Category: News
Sanders Calls Manchin and Sinema Corrupt: They ‘Do Not Have the Right to Sabotage What 48 Want’
Sen Bernie Sanders is turning up the heat on two members of his own Democratic caucus who are imperiling approval of a $3.5 trillion spending package which Sanders himself helped architect.
Ilhan Omar Blasts Biden’s Broken Immigration Promises: We Are Not Seeing a ‘More Humane’ System
A well-known House progressive -- and herself a refugee to the United States -- is condemning the Biden administration's immigration policies and enforcement.
‘Peril’ Authors Defend JCS Chairman: Those Criticizing Gen. Milley for Treason ‘Owe Him an Apology’
The Washington Post reporters who reported the activities of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the dark days following the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol Building as part of their new book are publicly defending the military chief.
AOC Appeals to the Dictionary to Claim Her Appearance at the Met Gala Is Not Ironic
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is pushing back against criticism of her decision to attend the Met Gala this week wearing a white dress with the words "Tax The Rich" emblazoned in red.
Fmr Senator On GOP Opposing Vaccine Mandate: Are We Going to Go Back to the Days of Children Dying … of Chicken Pox?
The virulence with which Republicans -- including a number of Republican state governors around the country -- are opposing the vaccine mandate which President Biden is implementing has at least one former Democratic senator from Missouri frightened for the future of the health of American children.
VP Harris: ‘Unity Is Imperative in America’
Vice President Kamala Harris beseeched Americans to regain the unity that they found in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Vaccine Expert: We Must Mandate Vaccines for Anyone Entering a School over 12 Years Old
The new vaccine mandates and enforcement actions President Biden announced Thursday in an address from the White House should help in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, but even more likely is needed, according to a prominent vaccinologist.
Attorney: Dems Need to Fix a ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Beholden to ‘Very Right Wing Idealogues’
The new Texas abortion ban which took effect last week -- after the US Supreme Court took a pass on an emergency appeal of the law -- has reawakened the debate about President Biden and congressional Democrats taking action to reform the high court after Donald Trump and his Republican allies spent four years tilting it to the hard right.
Speaker Pelosi’s Legislation Against Texas Abortion Ban Will Prove Useless
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's pledge to pass federal legislation to reverse the new Texas abortion ban might be entirely well-meaning, but it's also a completely empty promise.
Sen. Murphy: We Probably Should Have Started Evacuation Earlier
A key Democratic senator who has been one of the most stalwart defenders of President Biden's handling of the events in Afghanistan is willing to acknowledge that the one thing that the US government could have done differently is perhaps begin the evacuations of US and Afghan citizens sooner.