The District of Columbia has a population of 706,000, more than Wyoming and Vermont, and D.C. residents pay more in total federal income tax than 22 states. It has long been a sore point that fighting in every war and contributing blood and treasure is not enough to gain more than a symbolic vote in Congress. D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has served almost 30 years, has a vote in committee but not on the House floor, and if her committee vote breaks a tie, it doesn’t count. … [Read more...] about A Major GOP Nightmare Moves a Step Closer to Reality
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Pittsburgh Mayor Issues Executive Order In Response To Trump’s Paris Climate Decision
“For decades Pittsburgh has been rebuilding its economy based on hopes for our people and our future, not on outdated fantasies about our past. The City and its many partners will continue to do the same, despite the President’s imprudent announcements yesterday,” Mayor Peduto said in a statement. … [Read more...] about Pittsburgh Mayor Issues Executive Order In Response To Trump’s Paris Climate Decision
Red Wings Fall 3-2 To The Blue Jackets
“This is a prove-it year,” Ryan said. “I have a chance to take the step forward that I should have taken years ago. That didn’t happen because of the outside stuff, but now I have a chance. I didn’t want to get off to a slow start, so contributing right away has been nice.” … [Read more...] about Red Wings Fall 3-2 To The Blue Jackets
President Singles Out Pittsburgh In Withdraw Speech, Mayor Says City Will ‘Follow Guidelines Of Paris Agreement’
“I think that those that have been at the frontlines for the past 20 or more years now have a more serious commitment to make toward it,” Peduto told CNN. “And we’re not going to find the help in the federal government, which means that cities around this country will ban together, and I’ve been talking to mayors around the country who agree.” … [Read more...] about President Singles Out Pittsburgh In Withdraw Speech, Mayor Says City Will ‘Follow Guidelines Of Paris Agreement’
Biden Taps a War on Terror Veteran to Stop White Supremacists
Not long after Trump appointed him acting director in August 2019, Travers began speaking publicly about a threat that NCTC largely did not address: domestic terrorism, something that by bureaucratic design was in the FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s purview instead. Travers’ interest resulted in a September 2019 conference on domestic terror; one of the driving forces behind the conference, Clare Linkins, recently the NCTC executive director, is now senior director for counterterrorism on Biden’s National Security Council. At a think-tank speech that November, Travers observed that the U.S. was increasingly seen as an “exporter” of far-right terror, as evidenced by events like the Christchurch mosque murders, and contended that such extremism was unfortunately becoming a a global movement. … [Read more...] about Biden Taps a War on Terror Veteran to Stop White Supremacists