House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight  —  Defying President Obama, House Democrats on Friday rallied to vote down legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the fast-track legislation that had been scheduled to hit the floor.

Pelosi defies Obama on trade  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a meandering but dramatic floor speech on Friday announced her vote against a measure providing assistance to workers displaced by trade.  —  “If TAA slows down the fast-track, I'm prepared to vote against TAA,” Pelosi said.

NAACP STATEMENT ON RACHEL DOLEZAL  —  Baltimore, MD - For 106 years, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has held a long and proud tradition of receiving support from people of all faiths, races, colors and creeds.  NAACP Spokane Washington Branch President Rachel Dolezal …

Stop making excuses for Rachel Dolezal: The Spokane NAACP official's fraud is unforgivable  —  The chapter president allegedly passed herself off as black for years  —  It should already be abundantly clear that the still emerging story of Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal is not your typical tale of everyday cultural appropriation.

If Rachel Dolezal Isn't Black, How Is Caitlyn Jenner A Woman?  —  Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal, a professor of Africana Studies at Eastern Washington University, was outed earlier this week by her parents as being white.  —  In what has to be one of the more bizarre news stories of 2015 …

WHY THE OPM BREACH IS SUCH A SECURITY AND PRIVACY DEBACLE  —  If it's not already a maxim, it should be: Every big hack discovered will eventually prove to be more serious than first believed.  That's holding to be especially true with the recently disclosed hack of the federal Office …