Fox News continues its war on the poor, now claiming that the poor do not deserve air conditioners. They’re all for corporate welfare , tax breaks, and entitlements for the rich, however.
Commentary
Food & Water Watch: Foster Farms’ Remarkable Recovery
Statement from Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013. “In just three days, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) went from threatening to shut down Foster Farms due to serious food safety lapses to declaring last night that the company had made a remarkable[Read More…]
NRDC: What Happened to Canada?
The real record on how the pro-oil government is trampling on speech, science, the environment and its own credibility…all in the name of tar sands Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2013. As Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper digs his heels in by saying he “won’t take no” on the Keystone XL tar[Read More…]
Defenders of Wildlife: Fed’s Decision to Let States Reopen Parks Isn’t a Solution
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2013. The Obama administration has announced that it will allow states to open national parks that have been closed due to the shutdown. Utah, South Dakota, Arizona and Colorado have asked for the authority to reopen their parks using their own money, citing economic loss from the[Read More…]
LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan: Paying the Price for 20 Years of Duct-Taping Our Infrastructure
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Laborers International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan published the follow op-ed in The Hill: With much of the focus on the government shutdown and its potential impact on the economy, a critical cost of congressional polarization and paralysis has been overshadowed: Our nation[Read More…]
AARP Letter Urges Members of Congress Not to Default on Debt
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2013. AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond sent a letter to Members of Congress today, urging a resolution to the debt ceiling debate that avoids default and protects the retirement security of current and future generations. The letter follows. “Dear Senator/Representative: “As the nation’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan[Read More…]
‘Park Forest needs to come out!’ to this Meeting, and More, 227 Board Member Says
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- SD 227 Board member Shelia Friday, a resident of Park Forest, has had it, and she needs Park Forest residents to show up Tuesday, October 8, 2013, for a meeting at Rich South High School. The meeting is slated to begin at 7:00 p.m. eNews Park Forest[Read More…]
CODEPINK: It’s the Drones, Stupid
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2013. “Why do they hate us?” is the question Americans have been asking for decades now. It is in reference to anyone from another country who commits acts of violence against the United States, or speaks out against American foreign policies, imperialism, culture…. whatever. George W Bush[Read More…]
Video: Meet the 80 Republicans Who Signed a Letter Begging for a Gov. Shutdown
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Do you need proof that the House GOP, at the will of their corporate overlords, planned and executed the 2013 government shutdown? This from August 22, 2013: More than a third of House Republicans urged their leader Thursday to trigger a government shutdown rather than fund the implementation[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans: Seniors Join Hands at U.S. Capitol to Show: ‘We Will Not Allow a Government Shutdown to Force Cuts to Our Benefits!’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 3, 2013. The following statement was issued today by Edward F. Coyle, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans. “Today scores of seniors came to the U.S. Capitol, joined hands with more than 20 Members of Congress, and formed a human chain in opposition to the Chained[Read More…]
