“Not Just Locker Room Talk” New York –(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. In response to statements made last night by a surrogate for Donald Trump effectively endorsing Japanese internment, Center for Constitutional Rights Legal Director Baher Azmy made the following statement: Last night, a Donald Trump surrogate cited the internment of Japanese[Read More…]
Opinion
People’s Action Calls For Uncompromising Opposition to Sen. Jeff Sessions As Attorney General
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Isaiah J. Poole, Director of Communications for People’s Action, issued the following statement in light of President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general: “The nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general is one more way the Trump administration shows its[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Potential Sessions and Pompeo Nominations
NEW YORK —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. In response to reports that Sen. Jeff Sessions will be nominated for the position of Attorney General and Rep. Mike Pompeo for director of the Central Intelligence Agency, ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero made the following statement: “As a matter of organizational policy, the[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Japanese Internment, Muslim Registry Comments from Trump Backer
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. A prominent backer of Donald Trump, Carl Higbie, recently cited the Japanese-American internment camps created during World War II as precedent for reviving a discredited and disbanded Bush-era Muslim immigrant registry and interview program called NSEERS. Cecillia Wang, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Immigrants’[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: President-Elect Trump Selects Senator Jeff Sessions – Staunch Supporter of Failed Drug War – to be Attorney General
Sessions Will Likely Bring Back Harsh Drug Sentences, Block State Marijuana Programs Drug Policy Alliance: This Man is a Threat to Everything We Stand for and Must be Opposed Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016. Several outlets reported this morning that Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has been selected by Donald Trump to[Read More…]
Abortion Doctor Writes Powerful Response to Anti-Abortion Witch Hunt by Congress
COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–November 18, 2016 By annrose WARREN M. HERN, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., proud abortion provider Dr. Warren Hern of Boulder Abortion Clinic has written a stinging rebuke of a document request he received from Congress that was revealed in my Diary last week. I Fear for my Life. I Fear for[Read More…]
Jon Stewart on the Question Trump Never Asked and a Reality Check
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016 By Egberto Willies Jon Stewart asks the question most journalists did not ask Donald Trump as he reminded Americans of a reality few know about our past presidents. Watch the video here. “Donald Trump is a reaction not just to Democrats but Republicans,” Stewart said. “He[Read More…]
ACLU of Minnesota Responds to Charges Against St. Anthony Officer Who Killed Philando Castile
ST. PAUL, Minn. –(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016. Yesterday the Ramsey County Attorney announced that the officer who killed Philando Castile will be charged with manslaughter in the second degree and two felony counts of dangerous discharge of a firearm. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota released the following statement: Please[Read More…]
Op-Ed by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel: The Future of Transatlantic Relations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2016 The piece was published today in German by German Daily “Wirtschaftswoche” and can be found here. The full English text of the op-ed by President Obama and Chancellor Merkel is printed below. The Future of Transatlantic Relations By: President Barack Obama and Chancellor Angela Merkel Germany[Read More…]
Keith Olbermann Volunteers to Lead The Resistance (Video)
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2016 By roberb7 NOTE: Video contains strong language Keith, bless his heart, is not going away. “We do not have time for the White House edition of Celebrity Apprentice starring President-Elect Pussy Grabber.” “Since no Democratic or liberal politician has yet stepped forward out of the morass[Read More…]
