Thursday, February 5, 2026

House approves Save the Internet Act, votes to restore net neutrality

"The Save the Internet Act ensures that consumers have control over their Internet experience, rather than Internet service providers [controlling that experience]."

New test finds aerially sprayed pesticide contains PFAS causing significant environmental issues

"Once again, the EPA has failed to protect the American people from harmful pollution by absurdly designating PFAS as ‘inert’ and allowing corporations to withhold crucial information about it."

Blowing the Biggest Political Story of the Last Fifty Years

The shocking story isn't the rise of Donald Trump but how the GOP slowly morphed into a party of hate and obstruction.

Another major city bans single-use plastic bags

“It’s a fantastic first step to a larger zero-waste mentality.”

How corporations hope to eviscerate workers’ right to strike

Corporations so fear this kind of worker power that they’re asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rig the scales and help them kill future strikes before they even begin.

Scientists warn about dangers of disinfectants

“It’s ironic that the chemicals we’re deploying in vain for one health crisis are actually fueling another.”

Appeals court: Trump’s third attempt at travel ban is illegal

The president failed to make a "legally sufficient" finding that entry of those he wants to bar from entering the US would be “detrimental to the interests of the United States.”

Subsidies for private health insurance set to expire, costs expected to rise for Americans

Without an extension, premium costs could double for many Marketplace enrollees.

McRaven’s Delusional, Dangerous National Security Strategy

Whatever McRaven’s explanation, he might consider whether instead of continuing to use our military power to try to shore up our morally bankrupt empire, we should start to tell the truth and take those moral principles seriously before we repeat our mistakes once again.