it is boosting […]
In his tweeted warning about Hurricane Florence Wednesday, President Trump said, “bad things can happen when you’re talking about a storm this size. It’s called Mother Nature.” The authors of a bombshell new analysis, “The human influence on Hurricane Florence,” disagree. They find that human-caused global warming has supercharged the atmosphere so much that it is boosting […]
The number of immigrant children held in detention facilities in the United States has skyrocketed over the past year, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. The report cites “data collected by the Department of Health and Human Services” and was shared with members of Congress, who then gave the information to the […]
A group of San Francisco police officers who’ve enjoyed roughly three years of paid leave while challenging their dismissals in court may finally be fired for sending reams of racist, homophobic texts to one another, judges decided Wednesday. The California Supreme Court declined to hear the officers’ case, opening the door for city police officials to […]
On Wednesday night in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., Breanna Stewart capped off her MVP season with 30 points, eight rebounds, three assists, two steals, one Finals MVP award, and her very first WNBA championship, as her Seattle Storm completed a three-game sweep of the Washington Mystics. When Stewart arrived in the WNBA three seasons […]
It’s been a rough couple of days for Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. Last Wednesday, the suspected Russian hit-men were accused by British police of the attempted murder of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March this year, as well as grievous bodily harm against a police officer who first responded […]
Earlier this summer, New Hampshire joined more than a dozen other states in banning conversion therapy for minors, protecting them from the harmful practice of trying to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. Republicans haven’t given up the fight just yet though: voters just nominated a defender of conversation therapy to be their candidate for […]
A gunman in Bakersfield, California shot and killed his wife before shooting four others and himself Wednesday evening, in what appears to be the latest mass shooting with roots in domestic abuse. According to the Los Angeles Times, the shooter, who has not yet been identified, began his rampage late Wednesday afternoon, when he and […]
President Donald Trump isn’t the only prominent Republican to embrace white supremacy. On Tuesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) retweeted prominent white nationalist and Holocaust denier Lana Lokteff, and added his own commentary comparing socialists to Nazis: “Nazi” is injected into Leftist talking points because the worn out & exhausted “racist” is over used & applied […]
President Donald Trump isn’t the only prominent Republican to embrace white supremacy. On Tuesday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) retweeted prominent white nationalist and Holocaust denier Lana Lokteff, and added his own commentary comparing socialists to Nazis: “Nazi” is injected into Leftist talking points because the worn out & exhausted “racist” is over used & applied […]
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said this week he would not investigate allegations of sex abuse within the Roman Catholic Church at parishes within the state’s borders, blasting critics who pushed back on that decision and comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan. The comments were made in the wake of a grand jury report in […]
President Donald Trump’s latest fundraiser, which will be held at his own property, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, is apparently not for the “forgotten men and women” who Trump claims propelled him to victory in 2016. According to the Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey, the cheapest entry price is $35,000 per couple, […]