Author: Stephanie Moffat

Democrat Jon Ossoff Has Major Lead In Georgia Congressional Race: Poll Ossoff has a commanding lead over all Republicans in the race to fill Tom Price’s Congressional seat.  In a Survey USA poll conducted by Atlanta television stations 11Alive, Jon Ossoff leads with 43 percent among likely voters. The next three candidates combined – all Republicans – only garner 36 percent. Karen Handel receives 15 percent support, Bob Gray gets 14 percent and Dan Moody comes in at 7 percent to round out the top four. All other candidates make up 15% and there is currently 7 percent undecided. The...

Neil Gorsuch Plagiarized Other Authors In His Book And An Academic Paper: Report A new report finds that Neil Gorsuch lifted language and structure from several other authors in his book and an academic paper without proper citation.  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is facing a plagiarism scandal just as Senate Republicans move to take the unprecedented step of changing the Senate rules to confirm Gorsuch despite the Democrat filibuster. Gorsuch “copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article,” Politico is reporting. The report notes that...

Tim Kaine: Trump’s Not Willing To Call Syrian Attack War Crime Because He’s Cozying Up To Russia Senator Tim Kaine connects the dots between Donald Trump’s fondness for Russia and the administration’s unwillingness to call the chemical weapons attacks a war crime.  Tim Kaine to @Morning_Joe: Admin’s cozying up to Russia means they’re not willing to call Syria attack a war crime. https://t.co/2M53g9AzT2 pic.twitter.com/QfnZwiVRzQ — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2017 During an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Senator Tim Kaine made the case that Donald Trump’s cozy relationship with Russia is already leading to bad foreign policy outcomes...

Read: Nancy Pelosi’s Response To 7th Circuit Decision For LGBT Equality Leader Pelosi called the decision by the 7th Circuit “a resounding victory for LGBT Americans and the right of every person to dignity and opportunity in the workplace.” Following the ruling by the 7th Circuit Federal Appeals Court that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from firing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released a statement applauding the decision. Pelosi said, “Freedom from discrimination is a fundamental civil right that belongs to every American.” Here is the full statement from Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi Statement on Circuit Court Ruling for...

Harvard Students Form ‘Dumbledore’s Army’ To Resist Trump Students of the Harvard Kennedy School have formed a “Resistance School” to train people to fight against the Trump agenda.  A group of Harvard students have joined the #Resistance movement against Trump’s radical agenda. The Boston Globe reports that students at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government have launched a “Resistance School’ to train people to fight the Trump agenda. The students will offer a free four-week online course “that will sharpen the tools we need to fight back at the federal, state, and local levels.” according to the...