Correction: Florida-Puerto Ricans story
In a story June 30 about Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees, The Associated Press reported erroneously that about 2,000 Puerto Ricans are using federal housing assistance vouchers to stay at Florida hotels.
Category Archives: US Politics
Supreme Court nomination will put red-state Democrats in even bigger campaign quandary
Red-state Democrats seeking re-election this fall were already facing the difficult task of navigating between their own virulently anti- Trump national party and the Republican-leaning voters needed to win back home. But that narrow path has become even more of a tightrope now that incumbents will be asked to take sides on the president's impending Supreme Court nomination.
Protesters pack Capitol Square to fight Trump immigration policy
Hundreds of people gathered at the Capitol Square in Richmond to protest the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy toward undocumented immigrants, prompting the separation of thousands of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to CBS 6. U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who attended the rally, said the demonstrations are a way of showing the Trump administration that people do not approve of the family separation policy. "And bluntly, the president thought he could separate kids form their parents and the American public wouldn't care.
They ‘listen when it’s Amazon.’ Second headquarters race revives transit, education projects
SAN FRANCISCO By definition, 19 cities on Amazon's list of potential homes for its second headquarters won't make the cut. But even if they don't win the golden ticket up to 50,000 tech jobs and a $5 billion investment Amazon may be leaving its stamp.
Family separation highlights immigration in Arizona midterms
The outrage sparked by the sights, sounds and stories of children separated from parents at the U.S.-Mexico border underscores the outsized role immigration will play in the midterms in Arizona. On all sides of the political spectrum, campaigns are emphasizing immigration policies with would-be voters as Democrats push to make gains in traditionally conservative Arizona, where more than 1 in 8 residents is an immigrant.
The Latest: Agency plans to review all migrant kids’ cases
The small gro... . In this Wednesday, June 27, 2018, photo, a small group of stay-at-home mothers, with children at their sides, work to organize an immigration rally in Portland, Ore.
Sinclair Broadcast Group
In April, America's journalistic class sounded the alarm at the alleged totalitarian menace of a local TV news syndicate, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, beaming out the same fake-news-is-bad-for-democracy promotional message to all its markets. Many of the sentiments in that advertorial were indistinguishable from recent campaigns by The Washington Post and The New Yorker , but the Sinclair journos reading the script did appear less than thrilled with the assignment.
Take Your Pills
When Eben Britton received a prescription for Adderall along with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder , the former NFL player's wife says in the Netflix documentary Take Your Pills , she believed he had "a medical issue that was being treated." But when she and her friends used Adderall as a study aid in college, "I looked at it basically as abuse."
Jordan Peele’s ‘Fake Obama’
Comedian and Academy Award winner Jordan Peele in April released a video that seemed to portray Barack Obama calling President Donald Trump "a total and complete dipshit." It was created by new software that allows for the generation of a novel variant of realistic fake news.
Nancy
In its glory days, when it was written and drawn by Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy walked the fine line that separates genius from idiocy. The newspaper comic was as inane as a dad joke and as beguiling as a Zen koan ; the best path to enjoying it, and perhaps to attaining enlightenment, lay in embracing the fact that you weren't ever sure whether it was the smartest or stupidest thing in the paper.
To Change the Church
There are roughly 1.28 billion Roman Catholics in the world. Of those, some probably do not know their Church says getting divorced and remarried without annulment counts as adultery.
Chappaquiddick
Many expected Chappaquiddick to be right-wing propaganda. After all, why make a feature-length film about what happened that 1969 night when Sen. Edward Kennedy drove a car off a bridge, resulting in the death of passenger Mary Jo Kopechne, if not to score political points? But Chappaquiddick tells a story that's not about policy, left or right, but about glamour and the often brutal assertion of privilege and power.
John Mackey’s Merger Made in Heaven
When John Mackey founded Whole Foods Market nearly 40 years ago in Austin, he revolutionized the way Americans think about health food. Last year he helped change the game again when he announced that Whole Foods had been bought by Amazon for just under $14 billion.
Texas school district OKs possible border wall land survey
A school district in a small Texas border city is letting the federal government review some of its land that could be used for border wall construction. The Rio Grande City school board this week approved a request from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to come onto district property for survey and site assessment.
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These 7 Ny NJ Campaigns Can Flip Congress
These are scary times for our country. As Trump mocks and demeans our values, explodes the national debt, and destroys our alliances and our position in the world, Republican politicians sit by and enable his abuses.
Remember: The Supreme Court Is on the Ballot in Every Federal Election
Now that Anthony Kennedy has proven to be, shall we say, the shy, retiring type, one wonders what the folks who felt that there was no difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton-the folks who stayed home or stood with Jill Stein on November 8, 2016-will say when the Senate confirms a new Supreme Court nominee who makes Antonin Scalia look like Thurgood Marshall in terms of judicial philosophy.
Prank caller talks to Trump aboard Air Force OneAFP
A prank caller talking to the leader of the world's most powerful country aboard Air Force One? It's apparently possible. Posing as New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, comedian John Melendez said he contacted President Donald Trump on Wednesday night while he was on the presidential plane.
Prank caller gets Trump on phone by impersonating Dem senatorFox News
A comedian known for his work on "The Howard Stern Show" says he was patched through to President Trump on Air Force One this week after impersonating a Democratic senator on the telephone. Comedian John Melendez of "The Stuttering John" podcast posted audio on Thursday of his conversation with the president, where Melendez claimed to be New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez.
Bredesen opens field office
Gov. Phil Bredesen visited Cookeville Friday to open a campaign field office. Bredesen is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Bob Corker. Dozens packed the Putnam County Democrat Party office at 111 Cedear Avenue to meet him.