A cemetery (click here) sitting on melting permafrost tundra at the village of Quinhagak on the Yukon delta in Alaska. The scientists’ findings offer a further sign of a climate emergency.
Friday, July 26, 2019
The Arctic Regions of the USA are in very poor condition and cannot support profiteering.
A cemetery (click here) sitting on melting permafrost tundra at the village of Quinhagak on the Yukon delta in Alaska. The scientists’ findings offer a further sign of a climate emergency.
The Supreme Court will rule in favor of the emergency.
Why hasn't the Legislature and the Department of Defense sue Donald J. Trump? They have standing. This is Trump circumventing the legislature and robbing the DOD.
There is no military emergency. Therefore, taking monies from the DOD is wrong. There is a humanitarian emergency. That is hardly a military issue.
The lawsuit can easily state the president has caused the humanitarian emergency because of his own policies that have not been legislated. If there was a sincere threat to the USA, the legislature would move to pass legislation expressing same and funding it. Since there is no threat to the sovereignty of the USA through war, then the humanitarian relief is due to the lack of effective policies in the countries the asylum seekers are leaving.
There are good arguments to end this hideous situation at the southern border. The American people are effected by bad policies that cause these emergencies.
July 26, 2019
By Andrew Buncombe
Donald Trump (click here) has celebrated after the US Supreme Court gave his administration the green light to spend $2.5bn from a military budget on building a border wall.
A trial court had previously said the money could not be switched from the Pentagon towards the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, one of the president’s repeated policy promises to supporters. An appeals court had also refused to enter a stay while the matter was considered.
But on Friday, the nation’s highest court entered such a stay, and permitted constriction to continue while litigation over the issue played out....
There is no military emergency. Therefore, taking monies from the DOD is wrong. There is a humanitarian emergency. That is hardly a military issue.
The lawsuit can easily state the president has caused the humanitarian emergency because of his own policies that have not been legislated. If there was a sincere threat to the USA, the legislature would move to pass legislation expressing same and funding it. Since there is no threat to the sovereignty of the USA through war, then the humanitarian relief is due to the lack of effective policies in the countries the asylum seekers are leaving.
There are good arguments to end this hideous situation at the southern border. The American people are effected by bad policies that cause these emergencies.
July 26, 2019
By Andrew Buncombe
Donald Trump (click here) has celebrated after the US Supreme Court gave his administration the green light to spend $2.5bn from a military budget on building a border wall.
A trial court had previously said the money could not be switched from the Pentagon towards the construction of a wall on the US-Mexico border, one of the president’s repeated policy promises to supporters. An appeals court had also refused to enter a stay while the matter was considered.
But on Friday, the nation’s highest court entered such a stay, and permitted constriction to continue while litigation over the issue played out....
Is she a future president?
Mari Copeny, (click here)
Mari Copeny (click here) otherwise known as “Little Miss Flint”, has been advocating for the children of Flint since she was eight. She is now organizing a youth town hall so presidential candidates can answer questions from inquisitive youth.
Her activism work started when she wrote a letter to former President Obama about the lead contamination within Flint drinking water and he visited her to discuss her concerns. The youth town hall is a continuation of that conversation. So far, 10 candidates have agreed to participate in the town hall event.
These are the following candidates that are showing up to the event: Democrats Michael Bennet, Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Julian Castro, Mike Gravel, Seth Moulton, Beto O’Rourke, Tim Ryan, Joe Sestak and Marianne Williamson.
She has voiced her excitement about the upcoming event on social media....
McConnell covets donations over the country.
There has to be a way to bypass McConnell and bring the bills to the Senate floor for a vote.
July 26, 2019
By Nicole Goodking
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (click here) squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."
McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country....
...The plans would likely burden the two largest electronic voting machine vendors in the United States, Election Systems & Software and Dominion Voting Systems, with new regulations and financial burdens. Together, the companies make up about 80 percent of all voting machines used in the country and both have far-reaching lobbying arms in Washington D.C. Many of those lobbyists have contributed to the McConnell campaign, reported Sludge last month, an investigative outlet that focuses on money in politics....
...Thursday's first bill, presented by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would authorize $775 million to bolster election security and require states to keep paper trails of all votes cast. The second, presented by Senator Richard Blumenthal, would require political candidates and their staff and family members to notify the FBI about any offers of assistance from foreign governments.
