Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerRand Paul introduces bill to end no-knock warrants Black lawmakers unveil bill to remove Confederate statues from Capitol Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk MORE (D-N.J.) said on Monday that he will introduce legislation creating a commission to study the issue of granting reparations to African-Americans. “This bill is a way of addressing head-on the persistence of racism, white supremacy, and implicit racial bias in our country. It will bring together the best minds to study the issue and propose solutions that will finally begin to right the economic scales of past harms and make sure we are a country where all dignity…

Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersThe Hill’s 12:30 Report: Milley apologizes for church photo-op Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness MORE (I-Vt.) released 10 years of his tax returns on Monday as part of his 2020 presidential campaign.The release of his returns came on the the deadline for taxpayers to file their 2018 returns.Click Here: New Zealand rugby storeThe returns show that the adjusted gross income for Sanders and his wife, Jane, in 2018 was $561,293 and that they paid a 26 percent effective tax rate. The returns show earnings of more than $1 million over the last…

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.) on Wednesday proposed a plan to tackle high childbirth mortality rates among black women while speaking at a forum hosted by an advocacy organization for women of color.  Warren, who is running for president, proposed giving bonuses to hospitals who lower maternal mortality rates and taking money…

Bolstered by strong support from people of color and younger voters, Sen. Bernie Sanders is in a close second place behind former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primary race, according to a new national poll published Monday morning. The NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey (pdf) found that Biden is leading the race at 24% support, followed by Sanders at 22%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 17%, and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 13%. No other Democratic presidential candidate broke the 10% mark. “We’re looking for late action, because it’s so fluid,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, said of the primary race. “I…

A new poll released on Christmas Day shows record-level support among U.S. voters for the ouster of President Donald Trump—a finding that indicates the Republican Party’s effort to obstruct accountability for the president is not having the desired result. Click Here: gws giants guernsey 2019 The daily tracking poll from Microsoft News published Wednesday asked respondents if they “support or oppose the Senate voting to remove President from office?” It found that while 55% of people support only 40% oppose—a dramatic surge for those backing Trump’s ouster and a record for the poll that has been asking that same question since late September of this year. Notable in the responses…

After U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif a “propagandist of the first order” during a Tuesday morning press conference, outspoken anti-war activist Medea Benjamin was among the first to retort: “takes one to know one.” Benjamin wasn’t alone in finding it hard to take Pompeo’s comment seriously: “Pompeo is such a gross propagandist,” Benjamin tweeted as the press conference continued, “it’s hard to listen to him.” Pompeo overtly lied on FOX News over the weekend when he falsely claimed that Trump did not say the U.S. would hit cultural sites in Iran despite a tweet in which Trump made precisely that threat. It was…

Lev Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, claimed in a series of interviews that aired on Wednesday and Thursday that the president and top aides were aware of and on board with the plot to use Ukraine to torpedo former Vice President Joe Biden’s chances in the 2020 election. Parnas made the claims on MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow Show, CNN‘s New Day, and to the New York Times. “I am betting my whole life that Trump knew exactly everything that was going on that Rudy Giuliani was doing in Ukraine,” Parnas told the Times.  Giuliani sent Parnas and Parnas’ associate Igor Fruman to Ukraine in February 2019 to dig…

Three days after CNBC host Jim Cramer pronounced fossil fuel investments as being “in the death knell phase,” Goldman Sachs on Monday downgraded its stock assessment for ExxonMobil, advising investors to sell their shares of the oil and gas giant. The Wall Street firm changed its “neutral” rating to “sell” following its fourth quarter earnings reports which showed Exxon’s earnings falling from $6 billion in 2018 to $5.6 billion last year. The firm found no “compelling case” for holding on to Exxon’s stocks, according to CNBC, and advised investors that “more compelling returns opportunities exist both among the global majors and global large cap stocks outside of energy.” As author…

Click:cheap pool algaecide Two environmental groups published an analysis Monday that calls a national climate plan unveiled earlier this month by the Democratic chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee “extremely disappointing” and “a failure of climate leadership.” “Chairman Pallone’s plan is a gift to Big Oil and a recipe for another generation of fracking.”—Lukas Ross, Friends of the Earth The analysis (pdf) from Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Partnership for Policy Integrity details the “dirty secrets” of a legislative framework for the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act, which Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.). announced on Jan. 8 with other members…

Fast fashion online retailer PrettyLittleThing is asking “are you the future of fashion?” with its newly launched fashion competition to give a talented designer the chance to design a capsule collection for the brand. Click Here: camisetas de futbol baratas “Wanna design for PrettyLittleThing? Now you could! PrettyLittleThing are looking for any wannabe designers to become part of fashion’s future,” the brand explained on their social media. The retailer is asking for “wannabe designers” to create a capsule collection of five to ten designs that it could see retailing on the PrettyLittleThing website. The retailer adds that the concepts should be “commercial designs” as they will be sold on site,…