Yearly Archives: 2017
Turning churches into super PACs
A bogus campaign for "religious freedom" could create unholy temples of dark money.
New tobacco filters sprout seeds when littered
“After all, any business that makes only money, we believe, is a bad business.”
Wall Street thieves find new ways to steal from us
The "new way" is the same old story of the rich robbing the rest of us.
Poison papers: Monsanto knew PCBs were toxic for years but sold them anyway
Monsanto's vice president of global strategy did not contest the authenticity of the documents.
Mulligan in Afghanistan
Trump applies the rules of his golf game to foreign policy.
Sessions DOJ says it’s OK to purge infrequent voters from Ohio rolls
The Obama administration was against the state's practice of purging inactive voters from the rolls, but this week, the Trump administration reversed course.
Trump called for acting FBI director’s removal the same day agents raided Manafort home
The news was confirmed by Manafort’s spokesman via Twitter.
House Democrats investigate federal payments to Trump businesses
“There may be other expenditures of American taxpayer funds at Trump properties that are not yet publicly known.”
You cannot trap the ‘magic rat’: Trump, Congress and geopolitics
The ‘magic rat’ is simply the mechanism by which an unconscious and terrified mind instantly switches its attention from something frightening to something more pleasant to avoid having any time to consciously engage with the presented information.
Trump administration’s solution to climate change: Ban the term
The effectiveness of this approach has previously been tested and has shown poor results.