Tim Pearce on October 18, 2018 Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are looking into reports of “anti-union” activities and illegal labor practices by Amazon, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos over a leaked 45-minute video distributed to managers at Whole Foods,…
Last night after her hearing before an elections panel (which she won by unanimous vote), we talked with “Kryssi Wichers” about what happened and where she goes from here. TLR: This is TLR, talking to Kryssi Wichers… if that is her real name. She’s running for Ohio’s 77th, and recently suit was filed contesting her…
Neetu Chandak A North Carolina high school principal was replaced after she asked a student to take off his Trump jersey at a patriotic-themed football game. Cindy Gordon, the former principal at Harnett Central High School, asked Matthew Collins, 18, to remove the jersey because it was political, according to WRAL Friday. The front of the jersey…
Peter Hasson Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has continued bickering with President Donald Trump, even as she remains historically unpopular. Clinton fired back at Trump on Thursday after he accused her of colluding with Russia during the 2016 election. “Seriously, you asked Russia to hack me on national television,” Clinton wrote on Twitter, referencing Trump’s…
Kevin Daley on October 9, 2018 The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a North Dakota law requiring voters to produce government ID with a current residential street address when casting ballots to take effect. The decision, which came Tuesday and drew a brief dissent, will effect one November’s most critical Senate races. A group of American…
Kevin Daley on October 6, 2018 The Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court Saturday afternoon, securing a conservative majority on the nation’s highest judicial tribunal. Kavanaugh’s confirmation concludes an agonizing nomination process, which in stretches pertained as much to visceral feelings about identity, violence and fairness as to the high court….
Michael Bastasch Nonprofit foundations gave conservative groups $10 million to promote liberal energy policies. That effort includes targeting young conservatives and social conservatives for climate “education.” The Christian Coalition received more than $4 million to spread the climate gospel among its membership. Wealthy charitable foundations spent $10 million on an effort that included handing money…
Speaking at a get-out-the-vote event in Las Vegas, Michelle Obama rallied a young audience as she voiced her opinion: “Voting does not require any kind of special expertise. You know you don’t need to have some fancy degree to be qualified to vote. You don’t have to read every news article to be qualified to…
Neetu Chandak Serena Williams was fined $17,000 for three code violations during the U.S. Open Finals held Saturday. The first violation was for coaching, which was any form of audial or visual communication between a coach and the player, according to The Associated Press Sunday. Williams was also fined for breaking her racket and for verbal abuse…
Neetu Chandak Activists sent coat hangers to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’s office to protest against confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Republican senator’s office received 3,000 coat hangers, which served as reminders of back-alley abortions, according to The Associated PressSaturday. Collins and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who both support abortion rights, are considered as…