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Texas Democratic Representative Al Green issues a statement directed at Donald Trump: “I will not allow a twice-impeached, 34-time convicted felon, full-time Don the Con man, and tinhorn de facto dictator to destroy American democracy. Impeachment is the constitutionally accorded remedy for a tinhorn dictator, and I'm coming for you, Mr. President! The world will know why you should be impeach...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Cory Booker are holding a sit-in on the steps of the US Capitol — the latest move by Democrats to stand up to President Donald Trump as they face pressure from constituents. The Democratic lawmakers started their demonstration just before sunrise on Sunday, highlighting what Booker called a moment of “moral urgency,” and invited community members and...

Bernie Sanders is once again asking for something literally every other industrialized nation in the world has except for the United States — universal health care. The U.S. Senator was joined on Tuesday by Michigan’s U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington to introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2025. “Every American has the right to health care, period,” Dingell sai...

A military veteran in Indianola-- who was deployed to Iraq three times, served in both the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army, and said that he knows family financial struggles after growing up in a trailer in Mason City -- officially launched his U.S. senate campaign Wednesday for the seat held by Republican Joni Ernst. Nathan Sage, executive director for the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, released...

Yesterday, I joined independent journalist, Natalie Bencivenga, for a conversation on Substack live. We covered: - Donald Trump sending the FBI to arrest a judge, who would not allow ICE to detain immigrants before they could have their day in court - Trump considering giving families a “baby bonus” of $5,000 to incentivize more people into having children - Trump restarting student loan repayment...

Friday, I joined Chuck Corra, the host of the political account  @Appodlachia  for a conversation on Substack live. We covered: - The illegal detainment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia - Donald Trump passes legislation that endangers coal mine workers - Trump removes IRS free to file system, that would have saved working class people billions of dollars a year - Bernie & AOC fight the oligarchy rallie...

Yesterday, I joined independent journalist, Natalie Bencivenga, for a conversation on Substack live. We covered: - Gayle King, Katy Perry & other celebrities head into space via Jeff Bezos Space Program - Natalie goes into her issues with this story & why she believes they contradict feminism - AOC's popularity is rising - will she be the Democratic nominee in 2028? - Is America ready...

Yesterday, I joined independent journalist, Natalie Bencivenga, for a conversation on Substack live. We covered: - The Save Act & how it will force at least 69 million people to update their identification documentation, just to be able to vote in federal elections - Voter suppression tactics by the Republican Party - Trump administration considering drone strikes in Mexico - Donald Trump’s wa...

Earlier, I joined independent journalist, Natalie Bencivenga, for a conversation about: - Donald Trump - The power of right-wing media - MAGA voters - Tesla protests - Billionaire influence over our government - Impacts of Trump’s tariff policy - Can AOC win a Senate or Presidential election? Follow Natalie Bencivenga: SUBSTACK: ⁠https://substack.com/@factsoverfearnatalieb⁠ INSTAGRAM: ⁠https://www...

Earlier, I joined independent journalist, Natalie Bencivenga, for a conversation about: - Cory Booker’s 25 hour filibuster - Where the Democrats are doing the right things - Where Democrats can improve - Wisconsin Supreme Court election - Special elections in Florida - The 2028 Presidential election - And more 0:00 - Cory Booker's 25 Hour Speech 5:10 - What More Should Democrats Do? 10:00 - Ca...

SJ Howell - Democratic Legislator HD 100 - Montana State Legislature SJ Howell was recently re-elected to the Montana State House of Representatives, for their 2nd term. Howell was elected in the 2022 election to the 95th district, making them the first non-binary person to be elected to the state legislature in Montana. SJ is also the Executive Director of  Catalyst Montana  - which uplifts low-i...

According to Italian news agency, ANSA, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni revealed on Tuesday during a debate at the Italian Senate that, following Israel’s invasion of Gaza in October last year, “the government immediately suspended all new export licences, and all agreements signed after October 7th were not implemented”. Stating that the authorisation of arms export licences are being “analysed on...

