The legal fallout after four years of Trump administration cronyism and corruption shows no sign of slowing down. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that the FBI had opened an investigation into Louis DeJoy, the controversial USPS postmaster appointed by Trump in 2020. According to the Post, the federal investigation …
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According to a BuzzFeed News analysis of CDC data and public records, an estimated 702 people were killed by the winter storm that wiped out power and gas to much of the state amid freezing temperatures, a number nearly five times higher than the state has reported. According to the …
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Last April, as the Earth hurtled face-first into a combination pandemic and global recession, the Federal Reserve Board announcedit would generously waive overdraft fees for big banks while giving them increased access to credit. The board explained its magnanimity as a way “to support the flow of credit to households …
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The United States is restoring a policy that grants transgender individuals protection from discrimination in the health care system, the Biden administration announced Monday. This move will reverse a Trump-era policy that stated “sex” refers to a person’s gender assigned at birth, an attempt to allow discrimination in health care …
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President Joe Biden will call for a historic investment that would provide free preschool to all three and four-year-old children as part of his sweeping American Families Plan, which will be announced during Wednesday’s address to Congress. The more than $1 trillion plan would, according to the AP, benefit five …
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent time with striking New York City grocery workers instead of participating in Joe Biden’s inauguration. But that important local cause wasn’t the only reason she chose to forgo the event. Fear for her safety around fellow lawmakers was also a motivating factor. “I think we also …
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Early in 1967, America was mired in an escalating war in Vietnam, presided over by President Lyndon B. Johnson. A collection of liberal leaders including anti-war Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin, prominent socialist Norman Thomas and future Congressman Allard Lowenstein were determined to recruit a serious anti-war candidate to challenge …
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House Democrats, with little help from Republicans, voted to raise the amount of the coronavirus relief stimulus checks to $2,000. But, although the president says he supports an increase from the $600 already allotted in the relief bill that he finally signed into law on Sunday, the new legislation’s chances …
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President-elect Joe Biden will choose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be Secretary of the Interior, the Washington Post reported. If nominated and confirmed, Haaland, a member of Pueblo of Laguna, would be the first Native American to lead the department, which is charged with protecting America’s natural resources as well …
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While Trump continues to whine about the way some of Fox News‘ anchors have covered him during the 2020 presidential election cycle, on Sunday one anchor called his claims of widespread voter fraud baseless, false and an “insult to thousands of election officials.” https://thisforall.net/brooklynmutt/status/1328090888556384256?s=20 As the Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona …
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