Derek Scarlino

Khizr Khan: Donald Trump Lacks ‘Moral Compass’ And ‘Empathy’ For American Citizens

Khzir Khan, a Muslim-American speaker at the Democratic National Convention whose challenge to Donald Trump has prompted a back and forth with the Republican nominee, fired back again on Sunday in an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press. ICYMI on Meet the Press earlier today: https://t.co/9izPIFXOF5 — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) July 31, 2016 The […]

8y ago

bernie sanders|hillary clinton|jill stein

Jill Stein: Are Vaccine Statements Being Used To Overshadow Her Popularity Growth, Platform?

What has been labeled the #Demexit as the Democratic National Convention concluded last week has been seen as a boon for Green Party candidate Jill Stein. For months, the similarities between the Green Party platform, and that of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, were well known. From stricter gun control, to prioritizing the effects of climate […]

8y ago

bernie sanders|Debbie Wasserman Schultz|Green Party|jill stein

DNC Email Leak: Jill Stein Predicts Bernie’s Future In The Graveyard Of Social Movements, Gets Validated By Leak

In a March interview with Grist, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein virtually predicted the demise of the Bernie Sanders campaign. In a feature that was poised to make Bernie’s campaign much less progressive than advertised when contrasted to that of Hillary Clinton, Stein offered up a summation of the efforts of Bernie in what […]

8y ago

Hillary Clinton: Vice President Pick Tim Kaine Continues To Attract Scorn, Disappointment From Progressives

While the Democratic Party reacts to shocking events in light of a recent email leak, Hillary Clinton’s pick for vice president is being touted as a message to the party’s progressive and liberal camps. As Bill Sheer open’s his recent analysis for Politico, he drives the point home that the Hillary campaign had its own […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|republican national convention|republican party

Republican National Convention: Trump’s Speech Draws Attention From Fact-Checkers

On the final night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump took to the stage at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland to pitch a speech which would mark the moment when he became the Republican Party’s official nominee. Consternation surrounding Trump’s candidacy has come from all sides, as have the critics. As expected political opponents […]

8y ago

Black Lives Matter|cleveland|Donald Trump|ohio

Republican National Convention: Early Protests Have Cleveland On Edge As Trump Comes To Assume Nomination

Set to kick off Monday, the four-day Republican National Convention has already drawn groups of protesters who have descended upon Ohio’s second-largest city to voice their displeasure. The party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, has both inspired and drawn the ire of large blocs of voters with a litany of controversial statements on women, race, religion […]

8y ago

turkey

Turkey Coup Attempt: Kurdish Minority Watching And Waiting As Erdogan Responds To Plotters

As Turkey responds to an attempted coup, the government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged that those accountable will be punished by the state, has been rounding up thousands of suspected plotters. Rudaw reports that upwards of 6,000 people have been rounded up, throughout the country, as suspects in connection with the coup […]

8y ago

bernie sanders|Donald Trump|Green Party|jill stein

Bernie Sanders: Endorsement Of Clinton Has Die Hard Supporters Wondering Where To Go Now

The shoe has dropped on the campaign trail Tuesday as Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Party nomination as the latter’s November showdown with presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump looms. While the move itself seems a signal to many that the Democrats have unified, with Sanders’s holding out being the last loose end, […]

8y ago

Alton Sterling|Baton Rouge|Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter Protests Lead To Mass Arrests Across Country: Journalists, Activists Taken Into Custody

As reactions mount in relation to the recent fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, resulting Black Lives Matter protests have led to hundreds of arrests at protests and demonstrations throughout the United States. In Rochester, New York, a Friday protest of up to 400 people led to conflicting reports thereafter involving the […]

8y ago

Piedmont Park Update: KKK Handouts Were From Virginia, Man’s Death Still Under Investigation

As the story of a man found hanging from a tree in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park has permeated the internet, some of the evidence suggesting involvement by the Ku Klux Klan has yet to yield any validated results. A body was found by park security around 4 a.m. and reported to the Atlanta Police Department at […]

