Year: 2017

Sex Hormone-Sensitive Gene Complex Linked to Premenstrual Mood Disorder

Dysregulated cellular response to estrogen and progesterone suspected. Expression of this ESC/E(Z) gene network was found to be systematically disturbed in PMDD.Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017.  National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman’s susceptibility to[Read More…]

Sierra Club: Trump’s Trade Rep Pick Eclipsed By Hypocrisy of Pro-TPP Cabinet

WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017.  Today, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to appoint Robert Lighthizer as the next U.S. Trade Representative. Lighthizer joins a proposed cabinet that includes 13 people that have supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and/or a broader corporate trade agenda. Trump’s team has also made[Read More…]

Center for American Progress’ Neera Tanden on House Republicans’ Vote to Gut Office of Congressional Ethics

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017.  Yesterday, House Republicans voted 119 to 74 in favor of a proposal that would gut the Office of Congressional Ethics. Neera Tanden, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are betraying the people[Read More…]

Keep Your Cash: Civil Asset Forfeiture Curtailed Under New California Law

Photo Credit: Shutterstock/ f9photos All across the country, civil asset forfeiture has been perverted into an ongoing attack on families who can’t afford to fight the government in court CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—January 3, 2017. By: Lynne Lyman, Drug Policy Alliance Heading out to make a cash purchase? Heading to the bank to[Read More…]

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Statement on House GOP Vote to Gut Office of Congressional Ethics

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2016.  In response to the House Republicans vote to weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and kill its independence, Norman Eisen and Richard Painter, Chair and Vice Chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), released the following statement: “Undermining the independence of the[Read More…]

#ResistTrumpTuesdays Action Toolkit

 #ResistTrumpTuesdays Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 3, 2017.  Every Tuesday the people will rise. This is not a drill, we are facing a Republican controlled federal government, a President-elect that has used fear and hatred to fuel his campaign and an already dangerous cabinet with self-proclaimed white nationalist Steve Bannon as Chief Strategist[Read More…]

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