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textTrump Orders Massive Rollback of Environmental Protections by Center for Biological Diversity
Order Contains Dangerous, Illegal Requirement to Cut Two Rules for Every New One...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 6:48pm PST
textAmnesty International USA Responds to DAPL Executive Action by Amnesty International
January 24, 2017 - Today, President Trump signed an executive action advancing the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In response to the news, Amnesty International USA's Managing Director of the Individuals at Risk Program, Zeke Johnson, issued the following statement:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 12:03am PST
textFrom 9/11 Inside Job to Obama's HR158 to Trump's Muslim Ban by Register Peace & Freedom or Green
It was wonderful to see the nationwide shut down of airports to protest the Muslim Ban, which shutdown has so seriously impacted profits at the airports that Congressional Democrats are asking for a repeal of the Muslim Ban, but not challenging the entire scapegoating of Muslims by Democrats & Republicans that has occurred since the 9/11 Inside Job. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrFy4LpzyBI...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2017 11:44pm PST
text100 Days of Resistance by Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Biological Diversity Releases Action Plan...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2017 11:41pm PST
textFederal Court Grants Stay in Challenge to Trump Immigration Ban by American Civil Liberties Union
NEW YORK, January 28, 2017 — A federal judge tonight granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a nationwide temporary injunction that will block the deportation of all people stranded in U.S. airports under President Trump’s new Muslim ban. The ACLU and other legal organizations filed a lawsuit on behalf of individuals who were subject to the ban. The lead plaintiffs have been detained by the U.S. government and threatened with deportation even though they have valid visas to ...
Posted: Sun, Jan 29, 2017 1:35am PST
textIsrael is no Democracy: A letter to Jimmy Panetta by Sheila Carrillo
A letter I sent to Jimmy Panetta regarding his his recent vote for HR 11, the non-binding resolution opposing UN sanctions of Israel. I filled my letter with eye witness information from my recent trip to Palestine to try to explain the subterfuge around the claim that Israel is a Democracy....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2017 9:32pm PST
textJ21 SF Women's Anti-Trump March 40,000-100,000 Strong by Dump Trump
Around 5 p.m., sunset on January 21, 2017, as the rain started to pour, tens of thousands of people surged forward on Market Street, starting at the Civic Center, which we had occupied from UN Plaza at 7th and Market to City Hall since 3 p.m., in this urgently needed protest of fascism perpetrated by the current occupant of the White House, Republican (former lifelong Democrat) Donald Trump....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2017 7:15pm PST
textDemocrat Obama's Legacy by Register Peace & Freedom or Green
We remember 50% poverty and 80% living from paycheck to paycheck including the 50% in poverty after 8 years of Democrat Obama’s failed presidency;...
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 8:31pm PST
textTurtle Island Statement on OMB Director Candidate Mick Mulvaney by Peter Fugazzotto
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina Representative, for the Office of Management and Budget Director....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2017 9:10am PST
textDemocracy Now Live Broadcasts Jan 20-21 Inauguration & Women's March on DC by General Strike Now
While we stay home from work on Jan 20, we can keep track of the Jan 20, 2017 Inauguration and counter-inaugural protests by viewing live coverage from Democracy Now from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET at https://www.democracynow.org/live/inauguration_2017_live_coverage and on Jan 21, live coverage of the long overdue Women's March on Washington from 10 am to 3 p.m. ET at https://www.democracynow.org/live/watch_inauguration_2017_womens_march_live. Follow on Twitter at #DNlive or watch on Link TV at Dis...
Posted: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 8:55am PST
textLighthouse Bank Vice Chairman Involved In Assault On Richmond & Mountain View Voters by Lynda Carson
According to Lighthouse Bank, the bank was founded in October 2007 by approximately 350 local residents, professionals and small business owners. During 2014, Stephen D. Pahl had 91,768 shares of Lighthouse Bank common stock, presently worth around $16.00 per share according to the Wall Street Journal!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 16, 2017 4:24am PST
textShould someone 5150 Trump for being a threat to himself and everyone else? by Lynda Carson
According to wikipedia: “Section 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) (in particular, the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act or "LPS") which authorizes a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person suspected to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to themselves, a danger to others, and/or gravely disabled.”...
Posted: Sat, Jan 14, 2017 8:19pm PST
textTurtle Island Statement on EPA Administrator Candidate Scott Pruitt by Peter
In advance of the confirmation hearings with the U.S. Senate, Turtle Island Restoration Network has issued the following statement on Scott Pruitt....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2017 2:19pm PST
textSeven Years After Devastating Earthquake, Haiti Struggles with Debt ‎and Hurricane Matthew by Greg
Haiti's debt approaches $2 billion dollars as it recovers from Hurricane Matthew and remembers the devastating earthquake that shattered the country seven years ago....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2017 8:48am PST
textGlobalist Leaders Ensure North American Integration Mechanisms Remain in Place by Dana Gabriel
It is imperative that we continue to resist the mechanisms, which threaten our sovereignty. We need to guard against any attempts to incorporate the controversial elements of the TPP into an upgraded NAFTA....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 5:07pm PST
textThe Civilization Crisis: Post-Factual Criticism of Politics by Rudolf Hickel
In Trumponomics, falling tax rates for businesses should increase tax revenues. When businesses do not invest in an under-financed infrastructure, then tax gifts lead to lower state spending or higher state debts at the end. Trump wants to lead us into a world where subjective perception is everything and what he says is always reality-the post-truth world. He can create "facts"-the US has the highest corporate tax rate in the world-while most big corporations pay no federal tax. Between $21...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2017 6:50am PST
textEcuador Minister Discusses Need for UN Tax Body with Transparency Advocates by Greg
Ecuador Foreign Minister Guillame Long will meet with civil society groups on Thursday to discuss tax avoidance, corruption and development....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2017 2:21pm PST
textCAA and Pahl & McCay retaliate against voters for approving rent control in Richmond by Lynda Carson
As part of their on-going notorious efforts to meddle in the affairs of Richmond, the California Apartment Association (CAA) continues with it’s brutal campaign to deny renters their rights under local, state and federal law, as the pro-landlord organization ignores the will of the people!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2017 9:06pm PST
textInauguration Day protests organized against fascist pig President-elect Donald J. Trump by Lynda Carson
Protests are being organized against fascist pig President-elect Donald J. Trump in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, Washington D.C., and elsewhere on or around January 20, 2017!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 4:11am PST
textPuerto Rico Debt Law Could Apply to US Virgin Islands by Greg
A US law passed to address Puerto Rico's debt crisis could apply retroactively to the US Virgin Islands, another heavily indebted US territory....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2016 3:04pm PST
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