8y ago

bernie sanders|democratic party|hillary clinton

Bernie Sanders Booed By House Democrats: The Party Only Wants To Hear His Endorsement

During a closed morning meeting with House Democrats on Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was booed by party members who urged him to make public his endorsement of the party’s presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton. The Los Angeles Times quoted a party member who requested anonymity about the Democratic response during the meeting. “He went […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|hillary clinton

Hillary Clinton Polls: Barely Above Trump Among The Worst-Rated Presidential Candidates In Seven Decades

Earlier in June, things were looking dismal for Donald Trump, but results from a Gallup Poll released Friday showed that Hillary Clinton polls with Trump among the worst presidential candidates since 1956. When Dwight D. Eisenhower ran for re-election in 1956, the percentage of the American public that viewed Ike with a favorable ranking numbered […]

8y ago

bernie sanders|Donald Trump

Bernie Sanders Refutes Trump: ‘I Do Not Hate Secretary Clinton’ As Campaign Begins To Rally Around Hillary

Speaking with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Thursday evening, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders refuted Donald Trump’s recent statement that both he and Sanders “hate” the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Trump has made dozens of provocative statements on the campaign trail throughout the 2016 election season, but this prompted a direct response from Senator Sanders. […]

8y ago

Germany|islamophobia

German Report: Hate Crimes On The Rise By Right-Wing Extremists, Refugees Targeted

A German report on hate crimes released Tuesday by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country’s domestic intelligence agency, evoked concerns among government officials as it identified a sharp increase in the number of violent acts perpetrated by right-wing extremists, Reuters reports. With violent incidents rising by 42 percent, the report […]

8y ago

supreme court|texas

Supreme Court: Ruling On Texas Abortion Law Expected Before Term Ends Monday

The generations-old debate on abortion is heating up again over a Supreme Court ruling expected to come on Monday, the last day of the court’s term. A decision looms over a challenge by abortion providers to a 2013 Texas law that might be putting an undue burden on women in the state seeking their right […]

8y ago

Gun Control|house of representatives|Paul Ryan

Democrats End Sit-In: No Fly, No Buy Roundly Criticized By Republicans, ACLU

After 25 hours, House Democrats ended a sit-in on the floor of Congress in an effort to force the hand of Republican lawmakers to address the issue of gun control in a little less than two weeks after a tragic shooting rampage at an Orlando night club which targeted members of the LGBTQIA community. What […]

8y ago

supreme court

Supreme Court Ruling: Police Can Use Illegally Obtained Evidence, Sotomayor Slams Decision

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in favor of a ruling which will allow police officers to use illegally obtained evidence against defendants in court. The decision was roundly criticized by Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent as endangering the Fourth amendment rights of American citizens. In a fiery dissent, #SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor says […]

8y ago

Donald Trump|terrorism

Trump Weighs Profiling Muslims: It’s ‘Common Sense,’ Says GOP Presumptive Nominee

The presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump, weighed profiling Muslims as a strategy to combat terrorism in the United States Sunday. During an interview with John Dickerson on Face the Nation, Trump alluded to the policy as a “common sense” measure for national security. This is not the first time the Republican has suggested […]

8y ago

verizon

Unions Ratify Deal With Verizon: Big Wins From Strike Solidified Until 2019

On Friday unions ratified a deal, “overwhelmingly,” with Verizon Wireless, officially ending a high-profile labor dispute dating to August 2015 says a press release from the CWA union. The Communications Workers of America and International (CWA) Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) unions had been bargaining with Verizon since the last contract ended last summer. The […]

8y ago

John Kasich Won’t Endorse Trump: ‘I Just Can’t Do It’

Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich said Thursday that he won’t endorse Donald Trump, the party’s presumptive nominee for president, “at this time”. Appearing on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Kasich is the latest in a number of Republicans, including Lindsey Graham, who have come out in opposition to Trump’s nomination for the presidency. .@JohnKasich on Trump: At […]

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