Rochelle Ritchie is a Democratic strategist and a frequent guest on cable news shows, including Fox News. Earlier this month, she was a regular presence during panel discussions about sexual harasser Brett Kavanaugh’s congressional hearings, and the spate of public confrontations of lawmakers that sprung from outrage over his nomination to the Supreme Court. Ritchie’s […]
Rochelle Ritchie is a Democratic strategist and a frequent guest on cable news shows, including Fox News. Earlier this month, she was a regular presence during panel discussions about sexual harasser Brett Kavanaugh’s congressional hearings, and the spate of public confrontations of lawmakers that sprung from outrage over his nomination to the Supreme Court. Ritchie’s […]
Federal authorities on Friday arrested Cesar Sayoc of Florida in connection with a series of attempted bombings of high-ranking Democrats and media figures, which spawned a massive federal investigation over the past week. Sayoc was reportedly arrested in Plantation, Florida, at an auto parts store. His van, which was reportedly plastered with stickers supporting President […]
A tax incentive for electric vehicles proposed by Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller — who is currently running for re-election — is under attack by Koch Industries, the company owned and operated by billionaire conservatives (and active mega-donors) Charles and David Koch. According to a letter obtained by Bloomberg, Koch Industries is lobbying against Heller’s […]
A tax incentive for electric vehicles proposed by Nevada Republican Senator Dean Heller — who is currently running for re-election — is under attack by Koch Industries, the company owned and operated by billionaire conservatives (and active mega-donors) Charles and David Koch. According to a letter obtained by Bloomberg, Koch Industries is lobbying against Heller’s […]
Variety and Rolling Stone on Friday announced they will co-host their first-ever Criminal Justice Reform Summit in Los Angeles next month, featuring guests like reality TV star Kim Kardashian West, CNN host Van Jones, and rapper Meek Mill. When not arguing with her famous sisters over large bowls of salad, defending her husband’s antics on […]
For weeks, Democratic senators have been trying to obtain evidence to back up President Donald Trump’s claim that China was trying to “interfere” in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections. Thus far, they’ve gotten nothing in return. Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR), Kamala Harris (D-CA), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) have now sent multiple letters to Director of National Intelligence […]
Health care premiums will be up to 16 percent higher in 2019 than they would have been had the Trump administration not worked so hard to chip away at the Affordable Care Act. A new study released Friday by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that the Trump administration’s decision to repeal Obamacare’s individual mandate and […]
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are struggling to contain a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the country’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that the outbreak, which was first reported in early August, had so far killed approximately 159 people (124 of those deaths were confirmed Ebola […]
It’s been nearly six months since the Los Angeles Times published its initial investigation on Dr. George Tyndall, a former gynecologist at the University of Southern California’s Student Health Center who sexually abused and harassed his patients under the guise of medical treatment for 27 years, despite numerous complaints by students. USC is hoping the […]
Brazil’s runoff elections on Sunday are set to have resounding implications for environmental activists in the country, as well as for global climate efforts. Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old congressman and former army captain, could very well become the next president of Brazil after coming in ahead of his leading opponent, the left-leaning Fernando […]
The migrant caravan moving from Central America through Mexico and toward the U.S. border has thus far failed to heed President Donald Trump’s tweeted demand to turn around, and now the administration is considering closing the southern border to migrants. To those in the Caravan, turnaround, we are not letting people into the United States […]
Fox News and Fox Business reached new levels of shamelessness to defend President Donald Trump on Thursday night, invoking conspiracy theories, and Cher, to claim that Democrats are actually to blame for recent violence. After explosive devices were mailed to numerous prominent Democrats — all frequent targets of Trump, including former Presidents Barack Obama and […]
If Washington makes history by becoming the first state in the country to put a price on carbon emissions, it will largely be thanks to the efforts of a diverse coalition, one that has spent years mobilizing residents in support of the effort. Opposed by oil companies and supported by labor, science, health, and social […]
The U.S. government does not plan “right now to shoot at people” traveling in a migrant caravan making its way north from Central America, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. In an interview at the U.S.-Mexico border with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Thursday, Nielsen explained that border agents don’t intend to […]
It’s open season for environmental crimes in the U.S., a new report from Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) suggests. Prosecutions under environmental law fell 10 percent for the 2018 fiscal year from their 2017 levels, which were themselves a substantial drop from prior years. Overall, federal prosecutions for environmental crimes are now down […]
A 51-year-old man who killed two people at a Kentucky grocery and was subdued by a civilian who told him that “whites don’t shoot whites” had earlier tried to enter a church with a predominantly black congregation, police confirmed late Thursday. Though chief of police Sam Rogers refused to “speculate on motive at this time” during […]
