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Outreach from Shahid Buttar, Grassroots Activist Running for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Seat in San Francisco
Other candidates from SF and across the country: send DailyClout similar ways for citizens to participate and we will get the word out on all of our platforms! DailyClout readers, here’s Team Shahid’s letter to you: Dear Friends, We’re in the home stretch! The June 5th primary is just 12 …
Bill banning boycotts!?!? and a SNAP Work requirement | This Week In Congress
Iziah Thompson is back on This Week in Congress, keeping you up to date about what’s happening in Washington. He talks a big “Farm Bill”, Net-Neutrality, and possible punishment for American citizens boycotting?!?. Click below to view, share, and comment on these bills! https://youtu.be/k5UPXo_Jolg
Former SF Supervisor John Avalos Endorses Shahid Buttar’s Campaign to Replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress
Shahid Buttar, a grassroots activist, privacy advocate, and a Muslim immigrant, is running for Nancy Pelosi’s seat in San Francisco. He is garnering endorsements. Burrat came to Civic Hall to share his vision for SF and Congress with DailyClout. Look for the video here this week. DailyClout is nonpartisan, so …
OPINION: Senate Panel Endorses Gina Haspel, Despite Her Facilitation of Torture
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted 10-5 to support Gina Haspel’s nomination today, despite the fact that her facilitation of torture should disqualify her from assuming the role of CIA director. Next the full Senate will make a final decision on Haspel’s nomination in a vote that is expected to take …
The Past Week in Congress: While Everyone Focused on Stormy Daniels, Big Bills to Deregulate Banks Moved Ahead
Dr. Naomi Wolf takes over This Week in Congress, keeping you up to date about what’s happening in Washington. She talks big bills on government spending, bank deregulation, and more. Click below to view, share, and comment on these bills! https://youtu.be/GQ6boGllxxY
OPINION: The Illiberal Left: Today’s New Fascists?
American liberals and leftists have a long history off assailing conservatives with the epithet: Fascist. Indeed, in today’s political climate, the labels “Fascist” and even the term “Nazi” are often thrown around by both sides of the debate, without people having the slightest historical understanding of what they mean. But …
New Members’ Video! This Week In Congress
Thanks to our amazing members we can continue to create weekly updates on what Congress is ACTUALLY doing. This week Iziah covers the Senate’s confirmations of Trump appointments, changes proposed to the US Census, and four bills that your House Representatives passed this week. These include a bill directing POTUS …
Jobs, Roads, and ‘Regenerative Farming’ for Ohio?
Last Week, DailyClout was honored to secure an in-depth interview at Civic Hall in New York City, with Ohio Gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich, and his wife, documentary producer Elizabeth Kucinich. In a cutting-edge discussion, eight-term Ohio Representative, two-time former candidate for the US Prsidency, and current candidate for Governor of …
Gun Laws and Gun Loopholes: Can Furious Opponents Actually Agree?
We are living in a time where it’s harder to buy Sudafed for cold season than it is to buy a gun in Florida. There have been 15,122 incidences of gun violence in America this year alone, according to GunViolence.org. Of the people who were injured or killed during these …
SB-320: Should Public Universities Offer Abortions Via the Pill? Feminists for Life Say “No”
Pregnant Students Deserve Resources and Support, Not a Bitter Pill Across the U.S., student parents, especially single mothers, are struggling to graduate college to lift themselves out of poverty while California legislators are considering a bill to require public university health centers to offer abortion by medication. Abortion is a …
America 101: A Brief War Powers Refresher
It’s the mission of DailyClout to help everyone everywhere demystify, understand, and then take charge of democracy. That’s a nonpartisan mission. In term of America, regarding the recent strike on Syria, we are reminding everyone in this little refresher, what our Founders decided, when it came to our making war. …
Trump’s Rush to Judgment on Syrian Chemical Attack: Illegal and Deadly
Via Truthout Donald Trump says the United States is about to bomb Syria, and Russia has vowed to shoot down US aircraft with missile defenses in response. With John Bolton, the new national security adviser and infamous enemy of the United Nations by Trump’s side, diplomacy is not in the …
What’s scary about TPP?
Trade Deals: What’s the plan? US stock markets have suffered significant declines in recent weeks as rising trade tensions and worries about tariffs consume multiple industries. And that is just the domestic response. Abroad, President Trump’s new trade policies are being referred to as a “trade war.” They have leaders …
Dirtier Air on the Way?
Here is a Wrap-up of Recent Important Legislation Of Which You Should Be Aware: Two House Bills Bills May Weaken Air Pollution Protections Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA-12) HR 1119 would affect power plants that generate electricity by burning coal refuse (a waste byproduct of coal) as their primary fuel source …
Is It Time To End The War on Drugs? Senator Cory Booker Thinks So.
If you want to see a Congressperson blush, ask him or her a question about marijuana. With four states (California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada) having legalized it last November — making that seven states and DC, where pot is now legal for recreational use — this is one topic that is becoming more and more unavoidable. …
Essays on Liberty: Are Gun Owners Fanatics — or Patriots?
Is the Bill of Rights indeed obsolete? In a striking Op-Ed last week, former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said how inspiring it was for him to see young people advocating for gun control and school safety. He declared that the Second Amendment is obsolete and that it should …
HUGE APPROPRIATIONS BILL: EXTRA $65.2 BILLION TO GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR; MORE $$$ FOR FOSSIL FUELS; NONE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD
The House and Senate have both passed a $1.3 trillion bill to fund the Federal government for 2018. If this seems a little late, well, it is — and this budget will only last through to September. For months we have been covering this process. The bill would increase defense …
How Much Did Your Congressperson Get Paid by the Telecoms?
https://youtu.be/NSpgbLWTros How much did your Congressperson get paid by the Telecoms before he or she handed over the right for Internet Service Providers to sell your personally identifiable search history? Check out the data, provided by the Resistance Report at this link.
Congress Just Voted to Let Internet Providers Sell Your Private Search History
On March 28, 2017, the Senate passed a Joint Resolution, proposed by Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), that condemns a prior law regarding how the FCC asks Internet Service Providers to protect users’ private browsing history and data. The consensus about this Resolution’s immediate effect, is that it allows internet providers …
Exclusive: Veteran Jonathan Dozier Throws His Hat Into the Ring to Represent North Carolina
https://youtu.be/F064QeR9yU8 Naomi Wolf interviews Republican grassroots Congressional candidate Jonathan Dozier, who served in various roles in the US Military and now works in the insurance industry. A father of four, Dozier expresses his reasons for wanting to run for Congress to represent his community, Fayetteville, NC; he says that it …