The protection that our children need is not from drag queens. They need protection from violence.
While the red wave came for my home state of Florida, it mostly stopped there, and we saw wins across the country of which we can all be proud.
Climate change, women’s reproductive rights, individual sexual autonomy, voting rights, and more are on the ballot in November and voting is our only way of protecting these rights and our future.
In today’s highly charged political landscape, “woke” has come to mean two very different things depending upon which side of the aisle you find yourself on.
When exhaustion hits you, you should pay heed to what your body and mind are telling you and take a mental health break. Do not let hitting the wall be the first time you notice that you need help or just a break.
Reproductive healthcare is not the only fundamental right that has a date with the executioner.
Alito spends a considerable portion of the first 68 pages of his decision blathering on about what the abortion laws were in the US in the mid-1800s when the 14th Amendment was ratified—when women were chattel.
165,000,000 people may be one unanticipated hardship away from finding themselves without a roof over their heads or food in their stomachs.
As has been the norm since America’s founding, the prospect of successful Black communities rattles the cages of White conservatives who often view the success of the “Other” as a detriment to their own prosperity. Mason City and BlueOval City are no different.
The student-debt crisis and the gender gap make it difficult for women to get by, let alone ahead.
Regardless of where we find ourselves in history, white Americans continue to find new ways to shore up their sense of superiority at the cost of the Black mind and body.
The EARN IT act contains a number of bad provisions, including what’s effectively a repeal of Section 230. Section 230 can and should be fixed, not removed.
Care about the map, and maybe you will get an elected official that cares about you.
What was thought impossible by most employers just a few years ago has become commonplace. Teleworking is the new normal for many industries.
A failed coup is still a coup.
We may not hear as much about Sanctuary Cities in the daily news as we did just a couple of years ago; however, they remain an important component of our immigration policies at the state level.
On any given day between 10,000-20,000 children are residing in congregate care facilities across the country. Many of these children are living in states far from home in conditions and with people who are far from safe.
Constructing destructive tar sands oil pipelines through First Nations' lands is the latest in a long legacy of atrocities committed by European settlers in North America and the United States Government.
In the intervening 48 years since Roe, more than 1,300 pieces of legislation have been enacted nationwide with the express aim of restricting a woman’s access to abortion.
Americans are encouraged to think in terms of what it will cost us to be welcoming to immigrants. Those “costs” generally focus on the idea that immigrants take jobs away from hard-working Americans as well as the burdens that newcomers might put on education, healthcare, and social service.
Almost every piece of U.S. immigration legislation passed over the past 231 years has changed what coming here, “the right way” actually means.
On any given day in America, 771 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. On that same day, 119 will die—for every hour of every day, breast cancer will kill 5 women.
Once again, the Federal Government is running out of money, which happens at semi-regular intervals because the way Congress spends and allocates money is objectively stupid.
The idea of uniformed members of the military making foreign policy or promising to divulge attack plans is a concerning one. That is doubly true when the Pentagon appears to be acting out of fear that the President might order something, “crazy, illegal, immoral or unethical.”
World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th. It is a day aimed at helping those in our lives who struggle with depression and who may have suicidal thoughts. It is a day for putting your hand out and asking someone to take hold.
Big money from wealthy donors and corporations is truly a bipartisan problem.
The pandemic has claimed enough lives. We have a vaccine. It is safe. It is effective. It is time to require it as the price of admission to society.
It is long past time for the industries in this country to respect and honor American workers.
Ask yourself if the situation is such that only law enforcement can or should respond. In many cases, that answer is “no”. Here’s a guide to looking beyond 911.
Millions of Americans rely on social security for their basic needs. However, for more than 50 years, public policy has forced them to live in poverty.
Despite America’s reliance on law enforcement as the end-all, be-all to society’s problems, their presence may only make the situation worse.
“Out of the stillness of the shutdown, the voices of protest have roared like summer thunder. An overwhelming majority of Americans, of both parties, support major reforms in American policing.” –Jill Lepore
With a global population nearing 8,000,000,000 people, millions of women will be brutalized by someone who is meant to care for them.
The time is ripe for Congress to enact H.R.1 so that our right to vote is valued and administered as it was intended to be.
There is a lot of work to be done and a short time in which to do it. The Biden-Harris administration has promised us a lot, and we mean to hold them to it.
On the question of "should Puerto Rico be immediately admitted into the Union as a state," on the November 2020 ballot; 623,053 voted yes, or 52.34% of voters.
