Obama Approved Over 1,500 Offshore Gulf Fracking Wells: Corporate Media...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogOn June 24, the independent news website TruthOut broke a doozy of a story: the Obama Administration hassecretly approved over 1,500 instances of offshore hydraulic...
View ArticleTomgram: Rebecca Gordon, How Extrajudicial Executions Became "War" Policy in...
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.[Note for TomDispatch Readers: I think you're just great! What a response TD...
View ArticleObama Expands Refugee Resettlement Program to Admit More Central American...
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will expand a program to admit more refugees from Central American nations, a move meant to keep families together as tens of thousands of...
View ArticleINVESTIGATION, USING TAX DOLLARS, SEE IF OBAMA ADMIN. USED TAX DOLLARS FOR...
Ran across a story, on MSN, about Obama Administration admitting the cash taken to Iran was part of a deal, to free American hostages. Rethugs in an uproar about Administration using tax dollars, to...
View ArticleSeems people got the wrong impression from my last diary concerning Iran...
I am a “baby boomer”, whom did not grow up with all the Social Media, which many current people have grown up with. I don’t really like going on Facebook, where I run into many negative posts blasting...
View ArticleFederal judge blocks enforcement of transgender guidance in schools
A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from enforcing guidelines for transgender students attending public schools, and doing what everyone need to do—using the restrooms. Texas and 13...
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Top Comments - A Spoon?! Give me a break!
I was reading today about a ruling by a Texas ‘judge’ blocking the Obama administration’s decision on bathroom policy for public schools.As quoted in the story at CNN, the ‘Judge’ was quoted as saying:...
View ArticleObama Admin Moves Oil, Gas Lease Auctions Online To Stymie Protests
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogOn August 30, the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it would utilize Congress' blessing, given to it in the form of passed...
View ArticleDocuments: How Big Oil Pushed to Make Dakota Access-Style Permitting a New...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogIn the two months leading up to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to issue to the Dakota Access pipeline project an allotment of Nationwide 12 permits (NWP) — a de...
View ArticleTrump Economic Adviser "Pushing" for Climate Denier, Fracking Promoter to...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogStephen Moore — economic adviser for Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign — recently told Politico's Morning Energy that he is “pushing” to have a...
View ArticleBefore Presidential Debate, Obama Admin Weakened Endangered Species Act Under...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogAs eyes turned to the most viewed presidential debate in U.S. history, the Obama administration meanwhile quietly auctioned off thousands of acres of land for oil and gas...
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Donald Trump Came to my Town Today... Hide yer Kids, Hide yer Wife, Hide yer...
Today, Donald J. Trump made his grand entrance off his airplane to a very welcoming rally crowd here in Grand Junction, CO. I have to admit that it was exciting and sort of epic to see the Donald...
View ArticleIs the Obama administration 'addicted to security' as the NYT alleges?
The Times has a lengthy article on Obama’s ‘heavy-handed’ use of security legislation to maintain what it calls a ‘secret legal system’.Addiction to secret law.Intelligence agencies routinely issue...
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear case on bathroom rule for transgender students
The Supreme Court said Friday it would hear a case involving a transgender Virginia teen that has become the tip of the spear in the legal effort to provide equitable bathroom access to transgender...
View ArticleDakota Access Pipeline Builder Ignored Obama Admin Request to Halt Construction
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed to DeSmog that Energy Transfer Partners, the owner of the proposed Dakota Access pipeline, has ignored the Obama...
View ArticleJohn McCain blasts Putin as 'barbaric' KGB who plunged Russia into tyranny,...
Arizona’s Republican and POW veteran Senator John McCain released a statement Tuesday, via the Senate Armed Services Committee, warning America and the world of what Donald Trump’s Bromance with...
View ArticleDOJ Civil Rights Lawyers Ponder Future Under Potentially ‘Terrifying’ Trump...
“The Obama administration rebuilt the Civil Rights Division. Now lawyers there worry Trump will tear it apart.”www.huffingtonpost.com/…Former DOJ official Jonathan Smith, whose work included the Civil...
View ArticleWhat's For Dinner? v.11.17 There Will Be Bugs
I have to begin with an apology. We have always tried to make this series as non-political as possible, focusing instead on enjoyment of food and community and sharing recipes and personal anecdotes...
View ArticleECONOMY America Can Learn From How Germany Handles Job Training
Video link: www.attn.com/…Why Germany is so Much Better at training it's worker’s. (2014) www.theatlantic.com/...At last, unemployment is easing. But the latest low rate—hovering below 6...
View ArticleWhite House trolls Trump on his Carrier job-saving 'deal:' Now do it 804 more...
Team Obama congratulated Trump and Pence’s still-unexplained “deal” to keep about 1,000 Carrier manufacturing jobs in Indiana. Nothing but sincerity here!“I know that the president-elect has indicated...
View ArticleBreaking! Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Issues Statement on Corps Decision to Not...
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has just issued a statement on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to not approve an easement that will allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake...
View ArticleReflections on the Obama Presidency: Leaving Bipartisanship Behind
(This is the last of four linked postings. The others are here,[i] here[ii] and here[iii])After all, it always takes two to tango, and the Republicans are now refusing to dance. Their ranks are too...
View ArticleObama Administration Abstains from UN Vote on Israeli Settlements – Here’s Why
By Karen Rubin, News & Photo FeaturesThere are those who will regard the US decision to abstain from the United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlement building as a betrayal. There have been...
View ArticleObama administration announces sanctions against Russia for 2016 election hacks
The Obama administration has announced sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in retaliation for Russian state hacking efforts aimed at influencing the 2016 presidential election.The Obama...
View ArticleSenate starts Russia investigation—by probing Obama administration response?
