NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Barbara Morrill Rudy and Chris must be so jealous: President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced Thursday that his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway would join his incoming administration as counselor to the president. Conway says she is “humbled and honored.” America, on the other hand, continues[Read More…]
Day: December 22, 2016
Rich Products Corporation Issues Nationwide Allergy Alert on Undeclared Walnuts in Certain Ice Cream Cake Products
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Rich Products Corporation in Buffalo, NY, is voluntarily recalling approximately 6,600 cases of ice cream cake products because they may contain undeclared walnuts. People who have an allergy to walnuts run the risk of a serious life threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.[Read More…]
Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall for Sour Cream & Onion Kettle Chips
Womelsdorf, PA –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips, Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall for our Sour Cream & Onion Kettle Chips. This decision was made after being informed by a seasoning supplier, that an ingredient in the seasoning may contain traces of Salmonella. Although tests have shown no existence[Read More…]
The Women’s March on Chicago Announces Post-Inauguration March and Rally On January 21, 2017
CHICAGO, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The First Amendment is alive and well in Chicago, as thousands of women and their allies will brave the cold to rally downtown on January 21 in solidarity with others around the world who defend and further women’s rights. The Women’s March on Chicago honors women’s marches planned[Read More…]
Donald Trump: ‘The United States Must Greatly Strengthen and Expand’ Its Nuclear Arsenal
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Hunter Well, we’re all gonna die. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016 What does this actually mean? We don’t know.[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Huffington Post: 2016: Historic Victories And Devastating Setbacks In Fight Against Failed Drug War
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By: Tony Newman, Director of Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance For the last seven years I have written an end-of-year piece about the top stories of the year in the fight to end our disastrous war on drugs. 2016 has been a strange, difficult year. We’ve[Read More…]
Thousands Mobilized Across Illinois for Women’s March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Part of a nationwide groundswell that originated the day after the presidential elections, women and men from across the state of Illinois are preparing to join the national Women’s March on Washington Sat., Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. the day after the inauguration of the next president of the[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Second Action Against Military Credit Services for Improper Contract Disclosures
Bureau Orders Lender to Pay $200,000 Civil Penalty Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week sued Military Credit Services, LLC for making loans with improper disclosures. This is the CFPB’s second enforcement action against MCS. In 2014, the CFPB, along with the states of[Read More…]
Pro-Bono Bond Fund Frees 50 from Cook County Jail
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in Illinois. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Pre-trial detainees languish by the thousands in grim conditions in Cook County Jail, while their livelihoods and education are undermined and their families suffer—all[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Community Blood Drive on Friday, January 6
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Did you know that every two seconds someone needs blood and that blood supplies are frequently low this time of the year? To help meet this need, the Knights of Columbus, in partnership with LifeSource, will hold a community blood drive on Friday, January 6[Read More…]