Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2016 Justice Demands We Stop Jeff Sessions; Sessions can’t be trusted to be America’s top law enforcement official. By Bill Piper | Drug Policy Alliance As someone who has spent almost two decades working to end the drug war, I have very specific concerns about how Alabama[Read More…]
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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…]
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…]
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…]
Food & Water Watch: Scott Pruitt Will Lead Trump’s Disastrous Deregulatory Agenda at EPA
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2016. Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch: “Today Donald Trump’s transition team announced Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will head the Environmental Protection Agency in his administration. “It’s no secret that Trump wants to abolish environmental protections. Pruitt, who has already fought the[Read More…]
350.org on Pruitt at EPA: “Puppet of the Fossil Fuel Industry”
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2016. President-elect Trump announced today that he intends to appoint Oklahoma attorney general, and close fossil fuel industry ally, Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. 350.org Executive Director May Boeve issued the following response: “You couldn’t pick a better fossil fuel industry puppet. Pruitt formed[Read More…]
Is The National Media Finally Waking Up? Jake Tapper Confronts Mike Pence
Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- Sadly, it appears it is too little too late. The national media is finally waking up to the disaster of the up-and-coming Trump Administration. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s son was hired to Donald Trump’s transition team. The young Flynn, Michael G., “has knowingly shared links on social media[Read More…]
Trump Praises Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte On His Deadly War On Drugs
Philippine Death Squads Have Killed Thousands of People Suspected of Using or Selling Drugs Since June Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. On Saturday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump held a telephone call with the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. According to Duterte, Trump praised Duterte’s deadly war on drugs and invited[Read More…]
Safe Drinking Water for Flint, Michigan Threatened by Political Backroom Deals
Earthjustice urges White House to oppose rollbacks to California water protections Bottled water distribution by National Guard at Fire Station 6, in downtown Flint, Michigan, on January 23, 2016. Linda Parton / Shutterstock.com Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 5, 2016. Today, Representative Kevin McCarthy (CA), with support from Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA),[Read More…]
350.org on Trump Meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson
NEW YORK, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2016. Today, President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as he considers the oil executive as US Secretary of State, the country’s top foreign diplomat position. In response, May Boeve, 350.org Executive Director issued the following statement: “Covering up climate science and[Read More…]
