Month: September 2020

As record-breaking rainfall and unprecedented flooding continue to batter the greater Houston area and along the Gulf coast on Tuesday, energy watchdogs groups are warning of “a credible threat of a severe accident” at two nuclear reactors still operating at full capacity in nearby Bay City, Texas. Three groups—Beyond Nuclear, South Texas Association for Responsible…

In a bid to “revolutionize” American healthcare by transitioning away from the for-profit status quo to a Medicare for All system that guarantees insurance to every American as a right, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday will introduce his long-awaited single-payer bill that is now backed by 15 Democratic senators and a wave of grassroots…

A White House event ostensibly aimed at honoring Native American code talkers from World War II took a “disgustingly racist” turn on Monday when President Donald Trump—standing before a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson—decided to invoke the “Pocahontas” slur he has repeatedly used to deride Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Click Here: los jaguares argentina…

Just minutes before the start of the Russian GP, Lewis Hamilton was put under investigation by the Sochi stewards for conducting a practice start out of the designated zone. Drivers are permitted to practice starts at the exit of the pitlane on their way to the grid but Hamilton’s mock start took place much further…

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a new congressional map in the state that was drawn after the old one was deemed gerrymandered. The Republican leaders in the state House and Senate filed an emergency request that the high court stay the state Supreme Court’s redrawn congressional map…

Two Democratic candidates who won their respective primaries on Tuesday night are likely to make history in November as the first Latinas from Texas to serve in Congress. Candidates Veronica Escobar and Sylvia Garcia won the Democratic nominations in their respective races, which are both safe seats that Democrats are expected to easily hold in…

The special election for an Arizona House seat is in a statistical dead heat in the final week of the race, according to a poll released on Monday. A poll from Emerson College found physician Hiral Tipirneni (D) narrowly leading with 46 percent, compared to former state Sen. Debbie Lesko (R), who is at 45 percent —…

Arguing that she is “inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality for having been convicted of an offense outside Canada,” the Canadian government appears to have “permanently banned” whistleblower Chelsea Manning from entering the country—a discovery that prompted outrage from civil libertarians after it was reported Monday by The Intercept. “A key political fact in the…

Speaking out against the United States’ decision to forego last month’s United Nations treaty prohibiting the use and development of atomic weapons, two Catholic nuns on Monday will perform their latest in a long series of anti-nuclear protests. Sister Ardeth Platte and Sister Carol Gilbert plan to present the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear…

In addition to mounting a “horrific” assault on life-saving social safety net programs like Medicaid and Medicaid, the GOP-crafted budget resolution passed by 51 Republican senators late Thursday also lays the groundwork for “drastic cuts” to programs that help shield the nation’s land, air, and water from exploitation by big polluters. “This is the wrong…