MD-05 primary voters will choose between a Climate denier and a Climate activistOn Memorial Day, the NY Times ran an important story by Coral Davenport and Mark Landler that has gone largely unseen, Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science.
Yesterday was the final day of elections across Europe for the EU Parliament. The headlines are all about how the mainstream center-right and center-left parties took terrible drubbings while the proto-fascist parties surged. The fascist surge had been predicted. A gigantic surge for Europe's Greens-- from 50 seats to 69-- hadn't been.
Señor Trumpanzee with Italian would-be Mussolini, Matteo SalviniIn Europe, voting for the EU Parliament ends today. But Holland and the U.K. went first-- on Thursday-- and unofficial Dutch results show a gargantuan loss for Geert Wilders, the far right hate-monger who was leading in the polls. This is how it looks right now for the the Dutch delegation (26 seats):
They do NOT like being called NazisThis morning Theresa May announced she will be resigning as Prime Minister on June 7th. She wasn't given any real choice-- just resign or be ousted. Meanwhile, there are 28 counties in the EU-- with around 350 million qualified voters for elections that began yesterday... in the U.K. and Holland. Voting ends Sunday. 751 seats in the European parliament are at stake-- and, of course, the direction of the EU itself.
Image above: Students celebrate victory of DePaul divestment resolution. DEPAUL DIVEST
“DePaul students don’t want their tuition dollars invested in weapons manufacturers who supply the Israeli government, army and prison services” The Palestinians have been robbed of everything, including their freedom. Why should they be asked to make more “concessions” to the thief? That is why Boycotting Israel is so important and necessary
