A decade after Jamie Kalven’s ‘Kicking the Pigeon’ series first detailed Skullcap Crew’s human rights abuses, Invisible Institute and Social Justice News Nexus publish new investigation of five officers known for terrorizing citizens CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016. Today the Guardian US published a new investigation into the long misconduct[Read More…]
Opinion
Temperamentally Unfit to be Commander in Chief: Donald Trump’s Week in the States
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2016. Donald Trump’s callous disregard for the Gold Star Khan family and the sacrifice they and their son have made for our country has played out across front pages and editorial boards across America. Donald Trump’s comments about the Khan family have shown once again that he[Read More…]
Gold Star Mother, Military Families Liaison for VoteVets, Responds to Trump Crowd Booing Military Mom (Video)
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2016. Yesterday, at a rally held by Mike Pence, an Air Force mother was booed when she asked Mike Pence about Donald Trump’s statements on the family of Humayun Khan, who died serving in Iraq. The mother was later identified as Catherine Byrne, the mother of[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Syracuse Post-Standard (op-ed): Republican Rep. Richard Hanna: We Should All be Done with Donald Trump
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 106 By: Rep. Richard Hanna (R–NY 22nd District) Our country is desperate for a functioning two-party system. A system that understands that compromise is the sweet spot of peace in a pluralistic society that values tolerance and inclusiveness. Not these endless attempts to run the table in[Read More…]
Statement from Senator John McCain Regarding the Khan Family
Phoenix, AZ– (ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. John McCain issued the following statement today regarding Donald Trump’s comments about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004: “The Republican Party I know and love is the party of Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower,[Read More…]
Trading Changes How Brain Processes Selling Decisions
Market experience leaves people less susceptible to economic bias, study finds A UChicago study found experienced traders had reduced activity in an area of the brain often associated with pain and negative emotions, thus mitigating the role of bias in economic decision-making. Copyright: M. Spencer Green/Associated Press CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016[Read More…]
VFW Supports Gold Star Families
To ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has a history of lashing out after being attacked, but to ridicule a Gold Star Mother is out-of-bounds, said the new national commander of the near 1.7 million-member Veterans of Foreign Wars[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Nearly 50% Decline in Veteran Homelessness
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) today announced the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has been cut nearly in half since 2010. The data[Read More…]
House GOP Health Care Plan Would Reverse Affordable Care Act Gains, Says New Center for American Progress Report
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 28. Source: AP/Cliff Owen Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. In July, House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), released a white paper outlining their potential replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act, or[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: A Record of Serving Our Veterans
President Obama Highlights the Unbreakable Commitment to Our Nation’s Veterans and Work Done over the Past Seven and Half Years to Fulfill that Commitment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Over the past seven and a half years, the President has maintained a steadfast commitment to serve our nation’s veterans. In his[Read More…]
