“It’s a sickening display of how easily the president is swayed into supporting something that will likely benefit his friends at the expense of the public.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer at Common Dreams If President Donald Trump’s own account is to
“Has anyone explained to him yet that this is pretty much the opposite of the truth?” by Jon Queally, staff writer at Common Dreams Appearing to exploit a highly controversial and misleading memo written by Congressional Republicans in the exact way many
“There’s a special place in hell for those who get off on broken families and profit off of incarcerating innocent people.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer at CommonDreams Riding high off two recent widely denounced deportations that ripped apart immigrant families who have called the U.S. home
The US House, as authorized by the president, released the controversial memo by Rep. David Nunes (R-CA) today despite protests from our nation’s intelligence services claiming that omissions of fact render it as nothing but partisan propaganda. Nunes, the supposed author of
Rep. Adam Schiff discovered late tonight that a supposedly “recused” Chairman (and Trump Campaign groupie) Nunes made material changes to the memo that Nunes sent to White House. Those changes were NOT shared with NOR approved by the Committee. The White House
— by Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto NV voters have spoken: Marijuana must be regulated & taxed, & NV ought to enforce its marijuana laws without federal interference. Today, I joined @SenWarren on a bipartisan letter urging @POTUS to direct AG Sessions, an advocate for
As the threat of a government shutdown looms, Congress wrestles over DACA. — by Maya L. Kapoor is an associate editor for High Country News. For a short time, soccer seemed like it might be Daniela Benitez’s ticket to attending college. She didn’t begin
Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske is seeking applicants to serve on the Ballot Question Committees that will write the arguments for and against Ballot Question 5, The Automatic Voter Registration Initiative. NRS 293.252 requires the Secretary of State to appoint two committees to prepare
Really? You’re shocked to discover I’m a liberal? I’ve always been a liberal, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Some of you suspected. Some of you were shocked. Many of you have known me for
Press Release: Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the support of committee Democrats. Simpson is the co-founder of Fusion GPS. “After speaking with majority and minority committee staff
