This article originally appeared in Truthout and has been reprinted with permission. “Nobody is above the law,” Donald Trump declared during the 2016 campaign. But as special counsel Robert Mueller zeroes in on him, the president is carving out an exemption for himself. Trump and his attorneys are claiming absolute power for the president. Trump’s […]
OPINION: “Globalization, Not Tariffs, Is Killing US Jobs”
This article originally appeared in WNT and has been reprinted with permission. President Trump has declared the United States must have the ability to produce aluminum and steel here at home. He backed up his words with action and imposed an import tax, or tariff, to protect America’s strategic industries from being totally wiped out […]
Veteran CIA Interrogator Training ICE Officers
This article originally appeared on TYT Network and has been reprinted with permission. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has contracted a private security firm run by a former top CIA interrogator to train ICE officers in “intelligence collection” and “counterterrorism elicitation,” federal documents show. The documents indicate that the training is to help ICE officers […]
New Video: Congress Fights The Opioid Crisis
Iziah Thompson is back on This Week in Congress, keeping you up to date about what’s happening in Washington. The United States is in the middle of an opioid crisis. Iziah talks about what Congress is trying to do to fight it. Click below to view, share, and comment on this week’s episode!
Congresswoman Maloney Introduces Legislation to Expand Family Leave Protections
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) introduced the Family Medical Leave Modernization Act of 2018 to bring family medical leave into the 21st century. The FMLA Modernization Act would expand FMLA eligibility, cover parental involvement leave, and modernize the FMLA definition of family. Current law only protects workers who put in at […]
The Electoral College: a Hackneyed Mess — or One of The Founders’ Best Ideas?
Senator Elizabeth Warren, thought by many to be a front runner in the next presidential campaign, spoke on May 15that the Center for American Progress ‘Ideas Conference’ (Real Clear Politics) with other 2020 Democratic presidential contenders and declared that democracy is “crumbling.” She questioned the Electoral College, saying “we are not a ‘healthy democracy’ if […]
Are you voting in the June 5th Democratic Primary?
Shahid Buttar is challenging the Establishment in San Francisco. Learn more about him here.
SF Congressional Challenger Shahid Buttar Talks Platform; Critique of “Establishment” Figure Rep. Pelosi from Muslim Immigrant Activist
DailyClout is honored to have been invited by @ShahidforChange, Shahid Buttar’s Congressional campaign, to interview the candidate, a grassroots activist, privacy rights advocate, Constitutional lawyer, and Muslim immigrant, who is running in the SF primary to unseat Rep Nancy Pelosi. The SF Primary is a “two past the post” primary, so Buttar and other challengers […]
SCOOP: DailyClout interviews Pelosi Challenger Shahid Buttar. Health Care, Housing, Costs Saved on Military Expenditure?
DailyClout is honored to have been invited by @ShahidforChange, Shahid Buttar’s Congressional campaign, to interview the candidate, a grassroots activist, privacy rights advocate, Constitutional lawyer, and Muslim immigrant, who is running in the SF primary to unseat Rep Nancy Pelosi. The SF Primary is a “two past the post” primary, so Buttar and other challengers […]
Two Koch Insiders Are Creating a New Office Inside the FCC
This article originally appeared in TYT Investigates Two recent employees from key groups financially supported by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch are creating a new office within the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that will provide economic data and analysis relating to FCC policy initiatives. The office could provide FCC Chairman Ajit Pai with analytical […]
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 days away. (Yes, we are […]
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 we don’t endorse candidates — […]
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 place next week but could […]
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 are liberals in the US […]
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 on aid to Syria’s Assad […]
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 symptom of, not a solution […]
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 cards. Although there has been […]
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 be repealed. Was this a […]