D.C. isn’t a state because the Republican Party would sooner boil Mitch McConnell and eat him in a savory soup (getting the roux right is critical) than give a city that voted 92% for Biden two Senators and a Representative.
The COVID vaccine is rolling out across the country and most states have developed a plan of action in dispensing the vaccine.
The CASH Act of 2020 has one purpose: amend the current COVID Relief package to include $2,000 for each eligible American instead of the $600 it currently provides. But, McConnell has sabotaged the bill.
Every day, more families face the reality of losing the roof over their heads, an inability to keep the lights on, or put food in their bellies.
In a year that has seen more than 250,000 Americans die at the hands of a global pandemic that has been left unchecked by an indifferent administration, family has come to mean so much more.
When The Hill looks more like those we see in the mirror, the better chance we have at enacting policies that work to the benefit of everyone instead of a select few.
It's open enrollment time.
Thousands of women and men who share our democratic values ran in down-ballot races across the country — and many of them won.
Just as many modern day Halloween celebrations do not resemble the festivals of old, Halloween in the age of COVID may be a mere shadow of its former self.
From the winter of our discontent rises the promise that bluer skies are on the horizon.
Find your local election office in 1 minute with Resistbot, and become a poll worker for this Election Day.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died and while her family deserves time to mourn her, the fight for her seat on the Court is about to begin.
It would be easy to look at the unending torrent of scandals that beset the Trump administration and conclude that nothing matters, but that's far from the case.
Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to put an end to Stars and Stripes.
Make Washington, D.C. the 51st State
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. - Desmond Tutu
The right wants to end the lockdown; this is why.
The virus is from China; the pandemic is homegrown.
The mail is vital to our society and our democracy
It took 70 days for the White House to take Covid19 seriously; in that time they squandered hundreds of thousands of American lives.
The next month will be a bitter one and we must face it together separately.
Order your favorite pizza and beer, and raise a glass to the men and women who bring it to your doorstep.
Brought to you by the number 435
No matter the nominee; this is the fight of our lives
The killing of Soleimani showed us a new side of a criminal president
War is a continuation of politics by other means
You didn’t think this would be easy, did you?
What did your family fight about this Thanksgiving?
The GOP can’t refute testimony from fact witnesses like Amb. Yovanovich and Dr. Hill, so they’re trying to confuse Americans by conflating impeachment with a criminal trial.
It’s time to call the Ukraine scandal what it is.
Whether we are immigrants seeking a better life, or American-born seeking equality in how the world sees us, how we see ourselves, and with whom we are in love, the words “all men are created equal” must include _all_ of us.
There’s more to the Ukraine scandal than we know.
The echos of Iraq are there for any with ears to hear.
We resist, and in doing so, we speak up for those whose voices are ignored.
How can you be sure?
Without the ability to vote for our leaders, the heart of what it means to be American, America no longer exists.
Cybersecurity is hard… but simple.
The CBO estimates that the U.S. deficit will hit a **trillion dollars** by 2022
H.R. 40 is meant to address “the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865.”
Resistance is imperative.
Your Elected Representatives Need to Face You
Women have a right to self-governance of their own bodies. Congress has the power to make that a reality.
While our Representatives in the House are advancing legislation that benefits the country, our Senators are hiding behind a blockade in the Senate.
The AR-15 and similar weapons could be coming to a ban list near you.
Boy howdy is this a can of worms
Lightning Round: April 4, 2019
The American people deserve the whole truth
The price of a check on power
Besides the usual business before the House, three “Emergency” bills are on this week’s docket
I got all my sisters with me
Trump Declares An Imaginary Emergency
This thing isn’t over
Because veterans are parents too
Through the centuries, blockades to enfranchisement have been both erected and demolished
The Future History of the Shutdown
If Trump claims emergency powers we have a crisis on our hands
HR 1 declares an anti-corruption agenda
There are four ways the shutdown ends
Democrats must determine the price of their ideals
Michigan offers a glimpse of the struggles to come
Trump threatens to shut down the government, again
Republicans have to choose between loving the Constitution and repelling asylum seekers
The 115th Congress has one last fight left in it
November 15th in 6 stories
If you miss, you had better miss very well
Whitaker must recuse himself from the Russia investigation
And so will this one
Tomorrow is election day; tomorrow we’ll discover what the midterms have in store…
A short series on media manipulation
There are twenty-seven days until the midterm elections
Five Senators remain on the fence; keep up the pressure
Sorry Mr. Kavanaugh, but you’ve shown your true colors
Just for a moment
Because sometimes politics is chess, and sometimes its checkers
It’s about to get nerdy in here
Resist like your life depends on it
How Jeff Flake can redeem his Party and save the Republic
Cohen, Daniels, Trump, and Kavanaugh
Senate Republicans are derelict in their constitutional duty
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
And why, yes, it’s a crime
The Trump administration is forcing children to take mind-altering drugs.
