North Korea and South Korea will hold formal talks next week—the first official sit-down in over two years—despite continued bluster by President Donald Trump directed at Pyongyang and his undermining of diplomatic efforts since taking office last year. Seoul officials said Friday that the North had accepted its proposal to hold the talks. They will…
Read moreICE Plan for Massive Raids in California Slammed as Attempt to 'Incite Fear' in Communities of Color
Just days after raiding nearly 100 7-Eleven stores nationwide, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now reportedly setting its sights on Northern California, where it is planning to arrest as many as 1,500 suspected undocumented immigrants in what lawmakers have denounced as “a direct assault on communities of color.” “ICE is the fascist, door-to-door roundup…
Read more'We Are Not That Country': Rebuking Trump Policies, Judge Orders Immigrant Rights Advocate Freed
In a strongly-worded ruling that condemned the Trump administration’s immigration policies, a federal judge ordered that immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir be released from jail on Monday, more than two weeks after he was abruptly detained during a routine check-in with immigration officials. “There is, and ought to be in this great country, the freedom…
Read morePelosi on midterms: 'We will win. I will run for Speaker.'
House Minority Leader Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiTrump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Pelosi: Georgia primary ‘disgrace’ could preview an election debacle in November MORE (D-Calif.) on Tuesday vowed that Democrats will retake control of the House this year, and that she will again…
Read moreVukmir gets boost with Wisconsin Senate GOP primary endorsement
Wisconsin state Sen. Leah Vukmir nabbed the endorsement of the state GOP convention on Saturday, giving her Senate primary campaign a boost. Vukmir eclipsed the 60 percent threshold of convention delegates needed to secure the endorsement over Marine veteran Kevin Nicholson with 72 percent of the vote. The victory does not secure her the GOP nomination,…
Read more'People Buy Into My Agenda': Watch Marco Rubio Refuse to Swear Off NRA Cash on National Television
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) received over a million dollars in donations from the National Rifle Association during his successful 2016 reelection bid, and—in the aftermath of last week’s school shooting in his home state that left 17 dead—the senator appears reluctant to ditch this reliable source of campaign cash. Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019 During…
Read morePence Wins Gold for Hypocrisy: Calls Trump Military Parade Chance to 'Celebrate' But North Korea's a 'Provocation'
Vice President Mike Pence applauded the Trump administration’s plans for a potential military parade on Friday seconds before denouncing North Korea’s showing of its military might a day earlier. With no apparent sense of irony, the vice president told reporters in PyeongChang, South Korea that President Donald Trump’s possible parade would be an opportunity “to…
Read moreBecause It's "An Idea Whose Time Has Come," Rep. Keith Ellison Takes Lead on Medicare for All Legislation
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) drew praise from medical professionals and fellow lawmakers on Wednesday after becoming the new lead sponsor of H.R. 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act. “America needs universal, single payer healthcare,” Ellison, who is deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), declared on House floor. Despite spending more…
Read more'Among Stupidest Policies Yet Proposed,' Trump EPA to Lower Car Emissions Standards
After more than a year of aggressively lobbying the Trump administration to gut Obama-era fuel efficiency standards aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emmissions, automakers are poised to finally have their wish granted on Sunday, when EPA chief Scott Pruitt is scheduled to officially declare the rules “not appropriate.” “The current iteration of fuel standards are…
Read moreMobilizing Online and In the Streets, Sane Voices Demand Senate #StopPompeo
As concerns grow that President Donald Trump is assembling a dangerous war cabinet, a broad range of groups are rallying on Wednesday in a last ditch effort to stop CIA head Mike Pompeo from becoming secretary of state. Ahead of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, scores groups—including Indivisible, Win Without War,…
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