Election Systems & Software's CEO Tom Burt did speak in favor of creating paper trails for digital election systems and urged Congress to pass legislation requiring states to do so. Election Systems & Software has said it no longer sells machines without paperless ballots, so a rule change would benefit them....
...McConnell's actions seemed even more out of balance with his party, as the Senate Intelligence Committee—led by Republicans—released a report later on Thursday claiming Russians have targeted voting systems in all 50 states in 2016. Though there was no evidence votes were changed, in Illinois "Russian cyberactors were in a position to delete or change voter data."...
July 26, 2019
By Nicole Goodking
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (click here) squashed two bills intended to ensure voting security on Thursday, just one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller warned that Russians were attempting to sabotage the 2020 presidential elections "as we sit here."
McConnell said he wouldn't allow a vote on the bills because they were "so partisan," but, as previously reported, earlier this year McConnell received a slew of donations from four of the top voting machine lobbyists in the country....
...The plans would likely burden the two largest electronic voting machine vendors in the United States, Election Systems & Software and Dominion Voting Systems, with new regulations and financial burdens. Together, the companies make up about 80 percent of all voting machines used in the country and both have far-reaching lobbying arms in Washington D.C. Many of those lobbyists have contributed to the McConnell campaign, reported Sludge last month, an investigative outlet that focuses on money in politics....
...Thursday's first bill, presented by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer would authorize $775 million to bolster election security and require states to keep paper trails of all votes cast. The second, presented by Senator Richard Blumenthal, would require political candidates and their staff and family members to notify the FBI about any offers of assistance from foreign governments.
Election Systems & Software's CEO Tom Burt did speak in favor of creating paper trails for digital election systems and urged Congress to pass legislation requiring states to do so. Election Systems & Software has said it no longer sells machines without paperless ballots, so a rule change would benefit them....
...McConnell's actions seemed even more out of balance with his party, as the Senate Intelligence Committee—led by Republicans—released a report later on Thursday claiming Russians have targeted voting systems in all 50 states in 2016. Though there was no evidence votes were changed, in Illinois "Russian cyberactors were in a position to delete or change voter data."...
I have to wonder what all the failed court challenges by Trump has cost the people.
December 22, 2018
By Caroline Kelly, Ariana de Vogue and Dan Berman
The Supreme Court (click here) on Friday upheld a federal judge's order blocking the Trump administration's new asylum restrictions....
The latest is an agreement in Guatemala to have asylum claims signed in the country rather than the USA. At this point after the Supreme Court decision in 2018 that agreement is probably worthless. That is the problem for a man that tries to be a dictator in the USA if it doesn't have the agreement of the legislature, it probably will be defeated.
By Caroline Kelly, Ariana de Vogue and Dan Berman
The Supreme Court (click here) on Friday upheld a federal judge's order blocking the Trump administration's new asylum restrictions....
The latest is an agreement in Guatemala to have asylum claims signed in the country rather than the USA. At this point after the Supreme Court decision in 2018 that agreement is probably worthless. That is the problem for a man that tries to be a dictator in the USA if it doesn't have the agreement of the legislature, it probably will be defeated.
Watch the past Trump campaigns. In the immediate past campaign appearances, he took the stage as a heavily burdened man. He didn't take the stage as a high energy man as he demands of others that oppose him.
I think it was all part of his act to win sympathies of his constituency. I suppose the Corruption Ring Boss isn't up to the job.
I think it was all part of his act to win sympathies of his constituency. I suppose the Corruption Ring Boss isn't up to the job.
Trump has no strategy. He is sending troops willy nilly. He cannot deploy troops without a sound and measurable strategy.
22 June 2019
By Clarence Silber
By Clarence Silber
Austin — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott (click here) announced on Friday that he will send another 1,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border while accusing Congress of failing to take action on the growing humanitarian crisis.
The governor said at an afternoon press conference among Republican leaders and Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris that additional Guard members will assist at new detention facilities in the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso and at ports of entry.
It brings the total number of Guard members on the Texas border to more than 2,000, Republican Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said. There are also 1,400 active-duty soldiers who remain on the border, according to an Army spokesman....
This can be what National Guard troops are for, not combat in Afghanistan.
