The lawsuit by Fair Fight Action and several churches sprang from the ashes of Democrat Stacy Abrams’ unsuccessful campaign for governor last year. By R. Robin McDonald | May 30, 2019 at 06:45 PM A federal voting rights lawsuit demanding sweeping reforms to Georgia’s current election system, and its obsolete voting machines, will go forward, […]
A compilation of news put together by Elaine Owen taken from BBC NEWS with help from Will Grant, Mexico and Central America Correspondent Mexico has agreed to take “unprecedented steps” to help stem the flow of migrants to the US in order to avoid trade tariffs threatened by President Donald Trump. Mr. Trump revealed that […]
Tariffs are “paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us.” — Donald Trump on Thursday, May 9th, 2019 in remarks at the White House By Louis Jacobson — PolitFACT As President Donald Trump has upped the ante in his tariff war with China, he’s consistently argued that consumers shouldn’t be worried. Trump […]
By Elaine Owen (from Press Conference reading full transcript) Wednesday, May 29, Robert Mueller faced the nation, encouraging Americans to read his Special Counsel report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. He reiterated his office’s position that, while President Donald Trump could not be charged with a crime while in office, that does not […]
The People’s Daily used the ominous phrase on Wednesday (May 29) — an expression historically used by the paper before wars and major conflicts. By Dominique Mosbergen, HUFFPOST (Reprinted with Permission) As the ongoing trade war between the United States and China continues to heat up, Chinese state media has issued a cautionary message to […]
By Elaine Owen, Editor Imagine. One day that changed every day since. There aren’t many such days in human history–but June 6, 1944 was one of them. That day, the beginning of the end of the worst and costliest conflicts of all time began. It was called Operation Overlord. D-Day. And the United States played […]
President Donald Trump called himself “strongly Pro- Life” in a several tweets late Saturday night (May 18) while at the same time appearing to challenge key provisions of strict abortion laws recently passed in Republican controlled states. “As most people know, and for those who would like to know, I am strongly Pro-Life, with the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) is taking action to crack down on predatory robocalls. The Senator joined colleagues in passing an overwhelmingly bipartisan bill that would help identify and penalize scammers, as well as give federal agencies and state attorneys general the tools they need to enforce the laws on the books […]
By Elaine Owen, Editor Jim Beck, Georgia’s insurance commissioner, is now officially suspended from office in the wake of his federal indictment Tuesday on charges of fraud and money laundering. Beck announced Thursday that he was voluntarily taking a suspension. The insurance department said that in his absence, Drew Lane, the chief deputy commissioner, would […]
Associated Press Report – May 8, 2019 Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler said the panel had to act because Trump’s stonewalling is creating a ‘constitutional crisis.’ The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the legal battle with the Trump administration over access to special counsel Robert […]