The city of Portland, Oregon will vote on an emergency resolution banning trade with the state of Texas in response to the state’s abortion law. The law prohibits virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is typically after six weeks of pregnancy. It also essentially deputizes citizens by empowering them to file lawsuits…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, slammed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for being “completely wrong” about Covid-19 vaccines. Fauci’s comments came after DeSantis insisted that whether or not a person gets a Covid-19 vaccine comes down to “personal choice.” “It’s about your health and whether you want…
On Friday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) insisted that whether or not a person gets a Covid-19 vaccine comes down to “personal choice.” “It’s about your health and whether you want that protection or not. It really doesn’t impact me or anyone else,” he said at the time. DeSantis’s remarks opened him up to harsh…
It is time for the clever legal maneuvers to stop and for advocates for women’s rights to target the source of these barbaric control measures – religion as defined by the extremist and fanatical religious right.
President Joe Biden spoke out against the recent Texas abortion ban that went into effect Wednesday that prohibits virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is typically after six weeks of pregnancy. The president called the ban “almost un-American” in remarks to reporters. “It just seems, I know this sounds ridiculous, almost unamerican…
Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who is the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, said a panel will probe the Supreme Court’s practice of deciding weighty cases on an emergency basis. The news comes after the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, voted not to block a Texas law that went into effect Wednesday that prohibits virtually…
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, criticized a Texas abortion law that went into effect Wednesday that prohibits virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which is typically after six weeks of pregnancy. He said that women around the United States are welcome to come to Illinois if they need reproductive health care. “Shame…
Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman is facing heavy criticism after he wrote a LinkedIn post in which he claimed that obesity is the “root cause” of health issues, including COVID-19. Neman deleted the post following backlash. 78% of hospitalizations due to COVID are Obese and Overweight people. Is there an underlying problem that perhaps we have…
The mainstream media are just as guilty of omitting the facts about the end of the Afghan war as Trump is guilty of surrendering to the Taliban and setting up a no-win situation.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) spoke out after the state of Texas effectively outlawed abortion by banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “Let’s be clear about what just happened in Texas: The second-largest state in America has effectively banned abortions,” she wrote on Twitter. “We can’t rely on the courts to protect our rights….
Much of the mainstream media is still nattering on about Afghanistan, as the Supreme Court sat on its hands and allowed Texas to virtually kill Roe v. Wade.
Speaking on CNN, ChiefWhite House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said it would be a “good idea” to mandate Covid-19 vaccines for school children. “I believe that mandating vaccines for children to appear in school is a good idea,” Fauci said during an appearance on “State of the…
If Americans have learned anything since the global pandemic wreaked havoc on the world, it should be that a fair number of their fellow citizens are even more dangerous, than one imagined.
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) claimed that researchers won’t study ivermectin, a toxic anti-parasitic used to treat parasitic worms, lice, and skin problems in livestock because of their “hatred” for ex-President Donald Trump. “The hatred for Trump deranged these people so much that they’re unwilling to objectively study it,” Paul said in an interview with The…
Writing in an op-ed for The Columbus-Dispatch, Ohio senatorial candidate J.D. Vance, the author of the best-selling Hillbilly Elegy, railed against Ohio State University’s (OSU) vaccine mandate, calling it “an invasion of medical privacy, and a complete bait-and-switch.” Vance claimed that most students who chose to attend OSU did so because it did not initially mandate…
Representative Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has deleted a tweet comparing Covid-19 vaccine mandates to the Holocaust. Massie shared a meme showing an arm tattooed with a concentration camp identification number, effectively comparing vaccine mandates to the Holocaust, which was the systematic murder of more than six million Jews across German-occupied Europe. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie…
In Florida, the Covid-19 pandemic is worse than it’s ever been. A sobering New York Times report finds that Floridians are “being hospitalized and dying of Covid-19 now than at any previous point in the pandemic, underscoring the perils of limiting public health measures as the Delta variant rips through the state.” Much of the…
As Republican legislatures around the country continue to make strong pushes to restrict voting rights––as they’ve done in Georgia and Texas––MSNBC opinion columnist Dean Obeidallah is calling on President Joe Biden to defund states that do just that. “When Republicans don’t like what a state or local government is doing — from Covid-19-related mask mandates to teaching critical…
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. The move clears the path for widespread vaccine mandates and comes as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to pose health risks and threatens the nation’s economic recovery. Up until now, the FDA had allowed vaccines to be distributed…
During an appearance on MSNBC, Florida School Superintendent Dr. Carlee Simon explained why she continues to defy Governor Ron DeSantis’s ban on mask mandates. “Masks are not a medical device,” she said. “Masks are preventive. They are preventive safety devices. It would be just as though we were asking a student to wear a baseball…
In an effort to push back against vaccine and mask mandates, Ted Cruz used an example that should embarrass other really stupid people.
