In Historic Vote, Congressional Staffers Win Right to Unionize
Tuesday night’s House vote allowed its staffers to form unions. This was a huge win for congressional staffers who have been organising for over a decade to control what they consider to be abusive working conditions. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D.Maryland), introduced the resolution. It was passed along with a slate of other measuresA party line […]
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GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Court, Dems Must Do So for Abortion Rights
On the eve a key procedural vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a floor speech Tuesday that the Senate’s Democratic majority must use its power to end the legislative filibuster and codify abortion rights into federal law. Sanders (I-Vt.), the chair of the Senate Budget Committee, acknowledged that Senate […]
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Israeli Forces Shot and Killed Palestinian American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Warning! The following story contains graphic material. Shireen Abu Ashleh, a veteran Palestinian American journalist, was shot and killed by Israeli forces as she covered an Israeli army raid in Jenin refugee camps early Wednesday morning. Video released by Al JazeeraShows Abu Akleh was wearing an official press uniform when she was hit in the […]
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Abortion Would Be a Felony in Michigan If “Roe” Falls, Due to 1931 Law
When Stephanie Mejia Arciñiega drove her friend to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ann Arbor, Michigan, they were surrounded by anti-abortion protesters as soon as they tried to park. “They come up to your car super fast,” Mejia Arciñiega said. “You don’t want to run their feet over, so we had to stop and be […]
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The Real #Beergate Scandal: Durham Police
Keir Starmer, and I share something in common: we had a beer on the 30th of April 2021. Sir Keir enjoyed his with a curry at Durham Miners Hall while I celebrated the reversal of convictions for former Post-Office employees wrongly prosecuted in the Horizon scandal. Our case revealed how Post Office investigators had relentlessly […]
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Queen’s Speech 2022: Full list of bills
Here is a rundown of the full list of bills from the Queen’s speech 2022: New Bills 1. Bill to Level Up and Regeneration “A bill will be brought forward to drive local growth, empowering local leaders to regenerate their areas, and ensuring everyone can share in the United Kingdom’s success. The planning system […]
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Labour say scrapping Northern Ireland Protocol would make UK a ‘pariah’
Labour has warned that scrapping the Northern Ireland Protocol could damage the UK’s international reputation. Labour’s shadow justice secretary Steve Reed, told Sky News earlier today that triggering Article 16 to suspend to deal would make the UK a “pariah”. “If you sign an international treaty if two countries in the world sign an international […]
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Gove backpedals No 10’s emergency budget hints
The levelling up secretary has contradicted the government’s previous suggestions an emergency budget could be on the horizon. Yesterday afternoon the prim minister suggested that he would be “saying more” about the government’s cost of living response “in the days to come. These comments were made after Kit Malthouse, the minister of police, refused to […]
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Democrats’ National Abortion Bill Replaces Word ‘Woman’ With ‘Person’
Democrats’ latest abortion bill does not include the words woman, women, or female. Instead, the bill uses the word “person” to refer to those who bear and give birth to children. Wednesday is the scheduled day for the Senate to vote on legislation called Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
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Democrats Pursue What Could Be World’s Most Permissive Abortion Bill
Senate Democrats want to pass legislation that would remove all restrictions on abortion in any state. If they’re successful, America would be one of the world’s most liberal nations in access to abortion, surpassing China. The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that Democrats say would codify the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe […]
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