Month: October 2020

UPDATED at 2:13 p.m.: More than a dozen lawmakers have family members on their campaign payrolls, raising eyebrows at a time when nepotism in Washington is under renewed scrutiny. At least 13 members of Congress have paid family members from their campaign accounts so far this year, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission (FEC) data through the end of September. Hiring immediate family members with campaign funds is legal as long as the…

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Award-winning journalist and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman will turn herself in to police in North Dakota next Monday to face charges stemming from her coverage of a Dakota Access Pipeline protest last month. Goodman, whose camera crew filmed a private security team attacking peaceful Native American protesters with dogs and pepper spray, faces charges of criminal trespassing—which many have said amounts to an assault on press freedom. The arrest warrant was issued on September…

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As the right-wing specter of a Donald Trump presidency looms, Democratic electors are fomenting an unprecedented revolt in order to block Trump from taking a majority of Electoral College votes. Politico reports that “at least a half-dozen Democratic electors” have agreed to the effort, which they also hope will serve to “undermine the legitimacy of the institution”: SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Click Here: Cheap Chiefs Rugby Jersey 2019 The two electors leading the effort,…

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In defiance of both the Obama administration and ongoing Indigenous protests, the company behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline announced Tuesday that it would soon begin drilling under the Missouri River. “It’s unconscionable and devastating. It’s almost as though they have no soul.”—Cheryl Angel, Sicangu LakotaThe pipeline operator, Energy Transfer Partners, made the announcement late in the afternoon on Election Day, when most media outlets were preoccupied with the presidential election. The Guardian reports: SCROLL…

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Saying the Democratic Party needs a leader making a “full-time commitment,” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) told news outlets Wednesday that he would leave his congressional seat if he wins the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). The 53-year-old Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair formally announced his candidacy for DNC chair last month, days after easily winning his sixth term. Just ahead of that announcement, Ellison said, “the most important criteria for a DNC chair is…

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Texas is moving to cut off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding, despite a recent federal order that forbids states from doing just that. State health officials on Tuesday delivered a final legal notice to defund the healthcare organization from the funds it receives through Title X, the federal program that gives financial support to groups providing family planning and preventive services to low-income patients. The Texas Tribune, which obtained the statement, reports that funding is…

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President Donald Trump’s administration has fulfilled his campaign rhetoric when it comes to waging war on science, from erasing WhiteHouse.gov references to climate change on the day of his inauguration, to banning the term “climate change” at the Department of Energy’s climate office, to proposing massive cuts to medical research to fund a new U.S.-Mexico border wall. “People have woken up.”—Jane GoodallAs Trump attacks science, though, scientists worldwide are fighting back. On April 22, a…

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Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says Romain Grosjean’s frequent in-race negative comments – as those voiced over the radio in last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix – are just “getting old”. Grosjean’s struggles with the balance of his VF-20 at Sochi led the Frenchman to vent his typical rough tirades against his mount, quipping at one point that “there is nothing I can do with this car”. But an unimpressed Steiner has heard it all before,…

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Versace made history during Milan Fashion Week when it showed three plus-size models walk the runway for its SS21 collection. The Italian fashion house, which is owned by Capri Holdings, showed an under-the-sea theme, resurrecting motifs from founder Gianni Versace’s 1992 collection, Trésor de la Mer, the imagined ruins of Atlantis. The livestreamed show, which was closed to the public and attended only by staff, looked towards an optimistic, post-pandemic time of inclusivity, “mutual support…

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