Really, they’re actually talking about Tax Reform? Mostly it’s code words for ‘spreading the taxation out to the most people, excluding corporations (even though they are ‘people’) of course because they are soooo willing to pay their part. They’re been… Read More ›
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No indictment in NYC police chokehold death of Eric Garner
By David Ferguson in the Raw Story The Staten Island grand jury investigating the death of New York’s Eric Garner — an asthmatic man who died of a heart attack after being held in a police chokehold — has declined… Read More ›
Was Michael Brown surrendering or advancing to attack Officer Darren Wilson?
Just before Michael Brown was felled by police bullets, he turned to face the officer, Darren Wilson, who had been in pursuit. Then, at the climax of an incident that has gripped and divided the country, Brown started moving toward… Read More ›
‘Keystone XL Clone’ to Pump Tar Sands Oil Starting Next Year
By Anastasia Pantsios As Republicans get set to test their new majority in the U.S. Senate and their complete control of Congress to push through approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, a new investigative report by editor Lou Dubose at the… Read More ›
Anonymous Seized The Klan’s Main Twitter Account This Morning
By skywriter and wouldn’t let go until a short time ago. Anonymous had been in control of the Klan’s main Twitter account @KuKluxKlanUSA since 9 this morning, posting its own pictures on the racists’ account and using the hashtags, #OpKKK #Ferguson… Read More ›
Did Voting Restrictions Determine the Outcomes of Key Midterm Races?
By Ari Berman in The Nation Bryan McGowan spent twenty-two years in the US Marine Corps, including four tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. When he was stationed at Camp LeJeune in North Carolina from 2005 until 2010, McGowan used same-day… Read More ›
Jim Crow returns: Millions of minority voters threatened by electoral purge
Election officials in 27 states, most of them Republicans, have launched a program that threatens a massive purge of voters from the rolls. Millions, especially black, Hispanic and Asian-American voters, are at risk. Already, tens of thousands have been removed… Read More ›
Republican-Majority Senate Is Starting to Look Likelier
By Nate Cohn in The New York Times President Obama, even in his worst hours after the first presidential debate in 2012, held a consistent lead in Wisconsin, Ohio and Nevada. It was always enough to win re-election, and he… Read More ›
Missouri GOP’s sham early voting proposal
Excepts from “Vote ‘no’ on Missouri’s sham early voting proposal” in The Kansas City Star Missouri is in the dark ages when it comes to early voting. But a measure on the upcoming statewide ballot is not the path to… Read More ›
Netanyahu says US criticism of settlements is ‘against American values’
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has dismissed a recent White House rebuke of Israeli settlement construction, saying such criticism goes “against American values”.Israel came under fire last week after a Jerusalem city official signed the final go-ahead for construction of… Read More ›
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