"Our main enemy right now is not our political opponents. Our main enemy now is physics...and we cannot make deals with physics. -- Greta Thunberg address before U.S. House of Representatives #YEARSproject facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/584376195658253/
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was one of the progressive leaders in New York City credited with blocking $3 billion in public subsidies for Amazon to open an additional headquarters. https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/ocasio-cortez-takes-victory-lap-after-amazon-goes-to-nyc-even-after-she-helped-block-3-billion-in-subsidies/ But Amazon is moving into NYC despite the lack of subsidies. “The giant online retailer said it has signed a new lease for 335,000 square feet on the city’s west side in the new Hudson Yards neighborhood, where it will have more than 1,500 employees,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “Amazon is taking the space without any of the special tax credits and other inducements the company had been offered to build a new headquarters in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City, the company said.”
500’000 people marched in Madrid last night. This is the beginning of change! The world is slowly waking up to the climate and ecological crisis. Soon the people in power can no longer get away with ignoring the science. #cop25 #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/trump-hammered-by-ex-intel-officials-for-sucking-up-to-the-saudis-after-florida-naval-base-shooting/ Trump, however, failed to express any outrage at the shooting that left three dead and eight injured, which caught the eye of intel officials questioning Trump’s allegiances.
JUST IN: A U.S. official says that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, the Saudi aviation officer who killed three people and wounded more in an attack at Pensacola Naval Air Base, reportedly hosted a dinner party the night before to watch mass shooting videos.