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#Flint: Officials Meet Behind Closed Doors to Discuss Status of Water System
Officials met behind closed doors in Chicago on Tuesday to determine if Flint, Mich.’s water technically meets federal standards again. The meeting, which took place at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regional headquarters in Chicago, was touted as an opportunity for officials to share testing data on the safety of city drinking water after its…
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Report: Donald Trump Hired Prostitutes to Pee In Beds He Knew the Obamas Slept In
A person claiming to be a former British intelligence official compiled a dossier that has been circulating for weeks among elected officials, intelligence agents and journalists, making claims that the Russian government has been “cultivating, supporting and assisting” President-elect Donald Trump for years and gained compromising information about him. The dossier is a collection of…
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Federal Judge Allows Malicious Prosecution Lawsuit Against Marilyn Mosby to Proceed
A federal judge has ruled that key parts of a lawsuit against Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, filed by five of the six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, can move forward. “U.S. District Judge Marvin J. Garbis ruled that claims including malicious prosecution, defamation, and invasion of privacy can move…
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US Ethics Office Warns Trump Nominee Confirmations Are Moving Too Fast
The Office of Government Ethics on Saturday warned that confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees are moving too fast. In a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that was released Saturday, OGE Director Walter Shaub wrote that “the announced hearing schedule for several nominees who have not completed…
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Condoleezza Rice Endorses Jeff Sessions for US Attorney General
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday endorsed Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be U.S. attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. Rice, an Alabama native herself, wrote a letter of appreciation to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) about Sessions, and CNN reports that she said Sessions, a “friend,” is someone she admired…
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Lifetime Has Movie in the Works on Flint Water Crisis, Starring Cher
Lifetime has a movie in the works inspired by the Flint, Mich., water crisis, and singer-actress Cher is slated to be the star. Don’t roll your eyes yet; we haven’t gotten to the best part. This is Cher’s first movie in seven years. According to the Hollywood Reporter, she will portray a Flint resident whose…
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National Action Network to Lead We Shall Not Be Moved: The March 2017 on Washington
Six days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, a coalition of civil rights groups led by the National Action Network will march to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., to remind Trump and Congress that the fight for civil rights continues. On Jan. 14 the Rev. Al Sharpton’s NAN will lead groups including the…
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State of Mich. Tries to Pull a Fast One With Invite-Only Meeting on Flint Water
The state of Michigan continues to insult the residents of the city of Flint, who are already enduring what seems to be a never-ending water crisis and the inability to get clean bottled water delivered to their homes without a fight. In its latest faux pas, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality tried to have…
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Obama Tells Democrats to ‘Stay Strong’ While Fighting to Protect Obamacare
Congressional Republicans Wednesday began to make good on their promise to dismantle Obamacare, even though they have said they have no full plan to replace the much needed health care program. Vice President-elect Mike Pence met behind closed doors with House and Senate Republicans, and while he offered no details about what a new health…
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NY Governor Proposes Free Tuition at State Colleges for Eligible Students
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged Tuesday to cover tuition costs at state colleges for hundreds of thousands of middle- and low-income students. Under Cuomo’s plan, college students who have been accepted to a state or city college or university in New York, including two-year community colleges, would be eligible if they or their family…
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