Izzy Award to be Shared by Journalists Who Exposed Private Prison…

In a banner year for journalism by non-conglomerate news outlets, the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College has announced the winners of the ninth annual Izzy Award . The award will be shared by Mother Jones senior reporter SHANE BAUER and Nation Institute Investigative Fund reporter SETH FREED WESSLER who, working independently, revealed major abuses at for-profit U.S. prisons; and by The Nation senior contributing writer ARI BERMAN, who exposed efforts to suppress voting.

Guilty Plea By Volkswagen is an Important Step

Statement by Mike Litt, Consumer Program Advocate at U.S. PIRG Education Fund, on today’s guilty plea by Volkswagen in its criminal court case for emission violations “18 months after news of Volkswagen’s emission scandal broke, we’re glad to see the company finally admit to criminal wrongdoing. This kind of company admission is a big deal.

ACLU To Host Training For Illegal Immigrants, Others About How To Resist Trump’s Policies

The American Civil Liberties Union, which used the courts to put a halt on President Trump’s first executive order barring specific refugees entrance to the United States, is organizing a “resist” training for illegal immigrants and citizens next week. “The American Civil Liberties Union will host “The Resistance Training: An ACLU Town Hall” tomorrow to organize and empower communities around the country in defense of their constitutional rights.

Women2Women Agenda proving the political system is not broken

Over the last three years, the women of the Republican Main Street Partnership have traveled the country to have frank discussions about politics and policy with our female constituents. We established the Women2Women Conversations Tour to let women know that, contrary to what they may hear in the media, our political system is not broken or out-of-touch.

White House civil war breaks out over trade

White House civil war breaks out over trade – ‘Fiery meeting’ in Oval Office between economic nationalists and pro-trade moderates – Read next A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called “a fiery meeting” in the Oval Office

Opening Arctic for Drilling Is Trump Priority, Key Senator Says an hour ago

Senator Lisa Murkowski said President Donald Trump is interested in opening up new coastal waters for oil and gas drilling and reversing Obama-era policies that restrict energy development in Alaska. Both Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are weighing ways to expand opportunities to drill in Arctic waters though the changes could take years to accomplish administratively, Murkowski said in an interview on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston.  “It’s fair to say we are looking at how we might be able to — how the administration might be able to — allow for opportunities within this important area, offshore Alaska,” Murkowski said.

Say a where’s the Democratic plan to fix ObamaCare, anyway?

Remember “mend it, don’t end it”? Democrats have floated that slogan for three years while trying to convince voters that their unhappiness with ObamaCare doesn’t mean throwing it out entirely. A year ago, Chelsea Clinton argued that the “crushing costs” of the ACA needed immediate attention, but not repeal.

Fukushima has been overrun by wild, radioactive boars

This sounds like it could be the plot for the next Godzilla movie but the NY Times reports the area of Japan where a Tsunami and subsequent reactor meltdown occurred in 2011 has been overrun with wild, radioactive boars: Hundreds of toxic wild boars have been roaming across northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant six years ago forced thousands of residents to desert their homes, pets and livestock. Some animals, like cattle, were left to rot in their pens.

a Congress to Trump: Your tweet deletes might be breaking the law – CNET

Remember that trouble President Donald Trump had earlier this month when he was trying to spell “hear by” … I mean “hearby” … I mean hereby in a tweet about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s alleged close ties to Russia? Well, turns out his three attempts , and more significantly, two deletions, may have been breaking violating federal law. That’s according to Utah Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Maryland Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, respectively.

ECB Said to Have Discussed Whether Rates Can Rise Before QE Ends

European Central Bank policy makers considered the question of whether interest rates could rise before their bond-buying program comes to an end, according to people familiar with the matter. Governing Council members meeting on March 9 exchanged views on ways of communicating and sequencing an exit from unconventional stimulus, euro-area central-bank officials said, asking not to be identified because the deliberations were private.

Schiff: I haven’t seen any evidence Obama admin wiretapped Trump

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told CNN Friday he has not “seen any evidence whatsoever to substantiate” President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the campaign. “I think when Sean Spicer isn’t even willing to talk about it, you know there’s a real problem,” Rep. Adam Schiff said.

Hill Republican leaders reject suggestion to move up Medicaid expansion sunset

Republican congressional leaders are rejecting Friday any hint from the White House that they should disrupt their carefully crafted bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. After CNN reported Thursday night that President Donald Trump was open to moving up the sunset of the Medicaid expansion up from 2020 to the end of this year, GOP leaders supporting the bill aren’t biting.

Where fake news goes to die

The command center in the war against fake news isn’t in some network’s conference room or tech startup’s offices. It’s in a large ranch home nestled in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, just north of Los Angeles.

