Jake Johnson

Russia Says ‘US Warplanes Now Legitimate Targets’ After US Downs Syrian Jet

The comments came after a Syrian aircraft was brought down in the southern Raqqa countryside while it was engaging a fleeing ISIS convoy.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
A Russian Su-30 fighter jet takes off on a combat mission with a Su-30 bomber in the foreground, at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. Since early morning, Russian combat jets have been taking off from this base in western Syria, heading for missions. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)

In what is being characterized as an act sure to further escalate already alarming tensions between the United States, Syria, and Russia, an American fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane over Raqqa on Sunday, prompting Moscow to cut off its deconfliction channel with the U.S. "As of June 19 this year, the Defense Ministry of the Russian

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Prime Minister Theresa May Forced To Flee As Londoners Protest Deadly Fire

“People should be held to account,” said Labour MP David Lammy.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
New British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media outside her official residence,10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday July 13, 2016.

In the wake of the deadly fire that devastated residents of London's Grenfell Tower—a fire believed to have been caused in part by government neglect and design flaws stemming from an effort to make the building look nicer to appease the wealthy—hundreds took to the streets on Friday to demand swift action from the British

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Hawaii May Soon Become The First State To Implement Universal Basic Income

The move “boldly declares that all families in Hawaii deserve basic financial security,” said State Rep. Chris Lee

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
(Photo: Russell Shaw Higgs/Creative Commons)

Hawaii has become the first state to officially begin exploring the possibility of a universal basic income (UBI) after a bill requesting the creation of a "basic economic security working group" recently passed both houses of the state legislature. A UBI would, if passed, guarantee every resident a fixed income, regardless of their employment

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Judge Orders Army Corps Of Engineers To Reconsider Dakota Access Pipeline Risks

“We applaud the courts for protecting our laws and regulations from undue political influence and will ask the court to shut down pipeline operations immediately,” said Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
America Indians and their supporters protest outside of the White House, Friday, March 10, 2017, in Washington, to rally against the construction of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline. ( AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Water protectors celebrated a "very significant victory" on Wednesday as a federal judge deemed safety evaluations of the Dakota Access Pipeline insufficient and ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to "reconsider" its analysis of the risks the crude oil pipeline poses to the environment and the public. In a 91-page ruling (pdf), U.S. District

اقرأ المقال كاملا

ICE Chief Says Immigrants Should Be Looking Over Their Shoulders

He also said “no population of persons” in the U.S. illegally is safe from deportation.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
Ice Cheif Tom Homan speaks at the announcement of the new Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office at a news conference in Washington, April 26, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan declared on Tuesday that the federal government "shouldn't wait" for undocumented immigrants to commit a crime before they are detained, comments that were characterized by one immigrant rights activist as part of the "reign of terror" President Donald Trump has unleashed in immigrant

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Despite Human Rights Concerns, Senate Votes To Continue Arming Saudi Arabia

Bipartisan opposition to the bill nonetheless sent a “strong message” to the Saudis—and to President Trump

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
A man holds a cluster comb fragment after a Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen's capital, Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

The Senate voted on Tuesday to approve a widely criticized $500 million sale of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, narrowly beating back a bipartisan effort to block the deal. The final tally was 53-47 in favor of the sale, which is just part of a massive $100 billion arms package. Among the sponsors of the resolution put forth to

اقرأ المقال كاملا

Trump’s Treasury Plan Wins Approval Of Wall Street Titans

“We need stronger protections for consumers, but instead, this proposal is a toxic concoction of repackaged banker handouts,” said Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert.

Jake Johnson
بواسطة Jake Johnson
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin takes his seat to testify at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the budget, on Capitol Hill, June 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP/Alex Brandon)

The Treasury Department on Monday released a report (pdf) that "grants Wall Street its wishes" by recommending the White House defang the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and severely roll back regulations established following the financial meltdown of 2008. Predictably, the financial industry met the report with enthusiasm. But

اقرأ المقال كاملا