Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. Yesterday, House Republicans voted 119 to 74 in favor of a proposal that would gut the Office of Congressional Ethics. Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betraying the people[Read More…]
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Statement on House GOP Vote to Gut Office of Congressional Ethics
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2016. In response to the House Republicans vote to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and kill its independence, Norman Eisen and Richard Painter, Chair and Vice Chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), released the following statement: “Undermining the independence of the[Read More…]
#ResistTrumpTuesdays Action Toolkit
#ResistTrumpTuesdays Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017. Every Tuesday the people will rise. This is not a drill, we are facing a Republican controlled federal government, a President-elect that has used fear and hatred to fuel his campaign and an already dangerous cabinet with self-proclaimed white nationalist Steve Bannon as Chief Strategist[Read More…]
The First Thing Congress Does Tells Where It’s Going … and This One is Going to Hell
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017 By Mark Sumner When Congress sets down for a new sessions, the first thing it does says a lot about what it thinks is important. After the pomp and circumstance of taking the official oath and the swearing-in of new members is complete, the top Congressional priority[Read More…]
Anthony Papa: What My Pardon from Governor Andrew Cuomo Means to Me
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 3, 2017 By: Anthony Papa, Drug Policy Alliance On Dec. 30, 2016 I received a call from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office informing me that I was just granted a pardon. My knees shook and arms got numb as the news sunk in. It was the exact feeling I[Read More…]
Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Statement Against Trump Appointees
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—January 3, 2017. Statement from the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group Executive Committee: The key role of the Environmental Protection Agency is to ensure that all Americans can enjoy clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and have their health protected from environmental and climate threats. In order to pass[Read More…]
Robert Reich: Warning Signs of Impending Tyranny
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2017 By smaylone Image: Bradblog.com In 20 days Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States even though he lost the popular vote by almost three million votes. Our country is now ushering in one of the least qualified, authoritarian figures in American[Read More…]
Why We Must March
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2017 By Susan Grigsby January 21, 2017. Be there. In a New York Times article titled “What It’s Really Like to Work in Hollywood (*If you’re not a straight white man.),” Mindy Kaling discussed her internal struggles: My personality and [that of other women] I know is to[Read More…]
Trump Tweets Classless New Year’s Greeting to His Supporters and His “Many Enemies”
FLORIDA–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2016 By Eihenetu As president elect, Donald Trump should be trying unite a bitterly divided nation. But instead of taking the action that is need to unite this country, he insists on pouring extra salt in the wounds of the people who did not support him. Take[Read More…]
Kurt Eichenwald Says The First Thing Reporters Need To Do Is “Face Reality” With Regard To Trump
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2016 By ursulafaw It is a classless society — all Trump’s cohorts are rich and they have no class, just like him. Kurt Eichenwald appeared on MSNBC Saturday. Host Jonathan Capehart asked him about Trump’s latest press-conference-by-tweet, wherein Trump complained that son Eric was being abused by[Read More…]
