Leading Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate on Wednesday urged their colleagues to help mobilize a national stand against Republican threats to “vital and necessary health programs.” Authored by incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who will serve on the Senate Democratic…
As Tillerson Dodges, Exxon Ordered to Hand Over Evidence of Climate Cover-Up
On the same day that former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee, was dodging questions about the ongoing ExxonKnew investigation, a Massachusetts court on Wednesday ordered the oil company to hand over decades of documents regarding what it knew about climate change. The ruling (pdf), handed down by Massachusetts Superior…
With Help from Dems, Torture Supporter Pompeo Confirmed for CIA Chief
Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) has been confirmed as CIA director, after 14 Democrats fell in line with almost all Senate Republicans Monday night. Pompeo, who has hinted that he is open to reauthorizing torture and mass surveillance, will lead the intelligence agency under President Donald Trump. The Democrats who voted to confirm Pompeo were John…
Elizabeth Warren To Democrats: Only an 'Opposition Party' Can Defeat Trump
Speaking to members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Saturday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) delivered a searing critique by telling her fellow Democrats that the party should not let themselves “off the hook” when it comes to explaining horrific reality of President Donald J. Trump. In order to defeat Trump and take on the Republicans,…
Vancouver Trump Hotel Opening Met With Protests, Shunned by City Officials
The grand opening of a Trump Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday was met with loud demonstrations and shunned by city officials in protest of the Trump administration’s harsh anti-immigration stance. Click Here: camisetas de futbol baratas “None of us will be [at the opening],” Kerry Jang, a city council member, told the Washington…
Colorado Youth Score Decisive Legal Victory Against Fracking Industry
A group of Colorado teenagers scored a “huge” victory against the state’s fracking industry on Thursday when a three-judge panel ruled that the health of citizens and environment takes precedence over oil and gas interests. The decision, handed down by the Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, requires that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation…
Alabama GOP rebuffs pressure to abandon Roy Moore
The Alabama Republican Party is shrugging off pressure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote GOP senator to try to reverse requirement that Pentagon remove Confederate names from bases No, ‘blue states’ do not bail out ‘red states’ MORE (R-Ky.) to disqualify Roy Moore as its…
Moore's wife says Trump called offering 'full support' in Senate race
Kayla Moore, the wife of embattled Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore, said Monday that President Trump called her husband offering his “full support” in the special election race. Click Here: Bape Kid 1st Camo Ape Head rompers “Judge Moore just got off the phone with President Trump-we have his full support! Thank you Mr….
SCSU Wrestling Coach Steve Costanzo Raw Interview
St. Cloud State’s Coach Costanzo talks about early season training and the Huskies’ upcoming Black/Red Classic.
Opposition Intensifies as GOP Panel Okays Healthcare Plan in Dead of Night
The GOP’s American Healthcare Act (AHCA) cleared the House Energy and Commerce Committee with a party-line vote on Thursday afternoon after more than 27 hours of debate. Republicans on the committee rejected all amendments put forth by Democrats, including those “that would have removed a provision defunding Planned Parenthood, kept Obamacare’s patient protections and changed…