Slammed by critics as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to instill fear in immigrant communities, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says it has arrested nearly 500 undocumented immigrants amidst raids conducted in sanctuary cities across the country. “This makes communities less safe.” —Jon Rodney, California Immigrant Policy CenterThe agency announced that […]
In a move being hailed as a win for the climate, banking giant BNP Paribas announced Wednesday that it is severing ties with companies whose main business is connected to shale and/or oil from tar sands, will stop financing transportation projects for such fuels, and will not finance any oil or gas projects in the […]
As political momentum continues to build around Medicare for All despite fervent opposition from Wall Street executives, centrist Democrats, and television talking heads, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivered a speech Tuesday to the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) arguing that a single-payer healthcare system would be immensely beneficial not just for workers, but also for […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) raided nine stores in Central Florida that assist customers with placing orders for low-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other countries, Kaiser Health News reported Monday, suggesting a shift away from a long-standing policy that benefited consumers but was strongly condemned by the pharmaceutical industry. “The storefronts primarily […]
Immigration rights advocates denounced the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaraguans who have been in the United States for nearly two decades—hinting that protections for Hondurans could be eliminated as well. United We Dream called on Congress to pass legislation extending protections from deportation to the thousands of people who […]
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) has named Cindy Hyde-Smith, the state’s commissioner of agriculture and commerce, to the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Thad CochranWilliam (Thad) Thad CochranEspy wins Mississippi Senate Democratic primary Bottom Line Mike Espy announces Mississippi Senate bid MORE (R). Hyde-Smith, a former Democrat who joined the GOP in 2010, becomes the […]
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In the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and midconduct levied against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) over recent weeks, six of his Democratic female colleagues on Wednesday called on the former comedian-turned politician to resign. Click Here: Cardiff Blues Store As The Hill reports: Following this first wave, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Sen. Bob […]
In “further proof that the Republican tax bill is a massive giveaway to the largest corporations in the country,” a new report (pdf) prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and published on Monday found that 15 of America’s most profitable corporations would receive a combined $236 billion tax cut if the GOP plan becomes law. […]
The following originally ran in the February 17, 2010 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Jack Brisco would have been 79 Monday. Jack Brisco was eulogized on 2/11 in Tampa at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, just five miles away from the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory that he regularly headlined on Tuesday nights. And it was […]