Rep. Ted Lieu Blasts US Support for Saudi ‘War Crimes’ in Yemen: ‘Enough Is...
In the wake of a US-backed Saudi air strike that killed 10 Yemeni schoolchildren, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) joined a small but growing bipartisan group of lawmakers calling on the Obama administration to...
View ArticleRep. Ann Kirkpatrick Supports Navajo Nation Gold King Mine Spill Lawsuit
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) on Tuesday expressed her support for the Navajo Nation’s lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency and several corporations over the disastrous 2015 Gold King Mine...
View ArticleHarry Reid Blasts Trump for Fueling Flames of Hatred, Promoting White...
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor on Tuesday to blast Donald Trump for some of his more controversial words and actions, including his appointment of white nationalist...
View ArticleCalifornia Lawmakers Defiantly Advance Sanctuary State Legislation
As President Donald Trump threatens to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, Democratic lawmakers in California are defiantly advancing legislation that would create a statewide sanctuary for...
View ArticleSan Francisco First in Nation to Provide Free Community College for All
San Francisco will become the first city in the United States to offer all residents free community college regardless of their ability to pay. The San Francisco Chronicle reports city residents will...
View ArticleRep. Hakeem Jeffries Salutes Notorious B.I.G. on 20th Anniversary of Rap...
In a move that would have been unimaginable a generation ago, a member of Congress delivered a rousing tribute to slain rap legend Notorious B.I.G. on the floor of the House of Representatives to mark...
View ArticleSan Francisco First City to Ban Participation in Muslim Registry
Responding to anti-Muslim rhetoric, policies and actions of the Trump administration, San Francisco became the first US city to preemptively prohibit participation in any religion-based registry. Mayor...
View ArticleJFK Diary Calls Hitler ‘Stuff of Legends’ Who ‘Will Emerge From Hatred’
John F. Kennedy wrote in his diary in 1945 that the genocidal Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler “had in him the stuff of which legends are made” and would “emerge from the hatred that surrounds him now as one...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Mayor Is Right — Sanctuary Cities Are Safer Cities
The Trump administration’s policies and actions based on a portrayal of undocumented immigrants as a criminal menace to be rounded up and deported misses a very important fact — sanctuary cities are...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Called For Syria Airfield Strike Hours Before Trump Ordered...
Former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for a US military strike against Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s air force just hours before...
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