Pressley Stutts, who served as an executive committee member of the Greenville County Republican Party and the leader of the Greenville Tea Party, died in South Carolina after a battle with Covid-19. Stutts had pushed back against vaccination efforts in his state and regularly shared Covid-19 conspiracy theories. In June, he insisted that vaccination efforts…
What has happened over the past 72 hours is precisely what Trump negotiated with the Taliban and hailed as awesome by Republicans at the time of the deal.
The White House will announce that most Americans will need Covid-19 booster shots eight months after their initial vaccination, citing data that shows signs of waning immunity. “Based on our latest assessment, the current protection against severe disease, hospitalization, and death could diminish in the months ahead, especially among those who are at higher risk…
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) announced that the state will withhold Covid-19 relief funds from schools that have mask mandates in place. “Parents are in the driver’s seat, and it’s their right to make decisions that best fit the needs of their children. Safety recommendations are welcomed and encouraged — mandates that place more stress…
Dallas and Bexar Counties are in limbo after the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted lower court rulings that allowed local government agencies and school districts to implement mask mandates, which defy an order from Governor Greg Abbott (R). A hearing on the temporary injunction is expected today. “Sunday’s ruling affects Dallas and Bexar Counties, which…
Medicare for all. That very phrase has the potential to produce several very palpable responses. Republicans are, naturally, opposed to it since it promises to circumvent the private health insurance industry’s profit motive. Many right-of-center Democrats–some of whom accept money from the same private health insurance industry–are still reticent to support it despite a 2018…
Kyle Butrum, the Arkansas father of a one-year-old hospitalized with Covid-19 has made an impassioned plea for his fellow Americans to get vaccinated so they don’t need to suffer like his son. Butrum told CNN that the hardest part of his ordeal is not being able to see his son Carter in the hospital. “We…
The office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has confirmed that the governor has walked back his threat to slash the salaries of school officials who impose mask mandates in defiance of his executive order. His spokesperson said “activist, anti-science school board members” should dock their own salaries if the state imposes financial sanctions on…
Former Rep. David Jolly said that if Joe Biden and Democrats get voting rights done, they will win elections for a generation.
Houston’s Harris Health Systems President and CEO Dr. Esmaeil Porsa warned that hospitals are facing “disaster” amid the strain of caring for a surge of Covid-19 patients as the highly infectious Delta variant continues to spread. “My hospitals are full … What is concerning is the rate by which our Covid-positive patients are increasing,” Porsa…
Speaking to CNN, Broward County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Vickie Cartwright said that her school board will defy Governor Ron DeSantis, who threatened to withhold school officials’ salaries if they defy an executive order forbidding schools from implementing mask mandates to curb the spread of Covid-19. “My core value is students first. No amount of personal financial loss…
Speaking to CBS, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said it is likely everyone will need a Covid-19 booster shot in the future. “It’s likely that that will happen at some time in the future,” Fauci said, when asked if everyone will need a booster shot at some…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it will require more than 25,000 members of its health care workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “Our number one goal is the health and safety of the American public, including our federal workforce, and vaccines are the best tool we have to protect people…
The DNC has announced an expansion of this successful initiative “to address and overcome efforts across the country to make voting more difficult and burdensome.”
YouTube has suspended Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) from its platform after he claimed that wearing a mask is an ineffective safeguard against Covid-19. “This resulted in a first strike on the channel, which means it can’t upload content for a week, per our longstanding three strikes policy,” a YouTube spokesperson told CBS News in a…
Sen. Ted Cruz led Senate Republicans in blocking every effort to start a debate on voting rights.
