It appears the United States government is not the only one in the world with a ‘kill list.’ According to new reporting by the Guardian published Tuesday, U.S.-trained special forces units within the Honduras military are operating an assassination program—complete with a hitlist comprised of names and photos—that targets social justice and environmental activists with […]
In an age of hyperpartisanship, Rep. John Delaney is willing to bet his comfortable seat in Congress that voters are hungry for moderation. The Maryland Democrat is diving head-first into the White House bid he launched last month, using the long August recess to tour the country in hopes of building a national profile and […]
In “What Happened,” her chronicle of a surprisingly unsuccessful presidential campaign, Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE repeatedly wishes she could hit […]
Continuing the GOP’s war on the poor, Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans unveiled an ostensibly new “anti-poverty” plan on Tuesday, marked by cuts to critical safety-net programs and further austerity. According to Politico, “much of this latest initiative is repackaged GOP proposals”—and the last time around, those ideas weren’t very popular. Politico‘s John Bresnahan […]
Environmentalists oppose it. So do labor unions, medical professionals, and major religious groups, as well as every leading presidential candidate. So why hasn’t the Democratic Party gone on record opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)? That’s what Bernie Sanders wants to know. Noting that the deal “is opposed by virtually the entire grassroots base of […]
New details are emerging on Monday about the man who killed three law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge, La. on Sunday—just one incident in “a summer of numbing violence”—including his being a U.S. military veteran and saying in an online video that revolutions are only successful “through bloodshed.” The shooter, who was killed at the […]
Coming off a contentious week at the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders surrogate and former Ohio state senator Nina Turner is reportedly considering an offer to run for vice president on the Green Party’s national ticket. The former Cleveland city councilor and high-level Ohio Democratic Party official, who switched her support from Hillary Clinton to […]
Ten children were killed and 28 other children were wounded on Saturday when an airstrike struck a school in northern Yemen, medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders said. All the casualties were 8-15 years old, the group, which uses its French acronym, MSF, posted on Twitter. Yemeni officials say that the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition was […]
Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in an August speech said the U.S. asked for “shootings and killings” because the country has “taken God out of everything.” In an Aug. 24 speech to Citizen Impact USA, a Christian conservative group, Moore also lamented the lack of prayer in public schools and city council meetings. “You wonder why we’re […]
Actor Alec Baldwin is slated to appear at the Iowa Democratic Party’s fall gala in November. “It’ll be the greatest night of your lives, believe us,” the event registration reads. Ticket prices range from $50 for a general admission seat in the bleachers that does not include dinner to $10,000 for a ticket as a […]