A federal judge on Tuesday night ruled that he would block President Donald Trump’s proposed rule gutting the Title X healthcare funding program, which would limit and control the healthcare that’s available to American women. Judge Michael McShane of the U.S. District Court of Oregon called Trump’s proposed rule, which was set to go into effect May 3, “a ham-fisted approach…
Read more'Equity-Centric' Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana Introduced by Illinois Dems
Click:can be Click:safe is Illinois’s Democratic governor and state lawmakers unveiled legislation over the weekend to legalize recreational marijuana for residents aged 21 and older, expunge roughly 800,000 drug convictions, and establish a $20 million low-interest loan program to help “social equity applicants” enter the licensed cannabis industry. Gov. JB Pritzker detailed the bill’s provisions…
Read more'It Is Not a Forum for Coup-Mongering,' Venezuelan Official Says After US Walks Out of Arms Control Conference
A U.S. official walked out of the United Nations-sponsored Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday after a representative from the elected government of Venezuela assumed the rotating chairmanship of the forum. Robert Wood, the American disarmament ambassador, told reporters after leaving the conference that U.S.-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó “should be in this…
Read moreNelson to pursue recount as Senate race remains too close to call
Sen. Bill NelsonClarence (Bill) William NelsonNASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight of the Crew Dragon Lobbying world The most expensive congressional races of the last decade MORE (D) said he will pursue a recount after results on Tuesday night showed his reelection race against Gov. Rick Scott (R) was still too close…
Read moreJudge orders recount in Florida's Palm Beach County extended to Nov. 20
Election officials in Palm Beach County, Fla. will have an extra five days to complete a machine recount of votes in four closely contested races after a Leon County judge extended a key deadline for submitting election results to Nov. 20. Under Florida law, the state Elections Canvassing Commission must certify election results no later…
Read moreDem gains put Sunbelt in play for 2020
Democrats made major gains across the Sunbelt in the midterm elections, changing the political landscape in states like Arizona and Nevada ahead of the 2020 elections. The party netted many of those gains by winning over Republicans in the suburbs and aggressively courting minority voters, a coalition that could spell trouble in Southwestern states for…
Read moreTrump Administration Orders Diplomatic Staff Out of Iraq in Latest Move to Cement Narrative of Iranian Threat
The U.S. State Department said Wednesday that it ordered its “non-emergency” staff out of Iraq. The alert from the department says that the evacuation order affects staff at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, who are instructed to “depart Iraq by commercial transportation as soon as possible.” The development is…
Read more'This Is an Emergency. We Need the Democrats to Act Like It': Outrage as DNC Announces It Will Not Host 2020 Debate on Climate Crisis
Sparking a torrent of backlash from Democratic White House contenders, environmental organizations, and youth climate leaders, the Democratic National Committee announced Wednesday that it will not host a climate-specific presidential primary debate and will punish candidates who attend a debate hosted by any other organization. “This move is a slap in the face to the…
Read more'The Story of Water': New Video From Story of Stuff Team Delivers Short, Beautiful Smackdown of Water Privatization
Water is a public good and belongs in public hands. That’s the message from a new video, The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?, which highlights how profit-driven corporate entities leave a trail of broken promises—as well as higher costs and exacerbated inequality—when they snatch up public water systems. “It doesn’t have…
Read moreRich Will Keep Getting Richer and 'Nothing Will Change,' Says Bernie Sanders, Unless US Leaders Have Guts to Take on Powerful Corporations
In a fiery closing speech at the 2020 Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida Thursday night, Sen. Bernie Sanders said compelling campaign rhetoric and detailed policy proposals will do nothing to alter America’s deeply unequal status quo if U.S. leaders are not willing to take on Wall Street, the fossil fuel industry, and other powerful…
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