Politics

Mailer sponsored by Paul Ryan’s Super PAC There you have it—essentially, forget about losing your health care, Rosie O’Donnell, Nancy Pelosi and “Hanoi Jane” (!) are the real villains here. Meanwhile, Republicans are seriously trying to downplay expectations for the outcome of next week’s contest. That way, if they do …

Kathryn Milani is a Program Director for the Roosevelt Institute. The post—Community Banking is Alive, Well: The Three Myths about Dodd-Frank and Community Banks—is based on her remarks given at a House of Representatives briefing on the 2007-08 Financial Crisis and the current state of financial reform: There is ample media …

Allowing anti-LGBT groups to speak at the Education Department is yet another reason Betsy DeVos should not be in charge. In an ideal world, education would be free of discrimination and educators would be effective champions of diversity, equity and inclusion. Sadly, we don’t live in that perfect world. And nothing …

Border Patrol agents have allegedly violated an Obama-era agreement to not enter a humanitarian camp along the border that provides lifesaving medical assistance to immigrants who have crossed the desert, this week arresting four immigrants who were under No More Deaths’ care. From 2001 to 2014, an estimated 2,100 immigrants died in …

CRITTERS AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS Seals converse non-verbally most of the time. OceanDiver writes—The Daily Bucket – old friends at the bay: “Paddled around my local bay a couple of afternoons recently while Mr O was working on the boat. It’s finally gotten partly sunny after our unusually cold wet …

Arica L. Coleman at Dick and Sharon’s L.A. Progressive writes—An Open Letter to Black America: Dear Black People, Well, I guess that’s a start. I know who I want to write to, but finding the language to articulate precisely what I want to convey is difficult, perhaps even impossible. But …

A match made in hell. Once again, this is not normal. This is not how major legislation is done. The entire health sector—and millions and millions of people who have bodies and thus need health care—is being shut out of Mitch McConnell’s Trumpcare efforts. Whether it’s hospitals or physicians or …

The Seattle Storm announced a plan to partner with Planned Parenthood to raise funds for the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands chapter. Athletes and sports organizations take a huge risk when standing up for political and social issues. Yet, in this particular moment in time, when we face very real threats …

Friday Jun 16, 2017 · 11:29 AM PDT 2017/06/16 · 11:29 As least two of these men are now part of the growing investigation of the 2016 Trump campaign and its potential ties to Russia. As least two of these men are now part of the growing investigation of the …

In a speech marked by Cold War rhetoric and Donald Trump mimicking a Cuban accent, Trump re-imposed travel restrictions that President Obama softened a year ago. Though Trump initially said he was going to “cancel” Obama’s policy on Cuba, his speech was actually much more fiery than the policy he delivered. …