Tag: Brett Kavanaugh
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, October 9
Chicagoans fight for police accountability, UN report warns of looming climate catastrophe, and more.
Where does #MeToo go from here? Women are ‘on fire’ with...
“I hope that it is deep enough that it is forming a strong, cohesive movement among people that will resonate through this country and change the culture.”
The unbearable dishonesty of Brett Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh’s choice to lie about things that are easily disproved speaks to a kind of hubris that’s fitting to someone of his pedigree.
How Kavanaugh will change the Supreme Court
Based on what we know about measuring the ideology of justices and judges, the Supreme Court will soon take a hard and quick turn to the right.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, October 8
Humans, fish and other animals are consuming microfibers in our food and water, Trump's pick for energy innovation is invested in Big Oil, and Susan Collins' challenger raises millions after vote for Kavanaugh.
Violence Against Women Act at risk of lapsing
“Republicans’ decision to include only a short-term VAWA re-authorization in the must-pass minibus spending bill is nothing short of an abdication of our responsibilities to women in our country."
Containing the catastrophe
With the addition of Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court is as firmly Republican as are the House and Senate.
Kavanaugh on the high court will be a source of ridicule
It’s not all bad as 'boofer' Brett sullies the whole institution.
Inside the mass movement against Brett Kavanaugh
“The fact is that we’re not being heard and so we have to escalate this tactic, but the result is that we are getting through."
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Resistance is alive and well in the United States
In fact, our research shows that street protests today are far more numerous and frequent than skeptics might suggest.
Millions face delays as Trump administration ends Social Security phone verification
A new policy eliminating phone verification for Social Security benefits threatens to overwhelm field offices, cut off vulnerable recipients, and accelerate efforts to privatize the system.
New state-of-the-art aluminum smelter to increase aluminum production and cut emissions
The Green Aluminum Smelter project, led by Century Aluminum Company, will have the ability to emit 75 percent less climate pollution than the existing aluminum production facilities.
Judge blocks Trump EPA from clawing back $14 billion in climate grants
Judge Chutkan said the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”
Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-communist zealots in Miami don’t like it
But just how committed is Trump to fighting communism in Latin America at this particular moment—in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua?