No U.S. Troops in Haiti: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says Military Mission Would Not Help Country

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• Trump's Anti-Voter Executive Order Is Hypocritical and Unconstitutional
  On Tuesday night, Donald Trump signed a new executive order that attempts to stop voting by mail. Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, issued the following statement in response: “This executive order is an attempt to create additional barriers for Americans seeking to cast their ballots. President Trump is a hypocrite who uses mail in […]
• Staircase to Nowhere: MAGA's Crowning Achievement
  In a perhaps unprecedented dark time for America and the world, let us take solace in our indomitable Dear Stable Genius, who remains unwaveringly focused on taking care of shiny business: Gold social security cards like Elvis, a $400 million, lopsided shed/ballroom with gaudy columns but no main entrance, and of course gold toilets - […]
• Rep. Himes Sides With Trump on Warrantless Surveillance of Americans
  Today, The Hill reported that Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, acknowledged that many of his Democratic colleagues plan to flip their votes against renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) because they do not trust the Trump administration with the law's sweeping warrantless surveillance powers. […]
• Coalition Sues Trump EPA Over Illegal Repeal of Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
  A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Since EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) took effect in 2015, they’ve driven down dangerous mercury pollution from power plants […]
• New Analyses: EPA Consistently Fails to Warn Public of Pesticide Cancer Risks
  The Environmental Protection Agency has routinely failed to put cancer warnings on pesticide products even when its own assessments have found a high risk of those products causing cancer, according to two new analyses released today by the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity. The Center for Food Safety analyzed the […]
• Over $100 Billion Lost to Oil and Gas Price Spikes in First Month of Iran War, 350.org Analysis Shows
  One month after the start of the Iran war, new analysis from 350.org shows that over $100 billion has been siphoned from ordinary people to oil and gas companies due to soaring energy prices.In addition to the horrific loss of human life, campaigners say the crisis highlights how dependence on fossil fuels enriches the few […]