Bi-coastal demonstrations erupted Monday morning as over one hundred demonstrators in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles shut down the regional offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a message for the “deporter-in-chief,” President Barack Obama: Not one more deportation. Protesters with the group #Not1More were arrested outside the ICE office in Fairfax, Virginia for…
Month: November 2020
50 Years Later, A New Hunger for National Anti-Poverty Agenda
As Wednesday marked fifty years since President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the need for an “unconditional war on poverty in America,” a growing number of Americans are calling for a renewed fight. With roughly a third of Americans living in poverty or near-poverty conditions, rightwing critics and media pundits charge that the ‘War on Poverty’…
Dem leaders have tried to keep Manchin from bolting to Trump administration
Senate Democratic Leader Harry ReidHarry Mason ReidHarry Reid says he’s cancer free White House gets jolt from strong jobs report Murkowski, Mattis criticism ratchets up pressure on GOP over Trump MORE (Nev.) acknowledged on Monday that he and other party leaders have tried to keep West Virginia Sen. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinTrump administration seeks to…
Daily Update: The Rock, ThunderDome, AAA notes
DAILY UPDATE Latest News: WWE SmackDown draws under 900k viewers for one-week shift to FS1 VIDEO: Being The Elite – Dark Order Halloween party Fifteen matches set for this week’s AEW Dark Marty Scurll currently without a role in Ring of Honor Eddie Kingston vs. Matt Sydal announced for AEW Dynamite …
Haas on 2021 line-up: Talent always needs to be there
Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says the US outfit could include a driver with significant funding in its 2021 line-up, but talent is also a prerequisite. Haas announced on Thursday that Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will both be leaving Haas at the end of the current season, leading to an overhaul of its driver…
Ecclestone ‘pressured’ Lawrence Stroll to sign up Vettel
Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he intervened to convince Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll to sign up four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Vettel was informed by Ferrari last spring that he did not figure in the Italian outfit’s plans for 2021, an announcement that was followed by the news of Carlos Sainz’s move from…
The RealReal partners with New York on "Mask Up" initiative
The RealReal has announced a new collaborative effort with the State of New York to benefit COVID-19 relief workers and build awareness of the importance of wearing face coverings. The luxury consignment retailer has launched the “Mask Up” campaign, along with dozens of New York-based fashion designers. Fashion label Public School has designed a limited-edition…