In an appearance on MSNBC, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases, said he supports vaccine mandates for teachers, arguing that local governments should be supported in their efforts to mandate that teachers be vaccinated against Covid-19. “I’m going to upset people on this but I think we should [mandate teacher vaccinations],”…
Representative Lauren Boebert affirmed that she stands “with our bikers” after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, expressed concern that South Dakota’s upcoming Sturgis Motorcycle Rally could serve as a “superspreader event” for the Delta variant of the coronavirus. “Fauci chastises those attending the Sturgis but never…
A new report from the House Rules Committee has found that discrimination against voters has increased since the Supreme Court’s Shelby decision.
H. Scott Apley, a member of the Galveston County Republican Party, died of Covid-19. In his last Facebook post, Apley shared a screenshot of a Twitter post mocking Covid-19. “In 6 months, we’ve gone from the vax ending the pandemic, to you can still get Covid even if vaxxed, to you can pass Covid onto…
Representative Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), who is one of three GOP congressmen who filed a lawsuit last week against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) over the mask mandate in the House of Representatives, has tested positive for Covid-19. “After experiencing minor symptoms this morning, I sought a Covid-19 test and was just informed the test results…
DeSantis is very angry that a private corporation dares deprive Israel’s West Bank and East Jerusalem of their scrumptious ice cream.
The state of Tennessee has plans to withhold millions of dollars in state funding from schools that violate a recently passed law that regulates the teaching of critical race theory, a body of legal and academic scholarship that aims to examine how racism and disparate racial outcomes have shaped public policy via often implicit social…
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an order for half of all new vehicles on American roads to be electric or zero-emission by 2030. Biden will be joined at the White House by Ford and GM executives as well as leaders from the United Auto Workers. The executive order will also replace former President…
Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) announced that he will introduce the “Right to Vote Act” in the Senate. The legislation would create a statutory right to vote in elections, would prevent states from limiting the right to vote without justification, and ensure that every vote is counted. It has received the endorsement of Fair Fight Action,…
A judge has ordered Arizona Senate Republicans to turn over all documents related to the “audit” of 2020 ballots and who is paying for it.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (R) has authorized sending more than $500,000 to farmers to vaccinate their cattle “against respiratory diseases and other maladies over the past two years” according to an Associated Press report, but is “far less enthusiastic about incentivizing herd immunity among humans.” Tennesee has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the…
The White House announced that the United States has donated 110 million Covid-19 vaccines to 60 foreign countries, two months after the Biden administration announced its intention to share vaccines globally. The White House missed its initial goal of sharing 80 million doses by the end of June. Most of the doses were shared through…
As some Democrats drag their feet on voting rights, power big-money conservative groups are funding the destruction of democracy.
It is evident that even when the Supreme Court upholds anti-discrimination laws Republicans will do anything in their power to attack and ignore them and continue their discriminatory ways.
Texas Democrats, the DCCC, and DSCC scored a big win in court as Texas voters will be able to register to vote online when they renew driver’s licenses permanently.
Nearly 1 in 6 election workers have been threatened with violence and almost 1 in 3 said they feel unsafe because of their job, information that has sparked fears of an exodus. “It’s absolutely going to lead to an unprecedented exodus of a whole generation, I think, of professional election administrators,” David Becker, executive director…
America is the richest country on Earth, but the wealth is being held by a tiny percentage of the population. A fact that millennials and Gen Z are all too aware of and the reality that does not inspire pride or patriotism.
Hundreds of marchers made their way to Austin, TX, on Saturday as thousands of people joined them at a protest for voting rights.
