Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Timber tax cuts cost Oregon towns billions. Then polluted water drove up the price.

Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination.
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A rigged judiciary leads to rigged elections: Ari Berman on Barrett hearings & GOP...

“[Trump] wants a justice who will rule his way on the vote count, no matter what the facts or the law actually says.”

Trump rush to reopen America is causing a Covid resurgence

The priority must be to get control over this pandemic and help Americans survive it, physically and financially. Anything less is morally indefensible.

What is insider trading, the crime Rep. Chris Collins was charged with?

Insider trading is when someone – usually a corporate insider – buys or sells securities such as a stock or bond based on “non-public information.”

CIA Mission: Destroy the Whistleblower and Perfume the Stench of ‘Operation Merlin’

Does more secrecy breed more impunity? The Jeffrey Sterling case brought to the surface more serious questions about Operation Merlin and indicates that the CIA program was more "shoddy and irresponsible" than Risen’s book reported.
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Georgia runoffs: How you can help flip the Senate

The stakes couldn’t be higher. Let’s bring this home, flip the Senate, and usher in the transformative change this nation requires.

When do the rules apply?

The Biden administration is bending rules to drop bombs but not raise wages. That’s a mistake.

Aftermath: Paint it black

Track 1 on the Rolling Stones "Aftermath" album is the rock classic "Paint It Black." Sometimes there's no point in painting inside the lines.

The southern system

Georgia's new voter suppression law has deep roots.

While America focuses on tax bill, Congress quietly tries to open Arctic refuge to...

“The oil industry and its allies in Congress may think they can sneak this past the American people...”