Tag: New York
What GOP New Yorkers Just Voted For: Torture, Syria Intervention and...
Well, someone doesn’t know what he is doing.
New York Elections Board to Face Audit Over Primary Problems
Mayor Bill de Blasio said that voters and voting rights monitors had reported the “purging of entire buildings and blocks of voters from the voting lists.”
New Yorkers File Emergency Lawsuit To Give Voting Rights Back To...
Voters in the lawsuit say their party affiliations were mysteriously changed.
New York Mayor Responds to Voter Purge
A petition has been launched on MoveOn.org demanding “a full audit of New York counties that have purged voters from their rolls in the past year.”
Bernie Proposes Nationwide Ban on Fracking
Bernie Sanders focuses on the environmental issue of fracking this week while campaigning in New York and Pennsylvania.
California, New York Launch 60 Million Americans Into A $15 Minimum...
About 60 million Americans live in the two states that signed $15 minimum wage plans into law Monday.
New York Values: What Tiny Ted Will Never Get About the...
Only a rube thinks that New York is about money and media alone; it is much, much bigger than that.
NY Assemblyman Sentenced to Prison on Public Corruption Charges
Former New York State Assemblyman William Scarborough was arrested and indicted on 11 federal charges and 23 state charges of fraud and theft. After pleading guilty, he will spend 13 months in prison—just another crooked politician.
Indian Point Accident
A recent fire at Indian Point Nuclear Plant in New York is prompting renewed calls to close the plant. Does the federal government have a historic, reckless and scandalous weakness when it comes to the nuclear power plant?
NY Senate Leader and Son Arrested on Federal Corruption Charges
Corruption is running rampant in New York City after the state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam Skelos, were arrested on Monday committing fraud, extortion and accepting bribes. The charges carry a potential sentence of over 80 years in prison.
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Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Trump is running for a third term. SCOTUS will let him. Democrats have to...
How far the Democrats ultimately go in providing justice and accountability depends entirely on how much the American people push them.
10,000 Palestinians buried beneath Gaza’s rubble as families dig by hand
With more than 10,000 bodies still trapped under the ruins of Gaza, families search with shovels and bare hands while aid agencies warn that recovery could take years amid explosives, disease, and ongoing destruction.
Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina sparks outrage as millions of Americans face food...
Critics accuse the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits during the shutdown while approving a $40 billion bailout tied to Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei.
Trump quietly expands corporate tax breaks while threatening states over food aid
Treasury guidance weakens corporate minimum tax as the Agriculture Department warns states to “undo” full November SNAP payments amid shutdown confusion.