Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Senate Democrats demand Alito recusal over display of flags linked to...

Top Senate Democrats are urging Chief Justice Roberts to support their call for Justice Samuel Alito's recusal from Trump-related cases, citing concerns over his impartiality due to his display of controversial flags associated with the January 6 insurrection.

Senate Democrats call on Biden to pardon all federal nonviolent marijuana...

“Our country’s cannabis policies must be completely overhauled, but you have the power to act now.”

Senate Democrats propose minimum corporate tax

“While these companies report billions in profits, they often pay no income tax to the IRS and leave hardworking families holding the bag.”

The week of two high-stakes games of chicken

Neither of these games of chicken would be as fraught if Democrats were united.

Senate Democrats fighting to tax billionaires and pass bill to invest...

“The unconscionable growth in billionaire wealth through the misery of the pandemic is the clearest case I can imagine for the progressive tax reform working its way through Congress.”

‘Stop nickel and diming the American people’: Anger grows as Senate...

“While you’re quibbling over who you want to exclude, people are suffering. SEND THE CHECKS.”

$740 Billion Pentagon Bill receives all but six Democrat votes in...

“The United States government should be responding to the needs, to the desperation, of families in our country at this time.”

“A Barrett confirmation is a catastrophe”: What Democrats can do to...

“A 6-3 majority on the court is basically a bomb coming at what is left of our protections against corruption in politics, against corporate money, against what is left of the Voting Rights Act.”

Senate Dems share new climate report disappointing green groups and climate...

“The report fails to address the vital need to end the extraction, processing, and burning of fossil fuels, and instead sees a future for fossil fuels tied to the false promise of carbon capture.”

These 13 Democrats joined with the GOP to defeat Bernie Sanders’...

There is something seriously iffy about the Democrats that voted “nay.”

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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.

Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’

Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.

Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget

Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.

Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...

Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.

In five years, Chicago has barely made progress on its court-ordered police reforms. Here’s...

Now many of the city’s reform advocates have lost faith in the process and are increasingly concerned that the opportunity for lasting reform is slipping away.