Author: Sydney Robinson

Democrats Losing Special Elections Because Dem Donors Aren’t Competing With GOP Cash

Democrats Losing Special Elections Because Dem Donors Aren’t Competing With GOP Cash

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 | , |

Despite a chain of strong candidates in an unprecedented political climate, the majority of insurgent Democratic campaigns in special elections have failed to defeat their Republican opponent, an issue that seems to come down to one major factor: a lack of cash. While individual donors have flowed in like water for congressional candidates like Georgia’s Jon Ossoff and Montana’s Rob Quist, the amount of cash these campaigns have gathered is nothing compared to the volume of monetary support heading to their opponents from the GOP. The major discrepancy in cash is attributed to contributions from political PAC’s. For example,...

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London Mayor Angrily Denounces Terrorists Who Use His Religion to Justify Their Attacks

London Mayor Angrily Denounces Terrorists Who Use His Religion to Justify Their Attacks

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 | , |

Republicans are often the first to declare that if Muslims don’t want to be lumped in with terrorists perpetrating attacks across the globe, they must publicly denounce the actions of ISIS. On Monday, that’s exactly what London Mayor Sadiq Khan did. In a statement made to the press, Khan said that he is “angry and furious” that those who carried out the weekend attacks in London did so under the guise of Islam.   London Mayor Sadiq Khan: “I’m angry and furious that these 3 men are seeking to justify their actions by using the faith that I belong...

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Republican Budget Would Steal One BILLION Dollars In Funding From National Cancer Institute

Republican Budget Would Steal One BILLION Dollars In Funding From National Cancer Institute

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 | , |

Republican voters are gung-ho about cutting funding from humanitarian programs abroad and gutting environmental organizations like the EPA, but will they support the GOP’s proposed budget which eliminated a staggering one billion dollars in funding from the National Cancer institute? According to President Trump’s latest budget titled, “A New Foundation for American Greatness,” an aspect of that “greatness” is apparently a drastic slash in funding to cancer research. From Washington Post: “The National Cancer Institute would be hit with a $1 billion cut compared to its 2017 budget. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute would see a $575 million...

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Federal Judge Rules Case Against NYPD Over Use of Weaponized Sound Cannons Can Proceed

Federal Judge Rules Case Against NYPD Over Use of Weaponized Sound Cannons Can Proceed

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 | , , |

A lawsuit lodged against the New York Police Department over their use of sound cannons can move forward, according to a federal judge who believes there is merit to the claim that the cannons can be used as a weapon. The NYPD have argued that their use of sound cannons are not a show of “force,” but rather a tool for communication. According to the NYPD: “the LRAD is not an instrumentality of force, but a communication device . . . the officers’ creation of a sound that plaintiffs happened to hear cannot be considered ‘physical contact.'” The language in that statement is...

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Trump Wants You to Know that His Unconstitutional Executive Order is a Travel BAN

Trump Wants You to Know that His Unconstitutional Executive Order is a Travel BAN

Posted by | Jun 5, 2017 | |

Nevermind what his attorneys, spokespeople, and advisers are trying their best to argue, President Trump wants you to know that his controversial executive order surrounding travel is indeed a BAN. President Trump issued the remark on Twitter Monday morning in response to a continued debate about whether the Executive Order he issued in January – and which was revised in March – can be referred to as a “ban.”   People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN! — Donald...

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