U.S. Senate candidate, MJ Hegar (D. TX), had some harsh words to say today in the Rio Grande Guardian about Governor Greg Abbott’s (R.TX) abysmal decision to re-open Texas’ businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic: “I am a proponent of small business. Small businesses got hurt hardest. As the governor’s stay at home order started to…
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On the ground update: Acting DHS Secretary Wolf understates Portland crisis
Over the past 24 hours, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has faced a firestorm of criticism for his over-the-top rhetoric and grandstanding regarding the ongoing demonstrations in Portland, Oregon. In his memo justifying the deployment of federal marshals that neither the mayor nor the governor requested or wanted, the man supporters call…
'Coronavirus Pandemic Is Out of Control' yet like a seagull eating a rat, Trump says crisis is over
US record for new COVID cases yesterday: 42,158 x New daily coronavirus cases are rising in 27 states, an NPR analysis shows. Here's the percent change compared to 2 weeks ago: Oklahoma: +255%Idaho: +176%Florida: +173%Arizona: +173%Texas: +169%https://t.co/EnrxwdSqtO— NPR (@NPR) June 25, 2020 x The pandemic is accelerating and is being made worse by the complete…
MA-Sen: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D) Builds Momentum For The Medicare Crisis Program Act
Received this e-mail from Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s (D, MA-04) U.S. Senate campaign: Health care for all. In the richest nation on Earth, that shouldn’t be too much to ask. We are in the throes of a global pandemic and one thing is clear: Our profit-driven health insurance system is ill-equipped to handle it. 30,000,000…
Corona Crisis: On The Front Lines With the Homeless in Berkeley.
What follows are excerpts from four report backs by Andrea Henson, of Where Do We Go Berkeley, (@WhereDoWeGoBerk, Facebook) whom I first spotlighted in October, 2019. She has been on the front lines, fighting for and with local homeless people to create conditions where they can live in peace, in sanitary conditions, and be able to…
online Teach-In… Capitalism Is the Disease: Mike Davis on Coronavirus Crisis on 31 March 5pm ET
It’s a free event but Eventbrite will ask you for your email for videocoonference site notification/access on the day of the event Davis …argued in Ecology of Fear[14] that realistic solutions lie in a radical transformation of the city and of capitalism by the global working-class, as Lewis Mumford and Garrett Eckbo advocated. en.wikipedia.org/… Capitalism Is the Disease:…
the only map Trump may care about in the COVID-19 crisis is nearly four years old
Jake Tapper: “It’s not all bad news”. There’s no way of knowing the false sense of security that Trump’s declaration created one month ago, that “15 cases will soon be zero”. The Trump goal remains reelection, if only to evade indictment, and the key is trying to resurrect the economy, even as he’s manufactured the…
Sign the Petition for a Student Debt Stimulus in response to the COVID-19 Crisis
Sign the Petition for a Student Debt Stimulus in response to the COVID-19 Crisis photo: Student loan debt rose from $480.1 billion(3.5% GDP) in aQ1 2006 to $1,397.3 billion(7.5% GDP) in Q3 2016 • (Public Domain) Solidarity, Alan Minsky for Mike F., Janis, Mike H. Dan, Donna, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National…
more GOP lies: tax cuts and corporate bailouts will still save us from the crisis
Disaster, it seems, is the new terra nullius, even as Trump claims that China is to blame rather than 12 weeks of White House incompetence. Still about profit as Trump tried to profit from a vaccine while ignoring the need for COVID-19 testing. The US has exceeded 4,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, more than double the…
These new crisis-management poll numbers are just awful for Trump
For anyone who thought the Teflon Don could just bluster and gaslight his way through the election season and beyond, the latest Quinnipiac poll should be eye-opening. Not only do Americans think Trump is bad in a crisis (duh), they also show a lot more confidence in his likely Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. The Washington Post’s…
Sign PDA’s New Petition: Congress Must Take Action to End the Student Debt Crisis
Sign PDA’s New Petition: Congress Must Take Action to End the Student Debt Crisis photo: Reps. Omar and Jayapal, and Activists Join Sen. Sandersat the Student Debt Cancellation Legislation Launch in D.C. In solidarity, Alan Minsky for Mike F., Mike H., Donna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. PDA Joins…
‘Invisible oil’ from Deepwater Horizon crisis spread to the Florida Keys, Cuba and North Carolina.
The massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was an environmental calamity of epic proportions. Two hundred and five million gallons of crude oil and two hundred and twenty-five tons of methane spilled into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. Now a new study by the University of Miami found…
Climate models suggest global food system crisis at hand; dust bowl scenarios now locked in.
We know from the National Climate Assessment that climate disruptions to agriculture over the past 40 years has increased and, will only worsen as the climate crisis continues to unfold. Drought and flooding will increase, and heatwaves will come earlier, be more frequent and, last longer threatening the lives of agricultural workers and livestock alike….
As flames burn Australia, Indonesians face a climate crisis of their own, billionaire class shrugs.
Indonesia is one of the most vulnerable nations on earth to climate change. Indonesians will face more intense floods, droughts and sea level rise in the years to come. The low lying and densely populated nation has 18,000 miles of coastline and many islands at sea level. Winds and rainfall patterns are in disarray are…
Trump's at the golf course again, as larger Iran crisis looms
The killing of Qasem Suliemani has as much to do with escalating events in Iraq as it does with new revelations about Trump’s role in directing the withholding of Congressional funds in Arms for Dirt scandal. This distraction is a feature of Trumpian policy where IMPOTUS chooses the greatest diversion of attention from revealing his…
Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: The Big and Small of addressing the Climate Crisis
The year has not ended well, even as there is some hope that 2020 will bring a reversal of the perfect storm of 2016 that elected a buffoon to the WH. A recent article outlined the cascading possibility of connected tipping points in the Climate Crisis. This emergency cannot be unmet. With the current electoral politics, the…
More windbaggery as Trump announces ceasefire for Syria crisis he caused: “Wow what a great outcome”
Individual-1 declares “victory for America”. Ethnic cleansing gets a pass as Russia and Turkey get what they want. Trump revels in mentioning blood and casualties. Then jabbers about securing the US border by deterring refugees. Trump: "Let someone else fight over this long, bloodstained sand." (This is a fertile, non-sandy region.) — Daniel Dale (@ddale8)…
PDA Works To Combat The Crisis In Health Care For Indigenous People
In solidarity, Dr Bill Honigman and Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Janis, Mike H, Dan, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Healthcare Is A Human Right! Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also called Native American Day (SD) or Discoverers’ Day (HI), officially celebrated in 7 states instead of the euro-centric Columbus Day holiday….
Greenland's Inuit traumatized by the climate crisis; N. Atlantic Current slows due to melting
I am not sure if people realize the significance of the dramatic and probable, irreversible loss of Greenland's ice by warming oceans and atmospheric changes. Most of the time I feel a good majority simply don’t give a rat’s ass. Here is a tip for you, if you even bothered reading this far, start planning…
Pentagon is afraid of climate crisis yet does next to nothing to stop their significant contribution
“The Romans did in these instances what all prudent princes ought to do, who have to regard not only present troubles, but also future ones, for which they must prepare with every energy, because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in…