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Despite criticism from the labour movement and the environmental wing of the B.C. NDP, Premier David Eby received a strong endorsement by New Democrats during the party’s convention this weekend in Victoria. Just over 82 per cent of the 743 NDP delegates voted against having a leadership race, effectively accepting …
Read More »Firings of U.S. federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started, an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown dragged into a 10th day. Russ Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said on the social media site X …
Read More »Pam Bondi blasted by Democrats for enabling Trump targeting of rivals at contentious hearing
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi engaged in combative exchanges with Democrats at a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, as she defended herself from accusations the Justice Department was being weaponized to serve President Donald Trump and target his political rivals. Bondi was making the first appearance at the Senate’s …
Read More »Texas Democrats return home, Trump rails about mail-in voting in latest U.S. midterm manoeuvres
Democratic lawmakers who fled their state to stymie Republican plans to redraw political maps at the behest of President Donald Trump announced on Monday they were “returning to Texas on our terms,” as the battle lines harden 15 months before the U.S. holds midterm elections. In the decentralized electoral system …
Read More »How Democrats and Republicans use science differently to shape policy
New research shows U.S. policymakers are relying on science more than ever — but that’s where the common ground ends. Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the data that shows how Republicans and Democrats use science differently to shape their policies. News Source link
Read More »These Democrats are trying to help far-right Republicans win their primaries
During the Republican gubernatorial primary in Pennsylvania, a political ad ran against Doug Mastriano, accusing the state senator of wanting to “outlaw abortion,” of being “one of Donald Trump’s strongest supporters” who “led the fight to audit the 2020 election.” However the ad was not funded by any of the Republican opponents for Mastriano — often …
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