A mathematical reality check
The White House and the Kremlin are trying to change what happened in Helsinki
The shroud of the tariff has fallen
It’s almost like there’s an election coming up
Take a deep breath and let’s get this over with
Senators Coons and Flake demonstrate how much we’ve lowered the bar
48 hours since Trump’s diplomatic 9/11
Trump is open to Russia sending interrogators to question U.S. citizens
Why everyone is freaking out about Helsinki
Could Trump do what Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev couldn’t?
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
This is some gestapo crap, just not the way you think
The five votes that will decide the fate of the Supreme Court
House Republicans want to help Trump put children behind bars
The GOP’s use of immigrant children to force funding for the wall is shameful
Scott Pruitt is looting the EPA and House Republicans refuse to stop him
These are not the actions of honest government
Mr Trump thinks he’s above the law
Dinesh D’Souza pled guilty to campaign finance violations; now Trump will pardon him
The Trump Administration talks about immigrants like animals
The White House is locking down the government
The Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act improves all of those things
Truth and consequences for the GOP’s tax-cut
Gina Haspel can’t be trusted to run the CIA
Republicans want to pretend that “cutting” $15 billion makes them fiscal conservatives again
Democrats need one vote to put the House on the record on Net Neutrality.
Mulvaney is a symptom, not the problem.
McConnell’s grip on the Senate is slipping
Because it’s been a busy week
Mitch McConnell still won’t protect Robert Mueller.
Simple economics for people in a hurry.
A thought experiment.
How the GOP and Trump are sabotaging the 2020 census
Robert Mueller is treading on dangerous ground; Americans have to protect him.
Buckle Up.
What Resistbot data can tell us about how we respond to mass shootings.
Trump’s USDA promotes profits over humane treatment of animals.
Last-minute demand ignites fears of a March shutdown.
The hawkish former U.N. ambassador tops the short-list of candidates for National Security Advisor.
Why trade is good, tariffs are bad, and the consequences of getting it wrong
Nunes has crossed a line; it’s time for him to go
The SENSE Act will lift many pollution caps on coal refuse power plants
The release of the Democratic Memo shows how much the GOP twisted the truth
To understand the NRA is to understand American Politics
Helping make sense of Mueller, Trump, and the FBI
Events are lining up for a perfect storm in Washington
Why “Blue Apron” for Food Stamps will never work
The ADA Education and Reform Act is critically broken
Five steps you can take to make more effective calls to Congress
Trump’s Military Parade is a terrible idea
One of Trump’s evangelical advisors claims Jesus can protect from flu
The Nunes memo is nothing less than propaganda.
The bill is unlikely to pass but Republicans need to shore up their religious base
Because it’s clearly not Donald J. Trump
Second verse, same as the first but a whole lot louder and a whole lot worse
Five important stories you won’t see covered on cable news
Congress is backing away from the 2018 weekend shutdown.
Democrats face a political hostage situation: the Dreamers for CHIP
The United States needs to remember where it came from.
Net Neutrality’s next loss is necessary to save it
Not on slavery. Not on gay marriage. Not on gun control. Not on marijuana.
It is well that war is terrible else we should grow too fond of it
Trickle Down Economics is the lie the White House loves to tell
Two things in life are certain: PayGo and Taxes
The Trump Administration and Conservative Media are gearing up for an assault on Robert Mueller
Once more, for the internet
The Trump Tax Plan will add $2.5 Trillion to the deficit over 10 years; this is a terrible idea.
HR 4585 demands the FCC take seriously citizen demands to protect Net Neutrality; it deserves a vote
Newest firearms bill a tough choice for gun-control advocates
On the partisanship of sexual assault
They’ve been promising since April but time is running out and there’s still no sign of funding
The GOP Tax Bill has passed the Senate, here’s what happens next.
It’s payback time
A bill before Congress would restrict the President’s ability to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.
The Senate Tax Bill is drowning in red ink
It’s one thing to tell Congress to defend the net; it’s another to tell them how to do it.
On a non-neutral internet, this content could be blocked or censored
It’s time we start calling this what it is: a tax hike
The Republican Tax Bills will gut higher education and send college costs skyrocketing
A very short and simple treatment of a long, sordid bill
A Who’s Who of Who’s on the fence
There are no sacred cows in the Republican quest to cut taxes
The GOP tax plan could have far reaching consequences for your home.
Indictments are coming down from the Russiagate investigation and Mueller still serves at the pleasure of the President
Congress and the FCC are talking about ending Net Neutrality
The Trump administration announces its response to the opioid epidemic
The GOP’s tax-plan betrays conservative values
Congress is sending billions to help hurricane victims and not a moment too soon
He doesn’t really care what you think, but it feels good doesn’t it?
Trump’s Tax plan would repeal taxes on multi-million-dollar inheritances
Build The Wall or the Dreamers get it
Not everything before Congress is a political firestorm
New rules from Health & Human Services eliminate Obamacare’s birth control coverage requirement
Silencers, Concealed Carry, and Armor Piercing Rounds top the NRA’s 2017 wishlist.
If you hate your cable company, now is a good time to let Congress know.
The GOP’s Tax Plan is being sold as a “simplification” but that’s just not true
Meet the nine Senators who stand between Trump and the Affordable Care Act
Stacy Moore in the Dallas Morning News
Larry Gillie in the Kane County Chronicle
Deep cuts and painful sacrifices are buried in Cassidy-Graham’s legal labyrinth
Something is rotten at the heart of the American consumer credit industry and Equifax is a symptom of the problem
Senator Sanders’ “Medicare For All” Bill is a play for the soul of the Democratic Party
Cassidy-Graham: The GOP’s Latest Attempt at Repealing Obamacare
Erich Glasbrenner in the Sun Sentinel
Gordon Olson in the Charlotte Observer
The Children’s Healthcare Insurance Program will run out of money at the end of Sept; Congress hasn’t started on funding it.
Debra Swacker in USA Today
President Trump has said he’ll end the DACA “Dreamer” program; now Congress has to decide how to handle undocumented natives
A GOP budget amendment would halt the Russia investigation and limit its scope while Democrats move to protect it
Houston is drowning but there are storm clouds on the Washington horizon
Trevor Phillips in USA Today
Trump promised he’d shut down the government to secure funding for the wall
Missy Slaathaug in the Watertown Public Opinion
Thomas Lockard in the Columbus Dispatch
Cathy Mabe Pyron in the Tennessean
Andrew Hartley in the Columbus Dispatch
Jamie Raskin is trying to get to the root of the Russiagate question: money.
Ann Richards in the Arizona Daily Star
John Chipman in the Greensboro News & Record
The right’s favorite whipping boy is the target of H.R. 861 and a lot more besides
Mary T. Danhauer in the Owensboro Messenger & Inquirer
School’s out for summer
As the Special Counsel empanels a Grand Jury an effort is underway to protect his job
Martha Peters in the Tennessean
The RAISE Act would turn away 500,000 legal immigrants yearly
Jennifer Sherman in the Arizona Daily Sun
Lawrence Collins in the Orlando Sentinel
Robert Sabatini in the Albuquerque Journal
The House Defense Budget will slash military funding by 13% and fund a US/Mexico border wall
Maureen Andrew in the Arizona Daily Star
Katherine Avcollie in the Hartford Courant
Aleisha Aguilera in the Sun Sentinel
Elisa Brock in Commercial Appeal
Thomas Hyland Robertson in the Baltimore Sun
Dennis Major in the Colorado Springs Gazette
Caitilin Kane in the Argus Leader
Travis Irwin in the Dallas Morning News
Charles Horenstein in the Dallas Morning News
Max McGrath in the Alaska Dispatch News
Lisa Harris in the Sun Sentinel
Jim Murray in the Omaha World-Herald
Dawn Lee in the Denton Record Chronicle
Melissa L Garber in the Orlando Sentinel
Gay Walker in the Modesto Bee
Zebulun Treloar-Reid in the Des Moines Register
Karla Beadle in the Scranton Times-Tribune
The Medicare Part B Improvement Act is sober policy in a frenzied political world
Amy Wolin in the Colorado Springs Gazette
Kendrick Arnett in the Fort Worth Star Telegram
Christine Tomasello in the San Diego Union-Tribune
Jacob Michalik in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Janet Nagengast in the Delaware News Journal
Rick Olson in the Evansville Courier Press
Lynn Bhullar in the Indianapolis Star
Mary Herrick, MD in the Alaska Dispatch News
Jessie Nunn in the Billings Gazette
Lesleigh Owen in the Rapid City Journal
Douglas Levy in the Los Angeles Times
Do you have the right to take your bank to court?
