Month: September 2020

Democrats see Thursday’s passage of the House tax-reform bill as a potent weapon for the 2018 midterms. Democrats plan to tie the GOP tax bill to the party’s failed attempts to repeal ObamaCare, a message they hope will portray Republicans as abandoning the working class in favor of businesses and the wealthy.  All income groups on…

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Facing intimidation and aggression from Nova Scotia fishermen over a Mi’kmaq lobster fishery, Indigenous people resorted to an age-old tactic — humour.  Memes began popping up on Twitter and Facebook last week in support of Sipekne’katik First Nation’s “moderate livelihood” fishery, said Bryson Syliboy, who grew up in the community. “A lot of Indigenous people…

TORONTO — Ontario’s second wave of COVID-19 has begun and it’s going to be worse than the first, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. “Today’s numbers, they’re deeply concerning,” Ford said at a press conference at Queen’s Park. “And our health officials are telling us that Ontario is now in the second wave of COVID-19.  “We know…

With Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) confirmed to lead the White House budget office, the Trump administration is getting ready to follow through on plans to slash major domestic programs, the New York Times reported Friday. Work on President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal has been delayed as Republicans worked to get Mulvaney—known for his unyielding…

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is facing backlash over a tweet he sent Sunday supporting far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders ahead of the Netherlands’ Wednesday election that critics say had overtones of white nationalism. “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” King tweeted Sunday, in…

A group of Colorado teenagers scored a “huge” victory against the state’s fracking industry on Thursday when a three-judge panel ruled that the health of citizens and environment takes precedence over oil and gas interests. The decision, handed down by the Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday, requires that the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation…

Holding up photos of dead children as justification for potential war, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Wednesday that if the U.N. doesn’t take action in Syria, “we may.” “When the U.N. consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled…

Tuesday’s special election in the race to fill Georgia’s 6th District U.S. House seat, vacated by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, will be another test of the political resistance to President Donald Trump, after a narrow loss in Kansas last week. #FlipThe6th Tweets Democrats are rallying behind 30-year-old documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff, whose…

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) appears to be the first Republican to acknowledge publicly what more than two-thirds of Americans voters (according to polls) already understand—that the Trumpcare proposals put forth by the GOP are simply too aggressive in their attack on the sick and vulnerable. “In this form, I will not support it,” Heller told…