2020 Elections
GOP exodus under Trump
Although still popular with his base, the GOP has lost 93 House seats out 241 or more than 38% since Trump took office. “Beneath the surface there is deep discomfort in the party under Trump MORE
Month: August 2019
Environment
E.P.A. set to roll back regulations on methane
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge MORE
News
‘Nobody cared’: A woman gave birth alone in a jail cell after her cries for help were ignored
Diana Sanchez screamed as she writhed on the small bed inside her cell at the Denver County Jail. Gripping the thin mattress with one hand, she tried to use the other to take off her MORE
Environment
Flint, Newark, and the Crisis of Lead in Water
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A US city is facing a public health crisis, after years of denying that it had a problem with lead in its drinking water supply. In 2016, MORE
News
Allies of British prime minister resign amid outrage over Parliament suspension
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced defections from senior allies Thursday as a backlash built and opponents planned legal challenges to his decision to suspend Parliament to push his Brexit plans. The resignation of Ruth MORE
Health
HHS alleges nurse at University of Vermont Medical Center forced to participate in an abortion
A unnamed, Catholic nurse at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt filed suit against the hospital in 2018 alleging it forced her to participate in an elective abortion. In 2017, the MORE
News
NY AG James condemns video on Rockland County GOP FB page
New York state’s top prosecutor Wednesday night issued a blistering rebuke of a “deeply disturbing” video posted on the Rockland County Republican Party’s Facebook page that portrays proposed housing development for the Hasidic Jewish community MORE
Fashion
Chanel hired its first openly transgender model
Chanel hired its first openly transgender model Teddy Quinlivan for its Chanel Campaign. On her Instagram page, Teddy Quinlivan shared the tough moments she’s experienced trying to find her place in the modeling industry. “My MORE
Entertainment
Immigration
Trump will make it harder for kids of U.S. soldiers to become citizens
A new policy the Trump administration will implement beginning October 29, 2019, will make it harder for kids born overseas to military or government officials to qualify as U.S. citizens. In a memo released Wednesday, MORE
Entertainment
News
Atheists can be barred from giving invocation at Pennsylvania statehouse, federal court rules
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that only those that believe in a god may give invocations at the Pennsylvania statehouse. Atheists, agnostics, and other non theists may be barred from giving the MORE
News
Trump’s business career is more connected to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy than we ever knew
Deutsche Bank loaned President Donald Trump over $1 billion for his real-estate projects while Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s son led a real-estate division there, The New York Times reported Thursday. Justin Kennedy was the MORE
2020 Elections
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand exits the race
After not qualifying for next month’s Democratic debate, Kristen Gillibrand withdrew from the race. Gillibrand said she will endorse one of the other candidates but has not picked one yet. Although she is most noted MORE
Editorials
Trump’s upset that Fox ‘News’ isn’t gushing over him enough
Trump now has urged his followers to change the channel from Fox ‘News’ to elsewhere after an earlier segment on Fox showed the ‘president’ underwater against his democratic rivals in both the polls and key, MORE
Updates
Trump: “I’m the best thing that’s ever happened to Puerto Rico!”
As Tropical Storm Dorian beats down on Puerto Rico, Donald Trump decided to attack the country again. He also launched a new attack against the Mayor of San Juan Carmen Yulin Cruz. Mayor Yulin Cruz MORE
Entertainment
Ed Sheeran Gives Emotional Goodbye As He Announces 18 Month Break From Music
After more than 250 performances on the road, Ed Sheeran may be headed back to the castle on the hill. On the final stop of his Divide tour earlier this week, the Grammy winner began thinking out loud and announced his break from music. “As MORE
News
Russia Says Donald Trump Has the Right to Try to Buy Greenland
Russia has said President Donald Trump has the right to put an offer on Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Reports earlier this month of Trump’s desire to buy the world’s largest island, which lies between MORE
2020 Elections
New Poll: Voters start to turn off on Trump’s economy
Quinnipiac just released a new poll showing Joe Biden (54-38) trouncing Trump if the election was held today as well as Sanders, Warren, Harris, and Buttigieg . But when it comes to “It’s the Economy, Stupid,” MORE
Health
Hepatitis A outbreak spreads to 25 counties in Alabama
All food service workers in Alabama are being urged to get vaccinated as the Hepatitis A outbreak in Alabama has spread to 25 counties. The Alabama Department of Public Health said there are 132 confirmed MORE
Gun Violence
Democrats to tackle gun legislation and rise of White Supremacy
When Congress resumes session next month, Democratic members want to tackle gun legislation and the rise in White Nationalism/White Supremacy. They want to strengthen the nation’s hate crime laws and focus on “race based incidents MORE
Health
Measles: ‘Reasonable chance’ United States will lose elimination status
When the World Health Organization declared in 2000 that the United States had eliminated measles, it was hailed as one of the biggest public health achievements in the nation’s history. Now there’s a “reasonable chance” MORE
Entertainment
Economy
Iowa Corn Farmers Fume at Trump for Backing Oil Refineries Instead of Them
Anger is growing among corn farmers in Iowa towards Donald Trump over his administration’s action to cut demand for ethanol as opposition grows against the president among the rural sector that he counts on for MORE
News
Islamic State still a global threat with $300M at disposal, U.N. officials warn
While the Islamic State has lost much of its foothold in Iraq and Syria over the past few years of fighting, the militant group is still a global threat with up to $300 million in its coffers, MORE