Author: Sydney Robinson

McCain Hurries Back to Senate After Cancer Diagnosis To Vote For Trumpcare

On Tuesday, Senator John McCain is expected to receive a doctor’s note and return to the Senate so that he can vote in favor of the Republican healthcare bill, resulting in the loss of coverage for millions of Americans. The Senator, who received a terminal diagnosis of aggressive brain cancer Glioblastoma, made it clear in the immediate aftermath of the news that he would be returning to work – but no one knew just how soon. McCain’s vote is sorely needed if Republicans hope to pass the latest draft of their disastrous “health care bill,” a bill that continues...

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Bernie Sanders Issues Stern Reminder: America Hasn’t Raised Minimum Wage In Eight Years

On Monday, Senator Bernie Sanders used his popular online presence to speak about an important issue that isn’t getting much attention amid ongoing political calamity: the stagnant minimum wage. As the Senator noted in a video posted to his Facebook page, the national minimum wage hasn’t been raised by even a penny in eight years. This means that for the past eight years, America’s lowest paid workers have seen their wages stagnate, despite the fact that the cost of living continues to rise each year. Article continues below video. The basic principle of minimum wage is clear – it...

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Modern Eugenics: Inmates Given Reduced Sentences For Agreeing to Vasectomy or Birth Control Inplant

In a modern-day version of eugenics, inmates in White County, Tennessee are volunteering to receive vasectomies or birth control implants in exchange for credit toward their jail sentence. It’s a dark program that the ACLU says is unconstitutional, and whether or not it is, it certainly hearkens back to similar cases in which inmates and mental patients, particularly racial minorities or other disenfranchised groups, were forced to obtain sterilization. The program was begun on May 15 of this year when Judge Sam Benningfield signed an order to allow inmates to receive a credit of 30 days toward their outstanding...

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Congressman Uses Audio of Colleague Scalise’s Shooting In Misguided Political Ad

As the political climate grows more and more hostile, the ads candidate use to separate themselves from their political opponents are bound to grow darker and more inappropriate by the year. Though we have seen quite a few of these inappropriate ads like the one from Jeb Bush in 2016 when he used footage of Terry Schaivo to bolster his political image, none have stooped as low as Congressman Mo Brooks. This week, Brooks released a new political ad for his re-election campaign using audio from the shooting of his colleague Steve Scalise in order to attack Democrats and the...

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Frying Pan to the Fire: Trump May Replace Jeff Sessions With Rudy Giuliani

Last week, President Trump revealed in an interview with the New York Times that he is unhappy with his choice of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and would rather have chosen a different man for the job. Though Sessions said he has no intention of vacating the position despite his bosses’ opinion, sources who spoke with Axios say that Trump was so unhappy he flirted with the idea of replacing Sessions with another Trump campaign favorite – Rudy Giuliani. The fact that Trump is simply over and done with Sessions was made more clear on Monday when he referred to...

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