Anti-dam activists have been gaining a lot of traction. According to activist group American Rivers, 80 dams were removed in 2023, which was up from 65 the previous year. Among the dams removed this year were four dams along the Klamath River, a 257-mile long river in southern Oregon and northern California which saw the […]
Category: Current Events
Kamala mum on student loan forgiveness
President Joe Biden repeatedly touted his plans for student debt cancellation while campaigning for reelection earlier this year. But it’s an issue that Vice President Kamala Harris has avoided speaking about since replacing Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. Her platform briefly mentions it, saying that she will continue “working to end the […]
N. Korea launches missile that could reach the US
North Korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile Thursday in its first test in almost a year of a weapon designed to threaten the U.S. mainland and occurring days ahead of the U.S. election. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile test and was at the launch site, calling the launch “an appropriate […]
Dems ‘finger pointing’ over possible Harris loss
Vice President Harris could win the presidential election next week. But fingers in Democratic circles are already being pointed behind the scenes, in the event that she falls to former President Trump. While some Democrats say they are increasingly hopeful that Harris will win, others have expressed mounting frustration about a string of factors that […]
Newly naturalized migrants could decide election
An estimated 3.5 million migrants have become U.S. citizens since the 2020 presidential election and could sway the outcome of elections, including the presidential ballot between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Immigration is a top campaign issue due to record levels of illegal border crossings during President Joe Biden’s administration, which […]
Republicans & Democrats split over Israel war
Arecent poll reveals heightened American concerns about the Middle East conflict, with Democrat and Republican voters sharply divided over who is to blame for the escalating tensions in the region. Roughly half voters express worry over a potential escalation into a regional war. However, only about 4 in 10 voters are “extremely” or “very” worried […]
Biden calls all Trump supporters “Garbage”
President Biden went viral Tuesday night for comments disparaging Trump supporters as his No. 2, Vice President Kamala Harris, made a major speech to voters calling for unity from the Ellipse right outside the White House. During a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino, Biden took a swipe at former President Trump’s rally in […]
Putin starts nuclear training exercizes
President Vladimir Putin kicked off a new exercise of Russia’s nuclear forces on Tuesday at a critical point in the Ukraine war, the second such drill that Moscow has held in two weeks.The 2-1/2-year-old war is entering what Russian officials say is its most dangerous phase as Russian forces are advancing in eastern Ukraine and […]
One week til’ D-Day; How do the polls look?
The 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appears closer than ever as the race enters its final week. Pollsters and forecasters are saying that Trump has the slight edge over the Democratic candidate, but that it could still go either way. Trump’s national average numbers have improved slightly against Harris since last week, […]
Harris; Abortion is more important then religion
Vice President Kamala Harris continued her campaign’s abortion extremism during an interview with NBC News’s Hallie Jackson on Tuesday. When asked about religious exemptions for abortion, Harris stated, “I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body.” The Democratic nominee for president […]
With a week to go Trump & Harris are dead even
Amid an election-defining gender gap that is now tied for the largest this year, the already close presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump has become closer still. But vote differences in the 2024 election between men and women are not just crosstabs on a poll memo. They reflect divergent attitudes about larger social […]
Biden DOJ is fighting election integrity rules
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice is suing states and towns across the country in an effort to thwart election integrity measures ahead of the presidential election, resulting in pushback from election integrity advocates. The DOJ has sued Virginia, Alabama, and rural Wisconsin towns over the removal of non-citizens from voter rolls and switching to […]