The Week In Congress: Is Gov’t Getting in Bed with Facebook?
A number of small business bills, a law against videos about crushing animals (for real)—but also, alarmingly, a bill to get foreign influence out of social media ads (yay) but one that sneaks also in new ways for government to manage speech online and to make sure that only established candidates …
Opinion—Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: “Pentagon Has Brainwashed People”
The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than 20 years in prison. “Our own lives are uncertain regarding …
Shout out to DailyClout on the Serve to Lead Podcast!
Delighted to have talked with the distinguished commentator James Strock—who served in several Republican administrations and who has long championed the environment from right of the center, about which we all need to hear more. We addressed LGBTQ hero John Addington Symonds, the meaning of democracy, the values of bipartisanship …
Bulletin Board: Democratic Party Announces Pre-Endorsement Conference Results Despite Election Irregularities
Last week, the California Democratic Party (“CDP”) announced its preliminary endorsements, falsely insinuating that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is supported by a consensus among local party delegates. While Pelosi was reportedly favored by a majority of participants in the pre-endorsement conference, the ballot was inaccurate and failed to include the name …
Opinion: As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey’s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Syrians flee the countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, toward the west to the town of Tal Tamr on October 19, 2019. The smoke behind them is from burning tyres used to impede visibility from warplanes. – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fired …
The Week In Congress: Congress “Suspended the Rules” Again
Bills to help Hong Kong—great bills, some of them, supportive of the protesters and of human rights; but slated to be passed without voting or debate. The “suspension of the rules” loophole is the biggest under-reported story in America right now, we believe here at DailyClout. This loophole allows bills …
Opinion: Trump’s Stonewalling of Impeachment Inquiry Is an Impeachable Offense
As three committees of the House of Representatives proceeded with the impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, the president tweeted, “I am coming to the conclusion that what is taking place is not an impeachment, it is a COUP.” Encyclopedia Britannica defines coup d’etat as “the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by …
Confused? DailyClout.io Creates a Handy Comparison Chart of the main US Presidential Candidates’ Platforms—Issue by Issue
DailyClout has created an at-a-glance guide to the people running for President in 2020.
Summer: a simple love story, or a stealth feminist manifesto?
Edith Wharton’s Summer is a radical feminist manifesto novella, though it is rarely perceived this way. Wharton herself – due to her status as an affluent woman from a genteel New York family – is often misread as a ‘proper lady novelist’. But she is a secret renegade. In the character of Charity Royall, Wharton constructs …
The Week In Congress: Red Flags and Background Checks, Keeping Troops In Afghanistan, and the Budget
First up we cover bipartisan support for red-flag laws, which allow judges to remove guns from individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others. Then, we discuss partisan tension around expanded background check bill HB-8—pressures are high from democrats to pass the bill in the senate, but pressure from …
Amazon Fires Will Have Global Consequences. The UN Must Act.
The Amazon is burning. Nearly 75,000 fires have started in the iconic Brazilian rainforest this year to date, an 84 percent increase from the year before. Since August 10, a spate of intentionally set fireshave been raging in the Amazon. But Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, who took office in January, let them …
Candidates Must Commit to Immediate US Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Sgt. 1st Class Lance Amsden, platoon sergeant for the 1st Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, watches as CH-47 Chinook Helicopters circle above during a dust storm at Forward Operating Base Kushamond, Afghanistan, July 17, during preparation for an air-assault …
Recidivism – A Big Problem with Few Solutions
For those that don’t know, recidivism is when a former criminal offender commits an additional crime and returns to incarceration. That said, even though it’s easy to define recidivism, figuring out its cause is a much bigger problem. This is one of the most difficult questions to answer because recidivism …
What is a Platform? What is Bernie Sanders’?
DailyClout breaks down what the various candidates for President say that they will do. What does having a “platform” matter? What saves policy and accountability from being gibberish? Watch our video series for insight into the 2020 election! https://youtu.be/HOqdmP3ULXg https://youtu.be/-R4ROBVY97o https://youtu.be/ufbm_DAqst8 https://youtu.be/oG1e7Oe9t9c
Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking Report
This is a 100% volunteer effort brought to you by a handful of progressive Democrats and Independents who share a vision of an informed electorate and a desire to make the process of getting legislative news easier! We want to offer thanks to the Pennsylvania Together and Pennsylvania Statewide Indivisible …
MESSAGE from Nancy Goroff for Congress: “As a scientist, I believe in facts”
I’m excited to officially announce that I’m running for Congress in New York’s 1st District. As an educator, scientist, and mother who’s built my life in Suffolk County, I can’t stay on the sidelines when D.C. politicians like our current representative, Lee Zeldin, push an agenda that hurts the place …
MESSAGE from Shahid Buttar for Congress: Who Speaks For You?
For many years in the San Francisco Bay Area—even now—you would see bumper stickers declaring “Barbara Lee Speaks for Me.” It’s one of the most enduring political memes, and for good reason. Representative Lee in 2001 was the only member of Congress—House or Senate—to oppose the military authorization that gave …
Bulletin Board—#StopTheBans
Across the country, we are seeing a new wave of extreme bans on abortion, stripping away reproductive freedom and representing an all-out assault on abortion access. This is Trump’s anti-choice movement… and it’s terrifying, particularly for women of color and low-income women who are most affected by these bans.