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  • Musk and Trump Fire Members of Congress

    Wednesday, February 26, 2025
    Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sent messages to all members of Congress terminating their positions, stating “Your performance has not been adequate to justify further employment.” All Democratic and independent members of Congress, as well as two Republicans, found themselves locked out of their offices after everything inside had been confiscated.   read more
  • Displaced by Nuclear Bomb Testing and then Flooded by Climate Change, Bikini Islanders want to Evacuate to U.S.

    Saturday, March 28, 2015
    The atomic blasts rendered the Bikini atoll uninhabitable for decades, if not centuries. That didn’t stop the U.S. government from trying to resettle the Bikinians back home in the 1980s, only to discover the island was still too “hot” for anyone to live there. Now the Bikinians have a new problem: rising sea levels brought on by global warming. The Bikini Islanders have told the Interior Department that they want to move to the U.S. permanently.   read more
  • Supreme Court Votes 5-4 that Alabama’s Redistricting is Unfair to Black Voters

    Saturday, March 28, 2015
    Those drawing the lines packed supermajorities of black voters into those districts, diluting their votes and removing the possibility of black voters having influence in more heavily white districts. Although 26% of Alabamans are black, only 5 of 35 state senators, or 14%, are black.   read more
  • Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services: Who Is Kathryn “Kit” Matthew?

    Saturday, March 28, 2015
    Matthew returned to Charleston in 2005 as director of the Historic Charleston Foundation, serving there until 2008. At that time, she rejoined the corporate world as a product manager for Blackbaud, which develops and markets fund raising and membership software for non-profit organizations. In 2014, Matthew was named chief science educator for Children’s Museum of Indianapolis   read more
  • Secret Trade Pact would Allow Foreign Corporations to Sue U.S. for Damaging Investment “Expectations”

    Friday, March 27, 2015
    Democrats in Congress have been the most vocal opponents, saying it would give foreign banks as well as pharmaceutical, tobacco and other companies the ability to undermine U.S. sovereignty. “This is really troubling,” said Sen. Charles Schumer. “It seems to indicate that savvy, deep-pocketed foreign conglomerates could challenge a broad range of laws we pass at every level of government." Most GOP lawmakers reportedly favor the agreement.   read more
  • Army Apologizes to Iraq Service Members and Promises to Screen more than 1,500 for Possible Chemical Weapons Exposure

    Friday, March 27, 2015
    Many of the troops never received proper treatment for their ailments related to the chemical exposure. The Army's Brad Carson said service personnel will now receive medical support for lingering health effects. “To me, the scandal is that we had protocols in place and the medical community knew what they were, and yet we failed in some cases to implement this across the theater. That was a mistake, and I apologize for that."   read more
  • Bipartisan House Bill would Repeal Patriot Act and Ban Mass Surveillance of Americans

    Friday, March 27, 2015
    The Surveillance State Repeal Act is the most far-reaching anti-surveillance legislation drafted to date. “This isn’t just tinkering around the edges, it’s a meaningful overhaul that makes sure the meaningless surveillance of emails and cell phones are done away with,” said bill co-author Rep. Mark Pocan. “All mass surveillance does is violate the rights and put a chilling effect on the American people," said CATO Insititute's Patrick Eddington.   read more
  • Why is Time-Warner Allowed to Collect Royalties on “Happy Birthday to You”?

    Friday, March 27, 2015
    “If you don't pay for the license to the song they will notify you and let you know that you have to pay,” said case plaintiff Jennifer Nelson. “They've never actually sued anybody but they have strong-armed people into having to pay.” Warner/Chappell Music charges anywhere from $500 to upwards of six figures for the song's use in a major motion picture. Nelson says it's been in the public domain for 65 years, while Warner says it owns title to copyright registration dating back to 1935.   read more
  • Rare Caribou Win Reprieve against Snowmobilers

    Friday, March 27, 2015
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials decided to extend a public comment period on whether the agency should downgrade the classification of woodland caribou from endangered to threatened. The species has almost entirely disappeared from the lower 48 states, and currently numbers only 14 in areas near the Canadian border. Their numbers have dwindled in the face of habitat destruction by loggers and off-trail snowmobilers, and because of predation by wolves and mountain lions.   read more
  • Congressional Republicans Approve Huge Increase in Fund for Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan despite Pentagon Asking for Less

