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  • Trump Calls for Violent Street Demonstrations Against Himself

    Saturday, February 22, 2025
    President Donald Trump has repeatedly expressed outrage to aides because there have been no violent mass street demonstrations against his statements and policies. He believes he needs violent demonstrations against him in order to declare a national state of emergency that would allow him to do anything he wants.   read more
  • Family Sues BP after Terrorists Killed a U.S. Contractor in Algeria

    Saturday, April 05, 2014
    According to Fred Hagans, the lawyer representing Buttaccio’s family, BP denied Buttaccio cell phone access to the company’s wireless network because he was not in a management position. Had he been able to access it, he could have received “texts and news updates that allowed others to stay hidden and survive the attack.” In addition, the suit claims, BP had not put a plan in place to deal with an attack.   read more
  • Chairman of the Federal Election Commission: Who Is Lee Goodman?

    Saturday, April 05, 2014
    In 2002, Goodman returned to Wiley Rein, moving to the firm LeClairRyan as a partner in 2005, focusing on election law. He has also lobbied Congress on behalf of such firms as America Online and Time Warner. In 2012, he helped the Ron Paul campaign handle delegate challenges in Louisiana, Massachusetts and Oregon. He also served as general counsel of the Republican Party of Virginia from 2009 to 2013.   read more
  • Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Economic Development Administration: Who Is Matt Erskine?

    Saturday, April 05, 2014
    In September 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Matt S. Erskine as deputy assistant secretary for the Department of Commerce and chief operating officer of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). Since March 2012, Erskine has been acting assistant secretary of Commerce for economic development. The EDA’s mission is to promote capital investment in economically challenged areas of the country and to invest in infrastructure.   read more
  • Who are the Winners in the Super-Rich Supreme Court Ruling?

    Friday, April 04, 2014
    Billionaires and multi-millionaires across the U.S. will have more opportunities to spend large sums of money on federal elections, thanks to the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling to throw out established limits on campaign contributions. Dissenting, Justice Breyer said the ruling “undermines, perhaps devastates, what remains of campaign finance reform.” Watchdog groups are now expecting a big increase in wealthy donor spending on congressional candidates in this year’s midterm election.   read more
  • No Americans Died in Afghanistan or Iraq in March…First Month in 11 Years

    Friday, April 04, 2014
    The streak of Americans dying in the wars-on-terror finally ended in March, after more than a decade of continuous fatalities. March 2014 witnessed zero U.S. deaths in Afghanistan, the first time without an American life lost in that conflict or the Iraq war since 2003. However, it took only one day into April for the U.S. to again record a fatality. On April 1, Army Captain James E. Chaffin died in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The 27-year-old’s death was not combat related.   read more
  • More than One Million Americans are Caring for Post-9/11 Veterans

    Friday, April 04, 2014
    Another way to measure the toll of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is in the number of Americans now taking care of the wounded veterans who fought in these conflicts. More than 1 million individuals serve as caregivers in the U.S. today for post-9/11 veterans, according to the Rand Corporation. Another 4.4 million caregivers look after other ex-soldiers. “Military caregivers consistently experience worse health outcomes...than non-caregivers, and post-9/11 caregivers fare worst.”   read more
  • Federal Court Votes 2-1 to Knock Out Florida Voter Purge Law

    Friday, April 04, 2014
    Republicans in Florida will no longer purge voter rolls just months before an election, following a decision by a federal appeals court. The administration of Republican Governor Rick Scott launched the controversial program in 2012, just ahead of the presidential contest. That action violated federal law, which prohibits states from “systematic” removals of voters less than 90 days before a federal primary or general election, the appellate justices ruled 2-1.   read more
  • Supreme Court Says “Genug” to Kvetching Rabbi

