Sanders Says He’s Still Working to Get Drug Price Plan Into Reconciliation Bill
On Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), said that he was still fighting to include his plan for Medicare expansion and allowing the program to negotiate drug pricing into the Build back Better Act. “I spent all of yesterday on the telephone,” Sanders said on CNNThis refers to conversations about prescription drug prices. “Look, we are […]
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Legal Brief Details What Trump’s Trying to Hide From the January 6 Committee
A court filing from National Archives has revealed what documents President Donald Trump tried to block from being shared with the committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6. Last month, after current President Joe Biden rejected Trump’s claims of executive privilegeThe former president sued the National ArchivesThe congressional commission could […]
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Manchin Claims Others Won’t Compromise After Forcing Reconciliation to Be Halved
Monday was a press conference by Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democratic from West Virginia. He spoke out about his grievances over negotiations regarding the reconciliation bill. This bill has been held hostage for months. It was then cut in half. The right-wing senator said that he wanted the bipartisan legislation on infrastructure to pass immediately. […]
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Corporations Have the Power to Sue Governments Over Resource Extraction Policies
To address the threat of climate change, international negotiators will meet in Glasgow, Scotland. One major obstacle to global sustainability will not be discussed: the investor-state dispute resolution (ISDS) system. This system gives transnational corporations the power to sue governments over actions — including policies to address climate change — that reduce the value of […]
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Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence
New public opinion research by the non-profit Public Religion Research Institute, a part of its 12th annual American Values Survey, has returned alarming results. Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that “true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.” That […]
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Joe Manchin “Does Not Get to Dictate the Future,” Says Cori Bush
Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush blasted Sen. Joe Manchin for threatening to destroy the Build Back Better Bill, a safety net proposal and climate plan that the West Virginia lawmaker has already endorsed. watered downBy removing key provisions and slashing funds for the remaining programs. “Joe Manchin does not get to dictate the future of our […]
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Absolute Carbon Reduction Is an “Issue of Life and Death” for Indigenous Peoples
Countries attending the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow have made new pledges to cut their emissions, but activists say it’s not enough to avert the worst of the climate crisis. India has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero in 2070. Over 100 leaders have pledged to end deforestation in 2030. The United […]
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Health Care Understaffing Is Deadly — That’s Why Kaiser Workers May Strike
A major labor strike is about to begin in the medical sector. This could have serious consequences for U.S. healthcare, staff and patients. Workers and management at Kaiser Permanente have been locked in a stalemate over contract negotiations for weeks. Kaiser Permanente is one of the country’s largest care providers. The company has insisted on […]
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Who Broke Them and Why, and How to Fix Them
“Our Broken Elections: How the Left Changed the Way You Vote” by Hans von Spakovsky and John Fund (Encounter Books) is a deep dive into the issues that threaten America’s elections today and proposes remedies and solutions to fix our broken system. The book will be available for purchase starting Nov. 2. hereAnd other thingse. The following excerpt is from the […]
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4 Facts to Know About Top Democrat Lawyer Marc Elias
Lawyer Marc Elias has in some ways been the Democrats’ Forrest Gump of election controversies, showing up in the most high profile election cases of the past two decades. Elias’ involvement spans the improbable Senate victory of comedian Al Franken in 2008 to litigation both before and after the 2020 election. The lawyer’s reputation may […]
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