Tag: Congress
Trump admin bypasses Congress, offers backup storage to boost troubled oil...
“If you believe as I do that the oil and gas industry is getting smaller and will need to extract less oil and gas, any federal money that is not supporting this direction is a waste.”
US internet bill is a sneak attack on encryption while public...
While fighting for and focusing on reducing child exploitation is something of great importance, the EARN IT Act is an undeniable attack on encryption and will affect how companies operate and potentially your privacy.
‘I bough…—I, I got them’: Bloomberg almost admits to buying members...
"We prefer our politicians unbought."
Impeached: Notes on the travesty that passed for a trial
The word “outrageous” comes to mind.
Impeachment rocks—why stop with only one winner?
Bring on more House indictments—who else calls out the mafia-style boss and crime wave making America much worse?
From resistance to assistance: Little pushback to Trump’s Iran assassination
“Democracy dies in darkness.”
A report card on the American Project
Thirty years later, perhaps it’s time to assess just how well the United States has fulfilled the expectations President Bush articulated in 1990.
‘To protect our democracy,’ Tuesday night rallies planned in all 50...
"It's on us, the people, to protect our democracy. Congress will only act if we the people demand it."
When progressives in Congress let us down, we should push back
Rolling back key aspects of the military-industrial-surveillance complex cannot be accomplished without putting up a huge fight.
A bold plan to strengthen and improve social security is what...
In short, this is a well-considered bill that would accomplish good for current and future retirees. Congress should move on it.
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“But I didn’t know!”
A second Trump presidency will unleash extremists' to target specific politicians and activists, just as any terrorist regime does.
Cooperation Jackson’s food sovereignty initiatives help with sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community...
“It’s a beautiful thing to be able to feed your community, especially in a food desert.”
US suffered almost 300,000 excess deaths during coronavirus pandemic, CDC reports
They found that excess deaths have occurred every week in the U.S. since March, peaking in the weeks ending April 11 and August 8.
Why the Founders Would Decry What America has Become
If the Founding Fathers saw what the United States has become, they would be devastated. Poverty, income inequality, suppression of speaking ones mind, crime, war, and oligarch like behaviors all make up this new U.S. It is far from being the democracy it was created as.
The US spends more than $80 billion a year incarcerating 2.3 million people
"With movements calling for defunding and divesting, people are finally talking about spending and raising the heat on the thousands of corporations that profit off the millions of people we lock up."