Tag: President Biden
Biden demands end of filibuster to pass voting rights
"President Biden was clear in his call for eliminating the filibuster to pass voting rights, and we're grateful... But he can't rest this call at the feet of the Senate and walk away."
Hey, hey, USA! How many bombs did you drop today?
The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been published...
House progressives hail Biden moves to combat meat industry ‘price gouging’
"The meat processing industry is one of the worst offenders of these monopolistic, unfair practices."
White House unveils plan to replace all lead pipes in next...
“The bottom line is that there is no reason in the 21st century for why people are still exposed to this substance that was poisoning people back in the 18th century.”
How the Build Back Better bill would save workers’ lives
Congress is poised to pass a bill that would help revitalize OSHA and provide the resources needed to protect workers in a growing economy.
Biden drilling report blasted as ‘shocking capitulation to the needs of...
"The government's royalty rates and bonding requirements are far too low and lead to public money subsidizing Big Oil's profits while our federal lands and waters suffer egregious harm."
The last progressive
Thus far, however, Biden’s demonstrated negligible aptitude for restoring even an approximation of ordinariness to American life.
Senate urged to reject Biden’s ‘poor choice’ for FDA chief over...
"The Senate... must reject Califf's nomination and demand that Biden nominate an individual who has been dedicated to advancing public health."
Progressives to Biden: If you want to be popular, take on...
"Actual politics requires taking action against actual villains to solve problems, not... shrugging and cowering."
Under pressure from victims’ families, Biden orders release of 9/11 documents
Last month, nearly 1,800 family members told the president to stay away from anniversary events unless he ordered the declassification of documents.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.