Category: Liberal Political News

Sanders Says Trump’s “Dangerous” Nuclear Arms Race Talk Must Be Challenged

Deriding President-elect Donald Trump as the ‘Twitter-in-Chief,’ Sen. Bernie Sanders said recent comments on a nuclear arms race must be challenged by members of both major parties. Sen. Bernie Sanders has made it known that Donald Trump should not go unchallenged by his congressional colleagues as troubling comments by the President-elect about nuclear weapons this week sparked alarm across the United States and the world.

“President”Trump On Israel

During the past few years the Israel Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, has met with Republican leaders, interfered with the American conduct of policy in the Middle East on ground that he, and Prime Minister Netanyahu, believe President Obama hates Jews and hates Israel. Under the administration of Barack Obama the nation of Israel has been provided over SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS worth of military assistance, plus money to build a defensive shield against missiles.

Obama Ends List

The one certainty in modern life is that at some point each one of us will discover that our name is on some list. A colleague, who was born in Lebanon was interviewed by FBI agents regarding his membership in a Lebanon group.

The White Establishment

Bill O’Reilly, the man with a quick tongue and ability to write nonsensical books, has created a storm of anger. He charges that any attempt to challenge the Trump victory or seek a Constitutional change in the electoral system is really a dagger pointed to the hearts of those belonging to the White Establishment.

Trump’s Economic Plan is a Betrayal of the People Who Voted for Him

Trump’s economic plan has sent stocks ripping higher for six weeks straight. But what’s going to happen to stock prices when Congress gives Trump’s plan a big thumbs down? Has anyone thought about that yet? And what about the Fed? Does anyone seriously think that Fed chairman Janet Yellen is going to sit on her hands while Trump launches a $1 trillion fiscal stimulus package that triggers a sudden burst of growth followed by a sharp uptick in inflation? No, Yellen’s not going to sit on her hands.

Cities on a Hill: The Coming Urban Future

Lost in the overall dreariness of Donald Trump’s victory on election night was the decent amount of better news on more local levels. The decriminalization of marijuana continued its forward progress passing on eight of the nine public referendums on which that some version of issue appeared.

The Italian Banking Crisis

It has been called “a bigger risk than Brexit”- the Italian banking crisis that could take down the eurozone. Handwringing officials say “there is no free lunch” and “no magic bullet.”

Report Advises Trump on Survival Needs of Jaguars, Nine Other Endangered Species

As President-elect Trump prepares to take over the executive branch, the Washington, D.C.-based Endangered Species Coalition today released a Top 10 list of endangered wildlife in need of strong protective measures. The report, ” Removing the Walls to Recovery: Top 10 Species Priorities for a New Administration ,” highlights the most significant threats to vanishing species ranging from elephants to corals and including jaguars, directly threatened by border walls.

Report Advises Trump on Survival Needs of Jaguars, Nine Other Endangered Species

As President-elect Trump prepares to take over the executive branch, the Washington, D.C.-based Endangered Species Coalition today released a Top 10 list of endangered wildlife in need of strong protective measures. The report, ” Removing the Walls to Recovery: Top 10 Species Priorities for a New Administration ,” highlights the most significant threats to vanishing species ranging from elephants to corals and including jaguars, directly threatened by border walls.

Corporate Money Fuels the New Jim Crow

On September 9th, the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, over 20,000 prisoners across 24 states began the largest prison strike in United States history against what Michelle Alexander calls “the New Jim Crow”. In a criminal justice system where the 13th Amendment allows the forced labor of human beings convicted of crimes, these inmates have been pushed to the brink and are now taking a stand against unsafe living conditions and unfair labor practices.

12/20/2016

The warrant connected to the FBI search that Hillary Clinton says cost her the election shouldn’t have been granted, three legal experts who reviewed the document released on Tuesday told The Huffington Post. FBI Director James Comey shook up the presidential race 11 days before the election by telling Congress the agency had discovered new evidence in its previously closed investigation into the email habits of Clinton, who was significantly ahead in the polls at the time.

Kill Metro, Kill DC

Sure the DC region will long boom due to The Company, but the city itself will be pretty screwed if Metro is allowed to rot . While slightly less true in DC than in other places, generally the powers that be don’t use public transit and don’t understand its importance.

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Russian meddling is believed to have happened by both FBI and CIA

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according… Senate Republicans refused to give President Obama’s pick to replace Supreme Court Justice Scalia even the courtesy of a… One does not have to believe the the meddling decided the election to believe that 1) it happened 2) it is not a good thing 3) in a close election like this one everything mattered and 4) Donald Trump’s denials are both inappropriate and highly suspicious. He was told before the election this was happened, but denies it and denies it happened at all.

Eric Trump huffily shuts down sister auction

An auction offering a 45A minute private meeting with Ivanka Trump in exchange for a charitable donation was abruptly canceled Friday after questions were raised about the process by ethics experts, who said it appeared to offer bidders special access to the next first family. Ethics concerns – hoocoodanode? Eric Trump, whose stubborn case of “resting sociopath face” is perhaps a factor in the decision to recruit his famous sibling for the auction rather than representing his eponymous foundation himself, was none too pleased about the derailment of the annual sister-hustle: Eric Trump issued a statement as well, expressing regret that the charity effort had to be called off.