Fox News Tells Veterans On Food Stamps To Go Get A Job And Buy Their Own Groceries
Fox News was trying to sell Trump’s “Blue Apron” attack on the poor, by telling people on SNAP to go get a job and buy their own groceries. The problem is that 1.5 million vets get SNAP benefits. Video: Fox …
Following member's deportation, N.Y. Teamsters kick into action with 'Know Your Rights' workshops
Immediately following the deportation of one of its members last August, Teamsters Joint Council 16, “the umbrella group for 27 Teamsters locals in and around New York City,” declared itself a “sanctuary union,” saying it would “not voluntarily cooperate with …
Second U.S. judge blocks Trump administration from ending DACA program
A second U.S. judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children from deportation.
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Senate Immigration Debate Gets Off to a Slow, Unhappy Start
Even as a floor debate on immigration faltered, a bipartisan group of senators was working behind the scenes to come up with a plan that could garner 60 votes.…
Disrespectability Politics Season 1, Ep. 10: The Blackest Mirror
Public reception to the past season of Black Mirror has been nothing but receptive. Hosts Wagatwe Wanjuki and Irna Landrum are sure there are a few details you’ve missed.
We also discuss …
Trump’s climate denial backfires, drives more media coverage of the issue
By Jeremy Deaton
All press is good press — except when it isn’t.
For those who are happy about President Trump’s attacks on climate science and policy, this will come as bad news. By shining a spotlight on the …
Lawrence O’Donnell Reduces Fraud Tough Guy John Kelly To Rubble
Lawrence O’Donnell exposed John Kelly as a fraud who was never really running the Trump White House asylum. Video: Lawrence O'Donnell tells the brutal truth about the fraud that is John Kelly. https://t.co/7RnBjQr9Mj #TheLastWord pic.twitter.com/a5u5bQpRmj — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) …
The F.B.I., Domestic Abuse and the White House: A Timeline of the Rob Porter Scandal
The White House has shifted its story about how and when members of the administration learned about the domestic abuse allegations that forced a top aide to resign.…
Notorious gerrymanderer Trump picked to lead census withdraws, sources say
Donald Trump’s appalling choice to run the census has dropped out. Thomas Brunell was the Trump administration’s pick to be deputy director of the Census Bureau, a job that would have put him in charge of conducting the 2020 census. …
Trump’s lawyer admits he paid $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels weeks before election
Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, admitted on Tuesday that he paid $130,000 to adult film star Stormy Daniels weeks before the 2016 presidential election.
“Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with …