Sucker Punch News - Part 69

Maternal Health Care Is Disappearing in Rural America

Posted by Editor on February 15, 2017 in Healthcare 0 Comment

“Many women must travel an hour or longer to find a hospital where they can deliver their babies.”

Department of Homeland Security Preparedness Grants: A Summary and Issues (October 2016)

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Executive Branch, Terrorism 0 Comment

This Congressional Research Service report is a brief summary of the development of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) role in providing homeland security assistance, a summary of the current homeland security programs managed by DHS, and a discussion of the following policy questions: (1) the purpose and number of programs; (2) the use of homeland security assistance program funding; and (3) the funding amounts for the programs.

Debunked: TSA’s $1.5 Billion “Behavior Detection & Analysis” Program

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Executive Branch, Terrorism 0 Comment

FOIA documents reveal that materials in TSA’s own files discredit this junk-science program.

Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch’s Extra-Judicial Writings and Speeches

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Judicial Branch 0 Comment

A round-up of the extra-judicial writing and speeches of Judge Neil Gorsuch.

The Sister District Project: Changing Districts from Red to Blue

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Legislature 0 Comment

“The Sister District Project harnesses the energy of volunteers in deeply blue (or red) places and channels it to where it can make a real impact. We are a network of local teams that support strategically important, winnable races across the country.” New.

Trump border ‘wall’ to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: DHS internal report

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Executive Branch, Immigration 0 Comment

“President Donald Trump’s ‘wall’ along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report…”

Missing Members of Congress Action Plan

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Legislature, Town Halls 0 Comment

Former congressional staff explain how to make your Members of Congress more accessible.

Congressional Town Hall Project

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Legislature, Town Halls 0 Comment

Continuously updated list of Congressional Town Halls being held across the U.S. Compiled by volunteers from each Congress member’s web site, Twitter and Facebook postings.

Donald “I Love Wikileaks” Trump: “The ‘real story’ of Flynn resignation is illegal leaks”

Posted by Editor on February 14, 2017 in Executive Branch 0 Comment

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Global Terrorism Database

Posted by Editor on February 12, 2017 in Terrorism 0 Comment

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on over 150,000 terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2015 (with annual updates planned for the future). Includes systematic data on domestic as well as international terrorist incidents. From the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland.