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Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trans Rights Activists Stage Protest In Bathroom Next To Mike Johnson’s Office

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — More than a dozen transgender rights activists were arrested Thursday after staging a protest in a women’s bathroom right next to the office of Speaker Mike Johnson, who recently imposed a ban on transgender and nonbinary people using bathrooms in the House that align with their gender identity. For about 20 minutes, Manning and others …

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'Mask coming off': Dem celebrates as Trump's Project 2025 gambit comes back to haunt him
5 months, 2 weeks ago

'Mask coming off': Dem celebrates as Trump's Project 2025 gambit comes back to haunt him

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump scrambled last week to distance himself from Project 2025, the radical right-wing plan to dramatically expand the powers of the executive branch under a second Trump term. Rep. Mark Pocan on Wednesday spiked the football and taunted Trump for helping Democrats put Project 2025 on the mainstream media's spotlight. MUST READ: Trump’s ‘secretary of retribution’ has …

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Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he rallies younger voters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden promotes ‘life-changing’ student loan relief in Wisconsin as he rallies younger voters

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — President Joe Biden said Monday that more than 30 million borrowers would see “life-changing” relief from his new plan to ease their student loan debt burdens, a fresh attempt by the Democratic president to follow through on a campaign pledge that could buoy his standing with younger voters. Republicans said Biden’s plan shifts the financial burden of …

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‘Ridiculed by many’: Rep. Dean Phillips is the Dem presidential candidate no Dem wants
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Ridiculed by many’: Rep. Dean Phillips is the Dem presidential candidate no Dem wants

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Rep. Dean Phillips has a presidential tour bus and a welcoming slogan — “Everyone’s Invited!” — but no one in Washington seems to even care about his longshot primary challenge to President Joe Biden. “Dean’s a classmate — we came in together,” Pressley finally told Raw Story. “There’d be a case more than, ‘He’s too old,’” Pocan said, …

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Why This Swing-State Democrat Is Going After Netanyahu’s Most Powerful Ally in D.C.
54 years, 11 months ago

Why This Swing-State Democrat Is Going After Netanyahu’s Most Powerful Ally in D.C.

Slate  

AIPAC is one of the most fearsome entities in American politics. AIPAC’s website boasts that 98 percent of the candidates it has backed have won their elections, and super PACs affiliated with the group have already gone on the offensive against congressional critics of Israel, booking six-figure ad buys targeting Democrats like Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, and Summer Lee. After …

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2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA
1 year, 6 months ago

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

Op India  

On June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-day visit to the United States and Egypt. We call on the @USCIRF and the US government to declare Gujarat 2002 as genocide: Dr. Rehan Khan, President, International Society for Peace and Justice — Indian American Muslim Council February 28, 2023 The organisation’s website actively talks about CAA/NRC and claims “Minorities …

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Drama of McCarthy’s election may open House to more cameras
1 year, 10 months ago

Drama of McCarthy’s election may open House to more cameras

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The difference between a government-controlled camera that followed a climactic moment in Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s election as House speaker and one operated by a C-SPAN journalist was like a fuzzy black-and-white picture contrasted with sparkling, clear color. “I’m guardedly optimistic that the speaker would consider independent media coverage, if not permanently, at least on request,” said Ben …

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Opposition from GOP senator threatens Biden judicial pick
2 years, 10 months ago

Opposition from GOP senator threatens Biden judicial pick

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson’s opposition to one of President Joe Biden’s nominees surprised Democrats on Wednesday and presented a fresh test to a tradition that over the years has allowed individual senators to block the confirmation of judges from their home states. It has been the committee’s longstanding practice not to proceed with hearings on district court nominees …

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Pocan asks Justice Department to investigate fake electors
2 years, 11 months ago

Pocan asks Justice Department to investigate fake electors

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan on Friday asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for a Justice Department investigation into 10 Republican electors who submitted false paperwork last year saying former President Donald Trump had won in the battleground state. Pocan said it was imperative for the Justice Department to act “to deter other officials who may seek …

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Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin districts after census release
3 years, 4 months ago

Lawsuit challenges Wisconsin districts after census release

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Democrats filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal court to throw out Wisconsin’s current congressional and legislative district boundaries, arguing the 10-year-old maps are unconstitutional and shouldn’t be used as the starting point for new districts set to be drawn in the coming months. “There is no reasonable prospect that Wisconsin’s political branches will reach consensus to …

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‘Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Get used to me': Postmaster evokes Trump style in Biden era

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Louis DeJoy is uninterested in the niceties of Washington. “Postmaster General DeJoy would not be in his job if he worked for any other company,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a New York Democrat who chairs the House oversight committee. DeJoy became postmaster general shortly after Trump declared the post office “a joke.” DeJoy implemented cost-cutting mechanisms he said …

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Amazon Admits Some Drivers Have to 'Pee in Bottles' in Apologetic Reply to US Lawmaker
3 years, 8 months ago

Amazon Admits Some Drivers Have to 'Pee in Bottles' in Apologetic Reply to US Lawmaker

News 18  

E-commerce giant Amazon has apologized to a US lawmaker after falsely denying that some of its drivers are forced at times to urinate in plastic bottles. “Paying workers $15/hr doesn’t make you a ‘progressive workplace’ when you union-bust & make workers urinate in water bottles,” Pocan tweeted, in an apparent reference to Amazon’s opposition to efforts to unionize a major …

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Amazon denies accusations of forcing workers to urinate in water bottles
3 years, 8 months ago

Amazon denies accusations of forcing workers to urinate in water bottles

Op India  

Amazon is facing immense criticism on social media after it publicly disputed U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan’s claims that the company forces its workers to “urinate in water bottles” in order to minimize time wastage. — Rep. Mark Pocan March 25, 2021 There were more than 11,000 responses to Amazon’s tweet denying forcing its workers to urinate in water bottles, …

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