Thursday, August 14, 2025

Ireland votes to become the world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels

“To have a fighting chance to combat catastrophic climate change, we must phase out fossil fuels.”

Trump fires attorney general

The last president to fire an attorney general was Richard Nixon.

Just hours after Trump signs Muslim ban a Texas mosque went up in flames

The mosque has been the target of hatred before and was burglarized just a week ago.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren condemns removal of Wells Fargo whistleblower site

Warren asked Hugler to reinstate the webpage for Wells Fargo whistleblowers and continue the ongoing investigation into the bank’s labor practices.

Bernie Sanders and others respond to Trump’s Muslim ban

“Trump's anti-Muslim order plays into the hands of fanatics wishing to harm America.”

Federal judge grants stay against Trump’s immigration ban

“This executive order runs contrary to really our most fundamental constitutional rights and human values in this country.”

600+ water protectors facing criminal charges unlikely to receive fair trials

“It appears that the state's strategy is to simply delay discovery, charge people based on collective action and not individual acts which can be established by admissible evidence, and then hope for a conviction from a jury overwhelmingly biased towards law enforcement and the state.”

Trump declares war on the media; a monumental mistake he will soon regret

Is he so arrogant and clueless that he doesn’t fathom the tremendous power that the media possesses and the massive damage that it can inflict on his presidency?

Reality, not foes, undermines Trump’s legitimacy

Trump’s opening gambit focuses public attention not on real policy or legislation (still a great void) but whether this chief executive is simply an impulsive, erratic narcissist – or much worse, so unstable he could dislodge current, fragile power balances, here and abroad.

Democrats vow to oppose Betsy DeVos as education secretary

DeVos is being highly criticized for her lack of experience and her advocacy aimed at privatizing the public education system.