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By Alison R. Parker - January 26, 2018
“Speaker Ryan should talk to Leader McConnell, who’s the only person in the U.S. Senate standing in the way of paying our troops.”
By Alison R. Parker - January 21, 2018
Paul Ryan raked in a healthy thank-you gift from the Koch brothers following the passage of the tax scam bill. Ryan’s challenger Randy Bryce made sure it didn’t go unnoticed.
By Alison R. Parker - January 21, 2018
According to Trump adviser Marc Short, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. is an “outside group.” Unfortunately for him, words mean things.
By Alison R. Parker - January 21, 2018
News you actually want to know, and what you can do to make a difference.
By Alison R. Parker - January 19, 2018
The RNC unleashed a petty and racist attack on Sen. Cory Booker, and tried to hijack feminism in the process. But all it did was make the party look pathetic and make Booker look awesome.
By Alison R. Parker - January 17, 2018
Thanks to Trump, the GOP leadership has vanishingly little confidence in the party’s ability to make it through the 2018 midterms unscathed.
By Alison R. Parker - January 14, 2018
The toxic environment in the White House has led to national drug policy being run in part by a recent college graduate whose only qualification was working on the Trump campaign.
By Alison R. Parker - January 14, 2018
But “nobody has more respect for women” than Trump … right?
By Alison R. Parker - January 13, 2018
Donald Trump recently tried to claim that the Russia investigation is “making our country look foolish,” in the most blatant case of “I know you are but what am I” in modern history. In fact, it is Trump’s behavior whether hateful, ignorant, or childish, or some combination thereof that is making the United […]
By Alison R. Parker - January 13, 2018
Welcome to your weekly roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference and a picture of President Obama, because you’ve earned it. A record number of women are looking to run for governor “If we don’t run, then we won’t achieve.” That’s how Gretchen Whitmer, the leading Democratic […]
By Alison R. Parker - January 12, 2018
The Trump administration is already attempting to backpedal a bit on a recent controversial announcement to upend a ban put in place by President Barack Obama and allow new offshore oil and gas drilling around much of the coastal United States. But interestingly, the reversal of course thus far only includes waters around the state […]
By Alison R. Parker - January 09, 2018
As Donald Trump continues to add more and more evidence to the case for his unfitness for office, a lot of people around the nation are openly discussing ways to confront this troubling situation. And some of those people are right inside Trump’s own West Wing. According to Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell exposé […]
By Alison R. Parker - January 07, 2018
In a baffling denial of reality, Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch seemed to take a recent local editorial that took him to task in no uncertain terms as a compliment. But an editor from the paper wants to make it crystal clear for Hatch exactly what they think of him in the Trump era. When […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 27, 2017
According to North Carolina Republican Rep. Robert Pittenger, whether or not the government giving you money counts as “socialism” depends upon how much money you already have. Massive tax breaks for wealthy people and corporations are all about “jobs” and investing in the economy, despite the fact that corporations have made it blatantly clear they […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 26, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama to get you through the day. EMILY’s List announces latest amazing numbers: 25,000 women are interested in running for office in 2018 Talk about good news: one story that just […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 20, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama (and Santa!) because you deserve it. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf makes good on his promise to defend abortion rights Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf promised that he would veto an […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 19, 2017
Considering Donald Trump is the least qualified person to ever attain the presidency of the United States, perhaps it makes sense that he keeps nominating people for the courts who are equally ill-equipped for the job. But that doesn’t make it any less embarrassing that a third nominee has now dropped out of the running […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 18, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama to get your week started right. Anita Hill will lead the fight against sexual harassment in Hollywood Anita Hill knows a thing or two about what it’s like to be […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 18, 2017
It’s certainly no secret that Donald Trump doesn’t think highly of the free press, with the exception of his favorite propaganda network, Fox News. Trump’s constant bleating about “fake news” has at times become a punchline. But as the editorial board at the Washington Post makes very clear, that kind of undermining attack on journalists […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 17, 2017
Special counsel Robert Mueller is zeroing in ever closer on Donald Trump’s inner circle, and on Trump himself, in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the possible collusion of the Trump campaign. Trump and his team continue to desperately insist that they did nothing wrong, and that Trump is not even […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 17, 2017
The governor of Puerto Rico may have expressed gratitude and measured praise toward the Trump administration before, but he has none left for the dangerous tax scam bill that Donald Trump and the Republican Party are attempting to ram through Congress. That’s because a new cruel provision added to the bill takes aim at Puerto […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 16, 2017
If living well is the best revenge against those who wish you ill, then Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn just provided a masterclass in doing so. After Vonn said she was proud to be heading to the Olympics to “represent the people of the United States, not the president,” Trump’s base immediately went into characteristically […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 16, 2017
To Sean Hannity and his panel, the news that an FBI agent assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation had sent anti-Trump text messages was “bigger than Watergate.” “Watergate on steroids, human growth hormone overdoses,” Hannity intoned on his show Thursday night. Hannity has been leading the attacks against Mueller for some time, and his […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 15, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama (and Honest Abe!) to get you through the day. Roll tide, Alabama Democrats! That sound you heard last night was the sound of Alabama planting its feet firmly on the […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 13, 2017
For the Trump administration, no news is good news, because almost any news is “fake news.” And the stubborn, panicked fear of journalists doing their jobs is pushing this White House to extremely undemocratic ends. During a contentious press briefing Monday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders grew visibly and vocally aggravated with CNN’s Jim Acosta, when he […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 12, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama to keep you motivated. President Obama to Alabama voters: “Doug will be our champion for justice” It’s Election Day in Alabama, and the choice for senator presented to the voters […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 12, 2017
Welcome to your daily roundup of good news about good people, how you can help make a difference — and a picture of President Obama to start your week off right. Doug Jones delivers his closing argument to voters in Alabama Tomorrow, the people of Alabama will head to the polls to elect their next […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 11, 2017
Donald Trump’s fixation on anything that boosts his ego and the reputation he’d like to believe he has is well-known, particularly when it comes to the issue of crowd sizes. From literally the first day of his presidency, Trump’s attitude toward the bland reporting of crowd numbers has been of the “Who are you going […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 10, 2017
Donald Trump calling anyone else out for being “out of control” and telling “major lies” would be amusing, if it weren’t frighteningly dictatorial because of his position. For the person occupying the office of the presidency to attack reporters by name on social media, directing his mob of followers after them, is bad enough. But […]
By Alison R. Parker - December 10, 2017