Politics

(Photo: girltalkhq.com) by Frederick Ngugi via face2faceafrica.com Ethiopian Airlines, the national flag carrier of Ethiopia made history on Saturday when it deployed an all-female crew for a special flight from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. The historic airlift, which is the …

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the government’s case against Cliven Bundy, his sons, and another militiaman. Mother Jones reports that the government has royally screwed up its case against this crew of domestic terrorists. When the trial of the three Bundys plus Ryan Payne finally moved to …

Twenty Democratic attorneys general and nearly a dozen bipartisan governors have penned letters to congressional leaders urging a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) fix as soon as possible. If legislators don’t pass the DREAM Act before going home for the holidays, 122 DACA recipients will continue losing their work permits, …

Wednesday Dec 20, 2017 · 11:48 AM PST 2017/12/20 · 11:48 Virginia politics keeps providing us with one gripping plot twist after another—the unexpected Democratic wins, the district where some voters got the wrong ballots, the recount that led to a one-vote Democratic victory. But the latest plot twist is …

Today’s comic by Matt Bors is How trickle-up will create cool jobs: • Here’s the impact of the Republicans’ tax-scam in 2025: Just for the record, someone whose after-tax income is $45,000 would get a boost of $135 in 2025. If it’s, say, $1.25 million, the extra would be $16,250. So …

How incompetent do you have to be as the governing party to screw up on procedure on your self-proclaimed signature piece of legislation? The thing the speaker of the House has been having wet dreams over his entire career. You only have to be as incompetent as the current Congress. Or …

Kevin Brady Republicans have all but passed their tax bill. Now comes chaos. America’s new tax system will go into effect in just 12 days, and payroll companies are bracing for confusion as they figure out new withholding rules that will affect millions of American paychecks. The Treasury Department and …

Mitch McConnell and Orrin Hatch Welp, they did it. In the dead of night, Republicans passed the giant giveaway to corporations and the wealthy that they like to bill a “middle-class tax cut” or “tax reform.” Sort of. While both the House and Senate have passed the legislation, the House has …

It’s Wednesday! Time to check in on Joan McCarter and see if she got her voice back! I hope so, because even though Greg Dworkin will also visit and happens to be a doctor, he’ll be well on his way to work by the time she stops in. There’s certainly …

House Republicans have done it. They’ve passed Trump’s tax cut by a vote of 227-203. They did it on this promise from House Speaker Paul Ryan. x Paul Ryan says he has “no concerns whatsoever” about the unpopularity of the tax bill. According to a new poll from CNN, 55% …