Viola Davis (photo via txconferenceforwomen.org) Julie Zeilinger via mtv.com Viola Davis has never been afraid to speak out for what’s right — from issues like sexual assault to the lack of diversity in the entertainment industry, and beyond. Now Davis is using her star power to focus on another worthy …
Read More »Trump ends protections for thousands of Nicaraguans, leaves 57,000 Hondurans in limbo
Donald Trump’s administration has told 2,500 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients from Nicaragua that they must leave the U.S. or seek a path to legalizing their status by January 2019, with the administration punting on a decision regarding the 57,000 TPS recipients from Honduras who were also waiting to hear about their fates by …
Read More »Carter Page's testimony provides more bombshells than the Battle of Britain, and more insanity
Carter Page provided to the Congress this handy guide to how the Clinton/Obama regime and their transnational cronies corrupted the nation and damaged the lives of good men … like Carter Page. The discussion between Page and Schiff on how Page, who refused representation by an attorney and was determined to invoke …
Read More »Obamacare enrollments surge in the first week—let's keep that resistance going!
Isabel Diaz Tinoco (L) and Jose Luis Tinoco look at a computer as Otto Hernandez, an insurance agent from Sunshine Life and Health Advisors, shows them the different insurance plans available this year. Campaign Action The Affordable Care Act is the Energizer Bunny of federal law. Nothing Republicans have done …
Read More »Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, November 7, 2017 All 3 volumes of John Lewis’s award-winning graphic-novel-style autobiography are up for grabs in the auction. Note: The Netroots Nation annual fall online auction starts in TWO days, so now’s the time for you to finish rounding up your totally-excellent donations and …
Read More »Russian Twitter accounts started backing Trump almost immediately after his campaign announcement
Remember this? The escalator, the paid extras given signs and T-shirts, and so on? Yeah, “within weeks” after this. … It’s a day of the week, so it’s time for new revelations about the scope of Russian attempts to manipulate public opinion in favor of Donald Garbage Fire Trump. Today’s …
Read More »Texas governor: Church shooting may seem 'heavy right now,' but relax. Hitler was worse.
Greg Abbott Don’t worry, folks. Mass shootings are not a problem, because Hitler was worse. Rest easy, it’s only because things are happening now that they seem “heavy.” Those bits of wisdom come to you from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in relation not just to Sunday’s killing of 26 people in a church …
Read More »This was not intended: What are the biggest examples of artists hating what their creations became?
Monday Nov 06, 2017 · 7:31 PM PST 2017/11/06 · 19:31 “It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough, you’ll always sound precocious. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” “It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it …
Read More »Open thread for night owls: Paradise Papers show what happens when super-rich write tax laws
The way the laws are set up, Mr. Moneybags has no need to run away. The Paradise Papers, the internal documents of a Bermuda law firm, reveal a problem far more pernicious than the unethical conduct by tens of thousands of wealthy individuals around the world. Humans will always have to …
Read More »The Endangered Species Act is more endangered than it has been in the last 44 years
Florida manatees reproduce slowly, so are slow to recover from losses Utah Congressman Rob Bishop is edging ever closer to driving the Endangered Species Act itself to extinction. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) recently shepherded five bills out of the Natural Resources Committee he chairs that would dismantle the law piece …
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