Facing Down Censure Vote, Maxine Waters Defiant: ‘The Whole Civil Rights Movement Is Confrontation’
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Facing a looming censure vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is defiant in her latest public comments since House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy announced his intention to pursue the drastic consequence for her violent rhetoric this weekend.
Waters, the chairwoman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, insists her comments in Minnesota this past weekend urging people to ratchet up “confrontation” “in the streets” were not a call to violence.
“The whole Civil Rights movement is confrontation,” she said, according to CNN’s Manu Raju.
Former 1st District Congresswoman Leaves Legacy Details
Former U.S Representative Elizabeth Furse passed away Sunday, April 18th due to complications from a fall. She was 84. Furse represented the 1st Congressional District, which includes the Northern Oregon coast, from 1993 until succeeded by David WU in 1999. She was a Democrat and was the first naturalized U.S. Citizen born in Africa to win an election to the United States Congress.
Elizabeth Furse was born a British subject in Nairobi, Kenya, on October 13, 1936. Her grandmother, Dame Katherine Furse, established the Women’s Royal Naval Service (the “Wrens”) during World War I. Her father was a naval lieutenant who later settled in the then-British colony of Kenya as a coffee planter. The family moved to South Africa, where Furse’s mother established an anti-apartheid women’s group, “Black Sash.” Elizabeth Furse marched with the group at the age of 15. In 1955 she left South Afri
Rep. Ilhan Omar said Tuesday the trial against Derek Chauvin is a closed case It shouldn t be really even questioned whether there will be an acquittal or a verdict that doesn t meet the scale of the crime that was committed, she said
Omar s was visiting the spot where 20-year-old Daunte Wright was killed during a traffic stop last week
Kimberly Potter, 48,was arrested Wednesday and charged with killing Wright
Biden said he is praying the verdict is the right verdict in Derek Cahuvin s case
The president said that the evidence is overwhelming as the jury convened for its second day of deliberations
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ed Markey Reintroduce the Green New Deal
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks during a press conference to reintroduce the Green New Deal in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2021.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) are set to reintroduce the Green New Deal (GND) resolution in Congress on Tuesday. The lawmakers last introduced the legislation two years ago.
“For the past two years, it has been proven that the Green New Deal isn’t just a resolution, it is a revolution,” said Markey at an event unveiling the legislation.
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Willie Nelson and his Luck Reunion team are calling on President Joe Biden to make the unofficial marijuana holiday of April 20 a legitimate national week of celebrating cannabis.
Nelson and the Texas-based concert team started a petition that’s gained more than 2,000 signatures calling on the president to recognize April 20, also known as 4/20, as the kickoff to a national holiday that will end on April 29 each year to commemorate the singer and marijuana advocate’s birthday. The fine people of Luck, Texas, and supporters of the great Willie Nelson, on behalf of cannabis users around the nation, are writing today to ask you to consider declaring the 9 days spanning April 20 to April 29 an official national holiday: the High Holidays, the petition, addressed to Biden and the United States Congress, reads.