Month: September 2020

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) says he regrets using the term “girly men” to describe his political opponents in the past. Schwarzenegger famously used the term during an address at the 2005 Republican National Convention, telling his critics to not be “economic girly men” by criticizing the GOP’s management of the economy. ADVERTISEMENT “At…

Voters in Florida’s Broward County are complaining of voter suppression after being blocked from accessing a public polling site that was moved inside a gated community. Florida NPR-affiliate WLRN reported several voter complaints about the precinct in Le Club Century Village. Voters said that security guards at the entrance to the gated community were refusing to let them…

Minnesota/PINnacle club wrestlers Sanders and LeValley win titles Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks BURNABY MOUNTAIN, BC., Canada – U.S. men’s freestyle wrestlers dominated the action at the Hargobind International held at Simon Fraser University, winning six of the seven gold medals awarded. Among the individual champions was 2012 U.S. Olympian and 2009…

On the heels of an explosive report by the New York Times detailing Facebook’s use of a right-wing public relations firm to spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about its critics, MoveOn.org—which describes itself as “one of the largest political advertisers on Facebook this year”—sent a letter on Wednesday to the social media giant’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg,…

“Being people-funded frees me to support policies that put people FIRST, and speak openly about closing lobbyist loopholes,” Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) declared Tuesday, responding to a new analysis showing that she had the highest portion of small campaign contributions of any member of 116th U.S. House. According to data from the Center for Responsive…

After a long standoff and amid an ongoing global refugee crisis, European nations led by anti-immigrant Italian politicians have forced a migrant rescue ship that has saved tens of thousands of people trapped in international waters between Libya, Italy, and Malta to cease operations. “This is a dark day… The end of Aquarius means more…

Following outrage last week after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) shut out progressives from some of the chamber’s most powerful committees, news that freshman Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Katie Porter (D-Calif.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are headed to the Financial Services Committee was met with applause. Congratulating the quartet, Social Security…

With the GOP-controlled Senate set to vote Monday evening on legislation that would hand states more power to punish companies and individuals that participate in pro-Palestinian boycotts of Israel, rights groups urged people to contact their representatives and pressure them to block the “unconstitutional” legislation for the fourth time. “What’s one of the first things…

Sixteen-year-old climate action leader Greta Thunberg stood alongside European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker Thursday in Brussels as he indicated—after weeks of climate strikes around the world inspired by the Swedish teenager—that the European Union has heard the demands of young people and pledged billions of dollars over the next seven years to address the crisis…

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