Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Tag: Republicans

The McConnell/Trump GOP guts ethics rules for its billionaire cabinet

Senators must reject any nominee who fails to make the necessary disclosures.

Ethics professionals pen open letter: Trump’s cabinet nominations must be delayed

The Republican-controlled Senate is pushing hard to hold confirmation hearings for Trump’s cabinet picks, before their financial disclosure reports and ethics agreements are finalized.

GOP ignores confirmation procedures, rushes ahead with Trump’s nominees

Apparently insisting on “fair and consistent application” doesn’t apply in this situation.

The three big reasons Republicans can’t replace Obamacare

Except the prospect of more than 20 million people losing their health insurance, and a huge redistribution from the working class to the very rich.

Sorry Donald, Republicans own health care now

Republicans own the government, and so, they own Obamacare. That’s what Obama intended and that’s why Obamacare will never be truly repealed.

House GOP backs down on plans to gut ethics panel after...

Lawmakers spearheading the effort to gut the OCE have come under investigation in recent years.

President Obama created two new national monuments and Republicans are furious

Republicans vow to undo President Obama's new designations, but do they have the power to do so?

Michael Moore to GOP electors: Vote against Trump and I will...

"Republican Electors – If you vote your conscience at noon and your state fines you for this, I will pay your fine."

Why do GOP presidents get to go hard right while democrats...

I’m asking for the Democrats to be ruthless.

Hamilton electors have a message for Donald Trump: ‘You’re fired’

“The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

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The National Day of Mourning honors indigenous resistance

A solemn tradition since 1970, the National Day of Mourning reflects on Indigenous genocide and land theft while advocating for justice and solidarity with global struggles.

MIT’s crackdown on pro-Palestine activism: Bans, censorship, and retaliation against students and faculty

MIT faces backlash for silencing pro-Palestine activism, raising concerns about academic freedom and its ties to Israeli military institutions.

Illinois students face felony charges for protesting Gaza genocide

University of Illinois students face felony charges for peaceful Gaza protest, raising concerns over free speech suppression and institutional bias.

Resist: How to keep ‘it’ from happening here

Resistance is just another word for constructive policy.

People are creating the Green New Deal at the grassroots level

People are taking action at every level of society from students and workers to tribes to cities and states to create the transformation we need.