Tag: Politics
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REPUBLICANS FLEE FROM TRUMP
President Donald Trump’s steadfast grip on Republicans in Washington is beginning to crumble, leaving him more politically isolated than at any other point in his turbulent administration. The insurrection on the heels of a bruising election loss in Georgia accomplished what other low points in Trump’s presidency did not: force Republicans to fundamentally reassess their…
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CHAOS & VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL
The pro-Trump mob took over the presiding officer’s chair in the Senate, the offices of the House speaker and the Senate dais, where one yelled, “Trump won that election.”They mocked its leaders, posing for photos in the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one with his feet propped on her desk, another sitting in the…
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REPUBLICANS SUE VICE PRESIDENT PENCE
It comes over a week before Pence is scheduled to preside over a joint session of Congress where the Electoral College votes for Biden and President Donald Trump will be tallied up. The suit asks eastern Texas federal Judge Jeremy Kernodle, a Trump appointee, to declare that Pence has the “exclusive authority and sole discretion”…
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WHY THESE LATINOS ARE VOTING FOR TRUMP
This year, Marte, 27, of Union City, New Jersey, will complete an even longer political journey: He’s voting for President Donald Trump, attracted by the Republican Party’s “Judeo-Christian” values and the president’s economic record before the coronavirus hit. “We have to elevate ourselves and I think Donald Trump is the only president that I’ve seen…
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REPUBLICANS RUNNING SHORT ON TIME AND MONEY TO DEFEND SENATE MAJORITY
Republicans are running short of time, money and options to stop Democrats from winning a majority of seats in the U.S. Senate, and with them full control of Congress, in an election that is now only two weeks away. That gives Democrats a good chance of adding a Senate majority to their control of the…
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IOWA VOTERS OUST REP. KING
Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightning rod known for making incendiary comments about immigrants and white supremacy throughout his nearly two decades in Congress. The nine-term congressman, shunned by his party leadership in Washington and many of his longtime supporters at home,…
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AMID RACIAL UNREST, A TEST AT THE POLLS
Eight states plus D.C. are holding primary elections today following a week of intense protests across the country over the brutal police killing of George Floyd. It’s the first major test for voting since the national outcry. Concerns over civil unrest and the police — as well as the coronavirus and expanded absentee voting —…
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HOW TO STAY INFORMED, VOCAL AND SAFE
Now and always, we stand as allies in the fight against racism. It is not enough to mourn past injustices with the benefit of hindsight. The continued presence of systemic racism is unjust, inhumane and must end. This current moment demands mobilization and action. This current moment demands understanding and compassion. This current moment demands…
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JENNIFER CARROLL FOY JUMPS INTO VIRGINIA GOVERNOR’S RACE, HOPING TO MAKE HISTORY
Jennifer Carroll Foy is jumping into the 2021 gubernatorial race in Virginia, making her the first Black woman to run for the job in 30 years. If elected, she would be the first Black female governor anywhere in the country. “I look forward to being more bold in what we get done here in Virginia,…
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OBAMA RETURNS TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Marking an impassioned return to the campaign trail, former President Barack Obama made a plea Thursday night to Virginia voters to vote for Democratic candidates in the state’s first elections to be held since last year’s presidential contest. “Folks don’t feel good right now about what they see.” – Barack Obama Obama was stumping for…
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OBAMA PICKS HIP-HOP PORTRAITIST TO PAINT OFFICIAL PORTRAIT
Former President Barack Obama has made another inspired choice, He has selected hip-hop portraitist Kehinde Wiley to paint his official presidential portrait. Wiley is known for his larger-than-life portraits that infuse black street culture with European aesthetics. Wiley has painted LL Cool J, LL Cool J in the style of John Singer Sargent, Ice T…
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HILLARY CLINTON SAYS SHE’LL DONATE WEINSTEIN’S CONTRIBUTION
In a recent interview, Hillary stated that she will donate the money that she received from Harvey Weinstein. “Well, there’s no one to give it back to. What other people are saying, what my former colleagues are saying, is that they’re going to donate it to charity, and of course I will do that,” Clinton…
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TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO END OBAMACARE
President Trump said the executive order he signed today is just the beginning of the administration’s effort to reshape the health care system. In short, the order appears to allow small businesses and individuals the opportunity to be able to buy long-disputed health insurance that avoid state regulations and Affordable Care Act protections. Here are…
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WHITE HOUSE SEEKS $4.9B TO SHORE UP PUERTO RICO FINANCES
On Tuesday the Trump administration sought an additional $4.9 billion in emergency hurricane aid to fend off what Puerto Rico’s governor recently warned could become a fiscal catastrophe. The OMB sent a formal request to House leadership this afternoon, revising its most recent recovery package request to nearly $35 billion. The extra $4.9 billion would…
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KELLYANNE CONWAY BLASTS HILLARY CLINTON OVER SLOW CONDEMNATION OF HARVEY WEINSTEIN
This afternoon White House counselor Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter to lambaste Hillary Clinton for her slow response to condemn Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual abuses. “It took Hillary abt 5 minutes to blame NRA for madman’s rampage, but 5 days to sorta-kinda blame Harvey Weinstein 4 his sexually assaults,” Conway wrote on Twitter.…
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TRUMP VENTS TO WEALTHY DONORS ABOUT FAILURE TO REPEAL OBAMACARE
President Trump told a gathering of rich donors in North Carolina on Saturday evening that he intends on pushing forward with healthcare reform, but also acknowledge he is facing serious hurdles. With current widespread frustration in the Republican Party about its repeated failure to repeal Obamacare, the president said he wants to restart the talks.…
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JUST 24 PERCENT OF AMERICANS SAY US HEADING RIGHT DIRECTION
Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump that included the threat of war with North Korea, stormy complaints about hurricane relief and Trump’s equivocating about white supremacists. That’s a 10-point drop since June, according to a poll from The Associated…
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TRUMP’S ONE-TWO PUNCH HITS BIRTH CONTROL, LGBT RIGHTS
In a one-two punch elating religious conservatives, President Donald Trump’s administration is allowing more employers to opt out of no-cost birth control for workers and issuing sweeping religious-freedom directions that could override many anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people and others. In what is likely to be one of the more contested aspects of the document,…
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SOME DEMOCRATS RETURNING MONEY THEY RECEIVED FROM WEINSTEIN
Congressional Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential 2020 presidential contender Sen. Elizabeth Warren among them, are starting to give charities thousands of dollars in donations they had received from disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein. Hinojosa said the amount was for the funds Weinstein himself donated to the party during the 2016 campaign. Other…
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TRUMP AND GOP SENATOR TRADE SHOTS ON TWITTER
President Donald Trump and Sen. Bob Corker have traded barbed tweets in an unusually harsh exchange between a president and a senator from his own party. Trump began Sunday morning by stating that the Tennessee Republican had “begged” him for an endorsement for his re-election campaign. Trump says he turned him down and that Corker…
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