Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases OVERNIGHT DEFENSE: Joint Chiefs chairman says he regrets participating in Trump photo-op | GOP senators back Joint Chiefs chairman who voiced regret over Trump photo-op | Senate panel approves 0B defense policy bill Trump on collision course with Congress over bases with Confederate names MORE (D-Mass.) will headline a major fundraising dinner for the New Hampshire Democratic Party in Manchester in February, a trip that will take her to a crucial early primary state in her bid for her party’s 2020 presidential nomination. Warren, who announced her bid for the White House on…

An art installation that includes President Donald Trump’s head half submerged in a French river, according to the artist behind the project, is designed to help remind people of the U.S. president’s ongoing threat to the world. The installation, titled “Everything Is Fine,” is a project of artist Jacques Rival and also features a large inflated Trump head and hand held up in the “OK” finger sign as a garbled version of a recording of the president’s 2017 speech announcing the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate accord plays. The installation, which will be publicly viewable until September 7 as part of city-wide festival, will be lit up at night, Rival…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell earned the nickname “Moscow Mitch” Friday after blocking lawmakers from taking action to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections just as the legislature he leads concluded that Russians meddled in the 2016 elections in all 50 states. MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe” anchor, Joe Scarborough, coined the name on his show Friday morning, condemning the Kentucky Republican for refusing to defend the country’s electoral system when McConnell blocked the Senate from considering a House bill which would strengthen election systems across the country, mandate the use of paper ballots to prevent election results from being hacked, and require all campaigns to notify authorities if they are offered…

Workers in attendance at President Donald Trump’s rally at a Shell plant in Pennsylvania on Tuesday were ordered not to protest or do “anything viewed as resistance” during the event. That’s according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which reported late Friday on the strict instructions employees were given by their bosses ahead of the event. “No yelling, shouting, protesting, or anything viewed as resistance will be tolerated at the event,” read orders from one contractor. “An underlying theme of the event is to promote good will from the unions. Your building trades leaders and jobs stewards have agreed to this.” According to the Post-Gazette, “Several union leaders said they were not…

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday joined rights groups in condemning the racist El Paso massacre and large-scale ICE raids in Mississippi as part of the broad terrorization of immigrant communities that President Donald Trump has unleashed. “This is evil,” tweeted Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. “Days after immigrants were gunned down in El Paso, Trump is continuing the attacks on immigrant families.” “Let’s be clear: the El Paso shooting was white nationalist terrorism. These ICE raids are white nationalist terrorism too. Trump and all who enable him are complicit.” —Bend the Arc “Our job,” the Vermont senator added, “is to reject Trump’s racist agenda, end the terror inflicted on…

After two weeks of sailing, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday with an urgent call to action. “The climate and ecological crisis is a global crisis, and the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. And if we don’t manage to work together to cooperate… despite our differences, then we will fail. So we need to stand together,” Thunberg told a crowd of supporters who gathered to celebrate her arrival. “Let’s not wait any longer. Let’s do it now.” Thunberg’s lonely protest outside the Swedish parliament building last August, and her persistent activism in the months since, sparked a wave of youth-led climate demonstrations across…

Pointing to his tireless advocacy on behalf of Medicare for All, his bold proposals to combat the climate crisis, and his commitment to “putting people above profits,” National Nurses United—the largest union of registered nurses in the U.S.—announced Tuesday morning that it is endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. “National Nurses United has endorsed Bernie Sanders because we need a president who will unite all workers to fight for social, economic, racial and gender justice, and who will champion bold ideas on workplace democracy, Medicare for All, and climate change,” tweeted NNU executive director Bonnie Castillo, RN. NNU, which also endorsed Sanders in the 2016 presidential…

Scotch Select is expanding to womenswear. The rental service by Scotch & Soda had previously offered only menswear since it launched last June. The rental platform will now offer Scotch & Soda’s signature women’s ready-to-wear and accessories, starting this fall. All rental members will have access to both menswear and womenswear as part of the service’s 3-garment plan subscription, making Scotch Select the first rental company to offer a genderless cart. “As Scotch Select moves into the next phase of rental, there was no question whether or not we would offer all products to anyone that wanted access to them,” Karis Dumer, the company’s CEO of the Americas, explained in…

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) says he’ll make a decision about running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 by the end of February. Click Here: Bape Kid 1st Camo Ape Head rompers In a Tuesday interview with Oprah Winfrey, clips of which were obtained by several news outlets, O’Rourke said he’s been “thinking” about running for the White House, but added that his decision will hinge on what’s best for his family. “The serious answer is really soon, before the end of this month,” O’Rourke reportedly said during an appearance on “Oprah’s SuperSoul Conversations from Times Square.” ADVERTISEMENT “I have been thinking about running for president,” the former congressman…

Click:numerical control machine Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz said that he would reconsider a potential independent bid for the White House in 2020 if Democrats tapped a centrist candidate as their presidential nominee. “I would reassess the situation if the numbers change as a result of a centrist Democrat winning the nomination,” Schultz told The Washington Post on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT Schultz has irked Democrats in recent weeks with his announcement that he was exploring a potential independent run for the presidency in 2020, with many in the party arguing that such a bid could hurt the party’s chances of ousting President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night…