Sunday, April 5, 2026

Tag: politics

Uniting for a Green New Deal

This is an opportunity to unite in support of a bold new vision for our society.

Senate Democrats introduce bill to deny tax loophole for Big Pharma...

“The American public shouldn’t be subsidizing Big Pharma’s ads which is why my legislation would close this egregious loophole.”

Durbin calls for Senate hearings to probe ‘serious questions’ about why...

"When he takes the interpreter's notes and wants to destroy them so no one can see what was said, and the written transcript... it raises serious questions about the relationship between this president and Putin."

How not to build a ‘great, great wall’

As long as the United States keeps coming up with new ways to fortify the border, people will keep coming up with new ways to beat the border.

US politicians are selling out First Amendment and country for AIPAC...

Now Congress is climbing on this shameless anti-Constitutional bandwagon.

California governor proposes nation’s longest paid family leave

Newsom and his administration proposed six months paid family leave, the nation's longest if approved.

600+ environmental groups urge Congress to phase out fossil fuels

"This means a halt to all new fossil fuel development now, and it means a rejection of dangerous false solutions like market-based emissions trading programs."

Crisis

I wonder. What are the American people made of? Time will tell. 

Prices, plutocrats, and corporate concentration

Would less corporate concentration – and a weaker corporate capacity to raise prices – mean less inequality?

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Austria blocks US warplanes as European allies distance themselves from Trump’s Iran war

Austria invokes neutrality law to deny U.S. military airspace access as Spain, Switzerland, and others limit cooperation and criticize the legality of the conflict.

Trump threatens to bomb Iran into the ‘Stone Ages’ as experts warn of possible...

Threats to destroy Iran’s electric grid and bridges raise alarm among legal scholars as strikes hit medical, energy, and civilian infrastructure.

Blowback 2026

The Price of Empire and the costs of War on Iran.

Cats are fueling a global eco-crisis, pushing birds and other species to extinction

Free-roaming cats are an invasive species and one of the most significant sources of human-caused bird mortality.

Mark Carney pledges $1B in taxpayer money for a ‘carbon bomb’ project

It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.