Weekend Review: Amy Coney Barrett on the Road to Confirmation
Hearings began on Monday for President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Barrett will likely replace late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg following votes on her confirmation. After days of testimony in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican’s praised Barrett while Democrats voiced concerns about the nominee’s political similarities to […]
Activists Want to Know What Winter Holds for Americans Without Utility Protections
Caracal Reports first detailed the impacts of expired utility shutoff protections last month. Now, coronavirus numbers are on the rise again, and the coldest months of the year are yet to come. With no obvious action to mandate moratoria on utility shutoffs on a large scale, the collective suffering is only beginning. Activists are recharging […]
Weekend Review: Trump and Inner Circle Infected with Coronavirus
On Friday morning, Pres. Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he and First Lady Melania both tested positive for the coronavirus. Following the announcement, he traveled by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for hospitalization. The New York Times reported that the president was on supplemental oxygen before leaving the White House but […]
Chaos in Illinois: Pritzker Failed to Regulate, Speaker Accused of Accepting Corporate Utility Bribes
As previously reported by Caracal Reports, utility protections in Illinois and other states were not extended quickly enough, and utility terminations resumed last month. Meanwhile, Illinois’ Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker stood idly by while ignoring repeated calls from activists and other members of the Democratic party who were concerned about an impending crisis. Pritzker’s refusal […]
Weekend Review: Trump Announces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Pick
On Saturday, President Trump announced to a crowd at the White House that he will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Trump is recommending Barrett to fill the seat left empty by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last week. Barrett is a U.S. Circuit Court judge who was interviewed in […]
Weekend Review: In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Esteemed Supreme Court Justice and women’s rights icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at 87 on Friday. A court statement said she was with family at her D.C. home when she died from “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer.” Appointed by Bill Clinton, Ginsburg was the first Democratic appointee to the court in over 25 years. […]
Trump’s shocking Admission To Woodward: COVID deadlier than flu
In startling admissions caught on tape in February, Pres. Donald Trump acknowledged to journalist Bob Woodward that he was downplaying the severe threats of the coronavirus pandemic. This revelation came shortly after the first reported U.S. case. Trump explicitly told Woodward within a series of 18 recorded interviews that COVID-19 is more lethal than even […]
35 million risk losing power without utility moratoriums
As more state-mandated moratoriums on utility shut-offs expired this week, tens of millions of Americans could soon face energy insecurity. To keep services on, some will go back to work while at high-risk for death if exposed to the coronavirus. By Oct. 1, only six states plus D.C. will have protections remaining to prevent electricity […]
Weekend Review: Hate, Death and Mourning in Wisconsin
Last Sunday, police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin became the latest to fall under scrutiny for using devastating police force against an unarmed Black man. Cell phone video shows the 29-year-old man, Jacob Blake, was walking away from police officers who had their guns drawn. They followed him to his vehicle and shot him in the […]