    Friday, April 04, 2014
    A rabbi who frequently complained about service on his favorite airline has lost his case before the U.S. Supreme Court, which said enough-is-enough to the kvetching plaintiff. Rabbi Ginsberg brought suit against Northwest Airlines after it kicked him out of its frequent flyer program in 2008. The airline claimed he abused the program. In six months, the rabbi filed 24 complaints over travel problems, nine of which were related to his luggage arriving late at baggage pickup.   read more
  • Intelligence Director Clapper Finally Admits NSA Searched Americans’ Emails and Calls without Warrants

    Thursday, April 03, 2014
    Clapper’s admission goes against President Barack Obama’s assurance last year that his administration was not prying into people’s communications. “When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That’s not what this program’s about,” Obama said in June. “As was indicated, what the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers and durations of calls. They are not looking at people’s names, and they’re not looking at content.”   read more
  • Of 10,885 Peer-Reviewed Articles on Climate Change in 2013, Only 2 Question Human Involvement

    Thursday, April 03, 2014
    In 2013 alone, Powell found 10,885 peer-reviewed articles that discussed global warming or climate change. But only two described as peer-reviewed denied the widely-held belief that the planet is warming up because of humans, he says, and one of the two turned out not to be peer-reviewed. One of those papers was produced by a Russian scientist, S. V. Avakyan, who claims global warming is a product of solar activity.   read more
  • Justice Dept. Report Details Clashes between FBI and Organized Crime Drug Task Force

    Thursday, April 03, 2014
    When FBI employees expressed concerns about their workload, the center’s managers allegedly retaliated against them, according to the IG probe. Specifically, the center’s director from the DEA reportedly warned staff that anything they said to the IG inspectors could be traced back to them, and that they should answer all questions from the inspectors, but not elaborate on their answers.   read more
  • Tennessee “Religious Antidiscrimination” Law Could Allow Students to Preach Satan Worship and Submit Psalms for Writing Assignments

    Thursday, April 03, 2014
    The legislation would permit the public ridicule of gay students for being sinners, according to critics and civil libertarians. Such actions could take place in class, during school assemblies, or at other locations and times while school is in session. But the pending law could also be used by those such as Satanists, to espouse their beliefs in the classroom, opponents say.   read more
  • Labor Dept. Rejects NFL Cheerleaders’ Request for Minimum Wage Protection

    Thursday, April 03, 2014
    Even team mascots are paid better—much better—than cheerleaders: $23,000 a year. And the cheerleaders are required to pay for their travel and team-mandated cosmetics. The Raiderettes are also subject to fines for various infractions, such as wearing unapproved underwear or having the wrong shade of fake tan.   read more
  • Search for Missing Malaysian Jet Brings Attention to Trash in the Ocean

    Wednesday, April 02, 2014
    Each time objects spotted in the search for Flight 370 turn out to be trash, it shows how mankind has treated the ocean as a dumping ground. There are up to 10,000 shipping containers that fall off ships each year, With them go their contents, be it computers, toys, clothing, appliances and more. The 2011 Japan tsunami swept 10 million tons of debris—including homes, cars and trees—into the Pacific. “The ocean is like a toilet bowl that swirls but doesn’t flush,” said Charles Moore.   read more
  • Why are Large Corporations Allowed Tax Deductions for Violation Settlements?

    Wednesday, April 02, 2014
    JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $13 billion to settle its mortgage violations. But nearly $4 billion of this amount will be reclaimed through a tax deduction. BP, responsible for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, received a $10 billion tax break after writing off its settlement. “Americans don’t deduct their parking tickets or library fines from their taxes. Corporations like JPMorgan or BP shouldn’t be able to deduct their settlements for wrongdoing, either,” said Phineas Baxandall.   read more
  • Catholic Business Takes over Hospitals and Orders Affiliated Doctors to Stop Prescribing Birth Control

    Wednesday, April 02, 2014
    A small town in Oklahoma has discovered what other communities across the U.S. have found once their hospital is bought by an ever-growing Catholic medical enterprise: Patients can’t get birth control. During the last three years there have been 20 instances in which Catholic medical organizations have joined with smaller secular hospitals, which often results in policies that ban or restrict access to contraception, sterilization and abortion.   read more
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