    Thursday, March 26, 2015
    Pentagon officials had asked for $51 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations. They got that, and more. Wednesday night, the Republican-controlled House passed a budget plan, authored by Rep. Tom Price, that added $45 billion to the request. Democrats, and even some Republicans, call the OCO a “slush fund” that allows the military too much freedom to spend taxpayer dollars. Democrats labeled the Republican padding of the fund an “abusive loophole.”   read more
  • Lawyer who Defends Corporations Accused of Creating Toxic Pollution Sues Neighbor for Smoking Inside his own House

    Thursday, March 26, 2015
    When she’s not defending corporate polluters accused of releasing toxic substances, Nessa Coppinger is in court suing her neighbor for smoking in the privacy of his own home. She said Gray’s smoking was “a health concern” for her family. “We don’t allow smoking in our home,” she said. They want their neighbors to pay them $500,000 in damages, saying the smoke has intruded on their property. They’ve already gotten D.C. Judge Ronna Beck to issue an order banning smoking in Gray’s house.   read more
  • Inspector General Report Accuses Homeland Security Official of “Unprecedented” Visa Intervention on Behalf of Harry Reid, Virginia’s Current Governor and Others

    Thursday, March 26, 2015
    The investigation uncovered more than 15 whistleblowers within DHS who had concerns with Mayorkas’ actions—“an unusually large number of witnesses,” according to Government Executive. “Their allegations were unequivocal: Mr. Mayorkas gave special access and treatment to certain individuals and parties,” the report said. "Many employees concluded, not unreasonably, that the pressure exerted on them was because the individuals involved were politically connected.”   read more
  • Why are so many Babies Dying in Vernal, Utah?

    Thursday, March 26, 2015
    A small Utah town located near a major oil and gas drilling operation has witnessed a recent spike in infant deaths. Neonatal mortality rates in Vernal, population 10,000, went up six-fold from 2010 to 2013, according to statistics compiled by local resident and midwife Donna Young. Young’s troubling conclusion seemed to be backed up by a government health report on baby deaths in a tri-county area that includes Vernal. “I believe they know a lot more than what they’re divulging,” said Young.   read more
  • FCC Issues First TV Station Nudity Fine in 7 Years

    Thursday, March 26, 2015
    WDBJ got into trouble for showing a brief pornographic video clip on July 12, 2012, during a story on former porn star Tiffany Rose volunteering her time for a local rescue squad. The segment included three seconds from the woman’s website that featured an explicit video clip in a box on the side of the webpage. The fine of $325,000 against the station is the maximum amount that can be levied by the FCC.   read more
  • Corporate Takeover of the First Amendment

    Wednesday, March 25, 2015
    The cornerstone of the Bill of Rights is increasingly becoming the property of corporations, says a new study. Supreme Court rulings reveal a “corporate takeover of the First Amendment," said Harvard professor John Coates IV. “Once the patron saint of protesters and the disenfranchised, the First Amendment has become the darling of economic libertarians and corporate lawyers who have recognized its power to immunize private enterprise from legal restraint,” wrote Columbia law professor Tim Wu.   read more
  • Has the Smithsonian Sold Itself to David Koch?

    Wednesday, March 25, 2015
    Koch gave $15 million to fund the Hall of Human Origins at the National Museum of Natural History. The exhibit suggests that humans can simply evolve to adapt to the changes brought about by climate change. One part of the exhibit asks visitors whether humans might develop bigger sweat glands or become tall and thin, like giraffes. Since the temperatures are increasing faster than humans could possibly develop those traits, the exhibit is misleading.   read more
  • New York TV Stations more likely to Report Violent Crimes if Suspects are Black

    Wednesday, March 25, 2015
    NYPD numbers revealed black suspects were arrested in 54% of murders, 55% of thefts, and 49% of assaults. But 74% of homicides reported by the four stations where race was identified had black suspects; suspects in 84% of thefts reported on were African-American and in assault cases mentioned by the stations, 73% of suspects were black.   read more
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