NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter Pick any working class fight from the last decade: Trump’s appointing millionaires are on the other side of those exact struggles. For today’s entry into Trump appointments so ridiculous that they would have been considered satirical a scant few months ago, we bring you[Read More…]
Day: December 8, 2016
Trump Goes Off on Carrier Workers Who Lost Their Jobs: They Should Have Spent ‘More Time Working’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Hunter If he can’t play their hero, he’ll subject them to death threats? That’s where we are now? As yet another reminder, this is not even remotely Freaking Normal: If United Steelworkers 1999 was any good, they would have kept those jobs in Indiana. Spend[Read More…]
Carrier Union Boss Chuck Jones Just Wrote a Scathing Op-ed to Trump: ‘I’m Tired of Being Lied To’
INDIANA–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Walter Einenkel The Washington Post has published an op-ed from Chuck Jones, the president of Steelworkers Union 1999, recently made famous for his comments about Trump lying to the workers and the public about the “jobs” he’s saved. I’m a union leader in Indianapolis. I represent[Read More…]
Gen. Barry McCaffrey Withdraws Support of Trump National Security Advisor, Calls for Investigation (Video)
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Jen Hayden Thank you, General. General Barry McCaffrey tells NBC News that he was initially supportive of Donald Trump’s decision to name Lt. General Michael Flynn as his national security advisor. But, a closer look at Flynn’s social media use shows that he sent out at[Read More…]
Holocaust Attorney Sues FBI Over Election Interference That Could ‘Lead to Impeachment’ of Trump (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By gnosticator Rudy Giuliani Holocaust attorney sues FBI over election interference that could ‘lead to impeachment’ of Trump E. Randol Schoenberg, an attorney renowned for recovering artworks stolen by Nazis during the Holocaust, filed a lawsuit against the FBI this week to get answers about why[Read More…]
Ohio State Senator Behind the Extreme Abortion Ban Was Investigated for Domestic Violence in 2011
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 By Jen Hayden Kris Jordan leads a crusade to punish Ohio women In less time than a woman has to wait to have an abortion after seeing a doctor in Ohio, Republicans rammed through a surprise bill that is one of the most extreme in the nation, banning[Read More…]
Former Astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn Dies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016. Former astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn died Thursday at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Glenn, who served four terms as a U.S. senator from Ohio, was one of NASA’s original seven Mercury astronauts. His flight on Friendship 7 on Feb. 20,[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Trump Nominates Another Drug War Zealot, General John Kelly, to Head Department of Homeland Security
Kelly Has Long History of Advocating for Destructive and Ineffective Drug War Policies Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2016. Today, media reported that President-elect Donald Trump will nominate General John Kelly to head the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly served as head of Southcom, overseeing drug war efforts in Latin America under[Read More…]
New Bird Species and Giraffe Under Threat – IUCN Red List
Cancun, Mexico–(ENEWSPF)–8 December 2016 (IUCN) – Over 700 newly recognised bird species have been assessed for the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM, and 11% of them are threatened with extinction. The update also reveals a devastating decline for the giraffe, driven by habitat loss, civil[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center on Appointment of Industry Puppet as EPA Administrator
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2016. The appointment of Scott Pruitt, a climate denier and fossil fuel industry puppet as EPA Administrator in the next presidential administration effectively hijacks the mission of the agency to serve corporate masters at the expense of public health and the environment. “In the American West, the continued[Read More…]