Author: Sydney Robinson

Trump Administration to Usher In Era of Coal Ash Pollution

Trump Administration to Usher In Era of Coal Ash Pollution

Posted by | Jul 21, 2017 | |

While the average American knows about the detrimental effects of oil pipeline spills and offshore drilling disasters, it is time that another pressing environmentally disastrous product be brought to the forefront: coal ash. Coal ash, a byproduct of the process of using coal to generate electricity, is produced in power plants across the country. Each plant produces around 125,000 tons of coal ash per year in the daily operations of their business. Despite its toxicity, coal ash is not considered by the EPA to be “hazardous material,” but instead “solid waste.” As a result, it continues to be regulated...

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University Rejects $3 Million Donation Which Would’ve Required LGBT Student Group to be Halted

University Rejects $3 Million Donation Which Would’ve Required LGBT Student Group to be Halted

Posted by | Jul 21, 2017 | , |

An Alabama-based religious university declined the funding from a Christian organization because they refused to comply the with religious strings that came attached to the money. Samford University, a Christian college located in the suburbs of Birmingham, was offered a $3 million donation by the Alabama Baptist Convention, a group of Alabama churches. The donation was offered on the condition that Samford disband the recently established student organization Samford Together, which provides a “forum for students who want to discuss topics relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.” The Baptist organisation, which opposes the acceptance of LGBT issues and...

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Trump Thinks Health Insurance Costs Americans Around $12 a Year

Trump Thinks Health Insurance Costs Americans Around $12 a Year

Posted by | Jul 20, 2017 | |

It seems clear that Trump, a billionaire who has never lived the life of the Average American, is woefully under-educated on the American healthcare system. And yet his ignorance was made even more transparent this week during a New York Times interview when he attempted to explain what a regular American faces when dealing with health insurance. Speaking with NYT Reporter Maggie Habermann, Trump fielded questions about his own personal goals for the Obamacare replacement in light of the Republican Senate’s latest failure to hold a vote on their bill. Trump seemed to respond in the affirmative when asking...

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“Stand-By!”: John McCain Announces Plan to Return to Senate After Brain Cancer Diagnosis

“Stand-By!”: John McCain Announces Plan to Return to Senate After Brain Cancer Diagnosis

Posted by | Jul 20, 2017 | , |

On Thursday morning, Senator John McCain quieted rumors about his possible retirement in light of a major medical diagnosis by announcing that he would soon return to work. The Republican Senator has been absent for most of the week for a surgery to remove a blood clot from above his eyebrow. Most were aware of the procedure because McCain’s absence cause Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to delay the vote for the latest Trumpcare bill. During the surgery, it was discovered that McCain was suffering from an aggressive and fatal brain cancer, Glioblastoma. The news broke on Wednesday afternoon, and...

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Trump Says He Would Rather Not Have Had Sessions as A.G. in Light of Recusal

Trump Says He Would Rather Not Have Had Sessions as A.G. in Light of Recusal

Posted by | Jul 20, 2017 | , |

In an interview with the New York Times, President Trump openly criticized his Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Russia investigation. Trump said that Sessions’ decision to recuse himself was “extremely unfair, and that’s a mild word, to the president.” Trump was so upset with the decision by Sessions that he said had he know it would happen, he would have chosen another Attorney General altogether. “Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president. How do you take a job and then recuse...

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