July 26, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to reports that active-duty U.S. troops(click here) are now stationed inside Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities at the U.S. southern border, Human Rights First's Bishop Garrison issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C.—In response to reports that active-duty U.S. troops(click here) are now stationed inside Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facilities at the U.S. southern border, Human Rights First's Bishop Garrison issued the following statement:
This is not why our men and women in uniform signed up to serve and it does them a disservice. Being stationed in detention facilities undermines our troops’ readiness for real crises. Our military is made up of the best and brightest our nation has to offer, but the longer our troops are used to carry out a misguided and cruel political agenda, the more our nation suffers for it. The president needs to provide the asylum system with the resources it needs, not militarize the border.
Human Rights First, in partnership with more than a dozen organizations with refugee and regional human rights expertise, recently released a new blueprint offering concrete steps to manage the humanitarian crisis at the U.S. southern border and to address the damage the Trump Administration’s mismanagement of it has caused.
Trump, Pence, Bolton, Pompeo and Esper are beginning their back door draft.
By Elvia Malagon
...O’Neill, (click here) a father of four who lives in suburban La Grange, is among an estimated 400 members of the Illinois Army National Guard who will be leaving this weekend to begin a more than yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in support of America’s “Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.”
Officials say the deployment of the 1st Battalion, 178th Infantry Regiment — headquartered on Chicago’s South Side with companies in Elgin, Woodstock, Joliet, Kankakee and downstate Bartonville, near Peoria — marks the largest mobilization of Illinois National Guardsmen and women in nearly a decade....
I don't find it a surprise they are beginning a troop build-up by drafting our National Guard into service at the federal level at a time when Congress is going on a six week recess.
Trump's options are definitely spinning out of control since he abandoned the Iran Agreement.
Esper is a very different kind of Defense Secretary. He hasn't sincerely left Raytheon to take this position. He is considered a lobbyist for Raytheon. What he knows about the balance of power in the world can be put in a thimble. He is about war spending and not much else.
By Quinn Scanlan
Retired Admiral Mike Mullen (click here) was the second lecturer in the LEAD Distinguished Speaker series.
The former top military adviser (click her) to both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama said on Sunday that he's concerned escalating tensions with Iran "could spin out of control," stressing that the last thing the world needs is the United States going to war with the Middle Eastern country.
"My biggest concern is the president is running out of room, running out of options, and while the rhetoric goes back and forth on how close we came to hitting Iran just the other day, that this thing could spin out of control," retired Adm. Mike Mullen told "This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz. "The last thing in the world we need right now is a war.
Mullen, who boasts a lengthy military career and served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff between October 2007 and September 2011, said politicians need to diplomatically attain their goal of preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and that Americans need to call their representatives to advocate against declaring war on Iran.
"I really would like to know that the American people who feel we should not go to war with Iran are pressing their congressmen, their senators and everybody in the public domain to make sure that no matter what happens with respect to where we are with Iran right now, that we do not go to war," he said on "This Week." I think the politicians need to figure out a way to achieve the objective, which is Iran without a nuclear weapon, without -- from my perspective -- without regime change, without going to war."...
Esper is primarily a desk jockey. His highest rank was a lieutenant colonel which was achieved while in the Army Reserve. His battlefield exposure is very limited.
...Esper served as an infantry officer with the 101st Airborne Division and deployed with the "Screaming Eagles" for the 1990–91 Gulf War. His battalion was part of the famous "left hook" that led to the defeat of the Iraqi Army. For his actions, Esper was awarded a Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and various service medals. He later led an Airborne Rifle Company in Europe and served as an army fellow at the Pentagon. Esper was on active duty for over ten years before transitioning to the Army National Guard and later the Army Reserve, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. Esper is a recipient of the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service. Among his military awards and decorations are the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Kuwait Liberation Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal – Saudi Arabia, and the Combat Infantryman Badge....
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is correct about impeachment. The case has to be strong to persuade the US Senate it is not a partisan effort to remove a president.
The progression to impeachment is obvious and it is not because it is artificial, it is all based on facts. I don't know how any American can state the US House is making up a movement against Trump with such a compelling testimony by the Former Special Counsel.
The USA Constitution states, "High crimes and misdemeanors." Misdemeanors. I think that speaks to the demand by the US Constitution for the strong moral character that every president should demonstrate. Trump doesn't come close.
The American Rule of Law states crimes committed by the president is not permitted. There have been presidents in the past that have been impeached. The issues with Trump demonstrate and far exceed that of previous impeachments. However, the Senate is not interested in the words of the USA Constitution and represent immoral people inside and evidently outside the borders of the USA.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is correct, the US House cannot impeach alone. She believes rightly if the investigations of the US Hosue leads to impeachment it will go forward and when it does it will be a strong case the Republican Senate is going to find impossible to deny.
