Foreign policy observers said the Trump administration is sowing the seeds of war on Monday after it designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization.” The new desingation for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told media, “an important step to counter the Iranian regime’s terrorism.” The IRGC, which…
Citing Recent Protests, Wales Declares Climate Emergency
The Welsh government on Monday declared a climate emergency in hopes that doing so would “trigger a wave of action at home and internationally.” The declaration comes a day after the Scottish first minister made a similar pronouncement. “Tackling climate change is not an issue which can be left to individuals or to the free…
'A Hellfire Missile With F***ing Swords Attached to It': Pentagon Unveils New Weapon
The U.S. military and the CIA reportedly have a new tool in their arsenal: a bomb that doesn’t explode, but deploys sword-like blades to kill or maim its human targets. The R9X Hellfire Missile, which The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday has been used at least twice—once by the Pentagon and once by the CIA—is a…
Critics Lament as 126 House Democrats Join Forces With GOP to Hand Trump 'Terrifying' Mass Domestic Spying Powers
Privacy advocates and civil liberties defenders are expressing outrage after the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday night voted down a bipartisan amendment designed to end, as one group put it, the U.S. government’s “most egregious mass surveillance practices” first revealed by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden. In a final vote of 253-175,…
Wagner holds off Democrat to secure fourth House term in Missouri
Click:wps官网 Rep. Ann WagnerAnn Louise WagnerTrump, GOP go all-in on anti-China strategy House passes massive T coronavirus relief package Bottom line MORE (R-Mo.) held off a challenge from Democrat Cort VanOstran to secure a fourth term in the House. Wagner’s race was considered competitive by The Cook Political Report, though it gave her the advantage. Click Here:…
Nelson campaign to sue to extend deadline for vote counting
Sen. Bill NelsonClarence (Bill) William NelsonNASA, SpaceX and the private-public partnership that caused the flight of the Crew Dragon Lobbying world The most expensive congressional races of the last decade MORE’s (D-Fla.) reelection campaign is suing Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner in Tallahassee federal court to extend the deadline for counties to turn in…
New Jersey New Members 2019
Rep.-elect Jeff Van Drew (D-N.J.-02) DATE OF BIRTH: Feb. 23, 1953RESIDENCE: Dennis Township, N.J.OCCUPATION: LawmakerEDUCATION: B.S., Rutgers University; D.M.D., Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFAMILY: Wife, Ricarda; two children ADVERTISEMENT Jeff Van Drew is adding New Jersey’s 2nd District to the Democratic column. Van Drew defeated Republican Seth Grossman and four other candidates to replace retiring Rep. Frank…
Gflo: Hofstra at Minnesota Dual Highlights
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Let's Be Clear, Says Mexico Environment Minister, 'Parasitic and Predatory Neoliberalism' to Blame for Climate Crisis
In a scathing rebuke to the elite capitalists and politicians who largely control the global economic and energy systems, Mexico’s newly-appointed environment secretary on Wednesday pointed a stern finger at the “parasitic and predatory neoliberals” for being the key culprits behind the planetary climate crisis. “We can defend life, or we can continue destroying it…
Bill to Ban Circus Animal Suffering Set for Introduction in US Congress
Animal welfare advocates are praising soon-to-be introduced legislation in the United States that would ban the use of wild animals in traveling circuses. The measure, the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA), is set to be introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Arizona Reps. Raúl Grijalva (D) and David…