The Women's March organizers have called for a big strike today. Will it work?
By Emily Kalah Gade By Emily Kalah Gade March 8 at 5:00 AM A woman wearing a pink hat, a symbol of protest, watches the Women’s March on Washington, a day after the inauguration of President Trump, on Jan. 21, 2017. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day. The Jan. 21 Women’s March organizers have called for an international women’s strike (paired with women’s groups in more than 30 countries) in which women refrain from paid and unpaid labor. Since the Women..>> view originalGarcetti to Washington: 'You will never divide this city, you will never divide its people.'
In a 15-minute address to supporters Tuesday night, Mayor Eric Garcetti declared victory in his reelection campaign, but said, "We have a lot more left to do." "While other people are talking about doing big things, Los Angeles, we are doing big things," Garcetti said, citing the city's push to house its homeless, his efforts to cut the business tax and L.A.'s support of immigrants. Garcetti said it's an "urgent moment" in the city and the nation's history and it's up for Los..>> view originalThe Statue of Liberty went dark overnight and the timing was just 'too perfect'
New Yorkers were left confused late on Mar. 7 when the lights illuminating the Statue of Liberty turned off for more than an hour. (Editor's note: This video has no sound.) (AP) For more than an hour Tuesday night, a cloak of darkness covered Lady Liberty. Some of the lights that normally illuminate the statue went off before 11 p.m., leaving only her still-lit torch and crown visible to most in New York Harbor. As one Twitter post opined, the timing was “just too perfect.†Definit..>> view originalNew anti-Obamacare ads conflate the exchanges with the entire health-care system
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act (Brennan Linsley/AP) “Obamacare has been a disaster for Ohio families. … We’re paying more for health care. A lot more. … It’s time to repeal and replace the health-care mess voted for by Senator Sherrod Brown. … Congress can start by eliminating Obamacare’s one trillion dollars in tax hikes.” —voiceover in new radio ad by One Nation, a GOP nonprofit, released March 7 “Under Obamacare, our choices are limited and people have lost the coverage they liked...>> view originalHouse intelligence chair says he has seen no evidence Obama administration ordered wiretap of Trump
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he has seen no evidence that President Trump was being wiretapped. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that he had seen no evidence supporting President Trump’s claim that his phones were tapped by the previous administration. But unlike many other members of Congress, Nunes did not demand that the administration explain the basis of Trump’s accusa..>> view original'Bodies come flying out': Four killed, dozens injured when train smashes into senior center charter bus in Miss.
At least four people were killed and dozens injured on March 7 when a freight train slammed into a charter bus at a railroad crossing in Biloxi, Miss., officials said. (Reuters) Four people were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday afternoon when a freight train smashed into a charter bus stalled on railroad tracks at a crossing in Biloxi, Miss. The bus carried 48 people, including the driver, according to city spokesperson Vincent Creel. Most of them were senior citizens on a seven-day..>> view originalWikiLeaks reveals vast CIA spying, cyberwar operation
WikiLeaks reveals vast CIA spying, cyberwar operation 8 March 2017 The bitter internecine struggle within the US state apparatus and ruling political establishment, featuring unsubstantiated Democratic claims of Russian hacking in support of Trump, on the one hand, and Trump’s own charge that his campaign was bugged by Obama, on the other, was overshadowed Tuesday by a massive release of CIA documents by WikiLeaks.The 8,761 documents contained in what WikiLeaks has described as..>> view originalHawaii plans to sue to block new Trump travel ban
(Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) The state of Hawaii will ask a federal judge to block President Trump’s revised executive order barring the issuance of new visas to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, according to a court filing. The action — which lawyers for the state hope to file Wednesday in Hawaii — would mark the first formal legal challenge to the order, which the president signed Monday. Hawaii also sued over Trump’s first travel ban, and lawyers for the state told..>> view originalAs more Jewish facilities get threats, all 100 senators ask Trump administration for 'swift action'
Growing outcry against a recent spate of anti-Semitic acts and threats pushed President Trump to denounce the rising violence, calling it "a sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil." (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) A new wave of threats were made late Monday and Tuesday to Jewish schools and institutions, including the New York and Washington offices of the Anti-Defamation League, according to that group and other officials. These latest..>> view originalThanks To Trump, The US Is No Longer One Of The Top 5 Countries In The World
Following Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory last fall, the U.S. is no longer viewed by the rest of the world as one of the top five best countries, according to a survey from U.S News and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which the president attended. After being previously ranked the fourth best country in the world, the United States has tumbled three spots to number seven, behind Switzerland, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Sweden. According to the report,..>> view original
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