That special investigation of Russian interference in our election Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) were demanding? Not going to happen. They've already caved on that, agreeing with...
View ArticleObama Administration Orders Speedy Completion of Delta Tunnels Plan
Rejecting the call by fishermen, Tribes, conservationists, family farmers and environmental justice advocates to terminate the Delta Tunnels plan, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on January 4 issued a...
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Bill to Allow One Step Trashing of Multiple Obama...
Reuters is reporting that the republican-dominated U.S. House of Representative has passed legislation that was introduced yesterday [without the text being previously available on congress.gov] that...
View ArticleThe Barack Obama/Joe Biden President/VP duo will be sorely missed
This diary will be the first part of a 2-parter focusing on the transition from Barack Obama to Donald Trump as our next Commander-in-Chief and Joe Biden to Mike Pence as our next Vice-President. The...
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Obama Administration Finalizes On-Shore Pipeline Safety Rules for U.S....
Today the Obama Administration in its closing days published final rules to amend and strengthen Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration requirements for ‘on-shore’ hazardous liquid...
View ArticleAnother day, another leak. Ho-hum.
It’s funny, back during the campaign, Wikileaks was Donald Trump’s brand new, shiny BFF. He lavished praise on them in his stump speeches, and gleefully rubbed Hillary’s nose in every revelation....
View ArticleAlejandra Campoverdi seeks Xavier Becerra's Seat, Battles Republicans,...
Alejandra Campoverdi’s life is an American success story. “Her mother, Cecilia Medellin, the daughter of a rootless laborer, emigrated from Mexico. She worked in a factory in Compton and got by with...
View ArticleTrump's absurd claims that Susan Rice committed a crime prove that he is...
Enough already— it’s long past time to stop Donald Trump from making wild accusations that he knows are simply not true. For a while (back before his candidacy was actually viable) it seemed vaguely...
View ArticleKamala Harris bashes Pruitt & Trump for trading clean air/water to serve...
On Tuesday, Scott Pruitt and the Trump administration began taking action to remove clean air regulations. California Senator Kamala Harris posted this response on her Facebook page.Today’s decision is...
View ArticleToday's call-out
During last night’s rally for South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster who’s embroiled in tonight’s tight Republican primary election, Donald Trump gave us some insight into his ethics by making the...
View ArticleOde to a Great Team, We Miss You!
I can’t help thinking about how much the Obamas and the Bidens showed their support and respect for the members of the Armed Forces AND their families. President O, Vice President B and both of their...
View ArticleSome romaine is safe now, but expect more outbreaks as Trump FDA puts...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has narrowed down the source of the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak to lettuce to the Central Coast of California, leaving us free to seek out and...
View ArticleEducation Department forced to cancel $150 million in student debt from...
These will be long overdue happy holidays for around 15,000 students scammed by for-profit colleges that have since closed: a court battle has forced the Department of Education to cancel $150 million...
View ArticleEducation Department blocking relief for student loan fraud victims, despite...
A federal judge had to tell Betsy DeVos and her Education Department to forgive loans of students defrauded by for-profit colleges—and even after that court loss, DeVos’ department is blocking help for...
View ArticleWomen and Transgender In Military Roles Are Being Hit Severely Low In Their...
We know how much President Trump is stripping away womens’ rights, rights of transgender people particularly in the military, and human rights globally. President Trump’s actions are very poor...
View ArticleTrump administration considers scaling back its North Korea ambitions, but...
While Donald Trump was becoming the first U.S. president to go into North Korea, the Trump administration may be scaling back its ambitions with the country, from complete denuclearization to a nuclear...
View ArticleHUD prepares to extend Trump administration's pro-discrimination policies to...
The Trump administration is continuing its quest to make it harder to challenge discrimination in court. Up now: the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which plans to roll back Obama-era...
View ArticleUSDA gives chicken industry the go-ahead to amputate more workers' fingers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture tried to increase line speeds in chicken processing plants during the Obama administration, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administration objected, because of...
View ArticleTrump administration escalates attack on nutrition standards for children's...
The latest assault on hungry people from the Trump administration attacks school lunches. All those kids whose families can't provide nutritious meals at home any more because they no longer qualify...
View ArticleTrump team ignored a 2016 pandemic playbook that warned about testing and...
The Trump White House has no excuses for its lack of pandemic preparedness. None. Every few days we learn about yet another warning from the past, another way some part of the government tried to...
View ArticleAdd White House economists' 2019 report to list of pandemic warnings Team...
The number of warnings the Trump White House had that a pandemic might be a problem would be almost comical if we weren’t living in a tragedy. A study just last September warned that a pandemic could...
View ArticleTo Exit the Shutdown, Hire An Army Of Public Health Workers
The interventions we see reflect what we value ... experts weighed in ...REPUBLISHED BY PERMISSION: Anna Maria Barry-Jester forcaliforniahealthline.org <big>Last month,</big> facing the...
View ArticleMcConnell busted, he replaces one outrageous lie with another
This past Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was a lying sack of crap. “They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that's no longer true? We want to be early,...
View ArticleTrump team declassifies memo showing Obama officials had deep concerns Flynn...
In an apparent Senate and Team Trump effort to something something a new Trump-demanded Obama "scandal," the Trump administration has declassified an additional portion of a previously disclosed email...
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👩🏽🔧ThisWeek InThe War On Women 1Aug2020, with...
Our Saturday evening diaries offer a weekly summary of news on women's issues, and information on current political actions. We welcome all who are interested, to comment in the discussion, bring...
View ArticleInterview with delusional insurrectionist shows damage Republican lies...
The interview between this delusional man, hanging with the Right-Wing gun-toting white supremacist insurrectionists tells us much. His threat must not be taken lightly.When the Obama administration...
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