How many of us remember that WWII in the Pacific began not with Pearl Harbor but with a conflict between the US and China over access to the South China Sea? While Trump twists, tevoes, and tweets, it looks like that the Philippines is making love with China and jointly carving up the South Chin[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jefferson’
May 11th, 2017 - 11:03 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
Censoring the Free Press
IN WHAT COUNTRY DO POLICE ARREST JOURNALISTS FOR ASKING QUESTIONS? HHS secretary says police ‘did what they felt was appropriate’ in arresting a West Virginia journalist Dan Heyman “was causing a disturbance by yelling questions” at HHS Secretary Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway, according to [...]
May 11th, 2017 - 8:11 am § in Donald Trump
TRUMP REPLACES OVAL OFFICE PRESS WITH RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA
Trump Bars U.S. Press, but Not Russia’s, at Meeting With Russian Officials White House officials blocked reporters from covering the meeting with President… Share NYTIMES.COM[...]
May 9th, 2017 - 8:21 am § in Foreign Affairs
Neofascism: Turkey Blocks Access to Wikipedia
The government of Turkey has blocked access to Wikipedia after two Wikipedia entries described links between the Erdogan government Turkey and Islamist militant groups . The ministry accused Wikipedia of running a “smear campaign” against the Turkey. saying some articles purported tha[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Atheists Sue President Trump Over His ‘Religious Liberty’ Executive Order
SEE YOU IN COURT! The government would favor religious nonprofits over nonreligious ones, a lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation claims — just look at Trump’s campaign rhetoric. The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit Thursday in federal court against Trump and the Internal Re[...]
May 1st, 2017 - 9:14 am § in Uncategorized
Will California Go Single Payer?
California Health Care Bill As California legislature considers a single payer bill based on Medicare, millions are being spent lobbying against the effort to use the huge California economy as a test bed for the long-sought goal. Progressive groups now hope that California lawmakers will pass a[...]
April 23rd, 2017 - 8:28 am § in Donald Trump, Environment, Hypocrisy, Politics, Science, The Ave Scene, UW
Was The March for Science a Bad Idea? I
On Saturday, UW faculty took very different paths in the March for Science. Some of us stood aside, concerned that the March might politicize science, others celebrated science by joining with the the crowd marching in the Seattle rain. Cliff Mass was among those who stayed away. Cliff is [...]
SCOTUS TO RULE ON GERRYMANDERING
The hand-to-hand political combat in House elections last two weeks in Georgia and Kansas had the feel of the first rounds of an epic battle next year for control of the House of Representatives and the direction of national politics as the Trump presidency unfolds. But for all the zeal on the groun[...]
Suzanne DelBene to Speak for Science Tomorrow at the March for Science
SEATTLE – Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) will speak about the importance of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at the March for Science on Earth Day. As the chaos and Alt facts of the Trump era threatens us all, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene will speak out for science and for the [...]
April 20th, 2017 - 11:41 am § in Hypocrisy
Bernie’s Hypocrisy
Sanders: I don’t consider myself a Democrat “No, I’m an Independent,” Sanders says amid DNC tour. THEHILL.COM Analysis | Bernie Sanders’s strange behavior The “Come Together” tour risks creating divisions, and Sanders isn’t helping with his comments about Jon Osso[...]