Saturday, November 2, 2024

‘Get on the streets. And bring everybody’: Extinction Rebellion kicks off two weeks of...

"We only get one planet and so we're here to try and defend it."

A Republican tried to introduce a commonsense gun law. Then the gun lobby got...

After a sheriff’s deputy was murdered in a Denver suburb, Colorado state Rep. Cole Wist took action by sponsoring a red flag bill. It likely cost him his seat. ProPublica spoke to Wist about the harsh realities of gun reform.

AOC endorses Bernie

The October Democratic debate was noteworthy because all of the candidates did a good job.  Some were, of course, better than others,...

Warren and Sanders: Medicare for All: Without a public option, it’s dead in the...

In this country, we have private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and the VA (veterans) system. How in the world did that ever happen?

People who want to ban fracking immediately, says Joe Biden, ‘oughta vote for someone...

"Might I recommend Bernie Sanders: the climate candidate."

University of Oxford study concludes Trump’s supporters share widest range of known junk news

A new study concluded that "junk political news and information was concentrated among Trump's supports," which was "mapped from public Twitter and Facebook data."

Senate saves net neutrality, now onto the House

“Today’s vote is a sign that the fight for internet freedom is far from over."

Donald Trump and the Extreme Vetting of Muslims

Trump hopes for a bounce in the polls via this ugly religious bigotry. Here's to hoping that Americans are better than that.

The long arm of the law—taking far, far too long 

The finale when courts convict/ Answers to the sentencing script.

Biden administration announces largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure

The announcement to dedicate $13 billion in grants to improve transmission and distribution systems will "improve energy resiliency through microgrids, local renewable energy, and energy storage.”