Though first stopping to offer family and friends condolences after news broke on Saturday that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had unexpectedly passed away, “Election-Year Battle Over Scalia's Vacant Supreme Court Seat Begins”
Month: October 2020
Floridians Flock to Rallies as Donations Flood Sanders Campaign
Two days after Bernie Sanders won Michigan’s primary in a huge upset, the senator was greeted by tens of thousands of Floridians in rallies across “Floridians Flock to Rallies as Donations Flood Sanders Campaign”
Nixon's War on Drugs Began as Strategy to Attack 'Antiwar Left and Black People'
The former top domestic adviser to President Richard Nixon admitted years ago that the so-called “War on Drugs” was crafted to target black people and “Nixon's War on Drugs Began as Strategy to Attack 'Antiwar Left and Black People'”
'Benign' Fossil Fuels? McKibben Says There's No Such Thing.
With a new piece in The Nation, environmental leader Bill McKibben upends widely held assumptions not just about President Barack Obama’s climate legacy, but about “'Benign' Fossil Fuels? McKibben Says There's No Such Thing.”
Sasse dodges question on 2020
Sen. Ben SasseBenjamin (Ben) Eric SasseTim Scott to introduce GOP police reform bill next week GOP votes to give Graham broad subpoena power in Obama-era “Sasse dodges question on 2020”
Huge Crowd Expected in Madison as Wisconsin Voters Feel the Bern
Bernie Sanders is holding onto his lead in Wisconsin, which has its presidential primary on Tuesday, according to a new poll out Sunday. And he “Huge Crowd Expected in Madison as Wisconsin Voters Feel the Bern”
NY Sen. Gillibrand Assures Voters Clinton Will Release Wall St. Transcripts 'At the Appropriate Time'
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said Friday that she believes Hillary Clinton will release the transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street firms “at the “NY Sen. Gillibrand Assures Voters Clinton Will Release Wall St. Transcripts 'At the Appropriate Time'”
London Summit: US Must End Tax 'Hypocrisy' or Corruption Will Prevail
If the U.S. does not end its “hypocrisy” and hold itself to the same tax transparency standards as other nations, efforts to reform offshore secrecy “London Summit: US Must End Tax 'Hypocrisy' or Corruption Will Prevail”
After 'Destroying' Canada, Stephen Harper Leaving Politics to 'Make His Fortune'
News that former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper would be leaving politics presumably to “make his fortune” was met with derision and delight from his “After 'Destroying' Canada, Stephen Harper Leaving Politics to 'Make His Fortune'”
In Four-Party Race, Clinton's Lead Takes a Hit
In a head-to-head contest, Hillary Clinton has maintained a comfortable lead over her likely presidential opponent Donald Trump. However, new polling out Tuesday shows that “In Four-Party Race, Clinton's Lead Takes a Hit”