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Speaker Ryan Threatens to Defund Planned Parenthood Health Services and Leave Millions Without Care

A petition asking Congress to stand with Planned Parenthood received 63,000 signatures in less than 2 days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced plans to defund Planned Parenthood, cutting off health care for millions of low-income women, men and young people who access quality preventive and basic care like cancer screenings and birth control at hundreds of health centers across the country.

This attack was launched the day after Vice President-elect Mike Pence held a closed-door meeting with Speaker Ryan and the Republican leadership.

Is Global Warming a Chinese Hoax?

Global warming is no longer about science; it is now a political, economic, social debate.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - President-elect Donald Trump has called climate change a Chinese hoax, vowed to dismantle America's climate and clean energy policies, and appointed climate deniers with ties to the fossil fuel industry to his transition team and Cabinet.

For example, Trump is looking at quick ways of withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement in spite of international backing for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Britain Pulled the Strings Behind Anti Settlement Resolution

The recent security council resolution has achieved far more than the BDS ever dreamed of.

(LONDON) - Ten days ago, pretty much out of the blue, British PM Theresa May announced that she decided to accept the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and to integrate it into British law.

Jews in Britain and all over the world were over the moon.

TRUMP INC. GOES TO WASHINGTON

While President of the United States, Trump's extensive business interests will be in the hands of his three oldest children.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Donald J. Trump and his family have business interests in at least 20 countries in addition to extensive hotel and real estate holdings in the United States.

Could Trump administration actions around the world be shaded even slightly by his ties to foreign players? Would his overseas holdings be targets for terrorism?

U.S. Veterans Made History at Standing Rock

Thousands of veterans joined the Standing Rock Sioux in an unprecedented show of force that brought an end to the Dakota Access Pipeline.

(CANNON BALL, ND) - The event at Standing Rock is giving life to a movement of American people whose unified voice can rise above the grinding of bulldozers and the screams of injured protesters.

It ushers in a new idea of what it means to be American and amplifies the message to police and national guard soldiers that their archaic tactics of violence toward Native people will no longer be tolerated.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe`s Statement on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Decision to Not Grant Easement

NO ACCESS! But the fight is not over.

(CANNON BALL, N.D.) - The following statement was released by Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault II:

“Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that it will not be granting the easement to cross Lake Oahe for the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. Instead, the Corps will be undertaking an environmental impact statement to look at possible alternative routes...."

DAPL: Sec of Army Announced the Easement has been DENIED

"We will not fight tonight, we will dance!" -Rami Bald Eagle, Cheyenne River Lakota Tribal Leader

(SALEM, Ore.) - Moments ago, the Secretary of the Army contacted tribal leaders and announced the easement has been denied.

Thousands of U.S. Veterans have boots on the ground at the Standing Rock Protest, many more than expected. Tim King, former editor of Salem-News.com, is there and heard the announcement. It looks like the AMERICANS have won, after all.

Highlighting Details of Trump`s Tax Plan

Trump has widely spoken about his plans to cut taxes for businesses, with the hope it will stimulate the economy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Not all of the details of his proposed plans are known yet, but in a general sense, most expect the President-elect will be calling for income tax cuts across all areas including for individuals, businesses, and investments.

The plan Trump’s presenting calls for reducing tax brackets from seven to three, with rates that would be 12 percent, 25 percent, and 33 percent. The current top rate is 39.6 percent.

Mixed Feelings on Fidel Castro`s Legacy

The Castro brothers have outlasted eleven U.S. presidents

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On November 25, 2016, Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, died at age 90. The Cuban government will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro.

After two days of observances in Revolution Plaza in Havana, Castro’s ashes will be transported across the country to the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

Leaving for Canada?

Now that the election is over, anybody moving to Canada?

(Pender Island, BC) - When I started at the University of Calgary in the late 1960s the majority of my professors were American expatriates who were largely fleeing the Vietnam War. Not all, of course.

If Donald Drumpf became president, many Americans publicly declared that they would leave the country. How many have left by now (if any) or are making plans to actually leave, is not known.