Month: September 2020

Chris Hurst, a former Roanoke news anchor whose journalist girlfriend was killed during a live broadcast, won his race for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. Hurst defeated three-term incumbent Del. Joseph Yost, a Republican, on Tuesday night, after a hotly contested race. Hurst’s girlfriend Alison Parker and…

Republican strategist Alex Castellanos on Sunday said the Democratic Party has flourished under President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s presidency, pointing to the party’s sweeping…

On the same day the White House confirmed plans to transfer more Guantánamo Bay detainees before President Barack Obama leaves office later this month, President-elect Donald Trump called on the Obama administration to end “releases” from the U.S. military prison in Cuba. His tweet raised the hackles of human rights advocates, who said Trump’s message…

One day after voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a Republican Congressman in Colorado was caught sneaking out the backdoor of a community meeting on Saturday after being overwhelmed by constituents concerned over the future of their healthcare. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman had invited Colorado voters to the Aurora Central Library in suburban…

The Standing Rock Sioux has responded to President Donald Trump’s executive order to push through the long-contested Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), calling the memorandum “utterly alarming” and warning that following through with it would violate federal law. In a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday, Standing Rock Sioux chairman David Archambault III noted that…

From Carpinteria, Calif. to Kansas City, Mo. to Charlottesville, Va., pockets of resistance—catalyzed by the “Indivisible Guide”—to the Trump administration are popping up nationwide. “It’s about resistance and your local communities rising up,” said Barbara Dehart, co-founder of Indivisible Women Nevada County, to CBS Sacramento. The Indivisible manual was written by former congressional staffers, who,…

Whether by walking off the job or boycotting “unseen” labor, women and allies around the world next week will stand up and speak out to say: Women’s rights are human rights. Click Here: los jaguares argentina Coinciding with International Women’s Day, the March 8 day of action is being promoted in solidarity by those who…

A group of mental health professionals gathered at Yale University Thursday to discuss what they believe is their duty to warn the public of the “danger” posed by President Donald Trump. Click Here: cheap sydney roosters jersey The “Duty to Warn” event was attended by roughly two dozen people and was organized Dr. Bandy Lee,…

Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones’ newest campaign ad quotes prominent “conservative voices” criticizing his Republican opponent, Roy Moore, over the many sexual misconduct allegations made against him. The ad includes quotes from Ivanka Trump, Attorney General Jeff SessionsJefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsMcCabe, Rosenstein spar over Russia probe Rosenstein takes fire from Republicans in heated testimony Rosenstein…

New support for embattled Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore from President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) could mean trouble for GOP candidates across the country in 2018.  Democrats are already targeting top GOP nominees in pivotal Senate battles about Moore, questioning whether they stand by the RNC’s decision to back Moore financially…