Manchin’s Opposition to Build Back Better Bill Infuriates Unhinged Left
Democrats are responding in typical fashion to Sen. Joe Manchin’s promised “no” vote on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act: They are foaming at the mouth. According to Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., “It’s an example of Joe Manchin, as a white man, showing that he doesn’t care about black people. He doesn’t care about […]
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Trump Sues Jan. 6 House Committee Because Committee Might Find Trump Wrongdoing
In June 2007, former Vice President Dick Cheney — already no stranger to wantonly abusing his power — became the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion of Chutzpah when he informed the National Archives they had no rights to his office’s paperwork because the vice president was not part of the executive branch. He claimed that he […]
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Florida Agency Spent $200K on PR Firm After Being Accused of Withholding Aid
A Florida agency tasked with disbursing state funds to assist people born with neurological disorders was recently accused of withholding aid – but instead of pursuing change internally, the agency spent hundreds of thousands of dollars hiring a public relations firm, a new ProPublica investigation found. The Birth-Related Neurological Injury Comp Association (NICA), spent nearly […]
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Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021
Even though Donald Trump has been out the power for almost a year, far-right groups in the United States are still strong. The January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol was easily the year’s most important event, and its fallout has, in many ways, defined 2021. Still ongoing are lawsuits, arrests, and congressional hearings. Even […]
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Oil Lobbyist Mary Landrieu’s Foundation Connects Congress With Corporate Execs
This article was created by Sludge, an independent investigative news website that covers money in politics. Click hereSupport Sludge. During her time in the Senate, Louisiana’s Mary Landrieu was perhaps the oil and gas industry’s strongest ally among the Democrats. Landrieu was elected chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in 2014. She supported […]
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Delta Cuts Paid Sick Leave for Workers With COVID After Lobbying for CDC Change
Just a day after the CDC delivered updated Covid-19 isolation guidelines that the company’s CEO lobbied forDelta Air Lines took advantage of the new recommendations and cut paid sick leave for infected employees. This prompted immediate protests from union leaders as well as public health experts. warnedSuch an outcome. Citing internal communications, New York Times […]
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Rising Anti-Science Rhetoric Feeds the Pandemic and Climate Crisis
Today, a special broadcast: An hour with Noam Chomsky. He is a world-famous political dissident, linguist, and author who just turned 93. Chomsky spoke to Democracy Now!He predicted that new variants would emerge even before the Omicron coronavirus variation was discovered. “If you let the virus run rampant in poor countries, everyone understands that mutation […]
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Encampment Near Biden’s Delaware Home Calls for Declaration of Climate Emergency
A small group of climate activists has established an encampment near President Joe Biden’s private home in Delaware where they are demanding he declare a national climate emergency and immediately order the end to fossil fuel development in the United States. Establishing the camp on Christmas Day and sleeping overnight in tents or cars on […]
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Michigan’s Nonpartisan-Drawn Maps Give Dems Chance to Win State Legislature
An independent commission in Michigan has drafted new legislative maps that will push back against gerrymandering and give Democrats a fairer chance in elections — but some advocates say that the redrawn maps will also dilute the voting power of majority-Black districts in the state. Michigan has been divided over the decades but dominated politically […]
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Elon Musk Brags About Owing Small Fraction of His $280B in Taxes
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, recently bragged aboutThis year’s tax bill is historic at $11 billion. However, the tax obligation is due to the large and complicated stock sales of the past months. He will almost certainly profit from these stock sales. Musk was interviewed earlier this month. boasted on TwitterHe will owe most […]
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