On May 31st, 2017, at 12:06 am, President Trump tweeted this to the world: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The term “covfefe” quickly became an internet meme, as twitter blew up with references to this mysterious and confusing term. My favorite scene in Friends. #covfefe pic.twitter.com/juIuWJYjQz — Foxon Silverfur (@FoxonSilverfur) June 1, 2017 Tomorrow […]
Marjorie Cohn: The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange
Watching the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick 18-hour series, “The Vietnam War,” is an emotional experience. Whether you served in the US military during the war or marched in the streets to end it, you cannot remain untouched by this documentary. The battle scenes are powerful, the stories of US veterans and Vietnamese soldiers who fought on […]
Congress Took A Week Off For Thanksgiving
What did Congress do this week? Not much. Congress took the week off. Despite major change in the American tax system looming, there wasn’t a single bill on the agenda. Next week may see controversy on the Hill, but for now, let’s enjoy time with our families or communities. It was 1789 Congress asked President […]
Actual Bipartisanship on Ethanol: Sweet Progress?
Via WND The federal government’s mandate to burn ethanol is supposed to make our nation’s air cleaner. But while smog has gotten worse in Los Angeles over the last two years, ethanol has lifted the partisan smog that’s divided our nation’s capital. A bipartisan coalition is forcing Washington to fix the way EPA administers its […]
As Stories of Sexual Assault on Women Continue to Come Out, Rep. Maloney, Lt. Governor, Girl Scouts to Call for Federal Equal Rights Amendment
Maloney to release letter requesting that NY’s Fearless Girl Statue remain in place until ERA is Ratified NEW YORK—On Friday, November 17th at 10:30am, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) will join with New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, the Girl Scouts of Greater NY and local elected officials at theFearless Girl—herself an honorary Girl Scout—to […]
Curtis Ellis: ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ A REMAKE OF ‘MADE IN CHINA’
India and China are rivals, with disputes over borders, the Dalai Lama and matters of cultural and national pride. But the world’s largest democracy has found something to emulate in the world’s largest communist dictatorship: predatory trade practices. Americans usually associate India with outsourced call centers and IT workers who take jobs from U.S. citizens. […]