Twitter temporarily locked several journalists who work for Splinter News out of their accounts on Wednesday and limited others’ Twitter use, after the outlet published a cell phone number belonging to President Donald Trump’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller. In an brief article about Miller’s influence on the Trump administration’s decision to implement a “zero…
Read moreThink GOP Lawmakers Not Unhinged Enough to Endorse Program Called "Kinderguardians" That Puts Guns in Hands of 4-Year-Old Kids? Watch Them
That comedian and chameleon provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen has been traveling the country and duping clueless Republican lawmakers and their supporters has been known for weeks, but as his new show—titled “What Is America?”—readies to drop its first episode for Showtime on Sunday night, clips have surfaced in which actual adults are seen endorsing the…
Read moreAs Women Send Coat Hangers in Bulk, Ad Blitz to Demand Susan Collins Defend Abortion Rights
With the news that President Donald Trump has interviewed four anti-choice judges as potential nominees to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court, women’s rights advocates are turning their attention to Sen. Susan Collins, putting pressure on the so-called “moderate” Republican from Maine to vote against any nominee who does not support access…
Read moreAs 'Unprecedented Flooding Havoc' Kills Hundreds in Kerala, Indian Scientist Decries 'Man-Made Disaster'
As “unprecedented flooding havoc” from a monsoon has killed at least 186 people and displaced some 223,000 in Kerala—a state in Southern India that borders the Arabian Sea—in recent days, scientists worldwide warn that the climate crisis will continue to exacerbate extreme weather, including through dangerous increases in rainfall. “Our state is in the midst…
Read moreGOP lawmaker: Every white suburban district in the country will be a swing district this year
Rep. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloTrump, GOP go all-in on anti-China strategy Republicans can’t exploit the left’s climate extremism without a better idea Progressive Latino group launches first incumbent protection campaign MORE (R-Fla.) says his party is at risk of losing “every white, suburban district” in the coming November midterm elections. “Every white, suburban district in…
Read moreGOP Senate candidate photoshops Tim Kaine shaking hands with Stalin
Corey Stewart, Virginia’s Republican nominee for the Senate, posted an image on his Twitter account Friday depicting Sen. Tim KaineTimothy (Tim) Michael KaineWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Senate panel passes amendment to bar using troops against protesters Defense bill turns into proxy battle over Floyd protests…
Read moreEarth's Carbon Concentrations Have Soared to Levels Not Seen in 800,000 Years
As temperatures bust heat records across the globe and wildfires rage from California to the Arctic, a new report produced annually by more than 500 scientists worldwide found that last year, the carbon dioxide concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere reached the highest levels “in the modern atmospheric measurement record and in ice core records dating…
Read moreSenate Dems Demand 'Immediate Action' to Reunite Immigrant Families Torn Apart by Trump
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), joined by 16 other Democrats and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Tuesday demanding “immediate action” to reunite the immigrant families torn apart and detained under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy. “Each passing day that DHS fails to act to reunite separated…
Read moreEyeing Landmark Verdict in Roundup Cancer Case, Vietnam Demands Monsanto Be Held Liable Over Agent Orange
In the wake of a U.S. court ordering Monsanto to pay $289 million in damages to man who says its weedkiller Roundup caused his cancer, Vietnam has called on the agrichemical giant to pay reparations to Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. “This case is a precedent that rejects previous arguments that the herbicides supplied to…
Read moreHow Does Trump 'Even Sleep at Night'? Cuts to Cancer Research, Head Start, and Women's Shelters Among $226 Million Diverted to Pay for Child Detention
Along with tens of thousands of children and families, cancer patients, Americans with substance abuse disorders, and victims of domestic violence are among the casualties of President Donald Trump’s detention of young immigrants—according to government documents outlining the administration’s plan to divert millions of dollars away from programs serving those populations. Yahoo News reported that…
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