A Secretive Border Patrol Unit Worked With the FBI to Investigate Journalists
A shocking exposé reveals how a secretive Customs and Border Protection division investigated as many as 20 journalists and their contacts by using government databases intended to track terrorists. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Robert F. Kennedy, was among those being investigated. Associated PressMartha Mendoza, reporter, and others at The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal […]
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Liz Cheney Suggests Trump Could Be Charged With Impeding Congress Over Jan. 6
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), vice chair of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, has suggested that the commission could be looking at charging former President Donald Trump with potential crimes related to that day’s events. On Tuesday, Cheney read aloud text exchanges between Mark Meadows, then-Chief Staff, and […]
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House Formally Votes to Charge Mark Meadows With Contempt of Congress
The United States House of Representatives formally voted on Tuesday to find ex-president Donald Trump’s former chief of staff in contempt of Congress for his refusal to cooperate with the select House committee investigating the January 6 breach of the Capitol building. The House voted mostly along partisan linesTwo Republicans, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming […]
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Congress Raises Debt Ceiling After Months of Republican Obstruction
After months of Republican obstruction and brinkmanship, Congress voted Tuesday for an increase in the debt limit. This follows economic disaster that was threatened by Republican obstruction. The debt ceiling was raised by the resolution by $2.5 trillionThis will put an end to the next fight on the fiscal move for 2023. Both chambers of […]
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British Court Trusts US to Protect Assange Even Though CIA Plotted to Kill Him
In a patently political decision, the U.K. High Court reversed the British lower court’s denial of extradition of WikiLeaksDespite revelations of a plot by the CIA to kidnap, assassinate and kidnap Julian Assange’s founder, Assange was able to travel to the United States from a narrow base. Assange was charged by the Trump administration with […]
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Rep. Ro Khanna Implores Biden to Act on Student Loan Debt
Rep. Ro Khanna warned Tuesday that the Biden administration’s plan to restart federal student loan payments in February could hurt Democrats’ chances in the upcoming midterm elections by placing an additional financial burden on millions of people, right in the middle of a deadly pandemic. In recent weeks — amid the rapidly spreading Omicron variant […]
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Kentucky to Investigate Termination Threats to Workers at Factory That Collapsed
Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democratic senator from Kentucky, announced that state investigators would investigate claims that employees of a candle factory were threatened by termination if they fled to shelter in their homes during extreme weather warnings. Eight workers were killed when the tornado that struck their factory smashed it to pieces last Friday. Beshear […]
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The Death of California
In “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Victor Hugo told the tale of Esmerelda, a gypsy dancer falsely accused of attempted murder, set to be hanged by an unjust state. Quasimodo, the titular hunchback, swings down from the cathedral of Notre Dame and saves her, carrying her off while crying “Sanctuary!” In fact, throughout European history, […]
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Biden Campaigned on Climate. Where’s the Bold Action?
Birds have a wealth of healthy instincts thanks to millions of years of evolution. Birds have learned to fly, and many species are able to fly thousands of kilometers when the seasons change. They return time and again to distant refuges where the weather remains calm. Birds are smarter than anyone, and they know when […]
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After Big Win in Buffalo, Starbucks Workers in Massachusetts File to Unionize
Following last week’s historic win in Buffalo, in which Starbucks workers formed the First-ever union in the companyTwo Starbucks workers in Boston have filed petitions to unionize. If they’re successful, they’ll be among the first of the company’s roughly 9,000 corporate-owned locations to form a union. Workers filed on MondayTo request union votes for locations […]
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