Impeachment Liveblog: Key Figures in Ukraine Scandal Indicted
Mother Jones illustration; Getty, White House/ZUMA House Democrats are planning to issue another round of subpoenas after the White House on Tuesday formally announced its refusal to cooperate with Democrats’ demands for interviews and documents related to the Ukraine scandal. Those new subpoenas could come as early as today. Meanwhile, two of Rudy Giuliani’s associates…
America Is Slowly Saying Yes to Impeachment
Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail today: Meanwhile, a Fox News poll released Wednesday night shows 51 percent of voters would like to see Trump impeached and removed from office, an uptick since the House launched the inquiry focused on Trump’s July call in which he pressed the leader of Ukraine…
Imagine a Conference Full of Conspiracy Theorists. Sponsored by a Prison Company. At a Trump Resort.
A Donald Trump campaign rally on August 6, 2019Jason Whitman/AP Last year, a group of far-right fringe agitators and conspiracy theorists set out to create a pro-Trump political conference in DC for people just like them. Headliners for the American Priority Conference included Trump whisperer Roger Stone, before he was indicted for lying to Congress,…
Planned Parenthood Plans to Spend a Huge Amount of Money to Defeat Anti-Abortion Candidates in 2020
In this June 4, 2019, file photo, a Planned Parenthood clinic is photographed in St. Louis.Jeff Roberson/AP Photo As abortion rights continue to be under attack by the Trump administration and in states across the country, Planned Parenthood announced a new campaign on Wednesday focused on the 2020 elections. In their most ambitious electoral push…
California’s Massive Power Outages Are Threatening the Oakland Zoo’s Animals
Grizzly and brown bears in their pool habitat at the Oakland ZooBen Margot/AP As massive power outages swept across the northern part of California Wednesday, the Oakland Zoo, which was closed to the public, hustled to protect its animals, especially ones that rely on a stable environment. Of the highest priority are the mountain yellow-legged frogs,…
The World Is On Fire, But There’s One Way Out
Passaro/Fotogramma/Ropi/Zuma The dire urgency of the climate crisis is now a global five-alarm fire. For the United States to begin to extinguish the flames, the country will need to completely restructure its social and political systems. That’s where the Green New Deal comes in. Veteran activist and environmentalist Naomi Klein rejects the idea that climate…