Politics

Saturday Sep 02, 2017 · 9:01 AM PDT 2017/09/02 · 09:01 The newest Fox News poll will probably not get much play on Fox News itself. Asked if President Trump is drawing Americans together or tearing the country apart, more than half — 56 percent — choose the latter option. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Donald Trump One of the likely effects of the continued Donald Trump led, Fox News-rallied Republican insistence on ignoring the aggressive Russian influence campaign during the 2016 elections is that the Putin government is now emboldened to escalate those attacks even further. As security …

A Texas judge ruled that no mandated overtime pay will be given to more than 4 million workers per an Obama administration rule. A blow to workers and organized labor was dealt on Thursday when a federal judge in Texas struck down an Obama administration rule that would have given mandatory overtime …

Who’s smiling now? Campaign Action The Senate Parliamentarian has given Republicans an impossible deadline for repealing the Affordable Care Act. If Republicans want to try again to repeal the Affordable Care Act with just a simple majority, they only have until the end of September to do it. That’s according to …

Travelers who sued the Trump administration in a class action lawsuit after they were blocked from entering the United States due to Donald Trump’s initial Muslim ban despite having valid visas have won the right to reapply for visas, following a court settlement reached with the federal government: “Although the government dragged …

John Kelly’s move to the chief of staff role at the White House meant a departure for Steve Bannon and Sebastian Gorka—both advisers whose absence is not going to make anyone concerned. However, there is one person missing since Kelly’s move who could make a difference … Kelly. He came to the …

Dave Zirin at The Nation writes—The Houston Stadium Grift Comes Home to Roost: As the waters rise, it is unconscionable to keep spending money on sports arenas so billionaires can plunder and vultures like Joel Osteen can stay on the grift. Joel Osteen, the money-changer who runs his own Houston temple, …

Mahershala Ali (photo via popsugar.com) by Debra Birnbaum via Variety.com “True Detective” is back on the case. HBO’s limited series will officially return for a third season, this time starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. Showrunner and creator Nic Pizzolatto is set to direct, along with Jeremy Saulnier (“Green Room,” “Blue Ruin”). …

Cheers and Jeers for Friday, September 1, 2017 Note: Here’s the schedule for next week.  C&J will be off Monday so that we can sharpen our snow shovel blades, pre-salt the sidewalks, practice cooking emergency winter pots of clam chowder, and then get arrested for wearing white after Labor Day. …

Philando Castile (photo via blavity.com) via blavity.com Over and over again, it has been proven that Philando Castile was a kind hearted and loving man. One thing that he often did as the cafeteria supervisor at J.J. Hill Montessori in St. Paul, MN was paid for the lunch of students …