“He wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?”CREDIT: Fox News screengrab
During remarks to reporters following a Republican health care luncheon at the White House on Wednesday, President Trump threatened to end Sen. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) tenure in the US Senate if he doesn’t vote in favor of Trumpcare.
Alluding to the announcement Republican senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) made on ...
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Trump makes wild promises about ‘new’ version of Trumpcare
He’s back on repeal and replace and says nobody’s going home until it’s done.President Donald Trump speaks during a luncheon with GOP Senators, Wednesday, July 19, 2017, in the State Dinning Room of the White House. CREDIT: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais
The day after the Senate’s third proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act flatlined, killed by three Republican senators who opposed Senate Majo...
Rev. Barber: An open letter to clergy who prayed with Donald Trump
The Scripture cautions us to lay hands on no man suddenly, lest we become a party to his sins.CREDIT: AP/David Goldman
Dear Reverends Jack Graham, Johnnie Moore, Greg Laurie, Paula White, Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell, Jr., and others,
I write you with a heavy heart as a fellow Christian and a fellow preacher during a trying time in our nation’s public life. Last week, Capitol Hill police arres...
Three local governments are taking fossil fuel giants to court over climate deception
Two California counties and one town are suing fossil fuel companies for damages related to sea level rise.Waves pound a wall near buildings in Pacifica, CA. CREDIT: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File
Two California counties and one California city have filed a lawsuit against 37 of the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers, seeking payment for damages brought by climate change.
The three localities are...
Trump’s incoherent health care position, in 3 tweets
He’s in favor of everything and nothing.CREDIT: AP Photo/Alex Brandon
After Senate Republican defections killed off the latest Trumpcare bill on Monday night, President Trump tweeted his support for changing course and immediately repealing Obamacare before a bipartisan replacement plan is drawn up at some point down the road.
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Inside one WNBA team’s trailblazing night standing with Planned Parenthood
“We can’t let all these men make decisions about things that don’t affect them.”Seattle Storm fans and others cheer at a rally in support of Planned Parenthood before a WNBA basketball game between the Storm and the Chicago Sky on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, in Seattle. CREDIT: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON — Thirty-five minutes before the Chicago Sky took on the Seattle Storm in a national...
Conservative media sure seems nervous about the Religious Left
For years they dismissed them. Now they can’t stop talking about them.Rev. William Barber II, a key leader of the Religious Left. CREDIT: AP/Chuck Burton
For years, conservatives ignored them. Some dismissed them. Others chided their prayerful efforts as ineffectual or destined for failure.
But this year, right-wing media outlets can’t seem to stop talking about major players in the Religious Le...
Abortion rights face a full-on assault at the state level
A new report shows more than two dozen states have introduced legislation targeting abortion rights.Activists dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” chant in the Texas Capitol Rotunda as they protest SB8, a bill that would require health care facilities, including hospitals and abortion clinics, to bury or cremate any fetal remains whether from abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, and they wou...
Senate Republicans are in denial that repeal without replacement is dead
Despite not having the votes, McConnell still wants to push straight Obamacare repeal to the floor.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 18. CREDIT: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to move forward on a Obamacare repeal-without-replacement vote “in the very near future” Tuesday afte...
Failure to launch… again
Credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
Senate Republicans are finding new and creative ways to fail this week. They couldn’t find enough votes to move forward with Trumpcare, so they shifted strategies, from “repeal and replace” to “repeal and delay” — and failed again. Democrats can’t take all the credit for the stalled effort — an organized resistance played a large part in getting Republicans to defect too...