Trump Won’t Commit to Accepting Election Results if He Doesn’t Win State He Falsely Claims He Won Falsely claiming he won the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election Donald Trump is now refusing to commit to accepting the 2024 results for the Badger State this November. In an ... 05/2/2024 - 7:35 am | View Link
At the Races: Divided attention Ads from the NRSC used campus unrest to target incumbent Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Jon Tester of Montana, along with Michigan ... 05/2/2024 - 7:31 am | View Link
Pro-Palestinian ‘violence’ won’t change my stance on Israel, Biden vows Asked by a reporter if the demonstrations, which have seen hundreds of activists arrested at campuses across the country, had changed his stance on Israel, Mr Biden responded: “No.” Donald Trump, the ... 05/2/2024 - 5:59 am | View Link
The DNC restores New Hampshire’s delegates after a second nominating event unknown to many Democrats The Democratic National Committee’s rulemaking arm has voted to seat New Hampshire’s full slate of delegates at the party’s convention this summer, ending a bitter feud with the state over its ... 04/30/2024 - 12:45 pm | View Link
Biden, Trump inch closer to debate stage While he hasn’t offered many comments about a matchup between him and Donald Trump, Joe Biden said he’d be open to the challenge. 04/29/2024 - 4:00 am | View Link
On January 6, Gabriel Garcia—a first-generation Cuban American and former member of the Proud Boys—live-streamed his attempt to breach the Capitol. “How does it feel being a traitor to the country?” he screamed at police officers as he entered the building. Once inside the Rotunda, Garcia yelled “Nancy, come out and play!” as insurrections searched for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The fossil fuel industry spent decades sowing doubt about the dangers of burning oil and gas, experts and Democratic lawmakers testified on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The Senate budget committee held a hearing to review a report published on Tuesday with the House oversight and accountability committee that they said demonstrates the sector’s shift from explicit climate denial to a more sophisticated strategy of “deception, disinformation and doublespeak.”
“Big oil had to evolve from denial to duplicity,” said Sheldon Whitehouse, the Rhode Island Democrat, who chairs the Senate committee.
The revelations, based on hundreds of newly subpoenaed documents, illustrate how oil companies worked to greenwash their image while fighting climate policy behind the scenes.
“It’s time to ask the people who caused that problem, who lied about that situation, to pick up the bill,” said Sen.
“A key political operative on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign was charged with assault after allegedly choking and punching a woman in New York early Saturday morning,” Mediaite reports.
“Trent Pool, who serves as a paid consultant on the long-shot independent campaign and has been leading the effort to get Kennedy on the ballot in all 50 states, was charged with assault and criminal obstruction of breathing.”