Democrats Fail to Get D.C.’s Cannabis Legalization Approved by Congress
The legal sale of cannabis in the nation’s capital will continue to remain under a federal ban, due to a rider attached to the $1.5 trillion spending package that Congress passed this week. The Harris Rider is named after Rep. Andy Harris (R.Maryland). has been part of federal budgets since 2015This was the year that […]
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Our Best Weapon Against Soaring Gas Prices Is Dramatic Climate Action
One week from tomorrow, the world will pass — and likely ignore — a most curious anniversary. On that day two years ago, as the true scope of the COVID-19 pandemic was revealing itself and the infrastructure of “How Things Are” began to wobble and quake, the price of petroleum dialed down to zero. Actually, […]
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The Russian People Are Not the Russian Government, Activists Remind Us
Nearly two decades after Bush administration began a nationwide crackdown on the U.S. movement against the invasion of Iraq, antiwar activists in Russia are experiencing a wave of brutal repression as President Vladimir Putin’s regime wages an extremely deadly war on Ukraine. This is a crucial moment for the Russian antiwar movement. According to a […]
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Judge Halts Family Investigations in Texas Under Abbott’s Anti-Trans Directive
The largest nurses’ union in the U.S. joined civil rights groups late Friday in celebrating a judge’s decision to temporarily bar the state of Texas from investigating the parents of transgender children, an effort launchedLast month, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. In her ruling, District Judge Amy Clark Meachum argued that Abbott’s directive ordering the Texas […]
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Ukraine War – UK Opinion Polls
The state of the UK’s main political parties appears ‘becalmed’ following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Despite suggestions that the wall to wall news coverage of events Ukraine may impact on how the public perceive the prime minister and the government, there is no evidence as yet, that the war is having […]
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Lawsuit Alleges 3 Lawmakers, Part of Trump Electors Plot, Cannot Run for Office
A group of citizens from Wisconsin — as well as a brewing company in the state — are suing to disqualify three Republican candidates for office, arguing that they played a role in trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and thus aided and engaged in an insurrection against the United States. The lawsuit requests […]
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Democrats Unveil Bill to Tax Big Oil’s Profits and Send Checks to the Public
On Thursday, Democrats introduced a bicameral bill that would levy an oil and gas tax and redistribute the funds back to the public. currently facingAAA reports that this is the highest ever gas price in the United States. Rep. Ro Khanna (D.California), along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse(D-Rhode Island), introduced the Big Oil Windfall Profits Act. […]
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The 2020 Census Undercounted Native Americans, Black and Latinx People
According to new estimatesAccording to the Census Bureau’s Thursday release, the 2020 census did not include Black people, Latinx people or Native Americans. This could potentially lead voters being disenfranchised, advocates warn. All three groups were less than a decade ago, at higher rates. Latinx people were undercounted at a rate of around 5 percent, […]
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130+ World Leaders, Nobel Laureates, Scientists Call for End to Vaccine Patents
Marking the two-year anniversary of the World Health Organization’s official Covid-19 pandemic declaration, more than 130 current and former world leaders, Nobel laureates, scientists, and humanitarians published an open letter Friday imploring rich countries to finally end their obstruction of a proposed patent waiver and share key vaccine technology with the world. “The European Union, […]
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Trump Is Asking His Fans to Pay for New “Trump Force One” Plane
Donald Trump’s PAC sent a fundraising email touting the construction of a new private jet, dubbed “Trump Force One,” hours after Trump’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing over the weekend, according to Insider. According to the Associated Press, Trump’s plane made an unscheduled landing in New Orleans last Saturday as he was […]
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