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May 27 2016
Opinion
Ending Zombie Politics Needs A Conspiracy To Conspire
Sick of Hate Politics? We are too. Call our current epoch The Political Night of the Living Dead. Zombie Politics.
There is a way to transform it. That way is rooted in a metaphorical Polynesian-style kiss.
Call it a conspiracy. You are invited to join.
The word “conspire” comes from the Latin con — “together with” — and spirarare — to breathe. “Conspire,” at its root,
Ralph BenkoFeb 26 2015
News
FCC Turns Internet Into a Public Utility
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to change how the Internet is regulated in the most consequential decision of its kind since the Internet’s creation. By a 3-2 vote along party lines, FCC commissioners endorsed “net neutrality.” Now Internet service providers will be prohibited from creating “fast lanes” for certain content providers, e.g. Comcast speeding up Netflix
Daily BeastSep 18 2019
News
Trump administration to revoke California’s power to set stricter auto emissions standards
The Trump administration plans this week to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the latest step in a broad campaign to undermine Obama-era policies aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, two senior administration officials said.
The move threatens to set in motion a massive legal battle
Washington PostFeb 05 2020
News
Will impeachment change Trump? A Washington guessing game.
President Donald Trump comes out of impeachment in a reasonably strong position. But post-acquittal, will he feel unfettered in his behavior as he seeks a second term?
For the first time in American history, an impeached president is running for reelection – and quite possibly could win. That stark reality came to life Tuesday night, as President Donald Trump delivered his third State
Christian Science MonitorMay 30 2024
Headline Roundup
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of NRA, Allowing First Amendment Case to Proceed
The Supreme Court overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association accusing New York state officials of blacklisting the organization in violation of the First Amendment.
For Context: In 2018, the NRA sued Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services, alleging that the state official unlawfully wielded regulatory power to cut
CNN Digital Reuters Fox News DigitalJun 17 2019
News
Supreme Court Orders New Look at Clash Over Gay-Wedding Cake
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered reconsideration of a $135,000 award against an Oregon bakery that refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding in a case that revived a fractious debate over religious rights and equal treatment.
After more than three months of deliberation, the justices Monday set aside the award and told an Oregon state appeals court to revisit the case in light of a
BloombergAug 08 2016
News
Jill Stein Wins Green Party Nomination, Courting Disaffected Sanders Supporters
The Green Party officially nominated Jill Stein for president and human rights activist Ajamu Baraka as her running mate on Saturday, at a convention in Houston that attracted many disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters.
Much of the three-day gathering was an explicit appeal to former backers of the Vermont senator to join their fold, and several speakers argued that Sanders had been
NPR (Online News)Feb 03 2020
News
Iowa might have just witnessed the start of a Democratic Party takeover
If you were an alien visiting Iowa this weekend and were asked to guess the order of Monday’s results based on nothing but watching the top four Democrats speak, you would predict a Sanders victory, followed by Warren, Buttigieg, and Biden. (You would probably have a lot of other questions too: like what the hell is a Kum & Go, what is up with the giant windmills along I-80 blinking in
PoliticoAug 05 2014
News
Taking a Bullet, Gaining a Cause: James S. Brady Dies at 73
James S. Brady, the White House press secretary who was wounded in an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan and then became a symbol of the fight for gun control, championing tighter regulations from his wheelchair, died on Monday in Alexandria, Va. He was 73.
His family confirmed the death but did not specify a cause.
On the rainy afternoon of March 30, 1981, Mr.
New York Times (News)Jul 05 2012
News
Obama: Health-Care Law ‘Here to Stay’
At his first campaign event since the Supreme Court upheld his health-care law, President Barack Obama bragged about the victory to supporters in this battleground state even as he tweaked his usual stump-speech message to appeal to independent voters.
Mr. Obama vowed to “work with anybody who wants to work with me to improve upon his health-care law, which many Americans still dislike
Wall Street Journal (News)