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Last month the GOP controlled Congress voted to pass legislation on the Keystone XL pipeline that will allow Canada to transport their oil to the Gulf Shores and sell to other countries. Yesterday, President Obama vetoed the bill, which he stated many times to the GOP, and his reason is that the GOP are attempting to circumvent the State Department […]
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Common and John Legend acceptance speeches at the Oscars yesterday evening was the best of the best; both musical entertainers spoke truth that SELMA is now and that the voting rights act in which Martin Luther King, John Louis, Jessie Jackson and other great civil rights leader fought for are being compromised. Last spring, the Supreme Court ruled to remove […]
Read moreThere are 2 critical issues that are taken place this week in Washington. First, is the funding for DHS, the real issue behind this contentious battle is the GOP attempting to revoke President Obama executive orders on immigration, which is why the Democrats are refusing to vote on this legislation. Last week, during a press conference, Speaker John Bohener stated […]
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In the past week Russia has been in the news, specifically international news with headlines of forging a new relationship with Egypt. Both countries are in talks to move their currencies off the USD, which has been discussed before, and now that the BRICS have announced plans for their own international bank, it seems that Russia plans will soon take […]
Read moreGood news for all Wal-Mart employees, today the retailer announced that it will increase the minimum wage to $9 per hour beginning in April and this time next year, all employees will be making $10 an hour. As many of you know Wal-Mart has been and still is frowned upon for working employees, especially part-time employees full-time hours and […]
Read moreOn Tuesday, February 17th, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen blocked President Obama executive orders on granting 5 million immigrants a legal status to stay in the U.S. His reasoning, of course siding with the right wing morons, is to allow 26 conservative states to file their lawsuits to prevent the 5 million immigrants to stay in the U.S. If you […]
Read more“If you have a better alternative to Obamacare, lets see it” this is a paraphrase of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address to the GOP, that has for the 56th, yes 56th time are repealing the Affordable Care Act. Yesterday, the House voted and passed the legislation, however it has to pass through the Senate, which is rumored […]
Read moreTwo weeks ago Speaker Boehner invited Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress, which is all GOP controlled, and they did it behind Presidents Obama back. First, international relationships between leaders of different countries is delicate, and the tension between President Obama and Netanyahu added more damage to their relationship. Moreover, for Netanyahu… to […]
Read moreOn Friday, January 30th the controlled GOP house voted 62-36 to pass the KeyStone XL pipeline, which will allow Canada to transport their oil from the U.S. Gulf Shores and sell to Canada, and President Obama may veto this bill. This project will create 35-50 jobs, and their will be no economic benefit for the U.S. One would question what […]
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