Democratic governors were in control of Montana for 16 years prior to Greg Gianforte winning in 2020. Gianforte is seeking another four years for the Republicans, but Democrats are pushing for change. Ryan Busse is running for the position with his Lt. Governor, Raph Graybill. Speaking in Glendive this week, Graybill accused Gianforte of raising property taxes and creating hardships for low-income...

Busse, 54 as of Election Day, spent 25 years working as a salesman for the firearm company Kimber. He left his position as vice president of sales in 2020 and published a memoir, “Gunfight,” criticizing radicalization in the firearms industry the following year. Busse, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and grew up on his family’s ranch in northwestern Kansas, has lived in the Flathead Valley since...

Urban campers will find themselves with a strict new set of rules to abide by in the city of Bozeman in the coming months. Going forward, the commission is expected to formally adopt ordinance 2172, which sets an expiration date on urban camping in the city, and until then gives the city manager full authority to move campers to wherever he sees fit and creates a permit system that includes $25 pe...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s disastrous performance in his first—and perhaps only—debate against Kamala Harris, Republicans kept bemoaning their candidate’s lack of discipline. Instead of talking about inflation or immigration or, for that matter, any basic needs or concerns of ordinary Americans, Trump spent 90 minutes raving about crowd sizes and lying about immigrants eating dogs and cats...

At least 569 people, including 50 children, have been killed and 1,835 wounded in Israel’s fierce bombardment of various parts of Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a barrage of missiles at Israeli air bases and attacked a naval base with drones in response as world leaders and the United Nations called for urgent de-escalation. Israel’s top army commande...

With a recorded vote of 124 nations in favour, 14 against, and 43 abstentions, the resolution calls for Israel to comply with international law and withdraw its military forces, immediately cease all new settlement activity, evacuate all settlers from occupied land, and dismantle parts of the separation wall it constructed inside the occupied West Bank. The General Assembly further demanded that I...

Almost 60 million people watched Tuesday night’s debate between Vice President Harris and former President Trump, according to initial Nielsen research. That total audience figure is 10 million more than watched this cycle’s first presidential debate between Trump and President Biden in May, but well short of the record 84 million that watched a 2016 clash between Trump and then-Democratic nominee...

On Monday, Zuckerberg sent a letter to the powerful House Judiciary Committee, stating that the Biden administration had “pressured” Meta to “censor” content during the pandemic. “In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustra...

The deployment of AI-controlled drones that can make autonomous decisions about whether to kill human targets is moving closer to reality, The New York Times reported. Lethal autonomous weapons, that can select targets using AI, are being developed by countries including the US, China, and Israel. The use of the so-called "killer robots" would mark a disturbing development, say critics,...

Two bills proposed by Democrats in Congress this week aim to curb home ownership by big investors in an attempt to improve buying conditions for Americans, the New York Times reported. In the Senate, the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act of 2023 would force big investors to sell off all the single-family homes they own over a period of 10 years, and eventually ban hedge funds from ownin...

In a recent poll I conducted on Instagram, 74% of respondents said tipping culture has gotten out of hand in America. Is that true, or is this a more complicated subject? A recent survey by Bankrate found that roughly 66% of Americans have a negative view of tipping. Around 30% of respondents think that tipping culture is “out of control,” with more companies encouraging customers to tip at their...

President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged global condemnation of Hamas’ “horrific” use of sexual violence against women and girls in Israel during the group’s Oct. 7 attack. The president, citing survivor and witness accounts, said Hamas repeatedly raped women and girls during the assault and that their bodies were mutilated while they were still alive. “Hamas terrorists inflicting as much pain and suf...

Omar joins us from the organization Montana 4 Palestine. We discuss what their 3 main goals are for raising awareness around Palestine, how this organization came to be & what most Americans don't understand about the conditions in Palestine. Omar speaks directly from family experience, as he shares stories from his family's life in the West Bank. Finally, we round off by talking about...