Senate Rejects Sanders’s Resolution to Block $650M Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
The Senate voted against Tuesday’s bipartisan resolution to block a $650 Million weapons sale to Saudi Arabia. It rejected a bid from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and progressive and Republican legislators to stop the sale. The resolution was voted down 67 to 30. Most Republicans voted against this resolution, with the exception of Senators Rand […]
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Mark Meadows Expected to Join Other Trumpists Charged With Contempt of Congress
Former White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows is on the verge of joiningAccording to the FBI, there is a growing number of former Trump officials being charged for contempt of Congress. multiple reports. Given Meadows’s refusal to testify before the House Select Committee investigating the 1/6 Capitol attack, the committee has confirmed that he will soon […]
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Trump Admits He Fired Former FBI Director James Comey to Benefit Himself
During a Fox NewsIn an interview over the weekend, Trump revealed that he fired James Comey (the former director of FBI) to stop his investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 presidential election. Trump, who was speaking to Fox News’s Mark Levin about a forthcoming photo book detailing his time in the White House, discussed […]
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Baristas in Buffalo Are Poised to Unionize Using Starbucks’s Own PR Against It
Baristas with Starbucks Workers United’s organizing committee are cautiously optimistic one or more stores will soon become the first of the corporation’s locations to unionize in the United States. Tomorrow’s results are expected for three of six Starbucks locations in Buffalo, New York that have filed for union elections at the National Labor Relations Board. […]
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Progressives Ask Why Deal to Pass Debt Ceiling Can’t Be Used for Voting Rights
The Senate’s Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement regarding the debt limit. This avoids the economic disaster that would occur if the United States government defaulted on its debts. The proposed workaround would temporarily bypass Republicans’ ability to filibuster Democrats on the debt ceiling vote — leaving many progressive advocates questioning why the measure […]
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House Passes $778 Billion Military Bill as Other Priorities Stall
The bipartisan approach to the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a sprawling military policy bill that contains nearly twice as much funding on an annual basis as Democrats’ flagship social spending and climate bill. Stephen Miles (executive director of Win Without War) was confronted with this reality and decided to trash the organization. […]
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Students in Arizona Launch Hunger Strike to Pass Freedom to Vote Act
This article was written by Sludge, an independent investigative news site that covers money in politics. Click here for support Sludge. The U.S. Senate is currently unable to pass election reform legislation. Three major voting rights bills have been stopped from moving forward by Republican filibusters. A group of activists in Arizona has launched a […]
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As Columbia’s Endowment Grows to $14 Billion, Student Workers Demand Living Wage
In the largest strike happening right now in the United States, 3,000 student workers at New York City’s Columbia University are on their fifth week of strike. Today, the student workers are asking for help to shut down Columbia University. Striking student worker, Johannah King-Slutzky, accuses Columbia’s administration of an “illegal form of retaliation” for […]
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America Should Be Shining the Light of Liberty, Not Government
The Biden administration is hosting, in upcoming days, a “Summit for Democracy,” in which 110 nations worldwide have been invited to participate in this global virtual event. The U.S. State Department notes that the purpose is “setting forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies through collective […]
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Justice Department Sues Texas Over Racist Congressional Maps
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that it is suing Texas over Republicans’ newly-drawn congressional maps, Which marginalizeLatinx people, and other nonwhite communities, have a disproportionate influence on white voters. It is available in its lawsuit, the Justice Department says that the Texas legislature “refused to recognize the State’s growing [non-white] electorate” in their […]
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