December 21st, 1909
Supreme Court Rejects Republican Attack on Biden Victory
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the Nov. 3 presidential election results in four battleground states that President Donald Trump lost to his Democratic rival Joe Biden, all but ending Trump’s effort to overturn the election outcome through the courts. In a brief unsigned order, the Supreme […]
Amy Coney Barrett Formally Sworn In as US Supreme Court Justice
Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath to the former federal appellate judge, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 52-48 vote late Monday. Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine joined the entire […]
Openly Defying Federal Court Order, Wilbur Ross Moves to Shut Down Census Early
“Complying with a federal court’s order is not optional. The Trump administration is flouting the rule of law to undercount and erase our communities.” Just days after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate the previous October 31 deadline for the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau late Monday released a one-sentence statement announcing that Commerce Secretary […]
As Trump Plots ‘Flat-Out Coup,’ Voters Urged to Deliver Biden Landslide to Avoid Chaos
“The president is openly and explicitly considering a coup to hold onto power. Make no mistake: Autocracy is at our doorstep.” Democratic lawmakers and progressives did not mince words Thursday regarding President Donald Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election, warning that Trump—and Republicans who continue to enable and support […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87
Longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday from complications with cancer. Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal and the second woman to serve on the court, died at her home in Washington surrounded by her family, according to a statement from the court. She was 87. “Our nation has lost a justice of historic […]
Dan Sullivan Finally Taking a Position on the Pebble Mine Project
Senator Sullivan has had 6 years to come out against the pebble mine—and saying the bare minimum against it now after the National Republican Party gave him permission only proves he’s just another lapdog for the Feds. If he really wants to prove himself to our people and our state, he needs to return […]
Trump Opens Arctic Refuge to Polluters
WASHINGTON (Aug. 17, 2020) – Interior Secretary David Bernhardt today is expected to formally open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas leasing. The agency’s Record of Decision will pave the way for fossil fuel leasing to begin in the 1.5 million-acre Coastal Plain in a matter of months. The following is a statement from […]
Trump Proclaims Nevada Has Made It ‘Impossible’ for GOP to Win by Expanding Voting Rights During Pandemic
In a Monday morning tweet attacking Nevada’s proposed expansion of mail-in voting as “an illegal late night coup,” President Donald Trump once again openly admitted that increasing access to the ballot amid the Covid-19 pandemic poses a dire threat to the Republican Party’s ability to win elections. “Nevada’s clubhouse governor made it impossible for Republicans to win the […]