The progression to impeachment is obvious and it is not because it is artificial, it is all based on facts. I don't know how any American can state the US House is making up a movement against Trump with such a compelling testimony by the Former Special Counsel.
The USA Constitution states, "High crimes and misdemeanors." Misdemeanors. I think that speaks to the demand by the US Constitution for the strong moral character that every president should demonstrate. Trump doesn't come close.
The American Rule of Law states crimes committed by the president is not permitted. There have been presidents in the past that have been impeached. The issues with Trump demonstrate and far exceed that of previous impeachments. However, the Senate is not interested in the words of the USA Constitution and represent immoral people inside and evidently outside the borders of the USA.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is correct, the US House cannot impeach alone. She believes rightly if the investigations of the US Hosue leads to impeachment it will go forward and when it does it will be a strong case the Republican Senate is going to find impossible to deny.
Senator Mitch McConnell is Un-American. He doesn't care about the highest esteem possible for the VOTE.
Toward the end of his testimony (click here) before the House Intelligence Committee, former special counsel Robert Mueller responded to Democrat Peter Welch, who asked: “Have we established a new normal from this past campaign that is going to apply to future campaigns, so that if any one of us running for the U.S. House ― any candidate for the U.S. Senate, any candidate for the presidency of the United States ― aware that a hostile foreign power is trying to influence an election, has no duty to report that to the FBI or other authorities?”
Mueller responded: “I hope it’s not the new normal, but I fear it is.” During his testimony, Mueller added that “we are expecting [Russia] to [interfere] again during the next campaign.”...
Cindy Hyde-Smith is actually afraid that if foreign governments don't effect the USA elections Republicans will lose. They are Un-American. Just that simple. Anyone running for office should be representing ONLY those voting and not the influence of foreign power that seeks to end the USA democracy. They are cowards. They are afraid of their own voters unless they are UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF FOREIGN POWER.
...As if sensing an opportunity to prove Mueller correct, on Wednesday Republican senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked two election-security bills and a measure regarding cybersecurity for Senate staff. Democrats hoped to pass two bills requiring campaigns to alert the FBI and the Federal Election Commission if they received offers of assistance from abroad. Within the Senate, their bill would allow the sergeant-at-arms to offer voluntary assistance to help secure the personal devices and accounts of lawmakers and their staff....
Republicans cower in the corners of the American democracy along with White Supremacists/Nationalists and foreign powers that literally wage cyberwar against the freedoms and power of the USA. They are all cowards.
Foreign governments spending enormous amounts of money in efforts to end the power of the USA are among the most cowardly in the world. They don't care about the values of the USA in order to join capitalism as a strategy for their countries to begin to instill a strong middle class.
Cowards. That is what Republicans are, cowards among all the cowards of the world.
Having a strong and safe electoral system is the call of the unafraid to stand on their values and hopes for this country.
November 24, 2018
By Christal Hayes
Washington – Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (click here) attended a segregation academy in high school and praised a Confederate soldier's attempts to "defend his homeland," according to reports.
The reports, from the Jackson Free Press, an independent newspaper in Mississippi, and CNN, are the latest to bring up Mississippi's racist history ahead of a tense runoff election between Hyde-Smith and Democrat Mike Espy, who is vying to become the state's first African-American in the Senate since the Reconstruction.
In recent weeks, Hyde-Smith was criticized for a joke where she said she'd gladly attend a "public hanging" and be in the "front row." She was also captured on video making a joke about voter suppression, and photos posted to Facebook in 2014 show her with Confederate items and a caption reading, "Mississippi history at its best!"...
Michael Cohen commented on the testimony of the Former Special Counsel.
What I find interesting about his statement is that he is with the understanding there is much more to do to bring justice to the American people.
July 24, 2019
By Paul LeBlanc
..."Mr. Mueller today had the world stage to answer questions regarding obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Sadly, his reluctance just continues to leave the debate open and those responsible free from prosecution ... for the moment," he said. "The American people deserve more!"...
July 24, 2019
By Paul LeBlanc
..."Mr. Mueller today had the world stage to answer questions regarding obstruction of justice and witness tampering. Sadly, his reluctance just continues to leave the debate open and those responsible free from prosecution ... for the moment," he said. "The American people deserve more!"...
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