ERIC HANANOKI Media Matters for America Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Pizzagate update: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is scrubbing online content pushing the false and dangerous conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton’s campaign trafficked children through a D.C. pizzeria. A man who recently entered the pizzeria with a rifle and fired shots reportedly shared Jones’[Read More…]
Commentary
Sierra Club: EPA Report Confirms Threat Posed By Fracking
Final Report Finds Cases of Impacts Identified For All Stakes of Process Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final hydraulic fracturing (fracking) report, finding that “cases of impacts were identified for all stakes of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle.” In response, Sierra Club[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Rick Perry Tapped to Run Agency He’d Eliminate If Only He Could Name It
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly appoint Rick Perry as the head of the U.S. Department of Energy. In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement: “Rick Perry is being tapped to run an agency he would eliminate if he could[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Pipeline Spill Further Proves it’s Always a Question of When a Pipeline Will Spill, Not If
North Dakota Pipeline Spills 176,000 Gallons of Crude Oil 150 Miles From Standing Rock Belfield, ND –(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Late yesterday, approximately 150 miles from where the Standing Rock Sioux, more than 300 tribes, and thousands of Water Protectors peacefully assembled to protect the Tribe’s home, history, and heritage, spilled[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Calls for Bipartisan Commission to Investigate Russian Manipulation of U.S. Election
The American flag flies in front of the capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill, November 2016. AP/Alex Brandon Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Following stunning news from U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia manipulated the American presidential election in favor of President-elect Donald Trump, the Center for American[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on Rex Tillerson’s Nomination for Secretary of State
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2016. Center for American Progress President and CEO Neera Tanden issued the following statement on the nomination of Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next secretary of state: President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next secretary[Read More…]
Trump’s Dangerous Foreign Policy Team: Discrimination, Domination, and Destruction
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. With the announcement of Rex Tillerson as President-Elect Trump’s choice for Secretary of State, Jewish Voice for Peace offers the following commentary on several foreign policy appointees who will impact our work towards a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis. Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson The[Read More…]
VoteVets Statement on Russian Hacking
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. In light of the latest reports regarding Russian hacking aimed at influencing the 2016 Presidential Election, the largest progressive group of veterans in America, VoteVets.org, released the following. In a statement, retired Major General Paul D. Eaton, senior adviser to VoteVets.org called on all information that[Read More…]
Civil and Human Rights Groups: Education Secretary Must Enforce Civil Rights Law and Advance Public Education
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016. Today, 33 civil and human rights groups issued the following statement in response to President-elect Trump’s intent to nominate Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education: “Equal access to education is a cornerstone of the civil rights movement. The Secretary of Education’s role as the enforcer of[Read More…]
National Education Association President Comments on Bipartisan BRIDGE Act
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2016 – Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina introduced the BRIDGE Act, a bipartisan bill to extend three years of protection of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients and DACA-eligible DREAMERS, people who came to the United States as[Read More…]