16 million set to lose coverage, premiums to rise 20% each year.
Shelley Moore Capito, Bill Cassidy, Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, Rob Portman remain key.
It’s a slow week in Washington for a reason; that reason is Health Care.
The authority to launch a nuclear first-strike has always rested unilaterally with the Commander-in-Chief.
Latest GOP health care effort still drives up ininsured and premiums, removes pre-existing protection protections.
Senators Graham and Durbin bring hope to young immigrants.
Additionally, average premiums would increase about 25% in 2018, about 50% in 2020, and would double by 2026.
The “Civil Rights Uniformity Act” would make gender about genetics
Here’s who to thank (or blame)
The “21st Century AIRR Act” would take government out of the air-traffic-control business
They revised it, but did they improve it?
Should doctors be able to carry/administer drugs outside of their licenced state?
Bill would issue bonds; allow President to cut spending, sell assets
Election Assistance Commission among cuts in 2018 FY budget
Write a Comment on Regulations.gov
Number of Uninsured Will Spike to 15M in the First Year Following the Bill’s Passage
It’s Complicated — And Not Over Yet
Is the Trump Vote Fraud commission protecting or suppressing your vote?
The Senate will delay its vote on S-106, the Republican “Obamacare Repeal Act” until after the July 4th recess.
Another major round of ransomware cyberattacks struck Europe and the United States today.
Trump rhetoric on Article V prompts Congress to act to assure nervous NATO allies.
Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) 'Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017' heads to the House floor this week as H.R. 1215. The bill aims to impose a $250,000 cap on 'non-economic' damages brought in medical malpractice suits.
Senate Republicans revealed their secret healthcare plan on Thursday: The Better Care Reconciliation Act. Find out what’s inside.
Tax reform, which aims to remake the federal tax system, will likely be drafted in the same way as the AHCA: behind closed doors.
This act would require that cities and counties comply with federal immigration orders, such as detainers, that keep immigrants in jail to be picked up for deportation.
The REPORT bill seeks to ensure that reporting on acts of terror gets to Congress in a timely manner.
Mike Quigley (D-IL) has introduced a bill to prevent deletions of the President’s tweets.
What is reconciliation and why does it matter right now?
Sen. Corey Booker introduced a bill, S. 1140, which would take away the ability of the Republican majority to scrap regulations without any oversight.
Trump wants to cut $9.2 billion, or 13.5% of the current budget, spread out across K-12 funding and federal student aid.
H.R. 10 quietly passed the house during the Comey hearings. Now it’s the Senate’s turn with S. 1117.
The House is voting to weaken accountability of healthcare provided through federal programs, subsidies, or tax benefits.
The Trump Administration is proposing massive cuts to NIH, National Cancer Institute, and the CDC.
H.R. 2213 looks to increase the number of agents by waiving polygraph requirements.
22 Senators urged the President to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement
The Financial CHOICE Act of 2017, or H.R. 10, is set to come up for a vote this week.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) want to tax stock and bond trades to pay for free undergraduate education and student loan forgiveness.
Find out how the latest version affects you.
Deep cuts to anti-poverty programs, Medicaid, and Social Security
Fast lane for businesses, slow lane for everyone else
So, now what?
A special counsel’s investigation could be weakened or shut down — here’s one way.
Congress to vote May 23 on increasing the rates of compensation for veterans’ living expenses.
Will the Senate’s health care bill save the ACA?
Should law enforcement have technology that would allow them to perform rapid DNA tests in the field?
Should the Secret Service add a division that distributes cybercrime information?
How does an independent investigator get appointed?
On May 18, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission will reconsider Net Neutrality
Stop warrantless searches of your electronic devices at the U.S. border!
Health Care wasn’t the only bill to pass the House last week. Also moving to the Senate: a bill that lets workers choose comp time instead of overtime pay.
In the wake of the passage of the Republican health care bill, members of the Senate are moving to mitigate its impact on women.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who has been paid millions by the pharmaceutical industry, could be the new guy in charge at the FDA
Will the Senate pass the House bill?
**The American Health Care Act** (H.R. 1628) narrowly passed in the House of Representatives today 217 to 213
Republicans have tried to repeal Obamacare over 60 times since 2011
H.R. 1312 could enlarge the SEC’s purview to small businesses
Drilling in the Arctic and other federally-protected waters is back on the table
Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to use El Chapo’s seized assets to fund a border wall with Mexico
Bill enjoys broad support from Democrats and Republicans
