OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2017. By: Rosemary Piser Last night, Jimmy Kimmel digressed from his usual light-hearted monologue and told his audience that within hours of his birth last week, son, William “Billy” Kimmel required emergency open heart surgery to repair severe heart defects. A choked up Kimmel said, “No parent should[Read More…]
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100 Days Into Presidency, 6 Case Studies Show Trump Administration Is Shaping Up to Be Most Self-Serving in Modern History
The White House is seen in Washington, April 23, 2017. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. As a candidate, President Donald Trump adopted a populist platform promising to “drain the swamp” and return power in government to the American people, but his actions within his first 100 days in[Read More…]
ACLU Releases Report on Trump’s 100 Days
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. The American Civil Liberties Union released today a report of the civil rights and civil liberties record in the first 100 days of the Trump administration. These include the unconstitutional Muslim ban, the failed Affordable Care Act repeal, and the repeated attacks on LGBT rights. The[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice New Analysis: The Islamophobic Administration, 100 Days In
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2017. Donald Trump’s vitriolic anti-Muslim campaign rhetoric was a preview for an unprecedentedly Islamophobic administration. A new analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, The Islamophobic Administration, identifies how the president and his White House staff and advisors have targeted Muslims through both[Read More…]
Remake of Classic “Your Brain on Drugs” Ad Slams Disastrous Drug War (Video)
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 24, 2017 By: Tony Newman April 20, 2017 Twenty years ago today, one of the most memorable ads of all time was launched, when Rachael Leigh Cook and her frying pan starting smashing up eggs in her infamous, “This is Your Brain on Drugs” ad. Today, on 4/20,[Read More…]
Where the Hell or Heck is Matt? 2012 and 2016
(ENEWSPF)- First wrote about “Where the Hell is Matt?” in 2009 after a student introduced me to Matt Harding’s videos. We were studying Hinduism at the time, and the song in the video from the 2009 post is Praan, a song by Garry Schyman. The words to that song are inspired[Read More…]
Watch Sean Spicer’s Easter Message: SNL
(ENEWSPF)- Watch and enjoy Sean Spicer’s Easter Message on Saturday Night Live. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) apologizes for his comments about Hitler. Original aired on April 15, 2017.
Pentatonix Sings Bohemian Rhapsody: Wow Watch & Listen
(ENEWSPF)- This is one you must spend some time with. Amazing what five voices can do. Pentatonix sings Bohemian Rhapsody. Watch. Listen. Enjoy. From our friends at LGBTQNation.com: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? No, it’s the latest cover of Queen’s classic rock anthem “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and[Read More…]
Why the Local & Nationwide Protests Against the Trump Administration Continue
Women’s March on Washington DC, November 21, 2016 (Source: npr.com) OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser At a recent meeting of the Lane County Our Revolution group, one of the comments was that the only thing good about the Trump Administration is that we are all getting a lot of[Read More…]
NPR Makes Case for Ending Public Subsidy in Coverage of Effort to Repeal Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017. The Republicans have been working hard to find a way to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that doesn’t leave most of their members of Congress unemployed. The basic problem is that their campaign against the ACA for the last seven years was a complete lie.[Read More…]
