Friday, November 22, 2024

Tag: GOP

‘Look for power in the shadows’: Watch Sheldon Whitehouse shine light...

“Something is not right around the court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it.”

The public, the personal, and the utter hypocrisy of the GOP

The underlying issue is the common good, what we owe each other as members of the same society.

What you need to know about the GOP takeover of the...

We must see the GOP’s exercise of raw power for what it is and meet it with even greater force.

Showing 76% of Coney Barrett rulings put corporate interests over people,...

Trump's selection of Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg represents an agenda to favor corporations and the wealthy.

Where did the GOP go?

The Republican platform — and the Republican Party itself — has been reduced to one word: Trump.

‘Silence is complicity’: GOP condemned for doing nothing as Trump openly...

“Donald Trump knows that if the people are heard in November, he and Republicans up and down the ballot will lose,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “This is what we’re up against—and this is why we have to fight back with all we’ve got.”

Sen Bernie Sanders calls out GOP for inadequately addressing police violence...

“Now is not the time to think small or respond with superficial, bureaucratic proposals.”

In age of unrest and economic decline, critics cry foul as...

"Hanging their political lives on a jobs report with errors is a hell of a position to take."

‘How dare you put our lives at risk’: Pennsylvania Democrat Brian...

Sims notes that the Republicans did not let the Democrats know that they had been exposed to the virus, arguing that such a revelation would hurt their argument to reopen the state.

GOP ‘plot to gut social security behind closed doors’ gains steam...

"Obviously this is a way to push in cuts to Social Security and Medicare without leaving fingerprints, or not many fingerprints."

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143 million Americans may be exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Millions of Americans face exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with new EPA data revealing the extent of contamination and fears of regulatory rollbacks under a Trump administration.

House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without evidence, sparking free...

Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.

Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA

“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”

Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...

The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.

David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...

As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.