Year: 2021
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AMTRAK STATEMENT ON INVEST IN AMERICA ACT
Based on our initial review, the INVEST in America Act is a bold commitment to a stronger Amtrak and more sustainable transportation system that America needs. The bill authorizes the robust funding necessary to allow Amtrak to better serve the country. It provides additional funding to help advance the recently released Amtrak Connects US vision to…
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Celebrating LGBT Pride Month
LGBT Pride Month occurs in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world. I call upon all Americans to observe this month by fighting prejudice and…
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Los Angeles Releases a New Data-Driven Plan to Promote Sustainable Transportation
LOS ANGELES, June 7, 2021 — Los Angeles City Planning (City Planning) and the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) unveiled proposed changes to the City’s existing Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program. The draft proposal will help reduce car dependence to meet carbon pollution reduction strategies set out in LA’s Green New Deal. The update aims to reduce the number of…
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Go For Broke: World War II Forever Stamp Honors Japanese American Veterans
WASHINGTON DC — The U.S. Postal Service issued the Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII stamp. This commemorative Forever stamp honors the second-generation Japanese Americans, also known as nisei, that formed one of the most distinguished American fighting units of World War II: the all-Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, whose…
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The Tulsa Massacre Was Driven by a Problem with Equity Relating to Black People
Darrell “Coach D” Andrews, author of the upcoming book, “Equity is Not a Head Issue, it is a Heart Issue,” takes a deeper look into this historic event. There are many conversations and interests in the Tulsa Massacre of 1921 due to the release of the recent film and celebration of the 100th year of the…
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Pentagon: No Evidence of Aliens… But Maybe? (video)
Senior administration officials were recently briefed by American intelligence ahead of the upcoming highly anticipated Pentagon report on aerial phenomena witnessed by Navy personnel which is due to be released on June 25, 2021. They claim to have found no evidence that the UFOs were alien spacecraft. But they couldn’t rule that out. More…
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Pentagon UFO Report: No Evidence of Aliens, but Maybe?
The New York Times posted an article ahead of the Pentagon Report that will be released in a few weeks, about the origin of the recently reported and revealed encounters between the US Navy and unknown objects. The article, cowritten by NYT journalists Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper, stated that American intelligence officials…
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WATCH LIVE: SPACEX SXM-8 MISSION
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, June 6 for Falcon 9’s launch of the SXM-8 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The one-hour and 59-minute launch window opens at 12:26 a.m. EDT, 4:26 UTC, and a backup launch opportunity is available on Monday, June 7 with the same one-hour and 59-minute…
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FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for Chronic Weight Management, First Since 2014
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Wegovy (semaglutide) injection (2.4 mg once weekly) for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight with at least one weight-related condition (such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or high cholesterol), for use in addition to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity. This…