Biden BLM nominee called to ‘wage war on overpopulation’
Post Content President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) called to “wage war on overpopulation” in order to protect grizzly bears. Tracy Stone-Manning, the president’s nominee for BLM director, wrote an essay published by the High Country News in February 1991 after she got married on how to preserve the grizzly […]
Indian teenager beaten to death, hanged for wearing jeans
Post Content A teenage girl in India was allegedly beaten to death and publicly hanged by male family members for wearing jeans. The mother of Neha Paswan, 17, said her daughter’s grandfather and uncles attacked her with sticks in her own home following an argument about her clothes, according to the BBC. The deadly beating […]
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen
Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults as well as children, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s, court records show.
Dark money group with foreign backer targets Sinema with ads over filibuster support
Post Content Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., is the target of new ads funded by a dark money group whose liberal projects are bankrolled by a billionaire foreign organization. Just Democracy, a racial and social justice grassroots coalition, announced last week that they would be running a “six-figure ad campaign” against Sinema “for prioritizing the filibuster […]
Trump’s GOP clout on the line next week in Ohio primary showdown
Post Content A new TV ad running in Ohio‘s 15th Congressional District spotlights that “Mike Carey stood with President Trump when he took on the political establishment.” The spot, by the former president‘s Make America Great Again Action super PAC emphasizes that “now President Trump is standing with him.” Carey, a longtime energy lobbyist and […]
Rubio to roll out bill requiring review of CDC decision-making after reversal in mask guidance
Post Content FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio on Thursday plans to roll out a measure that would direct the Government Accountability Office to review the decision-making process for public health messaging at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the agency reversed its guidance on mask-wearing for vaccinated individuals. The bill, obtained […]
White House says COVID eviction moratorium will expire Saturday after Supreme Court ruling
Post Content The White House on Thursday called on Congress to pass legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium past Saturday, when it is scheduled to expire after a ruling from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in June to allow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep its eviction moratorium […]
Rhode Island governor, mayor separated by police after tense confrontation
Post Content Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza was physically blocked from Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee after confronting him about the state’s impending contract with the Providence Teachers Union Wednesday. Elorza and McKee, both Democrats who are expected to run against each other in the 2022 gubernatorial race, were at a ceremonial lighting celebrating the return […]
Gov. Abbott denies requests from mayor and judge to enforce masks in schools, government buildings
Post Content The mayor of San Antonio and a county judge sent a letter to Gov. Greg Abbott asking for permission to enforce mask wearing in schools and government buildings after the Republican governor shot down talks of mask mandates in the state. “The time for government mask mandates is over–now is the time for […]
Capitol Police ordered to arrest staff and visitors not wearing masks after new House mandate
Post Content U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) were ordered to start arresting visitors and staff who refuse to wear a mask on the House side of the Capitol complex starting Thursday, according to a police memo issued by new USCP Chief Thomas Manger that was obtained by a member of Congress. Police were also advised not […]