‘You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions’: Latest Attack on Free Press as Trump Threatens to Strip Credentials of Journalists Who Don’t Show Him ‘Respect’

November 09, 2018 by Common Dreams Smearing one reporter as a “loser,” the president said he might revoke the credentials of more journalists by Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump speaks to the media before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on November 9, 2018… Continue reading →

VOTERS ARE STRIPPING PARTISAN REDISTRICTING POWER FROM POLITICIANS IN ANTI-GERRYMANDERING EFFORTS

THU, 11/8/2018 – BY KATIE ZEZIMA AND EMILY WAX-THIBODEAUX THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE WASHINGTON POST (Occupy.com) Voters in three states overwhelmingly chose to overhaul how legislative and Congressional districts are drawn, stripping a traditionally partisan exercise from politicians while aiming to create a more level playing field based instead on… Continue reading →

After Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized, Horrified Americans Offer to Donate Ribs, Organs as Needed

November 08, 2018 by Common Dreams “If Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs ribs I have like dozens of them that I’m not using, let’s do this.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prepares to administer the Oath of Allegiance to candidates for U.S. citizenship at the New-York Historical… Continue reading →

Over a quarter of a million people voted #YesOnB! 42% support the city’s measure for a public bank

posted by PUBLIC BANKING INST (publicbankinginstitute.org) November 08, 2018   The historic vote for Charter Amendment B on Tuesday drew the support of over 267,000 voters in Los Angeles. Although this level of support was not enough to pass the measure, the achievements of the campaign were in themselves groundbreaking. The measure was… Continue reading →

“The American civil war didn’t end. And Trump is a Confederate president” by Rebecca Solnit

“The American civil war didn’t end. And Trump is a Confederate president” by Rebecca Solnit

November 4, 2018 (theguardian.com) His supporters hark back to an 1860s fantasy of white male dominance. But the Confederacy won’t win in the long run In the 158th year of the American civil war, also known as 2018, the Confederacy continues its recent resurgence. Its victims include black people, of course,… Continue reading →

‘Trump Is Not Above the Law’: 400,000+ People Await Word of Rapid-Response Protests as Sessions Firing Sparks Fear Rosenstein, Mueller Next

November 07, 2018 by Common Dreams “Trump’s plan, starting now: Fire Sessions, fire Rosenstein, then fire Mueller. Suppress Mueller investigation.” by Jake Johnson, staff writer “This may be the first step in President Trump’s attempt to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller,” Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in… Continue reading →