Progressive critics are denouncing House Republicans over the caucus failure to discipline freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene during a closed-door meeting Wednesday night in which the QAnon-backing lawmaker who has spewed bigoted conspiracy theories, openly harassed gun massacre survivors, and promoted violence against lawmakers was allowed to keep her committee assignments.
In response to the reported standing ovation the Georgia Republican received and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy s refusal to take action against Greene, Democrats have proclaimed the GOP is now officially the party of QAnon ahead of a scheduled House floor vote Thursday afternoon on a resolution to remove the congresswoman from her seat on the Education and Labor Committee and other assignments.
"A budget is about priorities," said the Democratic senator. By Kenny Stancil "We continue to overinvest in defense while underinvesting in public health
https://www.afinalwarning.com/488465.html (Natural News) A growing number of people around the world are calling for the public ownership of seeds, which they say is essential for a more democratic and ecologically sound food system, as the coronavirus-driven spike in empty supermarket shelves and the continued loss of biodiversity this year sparked a rise in the popularity of saving and swapping seeds and shed more light on the negative consequences of allowing a handful of agrochemical corporations to dominate the global seed trade.
(Article by Kenny Stancil republished from CommonDreams.org)
In the United Kingdom, the seed saving movement had been “quietly growing” for awhile, but “from March onwards, when the pandemic hit the U.K., seed producers and seed banks across the country were overwhelmed with demand,” with multiple organizations experiencing a “sharp surge in orders, 600% in some cases,” Alexandra Genova reported Monday in
POVERTY POLITICS In the wake of Sunday night s agreement on a roughly $900 billion Covid-19 relief package that is far smaller than economists say is necessary,
progressives argued that the slap-in-the-face bill must be passed to help stem the suffering of working-class Americans but that much more will be needed to address the crisis that has claimed more than 300,000 lives and 20 million jobs in the United States so far. To say this relief package is a day late and a dollar short is an understatement to say the least, said People s Action director George Goehl in a statement released Sunday night.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his fellow congressional Republicans prioritized the profits of the 1% over the well-being of everyone else since this pandemic began, Goehl said. The result is a diluted bill that s barely a Band-Aid, but definitely a slap in the face for people suffering across the country.