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) claimed that the United States has entered a “perma-demic” and assailed political “tyrants” after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that most counties in the country should resume mask-wearing to curb the spread of Covid-19. “We might as well start calling this a Perma-demic,” Boebert said. “Permanent masking. Permanent…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called her counterpart, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) “such a moron” after he announced his opposition to a mask mandate in the House amid a nationwide surge in Covid-19 cases. Last night, McCarthy criticized mask mandates as “not a decision based on science” but one “conjured up by liberal…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced that masks must once again be worn in the House, mirroring updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “The chair wishes to inform all members and staff that masks will be once again be required in the Hall of the House. However, members will be…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he aims to boost vaccination rates across the United States by countering misinformation, per Reuters. This misinformation appears to be most prevalent in Republican-dominated states. The news comes a day after McConnell blamed President Joe Biden for the stagnant vaccination rates nationwide despite the conservative-led efforts, such as via…
It is time for federal and state authorities to begin creating and enacting laws mandating that every citizen be vaccinated. The health of the nation depends on it and the Supreme Court has ruled it is legal.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected to recommend that some people vaccinated for Covid-19 should resume indoor mask-wearing in parts of the country that have seen a surge in cases. The recommendation would mark a reversal of a policy announced just two months ago and comes amid more reports of breakthrough…
Josh Hawley has to be one of the least qualified people in America to profess a desire to promote patriotism
Senate Democrats are drafting a blueprint for a pathway to citizenship for 8 million immigrants as part of the reconciliation bill.
Why are republicans so opposed to COVID vaccines? Claiming it is “political” is reductive. Perhaps the motive is more insidious.
Reuters has confirmed that the United States will not lift existing travel restrictions “at this point” due to concerns over the high transmissibility of the Covid-19 Delta variant and the higher number of coronavirus cases in the country, according to a White House official. The United States has recorded more than 34 million cases total…
Many of these anti-vaxxer types are only alive today because of vaccines, and yet they are the frontline advocates willing to endanger more American lives.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) can’t defend the new Texas efforts to suppress the vote so he went on Fox News and started screaming about President Biden being a liar.
Nancy Pelosi had no option but to bar the two Trump devotees from serving on the committee.
Democratic Senate aides have confirmed that there is an urgency among Democrats to pass new citizenship laws in favor of “Dreamers” in light of a federal judge’s ruling that blocked roughly 500,000 to 700,000 unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA program and receiving…
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the chair of the Senate Rules Committee, hinted that Democrats are making progress on breaking the voting rights filibuster.
President Biden said that the DOJ would be appealing and urged Congress to use reconciliation to restore the DACA program fully.
It is not solely because their monuments to white supremacy, and treason, were removed; it is because they are being exposed as white supremacists driven by white rage because people of color are demanding to be treated as equal American citizens.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) told Fox News that the Democrats who fled the state to block a bill that would have tightened voter restrictions in the GOP-controlled state. Patrick expressed confidence that the matter would be resolved soon. “They can’t hold out forever. They have families back home. They have jobs back home….
Not content promulgating “climate change hoax” lies on its regular platform, it has decided to add a 24-hour weather channel to its oligarchic propaganda machine.
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) urged Democrats to follow Mitch McConnell’s lead and create a filibuster carve out to pass voting rights.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be meeting with the Texas Democrats who left Texas to plot strategy on passing a voting rights bill.
A White House official confirmed that pop star Olivia Rodrigo, who has dominated the pop music charts since the release of her debut album, Sour, in May 2021 and became a viral sensation with the release of “Drivers License,” will meet with President Joe Biden as part of a bid to help push young people…
The Texas House has authorized arrest warrants for the Democrats who left the state to block a bill that would have tightened voter restrictions in the GOP-controlled state. “Members, the sergeant-at-arms and the officers appointed by him are directed to send for all absentees whose attendance is not excused for the purpose of securing and…
Speaking to CNN, Texas House Democrat Trey Martinez Fischer said Democrats need to have “courage,” “conviction,” and “sometimes a little bit of defiance” if they want to stand up in the fight against Republican attempts to impose restrictions on the right to vote. Martinez Fischer’s remarks came after Texas Democrats fled the state to block…
J.D. Vance, the author of Hillbilly Elegy and a recent Republican Senate candidate, criticized Vice President Kamala Harris after she spoke out against voter identification laws. Harris had said that voter identification laws would hurt people in rural areas. “I don’t think that we should underestimate what that could mean, because, in some people’s mind, that means,…
Democrats hold the majority in the House of Representatives. They hold a narrow majority in the Senate. They have the White House. And up until last week, they actually believed they could make common cause with republicans for the good of the republic. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch “The Grim Reaper” McConnell said the quiet part…
The group of lawyers’ valid complaint was that the law illegally confers legal standing on any evangelical extremist in any state in the Union who takes it upon themselves to punish a healthcare provider even though they sustain no personal loss or injury.
