Three Greenpeace campaigners halted a British Petroleum oil rig off the coast of Scotland on Sunday as it prepared to leave for the North Sea “Greenpeace Campaigners Stop BP Rig Bound for North Sea, Stalling Fossil Fuel Giant's Plan to Extract 30 Million Barrels of Oil”
Month: September 2020
'It Need Not Be Jail… But Get Her Out of the White House': Groups Celebrate Call by Govt Watchdog for Trump to Fire Kellyanne Conway Over Repeated Ethics Violations
The firing of Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal and longest-serving top White House aides, was recommended on Thursday by an internal “'It Need Not Be Jail… But Get Her Out of the White House': Groups Celebrate Call by Govt Watchdog for Trump to Fire Kellyanne Conway Over Repeated Ethics Violations”
'These Are Huge Checks Being Written to Boeing and Lockheed': Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rips Endless War Budget as House Passes $733B in Military Spending
After the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a massive spending package that includes $733 billion for the Pentagon—up from $716 billion the previous year—Rep. “'These Are Huge Checks Being Written to Boeing and Lockheed': Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rips Endless War Budget as House Passes $733B in Military Spending”
'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers
Employees of home goods online superstore Wayfair plan to walk out of work Wednesday afternoon in a rebuke to the company’s cooperation with President Donald “'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like,' Says Ocasio-Cortez, as Wayfair Workers Vow Walkout to Protest Company for Working With Child Detention Centers”
After Sanders Points Out Poorest Have Zero or Negative Wealth, WaPo Fact Checker Slammed for Calling That Fact 'Not Especially Meaningful'
Critics of massive wealth inequality in the United States defended a statistic frequently cited by 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday after Glenn “After Sanders Points Out Poorest Have Zero or Negative Wealth, WaPo Fact Checker Slammed for Calling That Fact 'Not Especially Meaningful'”
Disney Heiress Who Went Undercover to Disneyland 'Livid' at Conditions and Pay
Heiress Abigail Disney went to one of her family’s resorts to see conditions for workers herself and was disgusted by what she saw. In comments “Disney Heiress Who Went Undercover to Disneyland 'Livid' at Conditions and Pay”
Progressives Say Kamala Harris Team 'Inventing Conspiracies' About Tulsi Gabbard Rather Than Addressing Critiques
Supporters of Sen. Kamala Harris’ run for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary nomination suggested Thursday that criticisms of Harris’ record as a prosecutor in California “Progressives Say Kamala Harris Team 'Inventing Conspiracies' About Tulsi Gabbard Rather Than Addressing Critiques”
Trump makes final push for Hyde-Smith
President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases “Trump makes final push for Hyde-Smith”
New House GOP campaign chairman lays out challenges for 2020
House Republicans are preparing for life in the minority after eight years in power, and the incoming chairman of their campaign arm is tasked with “New House GOP campaign chairman lays out challenges for 2020”
Gillum reached out to O’Rourke amid 2020 speculation: report
Andrew Gillum, the Democrat who ran for Florida governor this year, recently reached out to Rep. Beto O’RourkeBeto O’RourkeBiden will help close out Texas Democrats’ “Gillum reached out to O’Rourke amid 2020 speculation: report”