Click:Skin Care DeviceLabor Secretary Tom Perez is calling for the Democratic Party to dedicate full-time staff to combating voter suppression as part of his pitch to lead the party out of the ashes of 2016. Accusing the GOP of looking to prevent Americans from voting, the former Justice Department lawyer argued that his party needs to…
The small pieces of plastic known as “microbeads” found in some facial scrubs and body wash have recently garnered scrutiny, and a ban in the state of Illinois, for the pollution they send into waterways. But dentists warn that similar tiny plastic beads can also be found in major toothpaste brands, posing threats to dental…
This story was updated at 4 PM EST. WWE will be remaining in the ThunderDome for at least another month. First reported by PWInsider and confirmed by Dave Meltzer, the company has been running out of the Orlando, Florida-based Amway Center since the Friday, August 21st SmackDown before SummerSlam weekend. The agreement was originally signed…
One of the factors stopping the U.S. from eliminating its nuclear weapons stockpile is the potential of an asteroid hurtling towards the planet. The finding comes from a Government Accountability Office report (pdf) on the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), which oversees the dismantling of the nation’s nuclear weapons. The unusual tidbit from the April…
Click:Hair growth treatment An Egyptian court on Sunday defied global calls for the freedom of 23 democracy and human rights activists, sentencing them to three years in jail each for allegedly demonstrating against an anti-protest law. The defendants were hit with the maximum jail sentence allowed under the law, fines of approximately $1,390 each, and…
Click:IAE1F10363 Just a few weeks before the November elections, a federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily reinstated Texas’s harsh voter ID law, despite warnings—including from the Department of Justice—that it suppresses people of color, the poor, the young, and the elderly from casting their ballots. “Today’s decision shocks the conscience of good people everywhere because…
Further undermining his insistence that the U.S. campaign against Islamic State militants will not involve American boots on the ground, President Obama on Friday authorized the deployment of an additional 1,500 troops to Iraq, a plan that would cost $5.6 billion and would more than double the size of the U.S. force in the nation….
On Dec. 16, 2016, it was reported that FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., the heavy hitters in the United States intelligence community, are unified in the “strong consensus … on the scope, nature, and intent of Russian interference in our presidential election,” CIA Director John Brennan…
Critics say it is “shameful” that a high-ranking U.S. military official suggested the Pentagon can learn lessons from Israel’s 50-day attack on Gaza this summer. According the Jerusalem Post, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey made statements Thursday praising the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for taking “extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage…
For a man who once faced life in prison, Daniel Ellsberg has a surprisingly good sense of humor. Right now the 83-year-old whistleblower is unwinding after a packed lecture at Georgia State University by chatting with his wife over the phone. Earlier in the lecture, in a rare moment of humanizing folly, Ellsberg accidentally answered…