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Ag-Gag Follow-Up: Take Action!
In case you missed it, DailyClout recently unveiled a set of new laws state by state, so-called “ag-gag bills”, that fine or arrest critics of animal abuse who videotape that abuse. For those who care about this issue, here are resources: Make sure to connect with like-minded people on Civ …
Is Performing an Abortion Like Killing a Chicken on Facebook?
Abortion rights advocates often tire of metaphors from men about what abortion really is. Here’s a new one: is it like killing a chicken on Facebook? Last month, Representative Mike Moon (R-MO), a Missouri State representative, conducted a Facebook Live video in which he cut off a live chicken’s head, …
“Net Neutrality” is Baaaaaaaack. What the Heck is it?
Did you think you would never have to hear the term “Net Neutrality” again? Well, the fight over that complex “internet thing,” Net Neutrality, is back — and it is as tough to sort out as ever. “Net Neutrality” is what we have now — that is at risk of …
This One’s for the Daughters
via What the Edge with Sallie Krawcheck This one’s for the daughters. And the lives we want for them. I really adore men. I love my gentlemanly father. My brother is my best friend. My husband keeps us all together. And my son is dead set on fighting the world’s …
GOP Senators Denounce Healthcare Bill; Rep. McConnell Calls for “Repeal Now, Replace Later”
The defection of two more GOP Senators from supporting a replacement bill to do away with Obamacare, has put the future of the proposed Better Care Act, on shaky ground indeed. This past Monday night, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) joined the list of GOP Senators who …
An Undebated Bill to Pass This Week: Handing Over Billions in FAA Funds, And Most FAA Responsibilities, to a New Corporation with Contracts with the Private Sector
Stop the presses — this bill, HR 2997, transfers ALL Federal aviation resources and activities to an ill-defined nonprofit corporation that is allowed to operate under any name or names it chooses. It forbids any other entity from managing any other aviation activities in the US, except for the Department …
The Maverick Takes Time Out – And Health Care Will Wait
Last Friday, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) underwent serious surgery — to remove a two-inch blood clot from above his left eye. Sen. McCain’s recovery from the surgery will delay his return to Washington, and this delay may ultimately stall the vote on the Obamacare-replacing Health Care bill. Senate Majority Leader, …
This Week’s Window On Congress
The Week of Monday, July 17, 2017 Congress is tackling bills this week that range widely, from big infrastructure changes, to bills addressing the future of hydroelectric energy. The three bills that Daily Clout chose for you to watch this week are the Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act, the Enhancing …
No Summer Vacay for Congress?
It’s a Congressional tradition to take off the entire month of August. But not this year! Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who is pushing to pass the new Health Care bill, decided this past Tuesday that the Senate will remain in session for the first two weeks of August. …
What’s Actually In the New Healthcare Plan?
This week Daily Clout uses BillCam to take a look at the new Health Care legislation in the Senate. Everyone wants to know what’s in the recent version of the American Healthcare Act, which was created behind closed doors in the Senate. We’ve cut through the legal language to bring …
This Week’s Window On Congress
The Week of Monday, July 10, 2017 Congress is tackling bills this week that range widely, from one that ensures a huge military budget, to a bill addressing global sex trafficking. The three bills that DailyClout chose for you to watch are the National Defense Authorization Act, the Medical Controlled …
AHCA Will Be Voted On After Independence Day
Hey all — big news. The AHCA, the Republicans’ health care bill, has had a postponement on the vote….leadership announced that the vote is pushed back till after the holiday. Maybe all of that citizen feedback — including the fact that you can FIND and SHARE the AHCA in BillCam …
Smithsonian Women’s Museum To Be Constructed
From Naomi’s inbox, by Alex Gangitano at RollCall.com: “A total of two-hundred twenty-seven House members have signed to the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act (H.B. 19) as of this week. ‘In the most hostile Congress in history, we have found something we can all agree on and that is a …
Wolves of Wall Street, On the Loose?
While the nation’s attention was focused on James Comey giving his testimony about his departure as director of the FBI, the House passed the Financial Choice Act, which makes major changes to rules established after the 2008 financial meltdown. This bill gives what President Trump has called a “very major haircut” to a law known as Dodd-Frank. …
Pork Barrel Politics: New Laws Silence and Fine Critics of Animal Abuse
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian,” stated rock legend Paul McCartney in 2009. Most people know about the growing uproar around the ethics of producing and consuming animal products. With the rise of the vegetarian and vegan movements, more people than ever are demanding to know: …
Universal Health Care in New York? Artists, Hackers and Filmmakers Say, Go For It; Small Business Owners Say, Hold On!
This past week, DailyClout hosted a Rapi Castillo, who is a coder, and Kathryn Jones, who is the Executive Director of Resistance Media Collective. They spoke about their work, along with that of other graphic artists, hackers and designers, including animators and filmmakers, in the Universal Health Action Blitz, to …
A Female Science and Tech Pioneer about whose Breakthrough Discovery You May Not Have been Taught in High School: Dr Nancy Kemeny
A shout out to our pioneers who are women in the sciences and medicine — whose breakthroughs, history shows, are often under-recognized in medical or scientific history. Dr. Nancy Kemeny of Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital is responsible for groundbreaking research. She came to this country as a child without …
EXCLUSIVE: Steven Matthews, Author of the Must-Read ‘On Magnetism,’ Explains why Everyone Needs Poems, Even — or maybe especially — in High-Tech, Distracted Times
Steven Matthews, born in Colchester, UK, is a leading voice in contemporary poetry. He teaches in Oxford and Reading. In his new book, On Magnetism, he unites Romantic sensibility with an urgent timely focus. We are thrilled to introduce him as our first Poet Laureate, here at DailyClout. Just because we’re saving democracy …
A Referendum lets Mainers Decide on Investing $50 Million in Small Businesses: Do State-Funded Grants Offer a Model for other States?
A referendum on the issue of bonds in the state of Maine is to be held in June of 2017. Citizens of Maine will vote on the grant of $50 million on behalf of the state to two entities — the Maine Technology Institute and the Maine Venture Fund. If the referendum passes the …
Is the Definition of Terrorism Racist?
We all know what fear is these days. On Tuesday, May 22nd, twenty-two year old Salman Abedi brought a bomb to an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, United Kingdom. According to The Telegraph, this act resulted in “the worst terrorist attack in the UK since the deaths of 56 people in the 7/7 London …