SCOTUS is on pace to approve every new iteration of Jim Crow Republicans can devise and it will be the undoing of America as a representative democratic republic – which is precisely what Republicans dream of at night.
“Fox and Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade doubled down on Covid-19 denial, calling the Biden administration’s focus on vaccination “mind-boggling.” “Listen, in many cases, they’ve done a very good job of getting the word out and getting the vaccine out,” he said, noting that the three vaccines that are available––Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson––”are available…
Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) called medical professionals “Needle Nazis,” invoking the Holocaust and Nazism to criticize the Biden administration’s efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible against Covid-19. “Biden has deployed his Needle Nazis to Mesa County,” she tweeted. “The people of my district are more than smart enough to make their own decisions…
White House press secretary Jen Psaki told CNN that the Biden administration does not “take any of our health and medical advice from Marjorie Taylor Greene” after Greene compared a push by President Joe Biden to ensure as many Americans are vaccinated against the coronavirus as possible to the people who helped Adolf Hitler rise to…
The hosts of “Fox and Friends” are urging viewers to buy more guns following a spate of mass shootings over the last few days, painting a portrait of a country in the midst of collapse. The Fourth of July weekend saw the highest number of mass shootings than in any weekend thus far in 2021,…
The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dealt several blows to the Voting Rights Act last week. In a majority conservative 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upheld two Arizona restrictions. The first prohibits individuals other than close family members or caregivers from collecting mail-in ballots. The second requires elections officials to reject votes from people who report to incorrect precincts…
This is a warning.
Perhaps it’s too late.
But we are facing a potential climate hostile to human life.
President Joe Biden‘s administration is launching an effort to encourage eligible immigrants to apply for citizenship. The effort would meet the requirements of one of Biden’s earliest executive orders. In February, Biden signed an “Executive Order on Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans.” The order…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced that California has added five more states, including Florida, to the list of places where state-funded travel is banned because of laws that discriminate against members of the LGBTQ community. “Make no mistake: We’re in the midst of an unprecedented wave of bigotry and discrimination in this country…
Mike Pence lied by claiming the academic subject CRT is “state sponsored and state-sanction racism.”
While we seem to finally be gaining ground on the COVID-19 pandemic, there is one public health crisis to which we appear powerless. That is the epidemic of gun violence. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 305 mass shootings as of this writing. 3,044 students did not have the opportunity to graduate high…
White rage exists because a significant number of Americans cannot comprehend that African Americans, like Hispanic and Asian Americans, are equal under the law.
The DOJ lawsuit against Georgia alleges that the state intentionally and illegally targeted black voters with their new voting laws. According to Mother Jones: The Justice Department suit is relying on what remains of the VRA to try to ensure Georgia will once again have to approve its voting changes with the federal government. Specifically, a still-standing…
The Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit challenging new voting restrictions in Georgia. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the DOJ‘s action during a press conference this morning. “This lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote, that all lawful votes are counted,…
Representative Scott Perry (R-Penn.) called Democrats “Nazis” in a speech during the conservative Pennsylvania Leadership Conference on June 11, according to a recording. “They are not the loyal opposition. They are the opposition to everything you love and believe in,” he said. “Go fight them.” “We can acknowledge that maybe not every one of them…
One of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ signature issues when running for president in 2016 and 2020 was single-payer healthcare; i.e. “Medicare-for-All.” Most countries offer healthcare as a human right to all its citizens. The United States is an outlier. Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we are the only one that fails to do this. Thanks to…
President Joe Biden‘s administration has extended the nationwide eviction moratorium for another 30 days in a bid to help tenants who’ve been unable to make their rent payments due to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced that the moratorium would be…
Pearson Sharp, a correspondent for the far-right One America News (OAN), has called for the executions of thousands of Americans over fake voter fraud claims. “How many people were involved in these efforts to undermine the [2020 general] election?” Sharp said on the air, pushing conspiracy theories that the election was fraudulent. “Hundreds? Thousands? Tens…