Corporations Are Funding Police Repression
Environmental activists were arrested by police in riot gear at the Line 3 pipeline pumping station, Minnesota, near the Itasca State Park, Minnesota on June 7, 2021.Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images Corporations are funding the suppression and repression against protesters, from Amazon to Hubbard County, Minnesota to the Amazon. In this episode of […]
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Since “Citizens United,” Billionaires Are Spending Nearly $1B More on Elections
Billionaires are spending nearly 40 times more on elections than they were 12 years ago thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens UnitedA new report has been published. Analyzing campaign contribution data, Americans for Tax Fairness foundBillionaires have increased their donations from $31,000,000 during the 2010 election to $1.2Billion in 2020, which is almost 39 times […]
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Talk Show Host Bongino Permanently Banned From YouTube
A spokesperson for YouTube confirmed Wednesday that Dan Bongino, conservative talk show host, had his YouTube accounts permanently blocked by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Bongino’s second channel, the Dan Bongino Show Clips, was initially suspended and demonetized for seven days after Bongino posted a video in which he said masks were “useless” in stopping the spread […]
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Is Retiring, Opening Seat for Biden Nominee
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden and Democrats a chance to fill a crucial spot in the nation’s top court. Biden is expected to announce the justice’s retirement as soon as Thursday. In 1994, President Bill Clinton nominated the 83-year old liberal. is the oldest member on the Supreme Court. […]
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Nina Turner Announces Run for Congress in Likely Rematch Against Shontel Brown
Nina Turner announced that she will run for the House of Representatives to represent Cleveland after her campaign against Rep. Shontel (D-Ohio), fell flat in last year’s primaries. Turner was a former Ohio state senator and campaign co-chair for Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). will likely go up against Brown again. Brown defeated Turner in a […]
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San Jose Passes First-of-Its-Kind Insurance Requirement for Gun Owners
San Jose’s city council approved a new measure that would require gun owner to purchase liability insurance for their guns. Several cities across the U.S. have presented similar proposals, but it’s likely that San Jose, which passed the ordinance on Tuesday, will be the first in the country to implement such a measure. The law […]
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US’s Support for Invasions Should Disqualify It From Leading on Russia-Ukraine
As the U.S. has shown, Russia and the United States are headed toward a dangerous confrontation over Ukraine. 8,500 troopsOn high alert, ready and available to deploy to Eastern Europe in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. new round of arms shipmentsUkrainians have been arriving in large numbers. On the one hand, Russia’s […]
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Only 10 Percent of Africa’s Population Is Fully Vaccinated
We speak with Dr. John Nkengasong, head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to learn more about how vaccine inequity can lead to more coronavirus variants. Dr. John Nkengasong states that only 10% are fully immunized in Africa. Africa is home to 1.3 billion people and millions of vaccines. COVAXThey were quickly […]
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Biden Claims He Wants to End the Yemen War. His Actions Suggest Otherwise.
A coalition of forces led Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), carried out an airstrike on Yemen on January 21st. confirmedAt least 87 people were killed. As many as 266 were also wounded in the strike, which targeted a detention center in the northern city of Sa’ada that reportedly housed African migrants. FragmentsThe […]
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Pelosi Announces Another Run for Congress, Doesn’t Discuss Speaker Role
On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) announced that she will run for another term in Congress – without specifying whether she will seek to remain leader of the Democratic caucus in the House beyond this year’s midterms. “I am running for reelection to Congress,” Pelosi saidIn a Twitter video message, she announced […]
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