NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016. Throughout this campaign, Trump’s statements on trade, like everything else he says, have been erratic and irresponsible, full of bluster and the promise of a reckless trade strategy that would put American jobs at risk. The divisive rhetoric in his today’s speech on trade was no[Read More…]
Opinion
‘New Revelations’ From Benghazi Report Notably Old
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016. Republican efforts to exploit the Benghazi tragedy to score political points against Hillary Clinton has been both disturbing and fruitless. Two years and $7 million after its inception, the taxpayer-funded partisan witch hunt known as the Benghazi Committee concluded quite fittingly: Republican members, who insisted in[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Washington Post: Trump Promised Millions to Charity. We Found Less Than $10,000 Over 7 Years
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2016 By: David A. Fahrenthold In May, under pressure from the news media, Donald Trump made good on a pledge he made four months earlier: He gave $1 million to a nonprofit group helping veterans’ families. Before that, however, when was the last time that Trump gave[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Supreme Court Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement on today’s ruling by the U. S. Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt which challenged a Texas law severely limiting women’s access to reproductive health services: “For more than four decades, politicians have consistently tried[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Applauds Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion
BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement today after the Supreme Court, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, struck down a Texas law restricting access to abortion: “Today the Supreme Court reaffirmed that access to a safe and legal abortion is a woman’s constitutional right,[Read More…]
New Prince Ea Music Video Makes the Case to President Obama Why Weed Should Be Legal
This epic 10-minute video is both a history lesson and an advocacy tool. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 By: Tony Newman Prince Ea — hip hop artist, activist and founder of Make SMART Cool — has just released a remake of his brilliant music video urging President Obama to end our[Read More…]
Trump Does Trump, GOP Begs Him To Stop
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Donald Trump has spent years spouting hateful rhetoric and dangerous policies that will do serious harm to working families and put America’s security at risk, and Republicans are increasingly concerned Trump can’t clean up his act sufficiently to have a shot at winning this election. Rightly[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: Wall Street Journal: Study Sees Debt Jumping Under Trump, Staying Steady Under Clinton
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016 By David Harrison Donald Trump’s tax and spending proposals would greatly increase the national debt over the next 10 years, while Hillary Clinton’s combination of new revenue and new spending would have a nearly negligible effect on the country’s $14 trillion debt, according to a study[Read More…]
NARAL Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, issued the following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: “Today is a great day for women, for our commitment to our Constitution, and for the values of freedom and dignity that all[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Clinic Shutdown Law in Historic Victory for Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2016. In a historic ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas law designed to shut down most of the state’s abortion clinics with medically unnecessary restrictions. The decision reaffirms a woman’s constitutional right to access safe, legal abortion. Today’s landmark ruling in Whole Woman’s[Read More…]
