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Andrew Cuomo, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Cuomo Resigns Over Sexual Harassment Allegations New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday that he will resign from office in 14 days as he faces an accelerating impeachment push -- over allegations that he sexually harassed multiple women, including current and former government employees.
Ben & Jerry's Salted Caramel Almond Ice Cream, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 23, 2021
Rights Groups Urge Ben & Jerry's to End All Sales in 'Apartheid Israel' While welcoming the decision by Ben & Jerry's to stop selling their ice cream in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in Palestine, a coalition of progressive groups on Wednesday implored Unilever, the frozen dessert-maker's parent company, to end all business with Israel.
Donald Rumsfeld, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 1, 2021
"Merciless War Criminal" and Ex-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dead at 88 Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. congressman, aide to several Republican presidents, and two-time defense secretary whose ruinous legacy was defined by his lies in service of an unending war that's killed at least hundreds of thousands of people, died Tuesday at age 88.
Canada dangerous heatwave, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 30, 2021
"This Is the Climate Emergency": Dozens of Sudden Deaths Reported as Canada Heat Hits Record 121°F Dozens of sudden-death calls that Vancouver authorities have received this week are believed to be tied to the dangerous heatwave currently scorching Canada and pushing temperatures to record levels.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 30, 2021
Texas GOP Finalizes "Ruthless" Voter Suppression Bill, Sparking Calls for Congressional Action Texas state senators passed a voter supression bill that was condemned by rights advocates and plitical figures across the United States and sparked calls for Congress to urgently combatRepublican attacks on democracy.
Joe Biden, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 25, 2021
Sanders, Warren Lead Call for Biden to Embrace "Historic" Medicare Expansion "Lowering the Medicare eligibility age is not only the right thing to do from a public policy perspective," stated a letter to Biden on Sunday, "it is also what the overwhelming majority of Americans support."
Bernie Sanders, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Sanders Bill Will Hike Taxes on Big Corporations That Pay CEOs Over 50 Times More Than Median Workers Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would hike taxes on large corporations that pay their CEOs over 50 times more than the median worker, an effort to combat the decades-long trend of skyrocketing inequality in the United States.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, March 6, 2021
Millionaire Senators Vote Against Popular Minimum Wage Raise That Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty Eight members of the Democratic caucus joined all 50 Republicans in the Senate to kill an amendment reattaching a $15 minimum wage provision to the Senate's coronavirus relief package. Nearly every one of the lawmakers who voted against the raise for low-paid workers nationwide is a millionaire.
Texas Snow, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Role of Climate Crisis "Can't Be Hand-Waved Away": Scientists Say Freezing Texas Linked to Warming Arctic Some scientists are arguing -- the bitterly cold weather currently contributing to suffering and death in Texas and other states accustomed to mild winters is connected to the rapid warming of the Arctic.
Free Julian Assange, From CreativeCommonsPhoto
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 4, 2021
Threat to Journalism Remains Despite Rejection of Assange Extradition From live.staticflickr.com: Why did a British judge reject the Trump administration's attempt to extradite Julian Assange, despite accepting "virtually all of the allegations" the U.S. government leveled against the WikiLeaks founder?
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SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 12, 2020
New Campaign Prepares Mass Mobilization Should Trump Refuse to "Leave Willingly" If Defeated in November Since taking office in 2017, Trump has repeatedly floated the possibility of remaining in office beyond his constitutionally allotted term during rallies and on Twitter.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, From YouTubeVideos
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 18, 2020
"Corruption": Inspector General Ousted by Trump Was Investigating Whether Pompeo Used Staffer for Personal Chores The State Department inspector general was reportedly investigating whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo required a staffer to carry out personal chores when President Donald Trump fired him Friday night, a move that sparked widespread outcry and a probe by congressional Democrats.
If extradited to the US Julian Assange could get up to 170 years imprisonment, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 12, 2020
Assange's Extradition: Incarceration in the Time of Covid-19 Threatens His Life Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with the world screeched to a halt, the prosecution of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange continues. At the case management court hearing on Tuesday, April 7, Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that Julian Assange's extradition hearing would resume in May as previously planned.
Bernie Sanders %2848036980607%29., From WikimediaPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 22, 2020
'Not Done Yet': Bernie Sanders Campaign Mobilizes Donors for Coronavirus Relief and Raises $2 Million "The Bernie Sanders campaign puts its fundraising prowess to another purpose." "Bernie Sanders supporters have contributed more than $2 million in 2 days to charities helping people whose lives have been impacted by the coronavirus," tweeted political strategist Tim Tagaris. "Not done yet."
Former President Barack Obama., From InText
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Obama Privately Considered Leading "Stop-Bernie Campaign" to Combat Sanders 2020 Surge: Report Former President Barack Obama reportedly told advisers behind closed doors earlier this year that he would actively oppose Sen. Bernie Sanders if the progressive senator from Vermont opened up a big lead in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race.
Free Julian Assange, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 25, 2019
Warning Julian Assange "Could Die in Prison," 60+ Doctors Demand Immediate Medical Attention for WikiLeaks Founder More than 60 doctors from around the world Monday called on officials in the United Kingdom to act immediately to ensure WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange receives proper medical attention.
President Trump speaks from the Rose Garden, From YouTubeVideos
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 15, 2019
Asking Supreme Court to Shield His Tax Returns, Trump Claims He Is "Absolutely Immune" From Criminal Investigation President Trump late Thursday asked the right-wing Supreme Court to block the Manhattan district attorney's subpoena for his tax returns, arguing that he is "absolutely immune from all stages of state criminal process while in office."
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos., From InText
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 25, 2019
Betsy DeVos Held in Contempt of Court for Refusing to Stop Collecting Loan Payments From Defrauded Students A federal judge on Thursday held President Donald Trump's billionaire Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in contempt of court for failing to comply with an order to stop collecting loan payments from former students of Corinthian Colleges, a defunct for-profit college company that defrauded tens of thousands of borrowers.
Fossil Fuel Drilling, From FlickrPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, October 6, 2019
Merging "Loyalty to the Oil Industry" and "Grudge Against California," Trump Opens 725,000 Acres to Fossil Fuel Drilling The Trump administration on Friday moved to open more than 725,000 acres of California's central coast to potential oil and gas drilling, a decision environmentalists condemned as a disastrous handout to big polluters at a time when urgent action is needed to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
Burger, From PixabayPhotos
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 26, 2019
The Amazon Is Burning Because the World Eats So Much Meat While the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest may constitute an "international crisis," they are hardly an accident. So, for those wondering how they could help save the rainforest, known as "the planet's lungs" for producing about 20% of the world's oxygen, the answer may be simple. Eat less meat.

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