Author: Sydney Robinson

Trump Won’t Declare State of Emergency Over Opioid Crisis

Trump Won’t Declare State of Emergency Over Opioid Crisis

Posted by | Aug 9, 2017 | |

After having been recommended by a White House task force to take immediate action concerning the opioid crisis, President Trump has decided against declaring a national state of emergency. By choosing not to do so, President Trump is ignoring the recommendations of a White House task force put into place by him, though Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price says “emergency,” is just a word. “We believe that at this point that the resources that we need or the focus that we need to bring to bear to the opioid crisis at this point can be addressed...

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As Democratic In-Fighting Continues, Only One Major Litmus Test Remains: Single Payer

As Democratic In-Fighting Continues, Only One Major Litmus Test Remains: Single Payer

Posted by | Aug 8, 2017 | , |

In the last week, a new candidate has been raised by the Democratic establishment, a candidate to which many on the left have already dismissed as yet another shill. With that, infighting among establishment and progressives has be renewed in earnest. Though there is a great deal of legitimacy in the argument that Kamela Harris is not the level of progressive the Democratic party should be embracing, the reality is that those in the center and on the left are not seeing the forest for the trees here. That is, if we want to win in 2018, 2020, and...

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The Man Who Hates Leaks Just ‘Leaked’: Did Trump Tweet Out Classified Info?

The Man Who Hates Leaks Just ‘Leaked’: Did Trump Tweet Out Classified Info?

Posted by | Aug 8, 2017 | , |

Engaging in his favorite hobby (besides hitting a little ball with a big metal tool), President Donald Trump appeared to share classified information on his Twitter account in response to a Fox and Friends report that got him all riled up. After watching a segment on Fox which discussed anonymously-cited reported that U.S. spies located a North Korean cruise missile, Trump shared the article on his Twitter account. When asked to respond to the claims made by Fox and Friends and shared by the President, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said that she could not comment on classified information. Wait,...

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Pat Robertson Says Creep Eric Bolling Was Probably Set Up

Pat Robertson Says Creep Eric Bolling Was Probably Set Up

Posted by | Aug 8, 2017 | , , |

Responding to the latest creep show to be outed on the Fox News network, Pat Robertson claimed this week that Eric Bolling and the other men at Fox who have been accused of serious sexual harassment were simply set up in order to damage the network’s integrity. Speaking on his show The 700 Club, Robertson said that he believed Bolling was just the latest victim in a carefully orchestrated scheme to damage Fox’s reputation. WATCH: Pat Robertson talking about the Bolling story. He makes sure to say "I'm not a conspiracy theorist"/"I don't have first hand info" pic.twitter.com/56ytaTSQ11 —...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on Marijuana: “There’s No Reason For It to Have Ever Been Made Illegal”

Neil deGrasse Tyson on Marijuana: “There’s No Reason For It to Have Ever Been Made Illegal”

Posted by | Aug 8, 2017 | , |

Neil deGrasse Tyson is to many one of the most reliable voices when it comes to fact-based, reasoned arguments on many major issues. Tyson has guided an entire generation by appearing on television shows, hosting Carl Sagan remake “Cosmos,” and serving as a voice of reasoned, science-based rebuttals to even the most ignorant counter-arguments. Which is why, though it comes as no real surprise, it was so important to hear the astrophysicist and television personality state his opinion on marijuana. Disappointing no one, Tyson reasoned that cannabis should never have spent a single day outlawed. Amid the growing movement...

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