With the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expected to vote against recommending President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State pick Mike Pompeo to the full Senate on Monday, 50 grassroots organizations sent a letter (pdf) to Democratic senators denouncing Pompeo’s “disturbing” record of warmongering and urging them to block his confirmation when it reaches the floor for … Continue reading "Denouncing Pompeo's 'Disturbing' Pro-War Record, Grassroots Groups Pressure Democrats to Unite Against His Confirmation"

Thanks to statements made by the newest member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, this week—including a new clarification issued Friday a government watchdog says the evidence is now stronger that Trump violated campaign finance and ethics laws. “It’s not often that the president’s lawyer goes on television and … Continue reading "Adjusting Its Criminal Complaint, Watchdog Groups Says Guiliani's Statements Only Further Incriminate Trump"

With a first-of-its-kind satellite study, NASA scientists have identified more than 30 parts of the globe where the depletion of freshwater has been most dramatic, largely due to human activity and the climate crisis. Parts of India, the Middle East, Australia, the Arctic, Antarctica, and California were among the places pointed out in the new … Continue reading "'Clear Human Fingerprints' Found by NASA Study of Increasingly Dire Global Water Shortages"

Dozens of racial justice and civil liberties groups on Wednesday demanded the Department of Homeland Security release an unredacted version of their so-called “Race Paper,” an internal memo which the department has leaned on to justify surveillance of racial justice activists. “We are concerned that biases and inaccuracies reflected in the ‘Race Paper’ could result … Continue reading "40+ Rights Groups Demand Homeland Security Release Unredacted 'Race Paper' Used to Justify Spying on Justice Activists"

Former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHillicon Valley: Biden calls on Facebook to change political speech rules | Dems demand hearings after Georgia election chaos | Microsoft stops selling facial recognition tech to police Trump finalizing executive order calling on police to use ‘force with compassion’ The Hill’s Campaign Report: Biden campaign goes on offensive against … Continue reading "Biden rallies Dem support for progressive Md. governor candidate"

Michael Avenatti says he’s the “street fighter” Democrats need if they’re going to win the White House in 2020. Avenatti, a lawyer who has become a household name — or at least has sought to become one — with his media appearances representing adult-film star Stormy Daniels, says he’s “giving serious thought” to running for … Continue reading "‘Street fighter’ Avenatti says he’s giving ‘serious thought’ to White House run"

In yet another case of the Trump administration delivering a dangerous blow to public health protections by catering to the chemical industry’s demands, the New York Times reports that the Environmental Protection Agency is scaling back how it evaluates the safety risks of potentially toxic substances. Citing some 1,500 documents recently released by the agency, Times reporter … Continue reading "Catering to Chemical Industry Demands, EPA Threatens Nation's Air and Water With 'Shameful' Curbing of Toxic Safety Rules"

After weeks of spreading the outright lie that “Congress alone” can stop his administration’s cruel practice of separating children from their families at the border, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will sign an executive order drafted by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen that will end family separations by locking … Continue reading "After Weeks of Lies and Cruel Family Separations, Trump Says He Will Sign Order to Save Children From Horror He Created"

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn joined the mass protest against Donald Trump in London on Friday, where he said the message to the U.S. president was a call for a “world of justice not division.” Speaking from Trafalgar Square to an enormous crowd after hundreds of thousands marched through the streets of London, Corbyn praised … Continue reading "At Massive London Protest, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn Trashes Trump, Calls for 'World of Justice Not Division'"

Greenpeace France on Tuesday crashed a drone dressed as Superman into the Bugey nuclear energy plant, located about 20 miles east of Lyon, to expose how vulnerable that facility is to a terrorist attack and highlight the broader dangers of this type of power generation. Click Here: Cheap Chiefs Rugby Jersey 2019 The activists told … Continue reading "Watch: Greenpeace Crashes Superman Drone Into Nuclear Power Plant to Expose Facility's Dangers"