White House Suggests It Hired a National Security Adviser Without…

When Donald Trump named Michael Flynn as his national security adviser last November, liberals had good cause to raise their eyebrows. The retired general had established himself as a proud Islamophobe – one who believed that ” fear of Muslims is rational ,” and that Democrats had tried to impose Sharia law on the state of Florida.

The Latest: Man gets extension to seek deportation stay

Catalino Guerrero, center left, stands with U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, left, and Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin, center right, during a rally outside of the Peter Rodino Federal Building before attending an immigration hearing, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Newark, N.J. Guerrero, who arrived in the U.S. illegally in 1991, is facing deportation. Organizers claim he is an upstanding citizen and should not be deported.

Trump’s first jobs report crushes expectations

The US economy added 235,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, many more than expected, and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.7%, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed on Friday. Economists had forecast 200,000 nonfarm payrolls in February, according to a Bloomberg survey.

Trump administration hits the 50-day mark

Time flies: Today marks the 50th day of President Donald Trump’s administration and the halfway point in the storied “first 100 days.” More than a week ago, Trump said that he would give himself an A for achievement but a C in messaging, though that self-assessment came before his address to a joint session of Congress, for which he was roundly praised by members of his own party.

Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides

Strawberries and these other foods have the most pesticides Eating pesticide-free may mean a diet with fewer strawberries, or at least eating their organic versions. Check out this story on thestarpress.com: http://usat.ly/2maTrdR Strawberries topped the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list of produce with the most pesticides.

At Workmen’s Cafe, Lunchtime Is a Meat-and-Three Paradise

Despite never planning for a life in restaurants, Angie Bellinger is the one-woman show behind Workmen’s Cafe in James Island, South Carolina . “We went over the menu before we opened,” she says, referring to a conversation with her mother, Ruby Lee Whaley Bellinger, whose idea it was to open Workmen’s in the first place.

Pelosi says Trump’s wiretapping claims are false

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi says there’s no way that former President Barack Obama had Donald Trump wiretapped in the lead up to the election, and FBI Director James Comey should say so. A member of the House Intelligence Committee, Pelosi questioned whether Trump understands the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the law that allows the government to monitor the calls of foreign agents suspected of terrorism or espionage.

4 face charges tied to ATM thefts in Anchorage

The first of two cases filed Tuesday charges Jerd Thacker, Cristi Cozzeti and Jordan Cook with possession of stolen bank property – an ATM taken from First National Bank Alaska off Old Seward Highway on March 1, according to the charges. An Alaska state trooper arrested them on a property near Big Lake where an allegedly stolen truck and the ATM were found, according to a criminal complaint written by FBI special agent Barry Vaughan.

Apparently The Jobs Report Is No Longer A Massive Conspiracy?

President Donald Trump immediately retweeted right-wing media praise for a strong February 2017 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , which showed above-average job creation and a steady unemployment rate last month. Trump’s willingness to embrace the BLS monthly jobs report is at odds with his past approach — at least over the last four years — of slamming the number as “phony” and as merely a political tool of the Obama administration.

Body of teen hit by train 96 years ago to be exhumed

Officials are going to exhume the body of an unidentified teenage boy who died nearly a century ago after being struck by a train in Georgetown. News outlets report that the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the FBI hope that DNA evidence will help identify the victim.

Fox News Hosts Have No Clue What Planned Parenthood Does

After the release of Republicans’ long-awaited plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act , Fox News’ The Five put on a masterclass in how to get everything wrong about Planned Parenthood’s services and the implications of the attempt to defund the essential health care provider. Earlier this week, Republicans unveiled their alternative to the ACA, called the American Health Care Act .

On Cue, Adoring Pro-Trump Outlets Fawn Over February Jobs Report

Right-wing media reacted with predictable enthusiasm to a better-than-expected February 2017 jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , which they attributed to President Donald Trump’s unique leadership. In reality, the economy is currently enjoying a 77-month streak of job creation that began under President Barack Obama — whom the same outlets routinely blasted for leading a sluggish economic recovery.

Peter Lucas: Mayor Obama would be most powerful man in D.C. again

According to my imaginary, non-existent Russian intelligence sources, the real reason the former president decided to live in Washington is so that he can run for mayor of Washington, D.C. Incumbent Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser would have to step aside, of course. Otherwise Obama would crush her in a primary the way he crushed Hillary Clinton in 2008.

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A three year investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement resulted in 19 people pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute $5.7 million of methamphetamine, according to a release from the Department of Justice. A three year investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement resulted in 19 people pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute $5.7 million of methamphetamine, according to a release from the Department of Justice.