Manchin Has Spent Years Funneling $15M to Preserve Valley Where He Owns a Condo
A new investigation has revealed that coal baron and chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) and his wife have been hard at work funneling millions of dollars into preserving a small valley in West Virginia where the couple owns property – even as the senator has blocked […]
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The Attack on Abortion Is an Attack on Democracy Itself
After I was the age that my daughter is now, my favourite sweatshirt had the phrases “Alternative, Alternative, Alternative, Alternative” in rainbow letters throughout its entrance. My mother received me that sweatshirt at a 1989 rally in response to Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. In that case, the Supreme Court docket upheld a Missouri legislation […]
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US Counted Over 126,000 New COVID Infections Yesterday. What Are We Doing?
A friend’s little girl couldn’t come out to play with my daughter the other day. She was ill with the sniffles and Dad was trying to keep it from her, as his neighbors all have COVID. My friend said that one of them works in an elderly care facility where the virus is spreading like […]
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Cori Bush Introduces Bill to Protect Access to Abortion Pills
Democrats Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Cori bush introduced legislation Monday to codify national standards to administer abortion medication. This is in response to extremist Republicans’ rush to restrict reproductive health care in the country. Over 80% of all abortions are performed by medication. half of all abortionsThe United States. This legislation is the latest […]
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Ongoing Revelations Compel Jan. 6 Committee to Extend Its September Deadline
The House select committee investigating an attack on the Capitol building in the United States Capitol building, January 6, 2021 is extending the time that it will keep its inquiry open. Originally slated to end in September, the January 6 committee — which was tasked with investigating the Capitol attack but has also delved into […]
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Biden Considers Declaring Climate Emergency Amid Joe Manchin’s Obstruction
Large swathes of the planet are currently under the grips record-breaking heatwaves and destructive wildfires. U.S. President Joe Biden may consider declaring a national emergency this week. He is reportedly doing so because a senator with deep ties the fossil fuel industry continues his obstruction of much-needed renewable energy spending. Biden’s plans for a possible […]
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Israel Lobby Is Spending Millions to Defeat Progressive Democrats in Primaries
Image Credit: donnaedwards4congress.com Pro-Israel lobby groups have spent “shocking” amounts of money to change the course of multiple Democratic congressional primaries over the past year alone, reports our guest Peter Beinart. The latest is in Maryland, where former Congressmember Donna Edwards is being outspent sevenfold by corporate attorney Glenn Ivey in her bid to win […]
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Ellis to EU: ‘Our door remains open’ on NI protocol
This afternoon, MPs are debating clauses 7, 8 and 9 of a revised Northern Ireland protocol following “practical problems” caused by the initial deal between the UK and the EU. Ellis emphasised that the government wants a negotiated deal with the European Union, telling the EU “our door remains open”. The paymaster general told the […]
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House Staffers in 8 Offices File to Form First-Ever Congressional Unions
Congressional staffers working in eight House offices have filed petitions to form Congress’s first-ever unions after being granted the right to do so In the spring. In May, House representatives voted 217 to 200 to allow their staff to unionize. Rep. Andy Levin, a Democratic Representative from Michigan, introduced the resolution. It activated decades-old legislation […]
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Steve Bannon’s Contempt of Congress Trial Formally Began Today
The contempt-of-Congress trial of Steve Bannon (a former White House political strategist who served as President Donald Trump’s chief strategist) officially began Monday with the selection and confirmation of jurors that will ultimately determine his legal fate. Bannon faces two contempt of Congress chargesThis was based on Bannon’s refusal to follow subpoenas from a House […]
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